Schedule:

Sun 20th September
Women's Elite TT
Men's Elite TT

Mon 21st September
Men's u23 TT
Women's u23 TT

Tue 22nd September
Mixed Relay TTT
Men's Jnr TTWomen's Jnr TT

Thurs 24th September
Women's u23 Road Race
Men's Jnr Road Race

Fri 25th September
Men's u23 Road Race
Women's Jnr Road Race

Sat 26th September
Women's Elite Road Race

Sun 27th September
Men's Elite Road Race


Men and women's Elite TT course..

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A thread specially for 'persons of leisure' and independent means, or those with aspirations.
How do you while away those lazy days?
How do you cope financially?
When did you retire?
Is retirement what you expected?
How long did you take to adjust?
Etc.

Tell us what you are up to today or what plans you have.
Or just have a bit of silliness to while away those lazy hours.

I've been busy today. Hilly 15 mile ride in North Devon, took dog for a stroll along Saunton Sands, cut the front lawn..

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Today I happened to be at work, so I decided to swap the cassette on my touring bike: The 11 tooth gear had (once again) worn down long before anything else. I dropped the back wheel, cassette off, new cassette on, no worries.

The gears didn't work. Eventually found the wheel wasn't straight in the horizontal dropout (I'd checked the hanger, mech, and dropper were all as they should be). Furthermore, it proved pretty much impossible to straighten it out: the dropouts seem scratched and the..

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I was watching a GCN video yesterday where the presenters were doing an “experiment” on climbing.
In the video Dan was explaining why weight and gravity have such impact when going uphill.
He stated that at the dead points in the crank rotation forward momentum is reduced and gravity drags the bike back.
My thought was it therefore must be quicker to climb seated and with concerted effort to circle the feet, not stamp of the pedals.

I then read a comment in this forum (and I think I’ve read..

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[Admin edit: Part 2 of this thread can be found here - https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/mundane-news.173256/}

Hill Wimp said:

Seasonal depression has hit.

Click to expand..

Sending you and

My elite qubo has gone wrong as the resistance magnets are not moving and are stuck in a fairly easy gear, they do not move at all.
Having read up on the subject it seems to be a known fault with this trainer series and you can get unjammed by manually turning the motor arm that moves the magnet but mine is is jammed I cannot physically move it so it looks like it is toast.

It couldn't have happened at a worse time as I have already stopped club riding as I can't even afford a coffee stop ATM .

One of my numerous "coming back to haunt me after 30 years" injuries I have, is post-traumatic arthritis of my right hip. While my other creaks and groans all make riding more difficult, this one is the worst as it affects how far I can actually walk, but is fine when I ride, which is part of the reason why I started riding again as it's actually way less painful riding 5 miles than it is walking 1 mile, especially when i go shopping. Currently i'm dragging one of those old dear 2 wheel..

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Once you’ve gone Di2...is there any going back ?

Anyone got a more than one (Road) bike - and a mix of Di2 and traditional cable gears....and alternate between them as second nature ?

Does anything non Di2 in the fleet ever feel second rate ?

...thread.

How about a topic discussing all things regarding the great game.

Chat about anything from Arsenal to Accrington or John Terry to Terry Yorath.

I'm just happy as my team Norwich City have made it through to the 5th round of the FA Cup !!!

Just been told about the King John way around Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire and wondered if anybody has done this and has any useful tips. It says its mainly paved but not sure if paved as in tarmac or gravel paths etc.

My engwe ep2 3boost

Been looking for a cheap B Twin for a while but they all sell to quickly , so when i saw this one advertised locally at a fair price i went and had a look at it and after some serious bartering brought it home .



I have also wanted a modern 2nd hand bike to show some of the perils of buying 2nd hand to some people , seeing as i quite often suggest buying second hand bikes .

Faults I could see straight away were , chain 75%+ worn , tyre's , old style solid fr axle wheel , rear..

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I was in a cafe not far from Dumfries today. After I'd eaten I went to look around the attached gift shop. I wasn't planning to buy anything but I spotted some chutneys & jams branded with the name of the cafe. I'd heard the waitress tell a customer that the jam they served with the scones was home-made and I've run out of marmalade so I bought a jar.

I looked at the label when I got home and found that it was made by someone with a PL21 postcode. That's Ivybridge, not far from Plymouth. A..

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Earlier in September I did a solo tour around bits of Benelux plus a corner of Germany and a border of France. I realised that I'd not been away on my own ..ever.. and thought it was about time I rectified that.

These are lightly edited contemporaneous posts I made on an evil social media site.

Day 0 - home to Harwich. Underground to Liverpool Street and train to Harwich via Manningtree. My previous experience of this trip involved chaos, cancelled and delayed trains and a nearly..

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I've always worked on the basis that you should stop the plant after five or at most six trusses, to give all the fruit a chance to ripen, but a couple of years ago when we had that hot summer I was left thinking the plant would have managed more - it ran out long before the end of the season.

Now this year it's all gone a bit bonkers. The plants are absolutely loving all this sunshine, and they're growing like billy-o. One has separated into two main stems - both are flourishing, with..

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This looks interesting, seems like good value.
I've been sniffing around for a bike to get my lardy butt out more. This might be it.
Anyone got experience of this brand?
Any thoughts?

S-i-l has a Rayleigh ebike (not sure of the model) from Halfords on a salary sacrifice scheme. It's been a problem since the start and is always back to Halfords for fixing. This time it is an intermittent fault where she cycles for a while and the assistance cuts out. Battery is fine but it seems to point to a component failure - but which one. Anyone have a fault chart for these models?

Who has one?




If you have a BKool TT then the group is Cyclechat BKool on the BKool website.

Here’s a thought..do we actually need to buy OTT priced helmets with price tags of £200 and above? And do they actually provide better protection than average price helmets? I remember from my motorcycling days that BELL helmets strap line use to be, “If you have got a $10 head then wear a $10 helmet”. For motorcycling it makes sense that one buys a good quality helmet for protection especially against high speed impacts. Obviously you get what you pay for and therefore an average price good..

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In the last couple of weeks, I've had one bike stolen, one bike the saddle broke and got puncture, another bike got puncture but appears to no longer have one (maybe it was the presta valve that burped all the air out) and another bike with another puncture.

What are the chances.

Two Glaswegians, Archie and Jimmy, are sitting in the pub discussing Jimmy's forthcoming wedding.

"Och, it's all goin' pure dead brilliant," says Jimmy.

"Av goat everythin organised awready, the fluers, the church, the caurs, the reception, the rings, the minister, even ma stag night".
Archie nods approvingly.
I've even bought a kilt to be married in!" continues Jimmy.

"A kilt?" exclaims Archie, "That's magic, you'll look pure smart in that. Whit's the tartan?"

"Och," says Jimmy..

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The old one seems to have been lost in the corridor of uncertainty.
As we speak, the amazing Joe Root has scored another ton which means he has got to at least 50 in his last 11 Tests. Outstanding.
Cook has ploughed on to his 31st ton which, whike not being of the same flair, is also amazxing. Let's hope these two stay fit for the Ashes.
Albeit that this Windies outfit are not a patch on their teams of old, sadly.

TV detectives. Its easy really. All you need is..

A. A quirky and memorable surname.

B. A mysterious backstory that emerges over serval episodes or, even better, over several series.

C. A unusual and totally unsuitable car.

D. A title for the show that is either just the detectives surname, or a pun, etc, based on the surname.

So what TV detectives can you come up with?