BikeRadar refugee

[figbat]

I finally gave up on BR and looked around for a new cycling home - this one came highly recommended so here I am.

Started on MTB, just local tracks and trails then met a like-minded group in my village and we go out regularly in all conditions on and around the Ridgeway. I then had a go at road cycling and liked it more than I expected, so do a mix of off- and on-road now. Last year I transformed an old steel MTB into a gravel bike and it has become my favourite bike, despite being by far the oldest and cheapest one I have.

I’m not a ‘serious’ cyclist, but it is the only fitness activity I do and I enjoy doing it. Biggest ride so far is 106 km along the Ridgeway and back from where I live. I’ve also done a metric century on the road, but mostly I’m doing under 50 km per ride.

 

[DCBassman]

Welcome!

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

 

[fossyant]

Old MTB's are great for a bit of fast XC, especiallt in sloppy conditions. I'll be refurbing mine with a respray soon. It's not exactly a 'cheapy' as it's full of XT components

 

[Threevok]

Hello and welcome

I too am a BR refugee, although I do tend to pop back over there for a scan from time to time

 

[ColinJ]

Welcome!

I gave up on BR years ago. Partly because of lots of annoying threads that never seemed to be properly moderated, but mainly because I prefer it over here and don't want to spend even more of my time posting about cycling!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Some here are BR refugees from the time it morphed from ‘Cycling Plus’!
Welcome. This is certainly the home of the non-serious cyclist....

 

[Heltor Chasca]

I’m a big fan of the Ridgeway. I try and bike pack and bivvy up there every summer, riding from where I live in Somerset. I think it’s great that there are ‘club runs’ with small pelotons of MTBs working their way along the chalk at weekends.

View: https://youtu.be/zNOZtCCVL48

 

[snorri]

Some here are BR refugees from the time it morphed from ‘Cycling Plus’!

Really?
That must have been some time ago, I doubt if they'll be getting many cycling miles in nowadays.

 

[Mrs M]

 

[figbat]

Thanks all. The new forum layout over there has pushed a lot of us away. Anyway, this place seems ok. When I get the authority I’ll post up my gravel bike project.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Really?
That must have been some time ago, I doubt if they'll be getting many cycling miles in nowadays.

It was a time ago....IIRC, it helped kick-start this place....

 

[ColinJ]

It was a time ago....IIRC, it helped kick-start this place....

Mainly 2006-2007!

 

[Fab Foodie]

Mainly 2006-2007!

Oh dear!!!

 

[cyberknight]

TBH i found a lot of people a bit up their own ass unless you were a weight weenie wannabe racer on BR