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Binhill1

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Wades Military road the Corrieyarak pass Ft Augustus to Melgarve bothy and back again. The 13 zig zags are in one pic if you zoom in hard to makeout though . Fair slog in the heat today. Just made it down to 15 percent battery. Met a few young lads on real bikes rather them than me. Indian summer up here so had to be done. Paddle Loch Moidart yesterday. Traffic is horrendous in the west nowadays people in hire cars on single track roads and muckle big campers . Actually beginning to feel I shouldn't be there 😕.

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irie

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Wades Military road the Corrieyarak pass Ft Augustus to Melgarve bothy and back again. The 13 zig zags are in one pic if you zoom in . Fair slog in the heat today. Just made it down to 15 percent battery. Met a few young lads on real bikes rather them than me. Indian summer up here so had to be done. Paddle Loch Moidart yesterday. Traffic is horrendous in the west nowadays people in hire cars on single track roads and muckle big campers . Actually beginning to feel I shouldn't be there 😕.

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Absolutely beautiful pictures ❤️
 

RustyMTB

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We get constant warnings about Ticks on the south downs but that's the first one I've picked up in 20 years riding here. So far, no rash. Go me.
 

Binhill1

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Wife has a pic of my infestation but in spirit of decency I won't post it. 😉
I had a similar picture on the one piece of exposed flesh just above my rear end with midges . A circle three inch diameter with a hundred bites . Got them taking tent down in morning .One of them nights I paddled in put tent up and inside by 6 pm and not out till tent came down in morning . Sadly had quite a few nights when I've stayed inside tent or camper all night. Still midges going about these past two days I got 4 small ticks out last night the inspector will have a good look today.
 

VWsurfbum

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penguinni

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Weight saving? 🤔😲😁
Very extreme and not to mention dangerous way of saving a few grams! The fourth one fell out after about 15 miles but luckily I had just moved off or I could have crashed. The spider etc came fully off!
I was able to find the bolt and refit it and then made my way home - carefully checking the bolt regularly and sticking to the roads, which was a bit annoying as I missed out on some lovely trails.

I assumed I had lost the bolts during the ride but it wasnt until later that day when I saw the photo that I realised the bike had been hired to me like that. There was a bit of creaking and gear slipping but I never suspected the crank bolts.

Top Tip - always check a hire bike!
 

Binhill1

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Very extreme and not to mention dangerous way of saving a few grams! The fourth one fell out after about 15 miles but luckily I had just moved off or I could have crashed. The spider etc came fully off!
I was able to find the bolt and refit it and then made my way home - carefully checking the bolt regularly and sticking to the roads, which was a bit annoying as I missed out on some lovely trails.

I assumed I had lost the bolts during the ride but it wasnt until later that day when I saw the photo that I realised the bike had been hired to me like that. There was a bit of creaking and gear slipping but I never suspected the crank bolts.

Top Tip - always check a hire bike!
Expect better well one and only time I hired a Ebike and guide it was pretty expensive .
 

Mabman

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Didn't even have to ride my bike to gather these Lobster mushrooms, they were in my neighbors yard up the hill!

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They are a very dense mushroom and the ones shown weigh 3-4lbs. total I would guess? Sliced thin and fried in some bacon fat is my go to for cooking them. After cleaning of course.......
 

penguinni

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Bangor, N Ireland yesterday early evening.

A cracker 18 mile pootle around my local trails which are uncharacteristically dry.

Ive replaced my riser bars with a narrower and flatter bar and I really noticed the difference in steering. Seems much more agile. The hire bike I recently rode had the stock Orbea bars and I liked it - no wrist ache either.

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Binhill1

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Seriously thinking of building a cheaper bafang powered bike with one of the Chinese frames, seems a month for a Bosch repair is above average.
I nearly converted my tourer but bought a gravel ebike piddly 250 battery but it's cycleable on the flat with battery off. Tempting to convert it now though as wife uses gravel one as well . I could put a hub motor in it with a 1000 battery and do some touring. Too muddy in winter fed up cleaning bike 3 times a week .
 

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