Notices by Pete (pete@toot.bike)

@bobjonkman @ascentale @bikenite Ace! Although I’m sure there’s some depressing ‘the hope vs the reality’ story being told there.

@ascentale @daihard A8 #BikeNite I think unless your rides are particularly gnarly/muddy, you’ll be fine with them. Perhaps just drop a little pressure in the winter/if it’s slippy as for any tyre.
FWIW, I’m running Vittoria Mezcals (650b 2.1”) all year round on my gravel bike, and Panaracer GravelKing SKs (700x38mm) on my less gravelly gravel bike. For group road rides I’d go with something speedier, but for mixed terrain group or solo rides these do me nicely.

I ride around,
leaves are brown
And the sky
is a hazy shade of winter.

#cycling

@ascentale @MartyCormack A8 #BikeNite I don't think I'd ever visit somewhere because of infrastructure and indeed the bike is perhaps the best vehicle for travelling/exploring where there's none.
So I'm gonna say Scotland simple due to its 'Right to Roam' under the Land Reform Act 2003. Compare and contrast: I was trespassing when I took one of these snaps as I was in England, whereas the other a few km north in Scotland is fully acceptable.

@daihard @ascentale @meganL @ai6yr @Brownian_motion A8 Cross-chaining ain’t such a no-no these days: I recall Campag using a picture of very obviously cross-chained rider in a catalogue, and I think SRAM near actively encourage it. It it sounds or feels bad though, usually as a result of old components or a chain in need of lube, I’ll avoid.

Source: https://road.cc/content/feature/cross-chaining-it-really-all-bad-213468

@InkySchwartz @daihard @ascentale @meganL @ai6yr @Brownian_motion I’m really quite surprised that the single-speeders haven’t yet shared their opinion on this matter. 😂

#bikeNite

@ATLeagle @sam @ascentale @crschmidt I recall a MAKE magazine piece on that. In checking, there are a fair few fun bike projects in that issue. https://archive.org/details/make-magazine/Make%20Magazine%20-%20Vol%2011/page/n75/mode/2up

In the run up to the election I had been thinking I’d pull an an emotional, gleeful, and frankly gloating all-nighter in front of the telly, but this week has wiped me out. I’m delighted by the demise of the nasty party, concerned by the rise of a nastier one, but right here, right now I’m just happy to be out of hospital. Night all, you did good! ✊

@forteller @ascentale @marcprecipice Ah, perhaps a UK thing: It's the official symbol used on road signs.

Got a 'proper' ride in today having taken it easy all week. Shortish, but with a bit of climbing and some tough-to-ride sections too. #cycling #gravel #cumbria

@aral Aww poor thing. Hope the three of you are doing ok otherwise. Long time no speak!

An interesting mail from #bike brand Cotic about why they're no longer going to offer titanium models. #cycling
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Why-we-won-t-do-Titanium-anymore.html?soid=1101160976697&aid=doHtTkXOD6I

Lune Gorge? Lune Gorgeous more like. #cycling #cumbria

Disappointed that #kendalMountainFestival are allowing the Shell-sponsored British Cycling to present the cycle night this year. Won’t be going. #greenWashing

I’d never heard Sinéad O’Connor’s ‘Don’t Cry for Me Argentina’ before. https://youtu.be/kpYJPzWxL2w