It looks like that grassed over sleck-tip just down from J40 (?) of the M1, looking west. Is that Emley Moor Mast in the background?Taken while out about an hour ago, where is it folks?
Puncture number 4 in 2 days of riding, just inspected front tyre & it is knackered despite wear indicators being ok, split along the markings.
Thankfully wife is on way with a spare wheel that I can slot in.
Need to find another hobby
Mainly gravel & glass. Problem was the tyres, they looked ok on the surface but were perishing around the patterning (they are gp4000s).What kind of punctures are they? Thorns or just crap off the road?
Might be worth considering tubeless as it could help.
Pretty terrible but I’ve seen crap riders looking worse.https://twitter.com/SirWiggo/status/1285289758193844225
Sleeves ripped off British champions jersey, leggings and no socks!!!!
I'm not sure I've cycled around Sheffield recently, so you haven't seen me there. You may have seen me MTBing around Leeds, almost certainly looking crap and badly dressed.Pretty terrible but I’ve seen crap riders looking worse.
It looks like that grassed over sleck-tip just down from J40 (?) of the M1, looking west. Is that Emley Moor Mast in the background?
Need to find another hobby
i suppose when you've been pro you don't have to dress like a pro!Pretty terrible but I’ve seen crap riders looking worse.
I'm not sure I can claim full honours, if it's Rothwell then it's the other side of the '62 to where I was thinking, which is more Wakey, a couple of junctions down the M1. It's obviously a man made hill, as are so many in the old coal areas, which is what gave me the clue. There are lots of distinctively shaped hills visible today that I remember as being black in years gone by. Your view must be vaguely southwards?Hi Steve, well done, it’s at the top of Rothwell Country Park, it’s actually a better view in person than my phone photo shows, a really good 360 degree view, looking east (not on this photo) you can see a few power stations and a water tower up the top of Airedale, just round the corner from my mums .
(I think what you’re referring to as Emley Moor mast is the tip of a wind turbine).
Mainly gravel & glass. Problem was the tyres, they looked ok on the surface but were perishing around the patterning (they are gp4000s).
I need to buy a load of inner tubes!
I'm not sure I can claim full honours, if it's Rothwell then it's the other side of the '62 to where I was thinking, which is more Wakey, a couple of junctions down the M1. It's obviously a man made hill, as are so many in the old coal areas, which is what gave me the clue. There are lots of distinctively shaped hills visible today that I remember as being black in years gone by. Your view must be vaguely southwards?
The spares parts bike was riding quite well tonight with risers on and a non-slipping seatpost. Picked up on PR on it and also did my best time on a mountain bike on the initial road climb up into the Pentlands, so (unlike me!) it's definitely quick uphill. I equalled my PR on a couple of other segments (and one of them I'm currently 3rd overall on) and it'll do better on those once the gearing is raised as on both of them I ran out of gears.
32t up front and an 11:36 isn't too bad for general riding although it's not quite low enough to be comfortable on the steeper climbs - on the steepest climb of the day (which averages 10% but has bits at around 20%) I made it up but it wasn't pretty (or fast) as I had to get out of the saddle quite a bit as I didn't have a low enough gear to spin up. I think 2x10 with something like 24/38 should be good though so will probably change to that later this week.
See you mentioned 32 x 11/36 Steve, I agree, something a bit lower geared would be handy in steeper terrain. I’m not too shabby in the hills, yet was crying out for something lower than a 42 (with a 32 upfront) the other year in the dales. My son has one of these new(ish) 12 speed jobby’s, it’s a 32 upfront, with an 11/52, obviously the 52 is really quite low.