I have just got back a tour from Shetland to Hull & back on my new Ridgeback Panorama fully loaded. I was not a 100% confident this bike would be up to the job in hand. I must say Ridgeback are onto a winner with this bike. It has a great build and has a great selection of components. I am 6' 2" and 15 stone and whith a 25 kg payload I had no mechanical problems or broken spokes. I was going to go for a galaxy. I called at a cycle shop in Dingwall on the way who happend to be a Dawes dealer and he was well impressed with the value and build of my bike. I cant wait for my next outing.
Ridgeback Panorama. (To Hull & back)
- Thread starter Tombo 707
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Gerry Attrick
Lincolnshire Mountain Rescue Consultant
Hull?.........Hull?..........Why on earth to Hull of all the places on earth?!
Gerry Attrick
Lincolnshire Mountain Rescue Consultant
Oooooooooh.....*draws virtual handbag to gob level*. Was it not a civil question? (Such venom from one with few posts). *whispers aside* "Watch it, we've got a prickly one here."
Gerry Attrick
Lincolnshire Mountain Rescue Consultant
No edge to my comment Tombo. A belated welcome to the forum. Actually, Mrs A has a Ridgeback Velocity which she loves.
Tombo 707 said:
Methinks it was simply getting used to the Forum style - Any mention of Hull (or Swindon!) gets a a similar response - no insult to the person, simply a comment about theplace as a destination.
Anyway - back to Ridgeback.
I had a frame failure outside Glasgow when I was doing the Lochs and Glens. Summed up the losses of abandoning (train fares, hotel deposits) and decided that to buy a relatively cheap bike and continue was justifiable.
Bought a fully equipped Ridgeback speed, and rode it for the rest of the tour. Still have it as a reliable backup and "hack" when I don't want to risk some of the others.
Ridgeback have a good range and they certainly seem to do the job.
Bigtallfatbloke
New Member
Cool..well done on your first trip. I dont know Hull..never been there, but I amsure the ride was the best bit. Shetland is somewhere I would like to go, looks nice on TV anyway lol!
...so where next?
...so where next?
Bigtallfatbloke
New Member
and which parts are the best?...
Bigtallfatbloke said:
All of it!
The view to Bamburgh Castle, Lindisfarne on a summer evening, watching the sunset in Kent, a nice little cliff top pub down a quiet side road in Cornwall. Stonking along a flat road that goes on for miles in the Fens. The long blasts downhill in the Lake District.
That is the problem / curse of touring - just when you have found the ultimate experience.................... along comes something even better!
Oh.......................... and Hull wasn't that bad!
just jim
Guest
I doubt a Shetlander would say that. A bit of oil money goes a long way.
From the Wiki, laddie:
"Income from oil, and the improved economic state that oil-related development has brought, has resulted in reduced emigration and vastly improved infrastructure throughout Shetland, leading to an improved quality of life."
From the Wiki, laddie:
"Income from oil, and the improved economic state that oil-related development has brought, has resulted in reduced emigration and vastly improved infrastructure throughout Shetland, leading to an improved quality of life."
