Recent content by moonlite

just me and the dog at home That's a very Jack Russell pose -- "where are we going? when are we going? can we go now? do you have any food on you?"

Definitely worth some love and you'll have a nice rider when it's sorted.

And that suspension seatpost has to go!

And what is it shifting? Most likely the rear derailleur, but who knows?

The more I look, the more I wonder . . .

Welcome! Nice jerseys.

Yup, previously Airborne -- and still going: https://www.vannicholas.com/en

Her owner said she was a pitbull, but she looked too long in the legs for that. But then I'm not sure pitbull is a breed anyway.

After a weekend away for the Missus' birthday, I was keen to get some distance in today, particularly in light of the weather forecast which tells me we will have rain of some sort for the next ten days or so. Wasn't feeling very fit but took the Airborne Carpe Diem on a 35-k mixed gravel and...

Starting to look beautiful!

Reminds me of this guy at the Smithfield Nocturne in 2008 (I think)

Took off at lunchtime on a quick 20-k ride -- the sky clear and there was very little wind, so had to take advantage. I took the '98 Explosif, on which I'd recently replaced the Avid V-brakes with XTR -- why keep them in a drawer when there's a deserving bike to put them on? It was a pretty...

Did my 40km loop for the first time in two weeks, with a nasty dose of sinusitis in between which was a big disincentive to exercise. Lovely sunny day but with that cold underlying breeze making the weather feel colder than it looks. And two weeks off seem to have set back the old fitness a...

Those things have no brakes. Madness.

There's a time and a plaice for this kind of thing