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If you haven't already, try the retrobike forum for a syncros stem. Quite often see them come up over there!

Thanks for all the stories of your experiences everyone! Really appreciate you sharing your experiences.

Maybe Calais to Dieppe is back on the menu then...

I'm hoping to meet up with my mate to start making some plans this weekend

Ferry to St Malo looked good until you have to book cabins etc bringing the price to almost £300 for a return trip! The ferry to Calais and back is £60 haha. Are Brittany Ferries the only service arriving in St Malo? We're hoping for something a bit more budget, it'll likely be a bit of a rough and ready trip

This does look lovely!

Apologies I think I wasnt very clear, I meant a ferry to Calais and then cycle to Dieppe to get the ferry back to the UK.

Okay, thank you I'll look into these ideas!

Thanks for these suggestions! Britanny is a good shout, I'll look into it

Hi all,

Me and a mate are looking at planning a cycle trip through France in spring next year and wondered if anyone had any recommendations? We're looking at getting a ferry from the UK direct to France to then do a round trip. Where's best to get the ferry into? We looked at doing a round trip and getting the same ferry back or possibly arriving in one place and getting the ferry back from elsewhere. I had looked at Calais to Dieppe, but saw someone suggest it's about as exciting as cycling from Slough to Peterborough!

We want a fairly leisurely trip, something scenic and rural with places to swim along the way (coastal, lakes, rivers etc), we'd be camping mostly so good options for that too ideally! Likely doing about 5 days of cycling using the weekends either side of a week to travel back.

What are your experiences and suggestions, I'd love to be able to discuss with people that have done it!

Probably a fair point actually, you don't ride in the ends of the bars!

I see in your photo you have bar end shifters on both sides so I guess this keeps things balanced. My thoughts are more that having a bar end on one side slightly extends the bar, which I guess isn't to a great amount of detriment.

I guess the best idea is to set it up and take some time to see how I find it when actually riding. I'd probably only need to remove a centimetre of bar so maybe it's a negligible amount!

Thanks for your input!

So I'm looking at running a 1x drivetrain with a bar end shifter and am wondering whether I should cut the bars to accommodate it? I know this is something some people decide to do, and after a quick mock up I can see how it makes the bars somewhat lopsided due to the added length of the shifter on the right hand side.

Have you done it? If not what's your reasoning for not? How much should I removed and what's the best method for doing so? A pipe cutter or a hacksaw?

The thought of cutting my nice new bars does pain me a little but if its gunna make for a more comfortable fit I'll gladly do so.

PM'd re the king cage

Sorry, sorted now. Thanks though

May have a mate interested, I'll PM