Plans for 2026

[Takingabreak]

Wasn't sure of the best place to post this as my plans are not all pre 97 MTB but here goes.

1. Finally build up my 96 Dawes Edge
2. Do something with the nicely painted Raleigh Avanti frame I bought a while ago
3. Sell / gift / dispose of a Pashley Tuberider which seemed a great idea at the time
4. Build up my Sabbath Silk Route frame in a gravelly kind of way
5. Sell on my Bates B.A.R. as it's now surplus to requirements since buying the Sabbath
6. Sell on my Lynskey Peloton frame as it's now surplus to requirements.
7. Unearth my Ron Cooper road bike and build it with the NOS Ultegra 6500 kit I have slowly been sourcing
8. Pedal some of the above

Looks a challenge to get all that done in only one year based on what I have achieved in 2025.

What's your 2026 plans?

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

1. Increase hourly charge out rate.
2. Work less.
3. Build the Catamount.
4. Finish the RTS.
5. Progress... or finish, the muscle car project.
6. Ride more kms.
7. Sort out the workshop, the bike workshop and the bike storage area (by putting more stored car parts onto the aforementioned muscle car)
8. Generally finish 2026 in less clutter and as good as, if not better, health.
9. Be even grumpier and more judgmental on the internet. Idiots... everywhere.

I started this year with dizzy spells, BP through the roof, 92kg and a diagnosis of diabetes. "**** that ****" I said. Now I'm 78kg, BP and blood sugars are all in normal range. 2025 has been a punish but I have a lot to be happy about and I'd like to carry that through 2026.

 

[doctor-bond]

Ride more
Eat less
Stretch

 

[widowmaker]

Ride less miles but more frequently.
Keep bike numbers to a few.
Spend less time on Retrobike buying bikes i really shouldn't

 

[grantoury]

No more plans. Just enjoying riding and tinkering.

 

[swannymere]

Sell some gear i never use.
Give away some gear i never use.
Build some gear i never use.
Use some gear i never use.
Read more books, its a habit i've fallen out of.
Properly clear out the shed and build a little workshop with a comfy chair to fall asleep in.
Work on the finishing of my baking, tasty but untidy at the moment.

Stop being a HHC

 

[Tootyred]

Would like to do some more audax events, ride the rebellion and wolf ways in one bit.

Sell last few bits and possibly one more bike.

Try to ride with the other half of the tootyred twosome a bit more.

 

[Scott-S]

I just want out on the halfwit more often
Finish the Bonty
Not see anymore bikes I like

 

[longun]

Ride more
build more....read finish or rebuild...
buy less

realistically,

lose a couple of stone
sell at least 10 bikes from the collection
ride retro properly once a month
complete the "other" pace rc100
repaint the Roberts genesis
carpet the campervan and not kill it.....
ride bmx more
not get sunburned at the malverns and york.....and drink less

 

[Tayside]

Would like to do some more audax events,

Yup, I want to do more of the big ones like The Wild Atlantic Way.
Son#2 is hooked on bike packing ,so plan to do a few weekenders with him.
LEJOG (again) as it's been a while.
Maybe have another crack at the John Muir Way (in a day), ran out of light/time last year.
Get to Bespoked in Peckham, take a bike and visit/annoy all the folk I know in London.
Stop looking at old motorcycles for sale and dreaming about custom builds.
Empty the shed and attic of (quality) tat and don't buy any more (quality ) tat.