Recent content by Diggdydog

New blog: Biking the Spanish Interior Hi all! Sorry for the shameless self-promotion, but I recently started a blog detailing my exploits cycling around the middle of Spain (close to Madrid) on various vintage 26"ers. Lots of inspiration on my journey came from this forum so seemed only right...

@madjh Hah yes I've seen the single tracks, and the insane speeds some of the riders reach! It's really impressive. I love the feeling of overtaking and outpacing an ebike. Thanks for the breakdown of what's on offer here too! That Radical is suuuper nice. As someone here for maybe 12-18...

That's pretty much what I've been doing every weekend - truly no better way to spend time.

It turns out Facebook marketplace is dead, but looking through the local app Wallapop I've found some gems! Especially Spanish brands (unsurprisingly) but also plenty of components. Envious you've got a plan to move permanently, mine is only semi permanent, but thinking about looking to change...

Hello all - I thought I'd take the time to share a bit about my experience having moved to Madrid a couple months a go, and all the wonderful well priced bikes there are to find here! The retro MTB trend hasn't quite taken hold here, with most riders either commuters on e-bikes or decathlon...

By chance, at the moment you sent this - that's exactly where I was! I was out with a road bike friend though, so we mainly stuck to tarmac! Will definitely return to see some of the trails though, really beautiful landscape. @joglo thanks for sharing the portfolio too! It's been cool...

Thanks @Obi-Juan ! That's all really interesting. Is that to say, that in the hypermarket years the quality was so-so, or were they still decent bikes? Yes, I've generally been really impressed with the amount of amazing deals you can find in Spain. It took me a little while to find Wallapop...

Ah that's exactly the summary I needed - thank you! I found this one in a very cool set of colours, made in Taiwan I believe, for €80. It's got deore components throughout from what I can tell. Primarily I just need the frame for that build, but I think combining the components I'll have a...

Sorry if I'm reviving a bit of an old thread, but feel you guys might be best placed to answer this. I'm into my retro MTBs and have just moved to Madrid. You're right, there's lots of decent old bikes but really buried beneath a lot of old junk too! On your point of Orbea's, I picked up a nice...

Exactly what I was looking for - thanks! @LilDoodle I'll pick up some slightly longer M5's and fingers crossed you've both saved me £50 and a waste of perfectly good metal. Cheers :)

Hey all, Attempting to fit a specialized pizza rack a friend gave me, but it's currently without hardware. Does anyone know the size of bolt that fits through front forks? Is it an M6? (If not universal, on a Trek Single-track 950). Additionally has anyone used P-clamps to secure a rack (not...

My old work bike - Cannondale M500 - sold only yesterday! Enjoyed riding it, and the fact it wasn't too flashy helped for locking confidence. Did a bit of work on making my Trek 950 a bit comfier. Was a shame to not keep it all original, since it's in such perfect condition, but I'm a lot...

Hey man, unrelated but do you know where I can pick up these water cages or what I'd even be looking for? They rock

Beautiful bike Wicket! Still riding my Trek daily through the winter, often reminiscing on the summers day I picked it up from you! Just wanted to attest to anyone interested in this - no doubt it's going to be meticulously well maintained and ride like it's straight from the factory -...

Yup I know the spot! I remember when looking at the Sustrans map and seeing like 80% was on roads shared with cars I was a bit disappointed. After seeing those roads, and the complete lack of cars, I'm very keen to try some of the other sustrans routes. Also handy you had that picture hah. The...