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Concrete boat (https://fabulousnorth.com/cretehawser-wreck/) on the Sunderland leg of the C2C route. Pretty brutal today, 132.84km/82.54 miles with 1065m/3494ft of elevation. Was kinda hoping to hit the 100 mile mark and felt pretty good up until about 75 (previous max was around 71) when I...

Only gets worse unfortunately, Praxis kit arrived and no bueno. Had found someone else online running the same kit in the same year model of bike and assumed it was okay, cable guide insert blocks it. On top of that I noticed the Praxis kit was nowhere near fitting with the PF30 shim, but fine...

Bit of a yap post inbound, feel free to skip and look at pretty sunrise pictures instead. When you buy used you should always expect some problems either due to the previous owner or oversights on your own part. The combo of it both coming with an Ultegra 6800 chainset and a suspicious creaking...

mcrbikes have a few 410mm AC forks though labelled as 650b, not sure how much the geo would change with that but might be worth a punt, finding rigid forks with those requirements is (atleast when I did similar) a bit of a needle in a haystack. If you did want to try 440ish AC Identiti have some...

Mostly the same route as the other day with a small change at the end to avoid the kids coming out of school/get home a bit quicker; 106.38km/66.10 miles with 854m/2801ft of elevation. Bit hard to see but the first two pics contains 7 bridges; Redheugh, King Edward VII, Queen Elizabeth II, high...

Cheers! Though I will say if you've done 70km multiple times then you'd 100% be able to do 100km or more, just make sure to eat consistently and hydrate which I forgot to do, ran out of steam around 60km and had to sit eating a full bag of Haribos to get some energy back! Obviously fitness plays...

Managed a nice long one today on a route I'd been planning for a while; from Sunderland up to Newcastle, along Gateshead side to the Derwent Walk Railway Path leading down to Consett to get onto the last leg of the C2C route, then home. Came in at 112.76km/70.06 miles with 948m/3110ft elevation...

No nice sunrise, sunset or landscape photos on this one, just a dingy alleyway for a Royal Mail collection office as had to pick up a parcel. Figured I'd take the Inbred out given it hasn't been touched at all since getting the Bianchi. Think I've been spoiled a bit from a sub 8kg carbon bike...

Going off the geometry/graphics and the parts on it looks like the mid 00s run of the mill frames, prob around 03/04; Cinder Cone, Caldera, Blast, Kula etc all pretty much the same ally frames just with different components to fit the price point. Good for cheap fun projects since they're not as...

Took a leaf out of @dorset boy book and got some miles in early, figured it'd help with getting more comfortable on roads, not that I'm terrified or anything but frankly the road network around where I live is terrible and mostly consists of sliproads into and out of our town and most people...

Looks like the sellers on here too if you wanted to find out :) https://www.retrobike.co.uk/threads/kona-haole-1992-57cm.491246/

Yeah, it's nice to see some variation! I liked what they did a few years back for Greenedge with the black/teal/celeste colourway, or Pantani's 98 celeste/yellow fade job which was then replicated on modern frames for the 20th/25th Giro anniversary. Strangely from looking at Strava logs it...

Having kept a keen eye on the weather outlook during the week and being very excited for the weekend, was dismayed to wake up to potentially the worst haze/fog I'd ever seen; took the dog out on the morning and could see to maybe 50ft ahead, then nothing which in those conditions I'd rather be...

Third try's the charm! Finally got a ride out on the Bianchi with no mechanical failures doing around 64km/30 miles with 660m/2165ft climbing. 12c and a slight breeze made a nice change from getting battered by the wind like we have for the last few weeks. Definitely took it on some routes it...

Could perhaps use powerline adapters and an ethernet based camera? Not a camera expert by any means but with no wifi that'd be my first port of call since powerline uses the existing electrical wiring to send data.

Spot on with the 2000 estimate :) https://www.retrobike.co.uk/gallery2/d/3388-2/orange_2000_brochure.pdf

OpenStreetMap is great for finding alternate routes, bridleways, cycle lanes etc. Pair that up with Stravas heat maps feature which shows frequently traveled routes, alongside looking at other peoples rides to poach their routes and it's very easy to start linking up different towns via their...

Glad to see this thread picking up and so many of you getting out and enjoying the decent weather! We've had the sun up north but it's also been significantly windy to the point it hasn't been worth heading out as it'd be a classic headwind in every direction scenario. Finally eased off today at...

"Five minute job if you know what you're doing" aka five hour debacle once you realize how shot it is, or it is actually a five minute job but requires fifty quids worth of parts and another fifty of tools. "Kept in storage for x years" chucked in the back of the garage twenty years ago...

Yesterday, was meant to be the first proper spin out on the Bianchi but ended up a lesson in checking all bolts when buying used - left crank arm came off mid hill climb with the preload cap completely shearing. One of the crank bolts seemed incredibly loose so best guess previous owner forgot...