The Fridays Tour

[StuAff]

Mark's post reminds me- I have a Campagnolo Khamsin rear wheel hanging in the garage.

 

[Sketchley]

I have a used shimano rs20. Front wheel I can throw in, plus at least two worn but serviceable 700x25 gator skins following upgrade to 28s earlier in the year. Plus a bag full of race 28, 60mm valve tubes. I don't mind throwing in my workstand if it'll help. Depending on how the broken hand recovery goes and fitness come June, I might even throw myself in the back of the van....

 

[redflightuk]

Anyone not using 700c x 23 needs to shout out and declare their oddness.

HELLO YEAH down here. 20's on the front wheels and i'll have new tubes and tyres.
Maybe able to blag several metres of bubble wrap, we use a lot at work i think the rolls are about 4ft wide if thats any use for the return trip.

 

[clarion]

Would you want Boris Johnson's face touching your bike? Ugh!

 

[mcshroom]

DO we really need to take an entire LBS-worth of tools and spares with us? Surely what is needed is enough to get bikes to the next bike shnop for a proper repair. Otherwise there will be no room in the van for luggage.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

it'll all be sorted.

If any one of you has a bike that is higher (as in floor to top of saddle or handlebars, measured vertically) than 1.05Metres (three foot five and a half in old money) speak now or prepare to meet thy chainsaw

Regret to report that as well as 28mm tyres my bike is over the height limit at 1.07 - 1.08 metres.

I can take seatpost off (or drop it) and can rotate the bars/flip the stem for transport but think the wheels will have to come off if you want it under 1.05.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Should "Who's planning on doping for LONJOG" go in here or in a separate thread?

separate thread I think. Don't want to soil this one with such sordid matters. I'll be ordering Spanish steaks at ever opportunity and hitting the asthma inhaler for some extra zip.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

surely the spares and tools would never accrue to a load (much) larger than carrying two whole spare bikes? Thusly loads of space in the van for luggage (which is going to get stacked willy-nilly anyway or I'm the King of the Belgians)

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Compatibility problems on the spline pattern and cog spacing would make it better for a Campag user to provide the spare.

I'll get a spare campy 10 speed cassette and rear wheel then. Was going to buy a spare pair of 'faster' wheels and a closer ratio cassette (to stop my club 'mates' pointing and laughing at me during TT's) this year anyway, and today is pay day.

 

[Sketchley]

Regret to report that as well as 28mm tyres my bike is over the height limit at 1.07 - 1.08 metres.

I can take seatpost off (or drop it) and can rotate the bars/flip the stem for transport but think the wheels will have to come off if you want it under 1.05.

you could let the tyres down.....

 

[clarion]

Remind me to show you the stiffener I use in my courier bag.

I'm not sure I should accept an offer from a man on the internet who wants to show me his 'stiffener'.

But I do, on reflection, realise I would like to have Boris Johnson near my bike. Rather than gawping gormlessly down at me from hoardings. Definitely.

 

[Aperitif]

I'm not sure I should accept an offer from a man on the internet who wants to show me his 'stiffener'.

But I do, on reflection, realise I would like to have Boris Johnson near my bike. Rather than gawping gormlessly down at me from hoardings. Definitely.

It'll all be 'beyond our ken' by the time you cross the border anyway. "Go Boris" - put some backbone back into London - not just into Adrian's panniers!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

you could let the tyres down.....

ain't gonna get me diddly. It was measured with flat tyres.

 

[dellzeqq]

Regret to report that as well as 28mm tyres my bike is over the height limit at 1.07 - 1.08 metres.

I can take seatpost off (or drop it) and can rotate the bars/flip the stem for transport but think the wheels will have to come off if you want it under 1.05.

it's not a limit. It just means that I have to make either the top section a little deeper, at the expense of the bottom section, or vice versa

 

[MarkA]

I'm expecting a range of 700s. Part of my grand plan is to find out who's riding what, or, at least, invite people to tell me if they're not riding 700s. There will be a period of radio silence while potential Bromptonistas receive chinese burns behind the bike shed - and, yes, I do know who you are!

I should declare myself as a potential rebel on a Brompton!