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Nice.

...so many people on Maxxis Ikon. I used Ikons when I was over there and thought maybe something more burly would be better, but that said, I only had one puncture. And it is a race I guess.

I can't see the tandem being a good idea!

now gone

Sure, send me a PM

Free
Shimano 105 5800
52 36
175mm
Chainrings are well used
Collect from Upper Street Islington business hours

A mate doing this forgot his cycling shoes. So if anyone is going to this tomorrow and has a spare pair of size 10 (or bigger I guess) shoes that you could lend with SPD cleats then you would save his weekend.

Price drop to free

Should I put you down for dibs?

1950s Dutch bike of unknown make (headbadge missing)
Front Sachs drum hub brake, rear Shimano coaster brake

The good

• Buy a piece of history?
  
• When it works it is a great pub bike
  
• The wheels are not original and are in decent condition. The rear in particularly is very solidly built.
  
• Front rack is removable (so could be used on another bike)
  
• People complement the bike and you get the chance to work out if they are taking the piss
  
• Rake
  
  

The bad

• It is not running. The BB threads on the non drive side toward the edge of the BB shell are stripped so the current old style cup and code BB will not stay in. It is possible that a different BB may be fine as the threads further in look okay. E.g. A square taper BB with a longer axle might work. It has cottered cranks but they have only recently been installed so shouldn’t be too hard to remove again.
  
• The front hub brake doesn’t work well now but I have never tried to adjust it.
  
• Quite a lot of ‘patina’
  
• Tyres are Schwalbe Marathon are worn to the point that you can see the green layer, however I would say they still life left, owing to how thick that green layer is.
  
  

Collect from Islington Upper Street During business hours

They are the silver ones. (although the axle is black on both M540s)
I am in N16

I have a pair of Shimano M540 (the nicer/lighter budget SPDs) which I rode for literally about 100m before deciding I really did want to stick with with the ever unreliable eggbeaters.
I bought them for £31.99 and would sell them for say, £20.

What width is the Prologo Nago? 134 or the wider one? And is it black?

@Squaredisk I didn't need to claim anything on Sportscover direct but a quick Google seemed to say that people had good experiences - and I didn't find any bad reviews.

GCN did a video on jetwashing bikes and concluded it was pretty safe for bearings but YMMV of course

@inappropriate_bike
@GoatandTricycle

If you're looking for a route over 400km London to York then I've ridden this:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/15797749

I'm not sure. It has always been a bit fast but I kept put off getting it fixed as it was only about 10 minutes a week, but then it got way worse at some point.

Advice please people...
My Seiko SKX007 is running very fast, like 15 minutes a day fast.
What should I do?
Anyone got any recommendations of places to get it looked at? They cost £230ish new so hoping not to spend loads getting it fixed.

I recently used Sportscover direct after doing a bit of research.

You can select the exact activities for which you want cover, and one is cycle touring. You can also select camping and mountain biking which I did as we were bikepacking but that puts you into a more expensive group than just touring.

They had good reviews online from people claiming and were also recommended by Ellis Brigham FWIW.

I have the Helium 400. I think the Mountain Equipment rating for a 'good night's sleep' is pretty accurate from my experience.
Solo = 7C
Helium 400 = -5C
I'd say its not warm enough for a lot of UK stuff but hold on to it for when you are sure it will be warm.

I did a bikepacking trip in Kyrgyzstan for two weeks in June/July and did some of the roads this race will take in. I'm looking forward to following it. I can confirm it will be tough!

We did it on 29er MTBs.

We didn't find water being an issue, there are loads of streams to filter from. I think I carried about 2 litres mostly but more before cooking. Food is tricky though. We had to carry five days worth of food for the first part of our trip, which take a lot of space. The latter part of our route did go through settlements but the range of food is quite limited in shops. The riders will have to make do with very basic supplies.

I don't think there are any animals that can harm you. We never spotted wolves or evidence of wolves and my guess is they are kept very much under control (or possibly made non existent) by the shepherds.

I think the biggest challenges will be weather and terrain. We largely had hot sunny weather and rode in shorts and t-shirts, but we also had snow. A lot of the route is over 3000m (getting up to 3,600 - 3,800m) and the weather arrives very quickly. We had literally a blizzard with horizontal snow about 15 minutes after warm weather and sunshine. I think a tent is essential rather than a bivvy, as are proper warm clothes. It was often below zero overnight.

The other challenge is understanding the how rugged the terrain is. All of the roads take longer than you expect, even if you expect them to take longer than you expect. Some of the parts where you expect gravel will be sapping corrugations, sometimes roads will disappear into animal tracks. Sometimes there will be river crossing where you are not expecting them. Some parts which are marked as tracks don't have a track at all and you just moving across the terrain. The hike a bike sections are tough and long and made tougher by the thin air. This is all part of the fun but you have to readjust your mileage expectations.

I also personally think a MTB would be generally faster than a gravel bike, and I for the parts we rode a fat bike or mid fat would have been handy! I also would have gone for flat pedals over spds, the hike a bikes trashed all of our cycling shoes so badly that the soles were coming away from the shoe.

It is the most spectacular place - they will have an incredible time.

Would anybody be able to rent to me their bike box for a trip Saturday 23 June to 8 July?

You should get them checked of course, but worth noting that generally speaking Shimano road hydro brakes move further toward the bars than caliper brakes even when they are bled and set up correctly. It takes a little getting used to if you are used to using caliper brakes that are set up to be very close to the rim.

Hi All,

FOUND BIKE

There is a bike that has been left unlocked for a few days in Clapton near the Beecholme Estate / Millfields Park. It is a an old steel Raleigh woman’s bike, converted to single speed / fixed gear. It is a burgundy type colour, has drop handlebars, and has a black woman’s brooks saddle. Its pretty well used but must someone's pride and joy given it has a Brooks!

Any missing this?

No. I bought it second hand. The tolerances on the frame are very small so it doesn't take much for it to be out.

Offered for free

Basso Reef
58cm
Alu frame with carbon seatstays
Full carbon fork

The good:

• Free
  
• Made it Italy
  
• Nicely smoothed over welds
  
• Quite light
  
  

The bad:

• There is a slight misalignment in the rear. It means you have to put the rear wheel in at a very slight angle for it not to rub on the chainstay. This is the main reason the frame is free. The frame only really has clearance for 23C tyres so the misalignment is quite small.
  
• It needs a clean
  
• The front brake is stuck in the fork. As in, the hex bolt is rounded off. So you get a free front brake.
  
  

Pick up only from Clapton

Edit: the frame is the correct way up in real life

Price Drop £75.

Winters coming, everyone needs one of these.

ahh wish I had the space...