Cranked Up Really High

Harvest

King of The Mountains.

CharlieG

Harvest Churwell Hill is a fair drag. Never ridden up Geldard Rd, so can't compare the two.

CharlieG

CBIT

Registration plates and insurance for cyclists being considered by government – report
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/aug/16/registration-plates-and-insurance-for-cyclists-on-table-in-review-of-road-laws

CharlieG

CBIT What a load of old gammon bollocks.

Foxy_Dread

Another "we know it's a nonsense gimmick policy with no real merit, but it's red meat to a lot of our target voters" policy.

File under Rwanda Spunked Money.

Travis_Bickle

Ah yes, Rwanda.....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62566194
Remember, they didn't want you to know any of that.

Flaneur

I'm think I could get close to £1K.

I'm hovering round bike shops at the mo.

Flaneur

This one is catching my eye. Hit me with your negs.

CharlieG

I was going to suggest a Boardman hybrid or a Ribble.
Edit - you do not need a suspension fork to poodle around country lanes as it just adds weight and an unnecessary level of faff, if it goes wrong. Cheap suss forks always go wrong.

Travis_Bickle

CharlieG agree 100%. Decent rigid fork is so much lighter.

CharlieG

CharlieG Just to say, re suspension forks, I was riding Lakeland trails, in the mid 90's, on a fully rigid MTrax with cantilever brakes. The mere thought of this, now, is truly terrifying.

Anchor

Like Boardman. 👍

Under-the-ground

Planet X?

Young_Marxist_at_Tescos

Under-the-ground Only Planet X bike I ever had was a TT. Liked it and never heard a bad review of them as a brand.

Under-the-ground

Young_Marxist_at_Tescos I have a kaffenback. It’s done everything. Tough bikes.

my mate has a ti gravel bike. He does everything on it

Jon

Under-the-ground What tires do you have on it? You put in serious miles. My Uncle John is a real Frankenbike made, mostly, of cheap parts. Consequently, it has some Mud 2s on that were a bargain eBay purchase but aren’t really that great on regular roads.

Anchor

Quintanna retrospectively banned from the Tour this year and has pulled out of the Vuellta - traces of Tramadol in two blood samples.

Never knew Tramadol upped your power wattage! I had it for tooth ache and just wanted a nice sit down. Not ride up a mountain.

Young_Marxist_at_Tescos

Yer man Pidcock just smashed ‘em to bits in the European mountain bike competition.

Absolutely rock hard that kid

Loose_Lips

Not in the same league as anyone on here but started to ride to work Salford to Chadderton and back.

Saving on the fumes, saving my heart (I hope) and working exercise into my normal day. Great bit is you do half of it and there's no option but to do the other half.

11 miles, 400 calories halfway.

Come December we move offices slightly closer which I reckon I can do in 40 minutes.

Flaneur

I'm saving up for my bike and hope to have it around the end of October/November.

A mate has leant me his GT trail bike, so in 5 minutes ('cos I'm off work today), I'm going to cycle the six mile route that I used to walk, to see how I get on. I've got none of the gear and definitely no idea.

Text in from the Doctor this morning, they are putting me on another tablet. A low dose of Lisinopril.

Getting old sucks.

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