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Looks interesting. Am looking for routes out west to Chilterns instead of always heading down through Surrey. How was it? I often find canal paths slow going.

Wasn't sure if anchovy in a sidewall was recommended? But worth a go as a roadside fix before trying the alternatives I guess.

Trying my panaracer gravel king sks tubeless, after initially running them tubed for a few months. The SKs have actually been fine, never had a puncture, however...
On setting up tubeless noticed there is a small side wall tear that I had noticed before (as it hadn't punctured the inner tube). Was initially leaking air, but I topped up with more sealant and it seems to have sealed now.

Safe to ride, or will it fail at some point mid ride?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/30/pedestrians-get-priority-as-uk-unveils-changes-to-highway-code

cool, thanks

Other than Brixton Cycles any recommendations for a bike shop in Brixton or surrounding area for a new cyclist looking for a practical, decent, town/ commuter bike. Somewhere with good advice, and after sales service would be great. Could be a good branch of a chain, or independent shop.

Thanks for this. Sounds great, but I've got plans for the Thu evening. Will PM if things change though.

May have to do some long train journeys soon, so dug out my 2 sets of IEMs. Both are broken but possibly repairable:

Sennheiser IE 80 - the nozzle has come off. Thinking about gluing it back or buying replacement but noticed google says these IEMs now sell for about £30 on wish.com (were quite high end and expensive originally). Seems suspiciously cheap. Genuine?

Cheaper set of Meelectronics A161P something or other - cable frayed where it joins the right headphone. Fixable? I might have a go anyway, but reckon I'll need to cut into the housing of the headphone to expose more of the wire.

Cheers, that route on komoot looks perfect. Will check the logistics of getting over to the west coast. May have the option of riding in Perthshire too and see there is a Perthshire gravel website.

Will be staying in Edinburgh August 2 - 9 and taking my gravel bike. So, between now and then will be reading up on gravel routes reachable from Edinburgh and trying to decide whether to take the 650b 47mm tyres or 700 43mm. I'd probably only choose 700c if I end up doing a high proportion of road. Also, thinking about combining train and bike to get to other parts of Scotland, but may end up needing accommodation too. Any suggestions, group rides etc happening at the time would be great.

Was riding the trails between westcott and ranmore common today and one of the routes which komoot said was ridable and am pretty sure is a bridleway/ byway had a sign that said "access to national trust vehicles etc only (covid-19 regulations)". I took a detour which involved hike a bike, stinging nettles, and swearing. I doubt the NT put the sign up, and can't help but be sceptical as to the existence of these "covid-19 regulations". Has anyone seen this?

cheers

Where is a good place to check out Seikos in central London?

They were well into their fifties, riding full sus on light gravel.

These seem the worst offenders on the shared path around Richmond Park too.

Where in West London is this?

I've been there at the weekends recently and it has been much better. People have stopped driving to the park in the numbers they were when everything was locked down.

On the other hand weekdays, especially rush hour/ school run time, can be pretty grim on the roads that are open to cars.

Yes, there are sections that are closed. Weekends more of it is closed. There's more info on line on the details.

Also, there are fewer people in general in the park walking etc. Makes it easier to ride, although it was a positive thing seeing people appreciate having the roads closed.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/traffic-heavier-than-before-pandemic-jnbxd89sq

Traffic heavier than before pandemic.

This time last year we had a platform given to the transport secretary talking about a massive change in transport habits. Transport levels were part of the government's daily press briefing and part of the national conversation. We now have worse traffic than before and it passes without comment.

Nice site, will check out it. I'm heading to just north of Abegavenny. I thought about this loop for starters (from your earlier list):

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/34042903

This is great. Will be doing some riding in Wales next weekend. Weather is looking pretty wet though. Do these trails become unrideable after a bit of rain or are they OK?

One of my lockdown projects, not particularly well finished is to try and collect routes I/friends/organised rides have for gravel in Wales:

Reversion to pre-Covid behaviour feels complete. Outer bits of London and satellite towns a sea of SUVs. Whereas can't recall seeing RP this quiet in a v long time. Regretted riding out of London would have been nicer to just do laps of RP.

Maybe if people switch back to public transport once infection levels drop, and people continue to work from home more, pollution and congestion might be reduced. Feeling hopeful. Judging by my own workplace, there aren't huge numbers desperate to return to the office.

£10
Condition - used but good condition.
Collection: Acton, W3.

Just been to Richmond park for first time in a couple of weeks. Full of cars. Gridlock from ham gate and constant stream on the other sections that are open to cars. Plus drivers driving up to the closed sections, seeing the no motor vehicles sign, and driving through anyway.

Froome's position looks quite different to before. Looks like a higher, more forward saddle.

Trying to find routes out of and back into SW London through Kingston area preferably with a bit of gravel, cycle path and generally cycle friendly infrastructure. Liking the hogsmill nature reserve but the Tolworth junction and the bit just north before you turn down the King Charles road is grim. The cycle infrastructure on the junction massively slows you down and you're standing around waiting on a polluted, noisy junction while motor traffic is given greater priority.

What do people do here? Is it better to just ride over the junction on the road rather than use the underpass etc?