Cycling Related

Exmouth Exodus last night. It was a cracker, and we finished before the rain hit. Got a proper soaking on the way back to Exeter so dried out in the pub. 220km on the clock.

Me too. You can get thicker varieties marketed for CX, which may be the way to go.

Iris wrote: ↑

5 years ago

Oh, that reminds me. The idea that someone might be attracted to golf because they're an introvert is utter bollocks. In golf you're taking a three-hour walk with someone, so you're having to talk to them.

My guess is that an introvert would prefer to not spoil a good walk.

Hopless500 wrote: ↑

5 years ago

Shame I will miss this one, but I'll be drinking Chang in Thailand .

Beware the Changover.

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman They say: Twenty-nine-year-old accounting clerk Eleanor Oliphant tends to stick to her routine: work all week, buy a supermarket pizza and two bottles of vodka on Friday, and spend the weekend alone in a drunken stupor waiting for Monday to arrive...

I'd like to kick off a thread for books you've enjoyed, or not. I'd suggest a bit of blurb followed by what you thought of it, and whether you'd recommend it to others.

Scuzzy photo of weekend adventures. Exmouth Exodus this weekend. I shall be bringing Fridays-style refreshment to the south west.

We camped at Vallis Veg just outside Frome. I can post the route up once I've downloaded it. Some parts were too overgrown to ride down but it was mostly fine, especially if you have some MTB experience. It was very hilly!

Just got back from my overnight adventure. I'm filthy, bloodied and knackered. It was brilliant.

Wow! Sounds fun. Mrs R and I rode our Bromptons down to Frome (from Oxford) 6 week’s ago. Part of the route took in the Ridgeway - I’ve decided that 18” wheels aren’t really the thing for off roading. It’s beautiful countryside all the way. Nice! The Ridgeway is a cracking ride, but gets very muddy...

I'm trying this bikepacking mularkey tonight: leave work early, ride down to Frome on cyclepaths and bridleways, set up tent, go out for curry. Ride back to Brizzle tomorrow via paths and bridleways again.

I'd be interested in how you get on. I bought an Arkose earlier this year - great bike, but the 37c tyres (WTB Riddlers) are a touch narrow for rocky off-road use, and I need to run higher pressures than I'd like to avoid pinch flats, which reduces grip. Ideally I'd run 45c and convert to tubeless....

I'd be interested in how you get on. I bought an Arkose earlier this year - great bike, but the 37c tyres (WTB Riddlers) are a touch narrow for rocky off-road use, and I need to run higher pressures than I'd like to avoid pinch flats, which reduces grip. Ideally I'd run 45c and convert to tubeless.