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What?... the long un?

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

No Paul, the 67 miles. That's enough for me, never done that amount of climb for that distance before. About 6500ft I believe.

67 miles is far enough for sparrow legs :)

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Doing the Rat Race route for Coast-2-Coast tomorrow. 200 miles (75 off road) in 3 days. Might hurt a bit!

LOL @ Paul

Sparrow legs is chirping
away at those miles :)

Good skills! Good luck tomorrow fella :)

My latest toy, not going to say much about it other than it was hand made for me by a little bike frame builder in Frome, you'll either get it and appreciate it for what it is or not understand it.

Edited by Rob H on 19th Jul, 2014.

Nice looking build bud!

On 19th Jul, 2014 Rob H said:


My latest toy, not going to say much about it other than it was hand made for me by a little bike frame builder in Frome, you'll either get it and appreciate it for what it is or not understand it.

I cycled the Coast 2 Coast over two days three weeks ago for charity, 140miles and 9500ft climbed on a mountain bike with touring tyres. Big achievement for me having not cycled for years (I used to mtb Grizedale & the lakes in the early 90s).
Anyway, 800mls & 23,780ft so far this year..... now then do I continue to cycle, work on the mini or work on the tr7v8???

I read mbr every month, but I can't figure it out. Downhill ?

On 19th Jul, 2014 Rob H said:


My latest toy, not going to say much about it other than it was hand made for me by a little bike frame builder in Frome, you'll either get it and appreciate it for what it is or not understand it.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Paul, hardtail downhill frame, hand made in the UK, i figure at my age I'm never going to be a super fast race winner, or even a contender so why go for a multi thousand pound bike, for what i ride this is perfect, the geometry is crazy but point it down hill and it is super responsive yet very stable, they've really put a lot of thought into the design, it's also one of the most fun bikes I've ever rode.

On 20th Jul, 2014 Paul S said:
I read mbr every month, but I can't figure it out. Downhill ?

On 19th Jul, 2014 Rob H said:


My latest toy, not going to say much about it other than it was hand made for me by a little bike frame builder in Frome, you'll either get it and appreciate it for what it is or not understand it.

I love that Rob, love long travel hardtails, there super fun.

I bought this about a month ago purely for fitness to aid my MTB riding..



I must admit, I'm mildly addicted to road riding now.

Updated picture of the tank too..



Now running 1x10, renthal bars and a reverb dropper it's so much fun to ride. Took it around a Coed'y brenin last month as well as Penmachno (if your into your trails and haven't already, go ride penmachno trail, it's beautiful.) It's a pig to ride uphill, but point it toward something fun and it's the fastest bike I've ever ridden. Makes a mockery of my friends Nukeproof Mega TR.

Edited by TomBooth on 31st Jul, 2014.

Jeez, how tall are you? That's a huge racer frame!

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Well done Paul

2014 totals are now in :)

4156 miles
314 hrs
145,614 ft climbed
198 rides

Roll on 2015

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

hats off to that Paul! Well done.

3250 miles,
12500 ft climbed

Fair play a lot of people ain't drove that far never mind rode it!!

1305 miles since I started recording my journeys in August.

So what are your goals for 2015.

I am planning on climbing Sa Calobra and, maybe, Puig Major next month.

Then Alpe D'Huez and Mont Ventoux in July/August after the TDF.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Good skills Paul

3070 miles
183 hrs
120,000 ft climbed
98 rides

Going to be hard work this year :(

On 31st Dec, 2014 Paul S said:
2014 totals are now in :)

4156 miles
314 hrs
145,614 ft climbed
198 rides

Roll on 2015

I recently got into this… bought a road bike myself a few weeks ago. Did 80 miles last week - over 4 separate rides.. Just waiting for my friend to turn up now with his bike. Going to do a 30 miler shortly!

Careful. Cycling is good for the body and soul but bad for your wallet, time and will delay any Mini projects

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."