Scott-S
Kona Fan
Sorry Im Scottish but whats the World Cup?England playing in the World Cup is always a good time to go riding
Today's Ride
- Thread starter FairfaxPat
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bikeworkshop
Old School Grand Master
Sorry Im Scottish but whats the World Cup?
You call it
the Rangers vs Celtic Derby.
Teams come from all corners of the known universe to play against each other in a good natured and friendly game.
Scott-S
Kona Fan
Rangers vs Celtic Derby "a good natured and friendly game"
perhaps for the players... but the inbred fans of both sides with a family tree like a mop pole aren't wired like "friendly" theres nothing but bile and generations of bred in hatred there
BUT! you did remind me of something called qualifiers where the Tartan Army go on a world booze cruise and party with the locals celebrating their win after they thrash us
Betsy
Old School Grand Master
Fat-ass Asda delivery driver put his foot through the decking evn tho the sign on the gate quite clearly says "please use back entrance" 
A bit blew off
Riding up to Burbage in storm Amy was hard work.. i kept getting blown off the road into the verge
Bolete
Trails are waterlogged
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A bit blew off
Riding up to Burbage in storm Amy was hard work.. i kept getting blown off the road into the verge
Bolete
Trails are waterlogged
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NimbleRider
Retro Newbie
I had a nice evening ride along the river, ending with dinner at the local brewery.
Now Amy has moved on, this mornings conditions were 
Next to no wind, barely 2-5 mph NW. 10 degrees, rising to about 12. Clear skies, high cloud, another orange sunrise except it didn't rise till I got home. Was joined by 2 groups of bats en-route, in the sheltered spots. Legs were 
Next to no wind, barely 2-5 mph NW. 10 degrees, rising to about 12. Clear skies, high cloud, another orange sunrise except it didn't rise till I got home. Was joined by 2 groups of bats en-route, in the sheltered spots. Legs were 
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PhillB
GT Fan
A rare day with two 'proper' rides (well for me anyway!)
First a ride out along the towpath to Kingston and then back home through the park - 13km and at a fair pace.
Only to get a call as soon as I got back with a request to deliver something left behind for my sons basketball match in Twickenham - I could have driven, I guess, but I hopped on Dave, who goes like a rocket
Another 10km.
It was a beautiful day for cycling - around 16C, Sunny.
First a ride out along the towpath to Kingston and then back home through the park - 13km and at a fair pace.
Only to get a call as soon as I got back with a request to deliver something left behind for my sons basketball match in Twickenham - I could have driven, I guess, but I hopped on Dave, who goes like a rocket
Another 10km.
It was a beautiful day for cycling - around 16C, Sunny.
Totoro
Senior Retro Guru
A very nice 9 miles today of my most done loop but heading through some rather rough downhill bit I don't do as often due to people. Today was a fine line between safe and fast, a very fine line. Can't often do it at speed due to it being busy but I was quite early and all the puddles put some folk off.
Felt very fast today but my average speed was slow as ever and only hit 30mph on the faster stuff. My average speed is always slow, I ride slow and so much of it is gradual climbing.
TLDR, felt very fast, was not.
Felt very fast today but my average speed was slow as ever and only hit 30mph on the faster stuff. My average speed is always slow, I ride slow and so much of it is gradual climbing.
TLDR, felt very fast, was not.
The rocky section of my ride pretty much always looks like that, right next to a couple of big hills with old mines and lots of ground water. It was very wet today.
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Wow what a beautiful day today! Took a break from fettling a couple of mountain bikes to take out a Revell Romany that I bought a few weeks ago but have not got around to trying out. I believe this later became the much-loved Orbit Romany.
I have to say it was a revelation it rode very sweetly indeed, no rattles or squeaks, a little squealing from the Red S cantis but they stopped well enough and I could easily lock the back wheel if I wanted to. What a comfortable ride too, it felt very compliant. The Suntour downtube shifters also felt great, friction only but the first time I recall using these and they did have distinctive click stops even though these weren't indexed, I liked them.
Having enjoyed that ride I thought it would be a good opportunity to try my newest addition to the tourer fleet, a Dawes Super Galaxy and compare the ride to the Romany. The Galaxy felt immediately heavier than the Romany and the scales later showed 13.5k vs 12k so it was significantly heavier. Some of this was the rack but also it may have been the 531ST over the standard 531 of the Romany. Once on the move however, it did not feel noticeably less nimble to me. The DX groupset performed flawlessly and the bar end shifters were marginally easier to use while the triple gave a greater range which may have been useful if I was carrying luggage.
Overall both felt amazing for 35+ year-old bikes and I hope someone will be very happy to own either when I sell them. I guess the choice comes down to the very well-known standard of the Dawes Galaxy vs the slightly rarer Romany as to which floats your own particular boat.
Which would you choose?
I have to say it was a revelation it rode very sweetly indeed, no rattles or squeaks, a little squealing from the Red S cantis but they stopped well enough and I could easily lock the back wheel if I wanted to. What a comfortable ride too, it felt very compliant. The Suntour downtube shifters also felt great, friction only but the first time I recall using these and they did have distinctive click stops even though these weren't indexed, I liked them.
Having enjoyed that ride I thought it would be a good opportunity to try my newest addition to the tourer fleet, a Dawes Super Galaxy and compare the ride to the Romany. The Galaxy felt immediately heavier than the Romany and the scales later showed 13.5k vs 12k so it was significantly heavier. Some of this was the rack but also it may have been the 531ST over the standard 531 of the Romany. Once on the move however, it did not feel noticeably less nimble to me. The DX groupset performed flawlessly and the bar end shifters were marginally easier to use while the triple gave a greater range which may have been useful if I was carrying luggage.
Overall both felt amazing for 35+ year-old bikes and I hope someone will be very happy to own either when I sell them. I guess the choice comes down to the very well-known standard of the Dawes Galaxy vs the slightly rarer Romany as to which floats your own particular boat.
Which would you choose?
