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alright susan hall!

shitbags

My Win Wing was meant to be delivered 2 days ago. RM next day. Still ain't here after some rescheduling shenanigans. What a flop.

I've been out near some trails and while it's nice, sunny and dry in many places, there are still monstrous puddles about. I wanted a dry backside for NLD tomorrow. Oh well.

Rant over.

If it's any consolation, I'm still waiting on a 'ready to collect' with my new bike for tomorrow. It might still be in bits.

Plastic bottle, knife, zip ties?

Haha, thanks.. It's not a huge deal at all. Just vexed me how every step of the way, RM flopped.

Could take one of those cheap, often freebie, giant Muc-Off ones. Ive earned a few of them. It'll look stupid, but since when did cyclists (bar mtb) not look stupid?

Wtf thats crazy and very expensive:(

Lack of SFAB in the Peaks yesterday. Dragged that stupid win wing round for nothing!

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Should have headed to Wiltshire

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The good stuff!

Do you have a side on shot of the bike as well? Looks great, as does the scenery!

Nice bit of Dartmoor gravel at the weekend. Lots of grass sections which is slow going, but some mega sections and bluebells are absolutely glowing. Gonna need a bit more carrying capacity for anything more than two nights.

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I can heartily recommend the Pan Celtic. It would probably have been more fun on something with some squish but it was totally doable on a cross bike. One of the hardest days out I've had on a bike but look at the scenery...

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Do you have a route file for this please? Looking to spread my gravel wings further afield into the Peaks

I assume you mean the Gravel Rally, rather than the full Pan Celtic race?

Did it last year, route was fab.

Yes haha although I would like to do the whole thing one day. It was so good, pretty hard but a lot of fun.

Also, looking forward to your write up about Vietnam. It's definitely on my bucket list even if my Irish constitution would probably really struggle with climbing in that kind of humidity.

Trails drying out nicely

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Bearing seals have left the chat.

prime #DFAB

+1 for Peak District gravel - photos from the Peak 200 last week

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Anyone got a set of 42 or 40cm flat-top bars they'd sell?

I think @M4xime might have a 42

I've got Zipp Xplr 42s which have a flat-ish top you can have for cheap