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Gets very warm in Mallorca(OK maybe not so much in October).Last May I'd finished of 2X500ml bottles by the time we'd hit the cafe at Col de Sa Batalla,refilled and did one more by the time we'd got to Col dels Reis,refilled at the bottom of Sa Calobra and sank another bottle climbing back up...by the time we'd got back to Puerta Pollensa I'd drank 6x500ml bottles.It was 28degrees though and I'd had a skinful the night beforeMatthewfalle wrote:theres also a massive amount of huge water bottlage going on.
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wouldn't it be better to have 2x500ml bottles instead of 1x1l bottle though?Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Maintaining my theme of big water bottles but in a bigger gear this time.
Viewpoint at Luz Ardiden just down from the ugly ski station.
The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
PBlakeney wrote:Maintaining my theme of big water bottles but in a bigger gear this time.
Viewpoint at Luz Ardiden just down from the ugly ski station.
seriously good bottlage going on there dude - chapeau!
can anyone beat this? maybe a third under a seat?Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
I’m afraid that doesn’t look right, needs a rolled up tub under the saddle rather than the saddle bag.0
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Maybe they usually ride with 2X1ltr or 2x750ml?Matthewfalle wrote:wouldn't it be better to have 2x500ml bottles instead of 1x1l bottle though?
My mate takes 2x750ml when we do a 30-40miler.....even I don't drink that much in Blighty :roll:0 -
Sniper68 wrote:
Maybe they usually ride with 2X1ltr or 2x750ml?Matthewfalle wrote:wouldn't it be better to have 2x500ml bottles instead of 1x1l bottle though?
My mate takes 2x750ml when we do a 30-40miler.....even I don't drink that much in Blighty :roll:
thats a lot of weight and pendulum effect if they do. and if they are all doing it as per the picture its a bit weird.
can the OP confirm?Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
No need. I still had a little left over.Matthewfalle wrote:seriously good bottlage going on there dude - chapeau!
can anyone beat this? maybe a third under a seat?
And the support vehicle was just heading up the road. The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Matthewfalle wrote:Sniper68 wrote:
Maybe they usually ride with 2X1ltr or 2x750ml?Matthewfalle wrote:wouldn't it be better to have 2x500ml bottles instead of 1x1l bottle though?
My mate takes 2x750ml when we do a 30-40miler.....even I don't drink that much in Blighty :roll:
thats a lot of weight and pendulum effect if they do. and if they are all doing it as per the picture its a bit weird.
can the OP confirm?
We are all between 44 and 50 (I'm the oldest) and enjoy riding nice bikes, not ready for a tourer just yet!
In terms of water bottlage, it was bloody hot in Mallorca in October (remember our long, hot summer in the UK?), and I can only speak for me (front Pinarello) but I use 710ml Camelbaks, and on any normal ride under 50k, Ill take one, anything over 50k, Ill take 2...on a 112km ride in Mallorca, up and down Sa Calobra and Puig Major, I actually got through 3 and a half bottles....0 -
i like the way the shutters match the green on the italian flag.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
Its the road leading to WalworthMad_Malx wrote:Dawnrider wrote:Took a ride to Walworth today. I hadn't intended to go that way but I've had the route in my mind for a while as a little goal to aim towards. I went through the woods first before I decided to head that way, so I added a bit extra distance to my 'goal'. And downhill all the way home!
Unless I’ve just woken up from a 50 year post-apocalypse coma, that’s not the same Walworth as the one I used to live in.0 -
This is the Walworth Road I lived on:
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Mad_Malx wrote:This is the Walworth Road I lived on:
That's the one that I'm more familiar with as well. It's weird how the memory works but I can clearly remember when I was a very small kid (late 1950s maybe) and I managed to get to get separated from my mum in East Lane one Sunday morning and wound up getting taken to the local police station until I was eventually reunited with her. Just wish I could remember the stuff that happened last week so clearly!Cannondale Synapse Carbon Ultegra
Kinesis Racelight 4S
Specialized Allez Elite (Frame/Forks for sale)
Specialized Crosstrail Comp Disk (For sale)0 -
Bikepacking in Kielder for the weekend, this was Friday, the pic below was early Saturday morning.
“Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.” Hunter S Thompson0 -
Cheshire Cat wrote:
Bikepacking in Kielder for the weekend, this was Friday, the pic below was early Saturday morning.
Doffs cap and shuffles off“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”
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Out in the Perthshire hills tomorrow - dry and bright forecast... let’s see if my composition skills are up to scratch0
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Slowmart wrote:Cheshire Cat wrote:
Bikepacking in Kielder for the weekend, this was Friday, the pic below was early Saturday morning.
Doffs cap and shuffles off
Chapeau for...
The weather
The fact u are bike packing
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Looks like a pretty normal commute to me :twisted:0
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This morning's commute.
Cube Reaction GTC Pro 29 for the lumpy stuff
Cannondale Synapse alloy with 'guards for the winter roads
Fuji Altamira 2.7 for the summer roads
Trek 830 Mountain Track frame turned into a gravel bike - for anywhere & everywhere0 -
This morning’s commute.
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Aaah - Riverside Drive and the silvery Tay....0
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You went backwards!seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Captain Fagor wrote:Aaah - Riverside Drive and the silvery Tay....
Whatever weather the day throws at you, it's easily one of the bonniest bits of cycle path in the UK.
OK, maybe not when it's a 25mph headwind straight off the N Sea, but the view's nice - it's just a shame you're too busy crying over your stem to look up!0 -
We've all been there.
In late September I elected to take my summer bike and was lamenting that this was the last ride before swapping over to the winter hack. It was windy. Probably the maximum wind speed I would entertain and still go riding.
I also figured that a headwind out and a tail wind home would be better than a cross wind. At one point, where the road rises slightly and only very slightly, I was standing on my pedals in 1st - 34 x 27 at a warp speed of 9mph.
Avoiding a loop, hills and a potential cross wind, I rode the same route back. At the point of this rise and being a slight downhill and only a very slight downhill, I clocked the bike at 34mph and I was not pedalling with much effort at all.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Up the hill in Liff... glorious sunshine for my morning runthegreatdivide wrote:This morning’s commute.0 -
About 3/4 the way up Shapenhoe Hill never been up it before an tried to full gas it thinking it was short... Turns out its not. Bikes behind me no where really to get it in shot sensibly.
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Hoegarden and Hedgehog time now Step.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Rondo Ruut AL, Western Lake District
“Faster, Faster, until the thrill of speed overcomes the fear of death.” Hunter S Thompson0
