Today's Ride

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

@wynne is an anagram for mental

 

[Sm@alite]

Just shy of 25 miles , the longest the emotional distort monkeys have ever done and possibly my longest since surgery . A tad too warm in Whitby at the outset but cooled off nicely .
Robin Hoods Bay to Ravenscar was about perfect us in all respects . The girl needs a a shorter stem and possibly riser bars and started to complain about a sore back otherwise they'd have given me a proper run for my money

 

[wynne]

What...in this heat. Mad dog and Englishmen!
Unusual bike, what is it?

It's this, another victim of my tendency turn every bike i own into some form of drop bar graveller:

Thread 'Castellano Silk-ti 650b gravel bike'

Mar 29, 2025

I'm rubbish at those teaser threads. I'm just not the person to spend 18 years acquiring and then polishing things and nicely photographing the process. Not that I don't admire the work and dedication that goes into these things.

Anyway, here is my Castellano, bought earlier this week off @kaydee of this here site. I'd been staring at his frame for months trying to rustle up sufficient funds. Long story short it arrived on Thursday, beautifully packaged and just as described. I threw it together this morning and just took it for a spin.
Every bike I own ends up being some sort of 1x...

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