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Like the glove warmer :)

Idle curiosity time.

About 2 years back i had a chop at 10 mile Time Trial. Hit my target of a sub 30min 10miler.

First run bike was 10.3kg
Second run bike was 8.9kg
28mm tyres and 42x16 SS gearing.

I reckoned i could drop to 8.5kg with new stem and brake levers, maybe less with a ruthless approach to trimming everything down and ultra light tubes/tyres.
If i get a new front wheel from the road side of things i can drop under 8kg.
Beyond that it gets spendy. New wheels/tyres maybe calipers, carbon fork etc etc, chase all the grams and 7kg ?

I know if you want light weight don't get a Surly :)

Mine must be around the 11kg mark right now as has saddle pack/mudguards/pump/bottle cage and 16t freewheel and 15t fixed sprocket attached.
Come spring mines going on a diet for summer.

Anyone wanna share estimated or real weight of your Rollers ? :)

@sacredhart not sure which vid you mean, i think they are all tagged in titles as to what bike.
The stories of bike are Yamaha 250 that i expect will have had some slight mods to frame and exhausts.

Another lurker on ADV :) love battle scooters :) and Thumpers and Olds Cool and having a giggle at the BMW GS nightmare threads.

I like the small CC adventure rider storys so 50cc --90cc- 125cc and it seems a common thing to carry spare jet set for when your up in the mountain passes, when you only have 5-12 bhp to start with i presume the effects of thin air at altitude are a bigger problem quicker than with a larger engine.
The nutbars that go global on Honda Cubs make good reading, even if they have helped push up the prices for old clapped out C90's to silly money nowdays :)

been to shops for milk

came back with fish-N-chips too

cat is happy, he likes battered cod, trying to type and fend off cat is a multiskill not on my CV

Time to renew a lot of things.

Holding out on the bars at the moment, but really not much chatter about them, and what little I find is positive and SJS and Hubjub have them.

Really should get some leggings/tights/shorts as been making do with some karrimor running ones, which while cheap also start falling apart as soon as you use them.
The old Bell Sweep R helmet has a couple of cracks down the back, so a new helmet.

Absolutely no idea about Spesh lids, had loads of Bell.
But kinda digging the garish colourway, Pink to what looks orange, to yellow.
I could paint my fork pink, pink and orange bartape against the weird mustard yellow surly, be straight to anti porn :)
Want something bright :)

strawbs and ice cream.... nice

what you got down there

that's mine, all things are mine

Gimmie or the red wine gets it

Needs Doctor Evil and Mini Me photoshopped in :)

On the damp mold topic.

Used the HG stuff myself, strong chlorine smell that goes after a few hours, does the job.

Current house came with a large.... like a free standing stereo speaker Dehumidifyer, but maybe a 20 year old unit.
Last resident said we would need it. Googled the thing, in it's day it was top end. Only does 10.5 ltrs per 24 hours, quieter than the fridge to run. Test ran it after cleaning the catch tank and filters, six hours saw 750ml so it works and house ain't too bad.
Windows condense badly overnight now it's colder.

Can't fault your logic @bjf ride fast eat more cake, bike choice seems legit to me :)

thats a lorra extra dorras for a wooden box :)

A chef, no swordfish on the menu that day !

Just been full circle :)

soooo... looking for soma reviews, found some peak Fixie forum chatter from 2007/08 on various forums, then ended up back here but in 2013
Ain't much chatter, but they seem to have a good rep and been around a while.

just google mapped it.
If i chop through the lanes after loppington (great pub there) and go wild back lanes, try and avoid popping out on the main road at Baschurch, then i should pop out at the top of the hill of XI
Some working out still. Maybe 15 miles :) so a 30 out and back with hills.

@PhilDAS i assumed it was something like an estate and owned by Ruyton the XI.

@f1s went through PX last night :) couple of nice ones really cheap...... then wham-won't accept bar end shifters or brake levers.

A few things to change, the bars as old and slightly bent, new saddle, toying with a Q/R front wheel as could drop weight cheaply and current rims are worn although i got some bargin rims from Condor ages ago, impulse buy and nothing to lose by trying wheelbuilding. What else, fancy trying Nokon/jagwire brake cable, more for the extra braking than low weight. Got a new chainring sat here that i never got round to fitting and some sprockets i haven't tried yet, and maybe a Halo clickster at some point as i miss 6 pawl pick up on my mountain bike :)

Didn't like the profile of 31.8 as the centre section is fat then tapers down, also super stiff. Not a problem using riser bars but i prefer the flat constant diameter of 25.4 they have a bit of give when you pothole..... and with no bulge you have more room for hand position.
Nitto's are mostly 26mm, the one 25.4 has a 27mm drop, oddly planet X are flogging Nittos so cheaply it falls into "to cheap to be true" camp that i wonder if they are legit Nittos. Loads of 31.8 out there. Although Chop & Flop wasn't viable because of the 31.8 drops i had where channeled for cable runs. Might just push the boat out and get black Soma's as they will take bar end brake levers.

Yes, been through Ruyton XI :) funny name for a village, haven't looked into the history yet. Zipped through in the car, 20mph limit and bit of a hill, sure the Cafe was in the central bit, will consult the map book and see if i can find a back lane route :)

28mm tyres, muddy towpaths and back lanes and thermal water bottle FTW

Chased 2x farm cats down lanes on way back.
Got chased 1x farm dog :)
Ice on fields but not roads, did some gentle leaning with no crashes :)

Overdose on sugary Lemon Drizzle cake and Latte.

One of many Lift bridges, uses same Key as Lock gates to wind the bridge up and down again.
If this was down near Ashford the boyracers would have jump contests here as long straight run up, nice launch angle to flat landing and instant write off.

Instead the road was littered with bird watchers.
I wanted to make the caff in good time so kept going.

Happy Biek didn't topple over as water is cold to be fishing a Surly out.

Kept feet dry and used footbridge. Now on main canal and towpath is hardpack and good going.

Bridge 3 is a road bridge and I carried on up the canal, as this is not the main canal system the towpath is grass embankment and soft/hard going on 28mm slick tyres with mudguards.
The picture is junction of Shropshire union to Whixall Marina.

Mobile phone pics today.

No swans in dead end of canal and calm at the marina (caff shuts at 4pm)

Todays icy roll around.

Sun dropping and temps dropping. Up to bridge 4 to explore the link to the main canal system. Might do a tow path ride in the summer, so been randomly looking at segments to see if rideable.