Year: 2013

 A flying visit between returning from Nepal and jetting off for 8 months in South America. Service and add a new luggage option. Salsa Minimalist racks are for carrying up to 5k of extra stuff on the front or rear.  They have a cupped deck and come with straps for Read More

We took Tim for a ride on the Jones this morning. Looked super shiney till he got his mitts on it :o) Set up single speed with a fat front courtesy of Surly Bikes it can be a bit challenging on the rolling bits of the South Pennine moors. He’s Read More

Didn’t seem to slow her down much though…. Ruffwear Cloudchaser softshell for those wet days in the hills, or in this case on the beach.

Have you and your bike already been around the world like this one? You could look at all the chips and scuffs as souvenirs of those trips. However there may come a time when you’d like to start fresh. That’s where we come in. Pick a RAL number and we Read More

Trail? What trail? So there’s this event in October that covers 200k over 24ish hours around mid Wales, South of Llanidloes. We got ourselves down for it so thought we’d go recce the route a bit. Glorious weather was forcast so we travelled relatively light. Bivvy roll up front and Read More

New graphics from Salsa on finishing kit New Surly OD chainset and rings 36/22 Damn fat knobbly tyres Canvas green with matching rims and Nates tyres  Complete bike £1849 Standard Pugsley just £1599

Time’s sure short these days, trying to fit everything into a busy summer time. This Saturday we sent the dog on hols for a night and grabbed a quick trip into the hills. A late afternoon train ride to 20 miles away then a circuitous route to a favourite bivvy Read More

This will be an interesting bike build – two Hope trials hubs laced up to Velocity Blunt SL’s to start with.

Given the splendid weather outlook for the holiday weekend we cooked up a plan to make the most of it. Pulling a pair of  Surly 1×1’s from the back of the bike cave we hopped on the train to Kirby Stephen. Plan was to pick up the Pennine Bridleway national Read More