Recent content by Betsy

Only had space for a couple of beers but i had a few mushrooms i picked in the autumn 😁 Homely.. stuffed a down vest in my pack for a pillow. Goodnight retro-people.. goodnight Pace 😘 ..cold shoulder? ok fine..

Weather was just too good to pass up.. Traveling light so strapped a rollmat to my bike.. using one SimWorks strap and one vintage 1970s Snakebelt for a Mork & Mindy kinda vibe.. Not great for the knees but i was only going a couple of miles up the road.. Sun setting over the Burbage...

Pull your finger out @shedobits .. are there no orange trees in Almeria? If you want one of these 😍 you'll have to ride up to Valencia this weekend or maybe over to Seville.. I don't give them away willy-nilly y'know.. you only got one on the first post for the black cat 😁

It's an early Victorian house with a deep cellar but no dampcourse.. the water comes up through the floor.. wet / dry season has no bearing, the floor can be dry in the winter or wet in the summer, it's the water table moving up/down, we have underground streams making their way to the Porter...

I can borrow one from the neighbours @Splatter Paint .. or take a demo Sonder out from Alpkit.. I'm running a Fouriers narrow wide on my 26" 10sp work bike You might be right but i'm still going to buy a Pace doner frame, that was the catalyst behind this after all and if it doesn't work...

Thanks @nodding dog .. that makes me feel heckuva lot better.. These are 26 x 2.2 in an 18" frame, there is plenty of room up top with a 12mm gap but down below, the gap is only 6mm which had me concerned! Thanks @highlandsflyer .. if this all sounds feasible?.. i'm probably keep bumping...

@nodding dog can I see a photo of the clearance between the tyre and the inside of the stays please?

9sp 49/36/27 edit- of course when i say 'i can't keep up with the 'gravel bikes' on the roads.. these could easily just be road bikes with fatter tyres!?, which would explain why i can't keep up.. i'd have a closer look but they're way off in the distance 😁 ..but this is what i'm aiming to...

This is all gold gents.. thank you! For the sake of clarity, i'm keeping the current RC200 as is I'm considering buying a second.. let's say doner frame, then should the worst happen, i can just flip the components over onto a second frame while i get the other one repaired.. never mention...

Morning everyone.. I'm considering building a RC200 gravel / adventure bike.. but before i get too bogged down with the details, i'd just like to ask y'all a few questions.. Most weekends, i'll hit the Peak District on my RC200 (as you've probably seen in Today's Ride thread) i'll often loop...

‘Red Sky At Night, Ski Village Alight’ Ye Olde Sheffield adage..

They’ve chosen a new Pope at Sheffield Ski Village..

Looks more like project 'Derrick Evans Redux' to me.. 😁

That’s one school of thought.. I’m more inclined to believe.. Tutankhamun bought 4 ornamental chariots during a plague of locusts when they all had to stay indoors for 12mths.. hung them on his pyramid wall, never rode any of them.. then on his passing folks buried them rather than having to...

Absolutely, if I don’t get the fun out of this bike, then who will? In 10yrs time it could potentially be worth fk all.. no point passing it down to my kid, he’s not going to feel nostalgic for something that happened 20yrs before he was born..