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• Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / Not quite CX bikes - aka Just get an Arkose

  in Bikes & Bits • 3 days, 3 hours

  

  No gravel anywhere between London and Faversham for sure

• Bicycle Tag of bike

  in General • 5 days, 9 hours

  

  Old: McGrath Road castle

  New:

• London to Whitstable Route

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 1 week

  

  All of those look so much nicer—albeit slightly longer—than the more direct Watling Street route I took the other week.

• Live, Laugh, Love.

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 2 days

  

  We all feel remoresful sometimes.

• The Bird Thread

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 3 days

  

  Ooh! I had one pop by a while ago and had a camera to hand: https://youtu.be/N522Qa30Arg
  
  

• Essential winter clothing?

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 weeks, 4 days

  

  I’ve heard about rainlegs, but haven’t tried them… seems like a reasonable idea. Yes to mudguards, and at least a front flap to boot. SPD sandals are good in the wet as well, apart from that one time post-hailstorm when the puddles were literally ice cold.

• LFGSS survives by donations

  in General • 2 weeks, 4 days

  

  Scored some serendipitous shorts: £20 in the pot.

• Rapha, nice but a bit pricey?

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 weeks, 4 days

  

  Ooh! I was looking for a pair of shorts, please could I have these?

• Washmy.bike

  in General • 4 weeks

  

  Zoom. Enhance.

• Foraging forumagers

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 4 weeks, 1 day

  

  Fantastic blackberries by Hackney Marshes on Monday—just peeping over the tops of the gabions. I’d have filled a carrier bag if I’d had one with me.