Recent content by EpsomWolf

Bit of a random one but was at a coffee stop yesterday where the coffee is normally well below par, so gave up this time and ordered a bovril instead. Someone recommended adding a few twists from the black peppercorn grinder and wow!!! No idea if that’s a recognised thing or not but what a...

4 flakes! Have to say looks bloody lovely tbf.

On the subject of tyres/tubeless etc, picked up a beauty of a thorn on the ride today. Snapped off the twig part leaving the thorn in place til home before pulling it out. Fantastic when they work and seal instantly as this one did, although I’ve seen a few challenges trying to get the tyres...

Took a bit of time to figure this out but ordered the new bike yesterday. Wanted a 1 x something carbon hardtail but accepted what you want and what you need are two different things. What was actually needed was a like-for-like replacement for the other knackered one, an all weather workhorse...

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Some will say drawing attention to a problem the police and/or government are desperate to downplay or brush under the carpet is important and in fact very much is helping. We all know the other side of that and the true agendas of some at protests such as this one, but especially in the current...

A 1 x something. The single chainring is the most important thing, especially on midweek evening trails in the pitch black where you don’t have time to be fannying around working out which front ring you’re on. I think 1 x 12 is probably overkill, and 1 x 10 leaves you a bit short, so I guess...

Thanks Keef. The urge is to convert to 1 x 11, and yes there are some decent full conversion Shimano sets out there but this bike isn’t a ‘boost’ frame and unless mistaken a 11 speed cassette wouldn’t fit on a standard hub/wheel and can only be done on an actual boost frame bike? I took...

Ha, nooo, we decided on that gear as the intention at that moment was to ride home. Made for a tough gig on the steep rocky climb but I quite enjoy pushing hard in a high gear uphill so wasn’t so bad but did drain the energy tank at times. Going to have to make some decisions now though...

That’s a cracking facility to have. Seem to recall you’re at the University of Birmingham? My wife did her PhD there coincidentally the same time as my daughter was an undergraduate there too and we’ve visited that repair place quite a few times. Often wondered if more large organisations and...

Always seemed the obvious choice for Spurs to me.

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I’d get one of those cheap chain stretch measuring tools from somewhere like Amazon. We can get through chains pretty quickly with the grit and whatnot destroying them. but you can normally get several chain changes to a single cassette. Leave the chain too long and it wears the cassette and...

A bit of a carry on today. Group decided to go a bit further afield and grind away off-road up to the tower at the top of Leith Hill. (Approx 18 miles away, 300 metres high. (Not especially high by many standards but still the highest point in SE England apparently), Got to just past Dorking...

Booked a heavily discounted trip a few weeks ago when the holiday companies started panicking and offering crazy deals to fill cancellation spaces from those not wishing to travel in the current circumstances. Noticed over the weekend the same holiday is advertised, discounted again to the tune...