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epicyclo
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But you should see the "road" ride I have found for your next visit...Jamiedyer":3r0jbcb9 said:That looks a great gravel machine, also looks like it passed the test with flying colours.
You do realise that this is not the way you approach a cull
Jamie
And hey, I got rid of a frame today (Raleigh Bomber) - he even wanted to pay for it, but I declined because I got the frame free originally.
And another one I was on the point of chucking may actually be a rare 1940s classic... (but I hae ma doots)
epicyclo
Senior Retro Guru
Road ride?
Hey, Jamie - fancy a road ride?
Jamie when asked was he enjoying his road ride....
Nice afternoon out, and actually a real road ride for once, although only 28 miles.
Still it was a good workout for me on the singlespeed because there were a couple of decent sized lumps to ride over and because Jamie had a derailleur on his bike (I'm sure there's a wee Cancellera sized motor in there somewhere ).
Jamie kindly helped me with my cull, by giving me a bike he was culling. My wife is not sure that's how it's supposed to work...
Hey, Jamie - fancy a road ride?
Jamie when asked was he enjoying his road ride....
Nice afternoon out, and actually a real road ride for once, although only 28 miles.
Still it was a good workout for me on the singlespeed because there were a couple of decent sized lumps to ride over and because Jamie had a derailleur on his bike (I'm sure there's a wee Cancellera sized motor in there somewhere
).Jamie kindly helped me with my cull, by giving me a bike he was culling. My wife is not sure that's how it's supposed to work...
A couple more photos from the ride yesterday with Brian on the Black Isle and back to Brians.
A good ride though it was very cold and the headwind was a real pain, it just seemed to really suck the life out of you at various points of the ride.
Saying that though, as usual it was a very enjoyable ride with a few good climbs to get the blood flowing. With a coffee and cake stop at North Kessock with a ride back around the shoreline to Redcliffe. A productive day as well as we also fitted the headset to a frame and fork I am about to put together.
Jack Taylor was it's usual lovely riding self and I really do need to set this up with the stuff I have for it rather than the bits and pieces currently on it. It rides beautifully now but a bit too racy in both stance and gearing. I did fit the black mudguards that were originally on it in the morning as I thought it may be wet but thankfully they weren't needed.
Brian had his Scandal that is really a bit of a sleeper as this thing weighs nothing is running high volume tubeless and from my perspective looks like it rides and sits on the road very nicely.
Looking forward to Clubbies ride and just need to see what to ride.
Jamie
IMG_0743 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0750 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0758 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0761 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0746 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
A good ride though it was very cold and the headwind was a real pain, it just seemed to really suck the life out of you at various points of the ride.
Saying that though, as usual it was a very enjoyable ride with a few good climbs to get the blood flowing. With a coffee and cake stop at North Kessock with a ride back around the shoreline to Redcliffe. A productive day as well as we also fitted the headset to a frame and fork I am about to put together.
Jack Taylor was it's usual lovely riding self and I really do need to set this up with the stuff I have for it rather than the bits and pieces currently on it. It rides beautifully now but a bit too racy in both stance and gearing. I did fit the black mudguards that were originally on it in the morning as I thought it may be wet but thankfully they weren't needed.
Brian had his Scandal that is really a bit of a sleeper as this thing weighs nothing is running high volume tubeless and from my perspective looks like it rides and sits on the road very nicely.
Looking forward to Clubbies ride and just need to see what to ride.
Jamie
IMG_0743 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0750 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0758 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0761 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0746 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Re:
Not from today, but yesterday I rode the "UK's Premier Gravel Event" the Dirty Reiver.
I loaded up the van on Friday and drove down to Kielder Castle in Northumberland to register, and spent a chilly night in my "ghetto camper" aka sleeping bag in the back of a van
I woke early to find the temperature was a balmy -3*c, and headed up to the event village at the castle for a much needed bacon butty and warming cup of coffee.
Pretty soon the riders gathered en masse for the start at 8am.
There was an impressive array of bikes there, more gravel type bikes than I remember from 2 years ago though, with a few MTB's there as well.
The first few km were neutralized to allow everyone to spread out a bit, there definately seemed to be more riders than i remember from 2 years ago, someone said there were over 800 entries, not sure how true that is though.
The first 25 miles to feed station one passed by quickly, mainly forest roads and then out onto the moors. The sun was shining and temperatures rose to a sweltering 5*c
Soon after leaving the feed station I started feeling rough, every incline was a big struggle, but the long gravel road downhills were an absolute blast! Hitting over 40mph with the bike skittering over the gravel surface was exhilerating.
I perked up a bit as I arrived at feed station 2 with around 60 miles done. I collected my drop bag of food and contemplated my options. I'd signed up for the 200km route, but given how I felt I thought another 60 miles would be a pointless exercise in self masochism, so after leaving the feed station I took the turning for the the 130km route instead.
The last 20 miles or so included some nice swooping Single track around Kielder water, before arriving back at the start/finish.
I actually felt "ok" at the finish, but was glad I wasn't still out there grinding up the climbs!
I think the 74 miles and just over 7000ft of ascent took me 7 hours or so.
All in all it was a really good event, not quite up there with the forthcoming "Strada- Be Manky" , but well worth the journey down to the Borders
Things I remember...
- being overtaken by a guy on a Jones bike, wearing a Hawaiian shirt and socks and sandals !
- seeing several guys on Single speed bikes who promptly disappeared into the distance.
- the nutter who rode it on a ROAD bike!! Complete with caliper brakes and 25c tyres.
- the several retro-ish Cannondale mtbs with the Headshock system, which seemed like it worked out pretty well tbh.
A few pics, some from me, and others from the Facebook group...
Not from today, but yesterday I rode the "UK's Premier Gravel Event" the Dirty Reiver.
I loaded up the van on Friday and drove down to Kielder Castle in Northumberland to register, and spent a chilly night in my "ghetto camper" aka sleeping bag in the back of a van
I woke early to find the temperature was a balmy -3*c, and headed up to the event village at the castle for a much needed bacon butty and warming cup of coffee.
Pretty soon the riders gathered en masse for the start at 8am.
There was an impressive array of bikes there, more gravel type bikes than I remember from 2 years ago though, with a few MTB's there as well.
The first few km were neutralized to allow everyone to spread out a bit, there definately seemed to be more riders than i remember from 2 years ago, someone said there were over 800 entries, not sure how true that is though.
The first 25 miles to feed station one passed by quickly, mainly forest roads and then out onto the moors. The sun was shining and temperatures rose to a sweltering 5*c
Soon after leaving the feed station I started feeling rough, every incline was a big struggle, but the long gravel road downhills were an absolute blast! Hitting over 40mph with the bike skittering over the gravel surface was exhilerating.
I perked up a bit as I arrived at feed station 2 with around 60 miles done. I collected my drop bag of food and contemplated my options. I'd signed up for the 200km route, but given how I felt I thought another 60 miles would be a pointless exercise in self masochism, so after leaving the feed station I took the turning for the the 130km route instead.
The last 20 miles or so included some nice swooping Single track around Kielder water, before arriving back at the start/finish.
I actually felt "ok" at the finish, but was glad I wasn't still out there grinding up the climbs!
I think the 74 miles and just over 7000ft of ascent took me 7 hours or so.
All in all it was a really good event, not quite up there with the forthcoming "Strada- Be Manky"
, but well worth the journey down to the Borders Things I remember...
- being overtaken by a guy on a Jones bike, wearing a Hawaiian shirt and socks and sandals !
- seeing several guys on Single speed bikes who promptly disappeared into the distance.
- the nutter who rode it on a ROAD bike!! Complete with caliper brakes and 25c tyres.
- the several retro-ish Cannondale mtbs with the Headshock system, which seemed like it worked out pretty well tbh.
A few pics, some from me, and others from the Facebook group...
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Wow! That looks like a proper adventure Jimo.
Well done! Sounds a pretty good effort to me
I know how that sleeping in the van and then getting up trying to get warm as well as motivated
What were you riding?
Puts my pissy hour out and about to shame. Spent the majority of the day polishing bits and pieces for the new build whilst sitting in front of the TV watching Paris Roubaix. Best race of the year and my favourite won so well worth it. Though I then only had enough time for a short ride out on the Jack Taylor up to Dunnet Head and back.
Jamie
Well done! Sounds a pretty good effort to me
I know how that sleeping in the van and then getting up trying to get warm as well as motivated
What were you riding?
Puts my pissy hour out and about to shame. Spent the majority of the day polishing bits and pieces for the new build whilst sitting in front of the TV watching Paris Roubaix. Best race of the year and my favourite won so well worth it. Though I then only had enough time for a short ride out on the Jack Taylor up to Dunnet Head and back.
Jamie
epicyclo
Senior Retro Guru
Looks like a great day out.
Much better than what I did today.
Started off with good intentions, build up a bike for Clubby's gravelly ride.
The bits I needed were at the back of the shed. Jamie knows what that means.
A few hours later...
It doesn't show the bikes round the corner...
Ended up with an all day job re-organising the shed.
It's the first day in ages where I could just leave stuff outside for a few hours while I re-arranged the shed, so instead of building a bike and going for a ride as intended, I wasted my time.
And I still have the mezzanine floor to do...
Much better than what I did today.
Started off with good intentions, build up a bike for Clubby's gravelly ride.
The bits I needed were at the back of the shed. Jamie knows what that means.
A few hours later...
It doesn't show the bikes round the corner...
Ended up with an all day job re-organising the shed.
It's the first day in ages where I could just leave stuff outside for a few hours while I re-arranged the shed, so instead of building a bike and going for a ride as intended, I wasted my time.
And I still have the mezzanine floor to do...
So, unlike Jimos Herculean effort my day was pretty sedate though I did get out for an hour or so to keep the legs spinning. Maybe inbetween Brians and Jimos, somewhere
I did get other things done around the place like mowing the lawn etc but as it was Paris Roubaix day, the best race day of the year, I had planned to have it on the box from early morning and check on it now and again but for the afternoon I would get Caleb and I lunch and the sit and watch the action build whilst getting some stuff together for the King of Mercia tourer I am semi thinking of putting back on the road. I have a wanted ad up for some Mafac cantis and while there may be a set of long arms coming I have nothing as yet. So I dug out the Weinmanns and they needed a bit of love so after a clean yesterday on petrol to get the worst off I then dismantled them properly and gave a polish this afternoon while in front of the TV. Then put the levers that should be for the Jack Taylor onto a new pair of Nitto B136 bars along with a new 90mm Nitto stem. Just for seeing how it would go together and also look. I also put on the Stronglight triple chainset that is earmarked for the green KOM. The Brakes came up a treat with just a minimal hand polish with some autosol, well pleased.
All this while watching my favourite rider, Philippe Gilbert move to the front and win the race. Great stuff!
Then when Heather got home I still managed to finish the day off with a short ride on the Jack Taylor.
Hope everyone else had a nice day as well.
Jamie
One on the right polished
IMG_0773 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSC_0318 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
Should have taken before pictures as the difference is surprising to say the least.
DSC_0326 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0776 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0778 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0781 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
I did get other things done around the place like mowing the lawn etc but as it was Paris Roubaix day, the best race day of the year, I had planned to have it on the box from early morning and check on it now and again but for the afternoon I would get Caleb and I lunch and the sit and watch the action build whilst getting some stuff together for the King of Mercia tourer I am semi thinking of putting back on the road. I have a wanted ad up for some Mafac cantis and while there may be a set of long arms coming I have nothing as yet. So I dug out the Weinmanns and they needed a bit of love so after a clean yesterday on petrol to get the worst off I then dismantled them properly and gave a polish this afternoon while in front of the TV. Then put the levers that should be for the Jack Taylor onto a new pair of Nitto B136 bars along with a new 90mm Nitto stem. Just for seeing how it would go together and also look. I also put on the Stronglight triple chainset that is earmarked for the green KOM. The Brakes came up a treat with just a minimal hand polish with some autosol, well pleased.
All this while watching my favourite rider, Philippe Gilbert move to the front and win the race. Great stuff!
Then when Heather got home I still managed to finish the day off with a short ride on the Jack Taylor.
Hope everyone else had a nice day as well.
Jamie
One on the right polished
IMG_0773 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
DSC_0318 by Jamie Dyer, on FlickrShould have taken before pictures as the difference is surprising to say the least.
DSC_0326 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0776 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0778 by Jamie Dyer, on Flickr
IMG_0781 by Jamie Dyer, on FlickrSimilar threads
