Fforiwr

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

  in Bikes & Bits • 6 days, 21 hours

  

  I knew I should have kept that 2011 Giant Defy with Shimano 2300. Thumb shifters before it was cool.

  

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  in Wanted Adverts • 1 week, 5 days

  

  Well there we go, hadn't managed to find that with my lacking Google skills. Thanks!

  Weird that it's not possible to find that stuff from their main site...shrug. have ordered.

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  in Wanted Adverts • 1 week, 5 days

  

  No, my frame is QR only, the trainer can fit either QR or thru axle.

  I want it to be QR so I can use it with my frame, but the relevant adapter was not included when I bought it 2nd hand.

  Edit. Have tried to clarify OP.

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  in Wanted Adverts • 1 week, 6 days

  

  Sort of... it's come without any adapter for the NDS which means at the not it won't fit anything, because thru axle also needs an adapter to make it 142 wide. At the moment it's just a hole in the side which won't hold anything!

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  in Wanted Adverts • 1 week, 6 days

  

  I bought a second hand Elite Direto trailer to use with a QR only bike.

  The Direto can be used with either QR or thru axles, but needs adapters for both which weren't included when I bought it. I need the QR adapters.

  Maybe you have a spare QR adapter if you use an elite turbo with a thru axle frame, or have upgraded and still have them lying around?

  It's thing things they remove at the start of this video: https://youtu.be/eo1mB3nxBv0
  
  

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

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 weeks, 1 day

  

  I thought they got bought out by Cannondale (Cycle Sports Group?) with Fabric (same people as charge) part of the deal a few years ago now. The ex-head of charge now part of Cannondale design team and assume they got the rights to the name as part of the deal, put it on ice and have relaunched it as a e-bike brand now. Like you say suitable name.

  Someone else almost certainly knows more thank I do.

• Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 1 month

  

  I'm using a Revelate Tangle, and it seems to fit well (with side entry bottle cages) and still has good capacity, but I'm on a 59ish frame so probably makes a difference?

  https://www.revelatedesigns.com/index.cf­m/store.catalog/Frame-Bags/TangleFrameBa­g

  I think mines an older model but assuming dims have stayed the same?

• Investment & Investing

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  Very new to any investment, but looking move one kids Cash ISA to S&S ISA and set another one up, on the basis that it's definitely going to be a long term investment, so seems to make sense (every piece of advice I've seen is think long term). Planning to use it as a way to test out an automated platform and ideally want to look at 'ethical' funds.

  I've been looking at Wealthify but know others are out there. Anyone have any experience/pointers?

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

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 month, 2 weeks

  

  If anyone is in Wales/planning to ride there any time soon. Some routes:

  Gravel.wales

  Planning to add more soon.