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Boomerang

Member
Just joined your club on Strava. Been cycling a while, on and off, but only just getting into Strava, so thought I'd see what you lot were up to.

Had a great ride out today. On me tod, a few bridleways chucked in for fun. This was the (first!) lunch stop. A303 in the background somewhere.
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Ave just over 20kmh for just over 100km, which I was chuffed with. My first metric century for a while. Just wanted to make sure I could still do it, before I head off on this next week: clicky.
Looks a nice bike .what is it ? What are the handlebars ?
 

Bury the Trash

Member
Mixed Farmer
Quick trip report

Day 2 took us up Col de l'Arpettaz, Col des Saisies and the Signal de Bisanne, before heading down into Albertville for the night.
Gradients were more manageable than day 1, but it was a longer stage overall.
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Beautiful scenery on the climbs, especially up the Arpettaz.
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Plenty of haymaking going on around the place, with some pretty funky machinery. This was my pick of the tractors.
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On the descent into Albertville, there was a collision involving one of the riders. Tragically, he passed away.

I didn't know him, but he was very well known, liked and respected within the group. There are a lot people very upset by his passing.

The organisers provided all the support necessary, and organised a restful day 3, including a short, flat, quiet route, and bike transport for those who didn't want to ride.

The decision was made for day 4 to go ahead as planned for anyone who wanted to ride all or part of the route.

The main climbs were Croix de Fer and Alpe d'Huez. A shorter stage, but with over 3000m of climbing, it still took me seven and a half hours including breaks (one of which involved coffee, a Magnum, and speaking to the slurry contractor).
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The 45km down off the Croix de Fer was brilliant fun and the drag across the valley floor set us up nicely for the climb up Huez, which was pithily described by one of the riders: "the first 3km are hard, then it's just a slog to the top".

Scenery was still incredible, and I saw some local pigs.
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(All gilts, loving life outdoors. Fat little buggers, making the most of potatoes in the trough, and presumably whey from local cheese making.)

A couple of pics of the bike to finish. Being a genuine touring bike, it was by far the heaviest bike there, and I got a fair bit of stick for taking my "suitcase" everywhere, but it's bloody comfy, fast enough, and does everything.
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Overall, according to my old-skool bike computer, I did 368km in 23hrs and 13mins, making a moving average of 15.85km/hr. Slow as sh!t, but I'm happy.

The event this year has so far raised a touch over £150,000 for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. It's almost all volunteer-run, and funded by the participants, so pretty much all money donated goes directly to funding research into cancer treatments. One notable success of the research which it funds is the development of liquid biopsies. These allow any spread of cancer through the body to be detected and characterised at a very early stage, allowing prompt and tailored treatment to be administered. It's becoming standard practice in the NHS and around the world. Read more about it all here: https://lecure.org/le-cure/the-research/about-the-research/

I'm nearly at my target of £3000, which I'm absolutely chuffed to bits with. If you've enjoyed my photos, perhaps consider bunging me a fiver here: https://sportsgiving.co.uk/sponsorship/entry/481525
If you put TFF in the sponsorship message, I'll match your donation. :)

Thanks for reading.
gorgeous scenery and pink suits you (y);)
Looks a nice bike .what is it ? What are the handlebars ?
they look like down turned 'cow horns' to me.:ROFLMAO:

seriously though , :sneaky:when they were up the way they should be ,like we used to have them, tassles fixed on the ends finished off the 'ultra cool' kid look .:cool::unsure:

:sorry::D
 

bitwrx

Member
Looks a nice bike .what is it ? What are the handlebars ?
It's a Salsa Vaya Travel. Really nice bike, very versatile. Quite rare, and a bit esoteric.

The bars are On-One Midge. Wide on the drops, for control apparently. (Mostly I think it's just for the look.)

It's built up with a 30/46 chainset and an 11-34t cassette, so it's good for twizzling up mountains or along bridleways.

The rest of the bike is a fairly decent spec. Ultegra mechs, Dura-Ace downtube shifters, TRP Spyre brakes, Hope discs, Son dynamo hub, Hope rear hub, DT Swiss rims, CX Ray spokes, Thomson seatpost, Gilles Berthoud saddle, Supernova light, King stainless bottle cages.

Dread to think what it's all cost over the years, but I can't imagine I'll need another bike for a long old while.
 

PSQ

Member
Arable Farmer
It's almost Tour of Britain time again, 5th to 12th October, and lots of well spread stages to spectate on along the length of the country.


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Two years ago it passed near here, and a couple of weeks before the event I found myself following some very professional riders in my car as they were riding the route, and I was going into town.
They were chatting between themselves at an apparently effortless 30 mph (45 kmph), on a bit of road I average about 12mph on...
 

john 650

Member
Livestock Farmer
Stage 3 and 4 starting not far from here.

Local council paid to get the start in Aberaeron for stage 4- town has been all but completely pedestrianised all summer for tourists due to covid- with pubs/restaurants taking over pavements for tables. Now council is saying streets won't be open to view the stage start, due to covid...
 

Boomerang

Member
It's a Salsa Vaya Travel. Really nice bike, very versatile. Quite rare, and a bit esoteric.

The bars are On-One Midge. Wide on the drops, for control apparently. (Mostly I think it's just for the look.)

It's built up with a 30/46 chainset and an 11-34t cassette, so it's good for twizzling up mountains or along bridleways.

The rest of the bike is a fairly decent spec. Ultegra mechs, Dura-Ace downtube shifters, TRP Spyre brakes, Hope discs, Son dynamo hub, Hope rear hub, DT Swiss rims, CX Ray spokes, Thomson seatpost, Gilles Berthoud saddle, Supernova light, King stainless bottle cages.

Dread to think what it's all cost over the years, but I can't imagine I'll need another bike for a long old while.
Really smart outfit , like your sensible gearing , any idea what it weighs
 

s line

Member
I took part in the wild boar chase in forest of Dean in Gloucestershire last Sunday. Raising money for the Lion's Trust based in the forest of Dean.
You could do either 25, 31, 38 or 46 miles course. I chose 31 miles on the mountain bike.
About 550 bikes taking part.
I got to 5 miles and i hit a branch with my front tyre and it bounced into my rear wheel and took out 2 spokes and deflated the tyre.
We put a inner tube in rather quickly but it went down 4 miles away. Where the holes were with the missing spokes it pinched the inner tube. I gave up. Rather annoying walked away and got picked y.
I downloaded the route to garmin when i got home. Had a busy week of work lined up, but had to do this bike ride!!!
Had TB testing results on Friday so a 4.30 am start. Vet arrived for 6am and 3 hours later all done and a clear skin test. Finished all jobs by lunchtime and finished for the day.
So got my hard tail mountain bike out which was uncomfortable compared to my suspension bike which was still being repaired.
Drove to the forest of Dean and started my bike ride. Managed the 32 miles in 3 hours 15 minutes
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EddieB

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Staffs
We were joined on our morning ride by the Greek individual pursuit champion today. Needless to say everyone was much more focused and less chatty today. 🤣
 

PSQ

Member
Arable Farmer
I took part in the wild boar chase in forest of Dean in Gloucestershire last Sunday. Raising money for the Lion's Trust based in the forest of Dean.
You could do either 25, 31, 38 or 46 miles course. I chose 31 miles on the mountain bike.
About 550 bikes taking part.
I got to 5 miles and i hit a branch with my front tyre and it bounced into my rear wheel and took out 2 spokes and deflated the tyre.
We put a inner tube in rather quickly but it went down 4 miles away. Where the holes were with the missing spokes it pinched the inner tube. I gave up. Rather annoying walked away and got picked y.
I downloaded the route to garmin when i got home. Had a busy week of work lined up, but had to do this bike ride!!!
Had TB testing results on Friday so a 4.30 am start. Vet arrived for 6am and 3 hours later all done and a clear skin test. Finished all jobs by lunchtime and finished for the day.
So got my hard tail mountain bike out which was uncomfortable compared to my suspension bike which was still being repaired.
Drove to the forest of Dean and started my bike ride. Managed the 32 miles in 3 hours 15 minutes View attachment 986628View attachment 986627View attachment 986628View attachment 986629
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Is your MTB tubeless?
Just weighing up the pro's and cons of a tubeless conversion on no.3 sprog's impending new hardtail.
 

bitwrx

Member
Would you recommend tubeless tyres, or is it a bit of a fad? (27.5x2.8")
I've come back to mountain biking for the first time in nearly 20years. Lots of things have changed, and got better, but tubeless is the only complete game changer. Being able to run low pressures gives you so much more grip. The bike just feels so much more planted. It's unreal.

That said:
Back in my day, we didn't have 2.8" tyres, so that may have changed things a lot as well.
Getting tyres seated can be a massive pain in the ass, even with a workshop compressor to hand. (Although my MTB has always been fine it's just the road bike that is difficult.)
 

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