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The wind looks like it’ll be a major factor.

and the rain.

edit - suns out now...it's certainly "changeable conditions"

Durbrudge running out of gears on that downwinder. Too late to strap on a bigger ring for later riders?

One of the best TNRCs I've attended was out from Hemel Hempsted. England were playing an almost dead rubber in the World Cup, but the roads of the Chilterns were still gloriously empty. It must have been June, because the evening was so long, it was still light as we sat in the beer garden of the pub, which is in spitting distance of the station.

The only thing that went wrong is that @Ruserius and I managed to misjudge events causing him to swerve into a traffic island within about 2 mins of getting started. It resulted in a spectacular over the bars moment, but thankfully, no damage.

Can't believe I'm going to miss my home event....social calendar fuck up means its a no from me.

I'm going to need to hand in my TNRC badge and gun at this rate.

Enjoy - but it does look cold. Wish I'd had my gloves for this morning's pootle.

Kent Access Permits are now a thing. I wonder if they are blue like the passports?

Good luck. I recall now the old pomps did come standard with an on one external track crank - they don't exist anymore, but you could ping planet x an email to see if they remember the size too.

As a bodge, I've used a diy clamp thing to provide an approximate level of bearing preload, and then just done the pinch bolts up good and tight.

I don't think the big bolt is ever intended to provide resistance to a crank falling off, as the plastic one will fail pretty quick.

Generally known as a shimano crank arm bolt I think. the originals are plastic, but ebay has a range of alu ones. https://www.ebay.co.uk/b/shimano-crank-b­olt/bn_7024943602

The sizing is odd - they come in 15,18 and 20mm flavours, so you need to do some measuring to work out what will work for your cranks.

Caution - I had some ali-express knock off shimano like mountain bike cranks that apparently use a strange bolt between the 18 and 20mm options. i bought both, but neither fit and the only way is apparently asking an ali-express seller to send you one. My cranks have just gone deep into the parts bin instead.

Even better way of keeping them in bed in the first place - "if you come down stairs I will have to call the police".

Who provided the answer though? Independent lawyer or Priti Patel?

I can't see anywhere in the regs that would equate two children asleep in their room to being part of a "gathering". Gathering doesn't appear to be defined, so it would presumably be arguable as to whether someone not present could be part of a gathering.

The issue comes if one of them wakes up and comes down stairs, and joins the gathering, though this would be the same as 6 mates in the pub, and another friend happens to walk in.

Looks like they are merged with Blacks - is that new?

Also appears the Bossnut is in stock in all sizes with them. Not sure I've ever seen that...

https://www.blacks.co.uk/15903684/calibr­e-bossnut-mountain-bike-15903684/?

I've ummed and ahh'd about considering one - the reviews were so good, and it would mean I could leave the hardtail as the bikepacking rig / winter bike and get some full squish back in my life...

Yep, I can clearly see plastic wrappers - the lazy fucks. Get a passive aggressive note on there stat!

I've got a couple of useable but old 700c fronts I'd be happy to see gone - one off a single speed - so track nuts or a campag khamsin that takes a QR (no qr included).

Can probably dig out an old 25c tyre too, but I never give away usable inner tubes!

£5 for either option collected from Kingston.

Good quote from the spokesperson

A Transport for Greater Manchester spokesperson said: "Government
guidance clearly states that this needn't be a surgical mask, and that
passengers can make their own or wear something suitable, such as a
scarf or bandana. "While there is a small degree of interpretation
that can be applied to this, we do not believe it extends to the use
of snakeskin - especially when still attached to the snake."

Thanks - will get pestering. Not the best time to be trying to get this fixed though I fear

Did you go private for these or get them done on the NHS? My knee is a bit of a mess, and has flared up recently.. I went down the NHS route the first time and seem to get lost off a list of low priority hobblers - I had an MRI which seemed generally inconclusive but then never got referred onto a specialist, and it seemed to get better anyway, so I lost interest in chasing it up...until now that is.

We've also just upped our tent game - found a De Waard Albatros in decent nick. It's huge -both when up and when packed away - and is as easy to handle as a baby belgua whale, but I'm very happy! Want to try and get a late season family weekend in if possible. Will be sad if we need to wait till next year.

The airbeds that just have air in them are pretty awful. they never stay up, you wallow about in them, and they can be pretty cold. They are though pretty cheap.

The "self inflating mats" which have a mix of foam and air are a lot more comfy and warm. The 10cm ones seem a good bet, but they are massive when folded up. We went for a Zempire Slumberlite Pro for about £90. Still not cheap, but as we spend a couple of weeks a year on it, seems worthwhile.

edit: ^ beat me to it.

I haven't seen anything to suggest the "rule of six" means you can't have six people from six different households in a group.

Its a simple rule now, but quite unbalanced towards allowing mates to meet up, but not families. As a family of four we now can't go and visit most families we are good friends with, as they are also families of four or more, yet I could go and get pissed up in a pub or someones house with 5 mates from all over the country.

The issue I suppose is that, allowing two family bubbles to meet up is harder to police than just anything over 6.

Selfishly, maxing it at 8 would have given us many more options for relatively safe socialising than the 6 you're allowed. It's a shame children of primary school age count towards the total, given the arguments that they don't appear to spread it anyway.

The possible benefit is that I may have to go for a nice solo bike ride / read my book with a beer while the rest of family meets up with some friends.

Looks like it's all just been banned again....I blame the spreadsheet.

Maybe, but I think the lever determines how much fluid is pushed, and the bore difference is so tiny as to have virtually no effect. Just my understanding. Blind taste tests required.

My understanding is that it doesn't matter which hose you use for any of the brakes as long as you have right barb in the end of the hose. I've just put a bh90 caliper on a bh59 hose and while I've not tested propperly, it's stopping me and not leaking.

Sad times - where are you off to?

I likely wont manage anything north, but if anyone wants to ride south west i'll be interested. As we know, riding back from Effingham is lovely.

Only issue is my knee is playing up after a game of cricket against some 7 years olds, still to test it on any actual mileage.

Depends how much you want to spend really, but our very own @StevePeel, who as well as providing sage advice to these hallowed pages, runs Yellow Bourbon and their espresso blend is as good a place as any to start.

https://yellowbourbon.net/collections/sh­op/products/espresso-blend-2?variant=220­7228788746

Seems like worth trying. I didn't buy it off a shop, but have no idea as to it's history.

These should work - https://www.bluestarcoffee.eu/iberital-g­rinder-conic-blades-7142-p.asp? Price is the same as a bag of coffee, so i'll give them a try.

How often do burrs need replacing on an Iberital MC2 do we think? I got mine second hand, I have no idea how old it is, but think it's done some fair mileage.

What would be the symptoms of blunt burrs? I feel like I've recently started struggling with more channelling, and can't think what else is causing it, though I have read some beans are more prone than others...

Wheels gone.