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Shame about the skinned knee, but the rest of the ride looked great - I love the huge carved stone milepost especially! Don't know what it is with punctures this year - I'm sure I haven't had a puncture for about a decade on any bike until this year when I've had a fairly constant stream of...

Decided I'd had enough of working at my desk by lunch time and thought I'd make the most of the sunshine by heading out for a few more miles on the roadster this afternoon. The rain started to fall just after I left but wasn't too unpleasant, I was enjoying the unusual experience of having...

Re: Ah, a flat bar at last :) That's a really nice frame from Kona's peak (IMO), definitely worth the nice bits you got in the end... an interesting tale too with all those different builds you tried before.

I really like the look of these although I've never ridden one, and the Headshok seemed like a great idea. This one looks like it's been someone's faithful steed and not just spent the years in the shed or merely as a commuter, it would seem a shame just to strip it. Having said, that is the...

Re: Ah well, I have similar issues with next Saturday, family arriving from overseas... maybe later in August we can arrange something that will suit? I took a test ride this afternoon to check the state of both the old roadster and the old back... both more or less passed the test I think...

Re: Great link, I'm sure I remember the name from Rough Stuff Fellowship magazines over 20 years ago - very enjoyable reading even if it does make me feel guilty for reading more than riding!

Good idea, I'm no expert on the Picts but there are carved Pictish stones or fragments thereof in a handy route along the peninsula from Nigg via Shandwick, Balintore and Cadboll (Hilton) to Tarbat (Portmahomack). Modern (WW1 on) history provides a seaplane base, two aerodromes and a weapons...

Unfortunately my only lightweight is part recycled coke tins and part plastic so not terribly classic (although it's in a suitably retro black and white colour scheme!) If it were on a Saturday I would be interested, have to confess I haven't touched the roadster in over a year (doesn't help...

You could have carried on another 10 miles out of Tain and got a decent cup of tea here, which would have comfortably knocked your mileage over the magic number! It was way too hot for me to seriously consider cycling anyway - 100 miles in that heat on that bike is very impressive going...

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Nice pics... funnily enough your earlier photos inspired me to get out today myself - didn't stop at all to take pics but it was really good to be out on the bike again, even if I did nearly melt coming home! Nothing beats the scents of elderflower, honeysuckle and roses from the hedges at this...

Re: Re: No mishaps at all (although I've been using SPDs since 1993/4 so I should be used to them by now!) They are quite nicely balanced so that it's actually not really any harder to get clipped in than it is on double-sided pedals (the "right side" comes up fairly naturally when you step...

Re: For my road bike I use the A520 SPD pedals - I think their bigger platform is more comfortable for that kind of riding than the M520 (which are great value and work well off road.) My "road" shoes are also supposedly MTB shoes, M89 I think - I certainly wouldn't want to use them on any...

That must be Ken Ross Cycles? I had no idea the premises was still intact like that if so, I've forgotten which side street it's on... me and my brothers fixed our own bikes but any wheelbuilding was farmed out to Ken. My brother also bought a new bike there in the mid 90s - a really strange...

Re: Oh come on, who hasn't blown up a hot water bottle whilst cycling at over 20MPH?

I wouldn't. These things have a finite lifespan in terms of the total number of writes they carry out - nothing to worry about for most uses if you buy one new and factory fresh (they generally outlast a horrible old fashioned hard drive several times over in practice) but I would never risk a...

Re: Re: The skip? Sorry, couldn't resist :D (To my shame I actually quite like the frame colour)

It well and truly fizzled out by the time it reached the north east coast, anyway - it was very eerie as by around 1PM the sky was a lowering dark brown colour and the streetlights were all on as it was as dark as after sunset... we had a bit of very heavy rain, but other than that it was just...

Re: Come on, it's obvious... it's gas fired!

Re: Nothing like sitting close in behind a tractor for a few miles to make you feel a lot fitter than you actually are! Sadly virtually all the farms around here have flashy modern tractors now and they're much faster than they used to be :( Even if I manage to catch them / keep up with them...