Thank you so much, as your videos keep me going. I just love the banter and how you are always so enthusiastic about our sport. I had an accident a few weeks ago and basically lost most of my left hand. Your videos have kept me going through some dark days. I have my bike set up in my shed on a turbo trainer and in the spring I hope to get it adapted so I can get back out and crunch some miles. I have set my goal at 2025 miles as long as my hand can stick it!
Charles, I’m so sorry to hear this. I can’t imagine what you must have gone through (and continue to go through) with an incident like that and hope the rest of you wasn’t too badly injured. I’m truly honoured that you say my videos have got you through such a tough time and I really wish you the speediest of recoveries. I hope it’s not too premature to say this, but in the spirit of trying to get you back on two wheels ASAP, and the practicalities of adjusting to such a life changing injury, hopefully you can set up some kind of 1x system on your bike, to avoid the need to use the left shifter. Please keep me updated though, as I’d love to hear how you’re progressing and recovering. Please feel free to drop me a line on IG at petertreadwaycycling. Rest and recover well, my friend.
Love pottering on the trails in the UK, out in nature, no traffic, mud squishing slushily under tyre, brilliant. My goal is simply to get out more often on the bike, been quite lazy lately.
Laziness happens easily, Greg. Life likes to get in the way sometimes, so don't beat yourself up too much. That said, it sounds like this video is just the kick you need to get back out there, so I hope you find yourself back on the trails soon.
Great video, very brave of you all . . My year runs from May 12th to May 11th, because our first lock down ended on the 12 of May and I then started to count my kilometres. I am at 7600 so far so on target for 10,000k for the year , fingers crossed. I am lucky as I am retired so ride 5 days a week walk on the other two plus I play sports with a group of young French people one evening each week which I love. So my new targets will be set in May, I think just not die yet is my target. Thank you again for the great entertainment Mr Treadway. Keep going
If you think this is brave, just wait for this Sunday's video, Richard! 😂 10k km in a year is an incredible achievement though. Retirement or otherwise, riding that far takes dedication and passion, so I doff my cap to you, Sir. Chapeau! I'm sure that beautiful French diet and sports with some youngsters is serving you well too. I'm very envious of your lifestyle!
Another good video. My plans for this year. A few days gravel riding in Wales and Scotland in May and June. Solstice with a difference. Rapha London to Rapha Manchester over the shortest night. Leave LDN after coffee and cake, just before it closes. Then ride to MNR for breakfast. Watching this video has given me an idea for some free time I have in August. Train to Bishops's Stortford: ride the Flitch Trail and have lunch in Braintree, then back to BSD and a train home. And like you I've started running. This will be my second year. I did a half marathon last May. I'm doing the Brighton marathon in April.
You’ve got she great rides lined up there, Andy. Colour me jealous. Although I’m hoping to have a few decent sportives myself this year. I’m also doing this damned ultra marathon that Jimmy has badgered me in to! God help me! 😬
Hi Peter, the weather looks terrible, but I'm happy to see you're still wearing short parts. I'm a little jealous to see you riding, I haven't had my ass on a bike since I finished the festive 500 on December 30th. On New year's eve morning it started snowing, and it just won't stop, it's over a meter deep in some place's. -25⁰ at night, but the day's warm up to around -10⁰. Perhaps not the best conditions for shorts 😂😂. I wish you the best of luck with this year's challenge (400 hour's of excersise), I'm 100% sure that you're both mentally and physically strong enough to ace that challenge. You talked about Jimmy riding a 90's mountain bike today, and he really likes it. I have to agree with him, I also have an old mountain bike from the late 80's. I've changed many things on the bike, I didn't change the forks, because , along with the frame they are 4130 cr-mo. I regret changing/upgrading all the parts that weren't broken, I'd be to embarrassed to tell you how much I've spent on that bike. Do I enjoy it more now than before the Chris King, Paul components, Son 28, Rohloff, etc, etc upgrades ???? Absolutely not ! To me there's something magical about riding an old bike that somebody's thrown out, but when you start spending ridiculously large amounts of money on , "blingy" components for said bike, the magic instantly dissapears. Of course that's just my opinion. So my recommendation for Jimmy is to stick with the steel fork, because if he's only half as stupid as me, which I'm sure he isn't, he might not stop at just changing the fork. No disrespect to Jimmy. Wow, such a long comment . One last thing. I think that you and your GACC gang should do VÄTTERNRUNDAN. Ryanair fly from Stanstead to Örebro. Neil.
Chapeau on completing the F500, Neil. That's a stellar achievement. I have this idea of doing it all in one day (well, it might take slightly more than 24 hours, but in one ride at least) one year, but I'm yet to make it happen! Maybe 2025 will be my year. As for Jimmy's bike, you're right, it's great as it is at the moment, but might not be the best candidate to start lobbing ever more money at! I've got some irons in the fire on that front though, so watch this space. As for the VÄTTERNRUNDAN, having just looked it up, that looks EPIC! I'm making a list of all of these incredible rides around the world, so all I can say is 'one day, my friend, one day'! 💪
That looked like a fun ride! Thanks for sharing. As for goals this year, I did 1922 miles last year, 400 more than 2023 so 2000+ miles is the goal this year. Also want to get comfortable doing 50+ mile rides. I used to be able to do it but I only returned to cycling a couple of years ago after a 30 year gap. Getting my endurance up is proving a little difficult, but I’ll get there!
I'm pleased to hear that you're going to get yourself a mountain bike, Peter. That will open up a new world of fun. I love my road and gravel bikes, but there's nothing like the feeling of flying through the woods on a MTB.
Yeh, I must say that I've been considering an MTB build for a while, Roger. I've always considered myself a 'roadie' but I just love being on two wheels of any kind. Watch this space! 💪
There are deffo 1 inch steerer forks on AliExpress but depending on what brakes tyres etc , easier to swap bearings and cups on frame to accommodate 1 1/8
Yeh, I’ve found quite a few 1” steerers but finding a 26”, carbon fibre, rim brake one has been a difficult! Sadly, the head tube itself is only fractionally wider than 1” though, so even changing the cups wouldn’t help. Really appreciate your advice though, David. Top man. 👌🏻
I’m so glad you commented about that again, Aidan, as I saw your reply come up on my phone as a notification but then weirdly couldn’t find it on YT! That would have been an epic trip but sadly I am already away in Tuscany at the end of May, so wouldn’t be able to make it! I’m incredibly jealous though! I hope you have an amazing trip. 👌🏻🌟
7:10 - I know what you mean. My friends asked me to sign up for Snowdon marathon as it's ballot entry in case they didn't get in. Naturally they got in, and not being a giant wuss, naturally I've said I'm doing it 😩
Get in there, Sam! You're gonna smash it mate. I can't pretend that'll be an easy one, as I assume anywhere in Snowdonia is a bit 'lumpy' but I know you'll ace it. 💪
@@petertreadway we have a saying in our club: " 'snot flat!" 🤪 Apparently, it's not a mountain, it's "A mound of opportunity..." And that's enough of that one...
Great video again mate. After 2024 was pretty much written off with ill health on my rides now I just wanna focus on enjoying it. Pre illness I got totally wrapped in in Strava times, going for PRs etc and although racing around was keeping me fit I started enjoying rides less and I didn't consider anything under 25 miles and 3000 feet of climbs as a ride.....
Yeh, completely appreciate that pushing too hard can have absolutely the opposite to what you’re trying to achieve. Especially if you’re returning from illness. Defo right to just ride for fun after that. 3000ft in 25 miles sounds sickening though! 🤢😂
Oh yes, I'm not sure I'd have been keen going out in that on my own! Always much more fun with friends. However, keep an eye on today's video when it comes out this afternoon, as the weather on that ride was even worse than this! 🤣
That looked like a great, fun ride, as it should be. This year's goal is to do 3,000 miles, I had a target of 2,000 last year and finished on 2,716, so I think it'll be doable. More sportives this year too, a few friends have signed up to a York to Lincoln (and back) 262k ride in may, I'm thinking of playing it safe by only doing the 161k York to Scunthorpe route.
2716 miles is huge, Alex. Chapeau. I reckon you’ll easily hit 3k this year then. 👌🏻 Either York to Lincoln or Scunthorpe would be awesome though. Big sportives are a massive help with miles though, as I found out with London to Paris last year.
I've done a couple of videos on it now, Rick, so was concerned I'd given too many updates! 🤣 Always more than happy to oblige but in short though, I remain incredibly impressed with it. As I've mentioned in previous videos, there's really no such thing as a 100% waterproof AND breathable jacket, so even with the most expensive ones, you're still going to end up a bit moist from condensation inside the jacket, as is the case with this one. However, I'd much rather spend £20 to find that out than 10 times that amount! As an aside, it's also a cracking wind stopper too, as I discovered this morning on a -6˚C ride. I took it along with me, tucked in my rear jersey pocket in case it rained. However, the wind nearly killed me within 2 minutes of setting off, but as soon as I put this on, I warmed up immediately. Honestly can't praise it enough.
@ Thank you Peter for your kind update. I must have missed the update, my fault entirely. I personally enjoy your videos very much about your cycling journey and the GACC. Thank you again. 😀🚲
My goals: to enjoy my rides without worrying about numbers. Are you familiar with Jeff Galloway's run/walk system of distance running? I like it for my trail lurching that I like to call running. Less pain per mile. Great video as always, have a great year.
Yeh, I can see the argument for just riding unencumbered by ‘data’, Ronald. I find it useful to have a goal to help with motivation sometimes though. Having something to aim for definitely helped push me out last year, on occasion when I’d have rather stayed in bed! 😂 Not heard of Jeff Galloway though, but I’ll look him up, as I need some running tips for sure! 😬 Thanks as always though. Glad you enjoyed it. 👌🏻
My goal was an imperial century, and I did that last September. Now, I have no goals. I'm just riding this year for the sake of riding and hitting the trails (paved and gravel) that I tried last year. Maybe I'll try something new too. I was at 194 hours of activity, between bike rides and walks, last year, so while I'm not going to actively try to beat that, I'll be curious to see where I get at the end of this year.
I think I may have the best of both worlds with my gravel bike. Sonder Camino with nice wide flared bars, chunky 45mm tires and robust as f**k. Basically a drop-bar mountain bike that can still hit a decent speed when pedalling.
My goals: Today signed up to do the Goggins 4mi/4hrs x48hrs at the end of Feb, then 100km cycle across the Island of Lesvos (Greece) to see my Dad in May. Just need some advice on Bike Boxes if you've got any top tips!
Sounds like a couple of awesome goals you've got there, Paul! Good luck. Regards bike boxes, I've never actually travelled with my bike before but from what I've heard from friends, the best thing is simply a cardboard bike box with plenty of padding around the frame. That way you can simply discard it at the other end. Most bike shops will be happy to supply you with a box, as they only need to get rid of them themselves after they've built a bike up. Hope that helps.
Wound-Up still make a carbon fork in 1" although it does have an alloy steerer. I doubt youll find a full carbon fork in 1" because of the technical challenge in such tight clearances and lack of demand.
Northumberland is a wonderful place to ride a bicycle, on or off road. Given your funny accent, it'll be worth making sure you have Google translate on your phone so people can understand you 😆. Howay man!
I'd love to do some more riding 'up North', Ed. Funnily enough, I have family just outside Newcastle in Whitley Bay and love throwing the bike around on unfamiliar routes up that way. I think I can pretty fluently understand most Geordies now then too. 🤣
My main goal for 2025, is to log as many miles on a bike as possible. I want to do more "all day rides". Most of my rides are afternoons, and maybe 60 miles long. I also want to do as many "century rides", as possible.
Oh shoot! 2024 I done 398hrs moving time..just shy of 400h.. target for this year is to just ride..😂 Ps. Max “rest” was 11 days in a row, max streak was 71 days. Goal for this year is a 100 day streak!
I know you did not intend to, but this video is sort of an anti Gravel Bike advertisement: The riding conditions were not overly harsh and the trail was not too difficult - barely S0. And even then the MTBer rides like a king on his throne whereas the Gravelers sit on their bikes like monkeys on grindstones. Kind of reassured me why I only own Road Bikes and Mountain Bikes - they are just the proper tools for their respective jobs. The Gravel Bikes are sort of a tool looking for a purpose, I' reckon a rigid fork MTB is still better on gravel than a Gravelbike.
To each their own opinion, but I'm not sure where you got Jimmy and I sitting like monkeys on grindstones? Mark actually commented that his MTB felt a bit too heavy, which is why he enjoyed jumping on Jimmy's budget gravel conversion I made for him. It's also why he's recently just built u another bike from an old Cannondale frame to take on the Dirty Reiver when we head up there. For me, Gravel bikes give you the flexibility and versatility to cover most surfaces. Fairly light and nimble to play on the road, but then chunkier tyres and grip for the rougher stuff. Obviously you're not going to throwing it around berms or flying off jumps with one, as there geometry isn't set up for it, but otherwise there's nothing better for going from road to off road than a gravel. But I doubt that would be enough to change your mind, nor would I try to.
@@petertreadway From your footage it appeared quite sketchy/slippery with the more narrow gravel tires and narrower bars. The monkey on grindstone bit is referring to the posture on a gravel (or vintage MTB) - you aren't sitting in the bike but are perched on top of it which is just not ideal for single track, not even for the simple single track shown in the video. The point I was trying to make is that you might be overbiked with a MTB on gravel, but you can still ride it comfortably and fast (you can use gravel tires and/or a rigid fork if you want) but with gravel bikes you often come into bits where you are suddenly underbiked, and that is always worse than being overbiked. I'm looking forward to your MTB build, if you build something decent I think you will see my comments in a different light. I think you will end up picking the MTB over your gravel bike for a lot of tours once you have both for a while.
@notrain13 @notrain13 I get what you’re saying and if I were to tackle any routes that were exclusively off road, then I’m sure an MTB would make a bit more sense, but as you’ll see from my latest video, we took on this trail again, but at points we had to leave the trail to take road sections between various points and that is the case for pretty much any ride I do. There’ll always be a mixture of road and trail. But who knows, perhaps I will see MTB in a new light once I’ve built one. That’s the beauty of cycling though. No matter your preference, there’s a bike out there for you. 👌🏻
Thank you so much, as your videos keep me going. I just love the banter and how you are always so enthusiastic about our sport. I had an accident a few weeks ago and basically lost most of my left hand. Your videos have kept me going through some dark days. I have my bike set up in my shed on a turbo trainer and in the spring I hope to get it adapted so I can get back out and crunch some miles. I have set my goal at 2025 miles as long as my hand can stick it!
Charles, I’m so sorry to hear this. I can’t imagine what you must have gone through (and continue to go through) with an incident like that and hope the rest of you wasn’t too badly injured. I’m truly honoured that you say my videos have got you through such a tough time and I really wish you the speediest of recoveries.
I hope it’s not too premature to say this, but in the spirit of trying to get you back on two wheels ASAP, and the practicalities of adjusting to such a life changing injury, hopefully you can set up some kind of 1x system on your bike, to avoid the need to use the left shifter.
Please keep me updated though, as I’d love to hear how you’re progressing and recovering. Please feel free to drop me a line on IG at petertreadwaycycling.
Rest and recover well, my friend.
Love pottering on the trails in the UK, out in nature, no traffic, mud squishing slushily under tyre, brilliant.
My goal is simply to get out more often on the bike, been quite lazy lately.
Laziness happens easily, Greg. Life likes to get in the way sometimes, so don't beat yourself up too much. That said, it sounds like this video is just the kick you need to get back out there, so I hope you find yourself back on the trails soon.
Great video, very brave of you all . . My year runs from May 12th to May 11th, because our first lock down ended on the 12 of May and I then started to count my kilometres. I am at 7600 so far so on target for 10,000k for the year , fingers crossed. I am lucky as I am retired so ride 5 days a week walk on the other two plus I play sports with a group of young French people one evening each week which I love. So my new targets will be set in May, I think just not die yet is my target. Thank you again for the great entertainment Mr Treadway. Keep going
If you think this is brave, just wait for this Sunday's video, Richard! 😂
10k km in a year is an incredible achievement though. Retirement or otherwise, riding that far takes dedication and passion, so I doff my cap to you, Sir. Chapeau!
I'm sure that beautiful French diet and sports with some youngsters is serving you well too. I'm very envious of your lifestyle!
Another good video. My plans for this year. A few days gravel riding in Wales and Scotland in May and June. Solstice with a difference. Rapha London to Rapha Manchester over the shortest night. Leave LDN after coffee and cake, just before it closes. Then ride to MNR for breakfast. Watching this video has given me an idea for some free time I have in August. Train to Bishops's Stortford: ride the Flitch Trail and have lunch in Braintree, then back to BSD and a train home. And like you I've started running. This will be my second year. I did a half marathon last May. I'm doing the Brighton marathon in April.
You’ve got she great rides lined up there, Andy. Colour me jealous. Although I’m hoping to have a few decent sportives myself this year.
I’m also doing this damned ultra marathon that Jimmy has badgered me in to! God help me! 😬
Hi Peter, the weather looks terrible, but I'm happy to see you're still wearing short parts. I'm a little jealous to see you riding, I haven't had my ass on a bike since I finished the festive 500 on December 30th. On New year's eve morning it started snowing, and it just won't stop, it's over a meter deep in some place's. -25⁰ at night, but the day's warm up to around -10⁰. Perhaps not the best conditions for shorts 😂😂.
I wish you the best of luck with this year's challenge (400 hour's of excersise), I'm 100% sure that you're both mentally and physically strong enough to ace that challenge. You talked about Jimmy riding a 90's mountain bike today, and he really likes it. I have to agree with him, I also have an old mountain bike from the late 80's. I've changed many things on the bike, I didn't change the forks, because , along with the frame they are 4130 cr-mo. I regret changing/upgrading all the parts that weren't broken, I'd be to embarrassed to tell you how much I've spent on that bike. Do I enjoy it more now than before the Chris King, Paul components, Son 28, Rohloff, etc, etc upgrades ???? Absolutely not ! To me there's something magical about riding an old bike that somebody's thrown out, but when you start spending ridiculously large amounts of money on , "blingy" components for said bike, the magic instantly dissapears. Of course that's just my opinion.
So my recommendation for Jimmy is to stick with the steel fork, because if he's only half as stupid as me, which I'm sure he isn't, he might not stop at just changing the fork. No disrespect to Jimmy.
Wow, such a long comment . One last thing. I think that you and your GACC gang should do VÄTTERNRUNDAN. Ryanair fly from Stanstead to Örebro.
Neil.
Chapeau on completing the F500, Neil. That's a stellar achievement. I have this idea of doing it all in one day (well, it might take slightly more than 24 hours, but in one ride at least) one year, but I'm yet to make it happen! Maybe 2025 will be my year.
As for Jimmy's bike, you're right, it's great as it is at the moment, but might not be the best candidate to start lobbing ever more money at! I've got some irons in the fire on that front though, so watch this space.
As for the VÄTTERNRUNDAN, having just looked it up, that looks EPIC! I'm making a list of all of these incredible rides around the world, so all I can say is 'one day, my friend, one day'! 💪
That looked like a fun ride! Thanks for sharing.
As for goals this year, I did 1922 miles last year, 400 more than 2023 so 2000+ miles is the goal this year. Also want to get comfortable doing 50+ mile rides. I used to be able to do it but I only returned to cycling a couple of years ago after a 30 year gap. Getting my endurance up is proving a little difficult, but I’ll get there!
I reckon you’ll smash the 2000 mile mark this year, Andy. Keep plugging away at the distance too and you’ll definitely get there. 💪🏻
My goal is to ride more than I did last year. Which shouldn’t be difficult. Just stay away from injuries. Nice video Peter.
Cheers Steve, wishing you all the best in hitting that goal and for no further injuries this year, mate. Ride safe. 💪
I'm pleased to hear that you're going to get yourself a mountain bike, Peter. That will open up a new world of fun. I love my road and gravel bikes, but there's nothing like the feeling of flying through the woods on a MTB.
Yeh, I must say that I've been considering an MTB build for a while, Roger. I've always considered myself a 'roadie' but I just love being on two wheels of any kind.
Watch this space! 💪
Thank you for sharing this awesome video
Thanks so much, Chuck. Really appreciate your kind words. 👌🏻
There are deffo 1 inch steerer forks on AliExpress but depending on what brakes tyres etc , easier to swap bearings and cups on frame to accommodate 1 1/8
Yeh, I’ve found quite a few 1” steerers but finding a 26”, carbon fibre, rim brake one has been a difficult!
Sadly, the head tube itself is only fractionally wider than 1” though, so even changing the cups wouldn’t help.
Really appreciate your advice though, David. Top man. 👌🏻
As you know (because I sounded you out about it), my goal is Lowestoft to Berlin in May. So looking forward to it!
I’m so glad you commented about that again, Aidan, as I saw your reply come up on my phone as a notification but then weirdly couldn’t find it on YT!
That would have been an epic trip but sadly I am already away in Tuscany at the end of May, so wouldn’t be able to make it!
I’m incredibly jealous though! I hope you have an amazing trip. 👌🏻🌟
@ - Tuscany sounds awesome, enjoy
Increase in mileage from last year, but I may also do a time goal too. Stay safe boys
Good to have a couple of goals to keep yourself motivated, Graham. 👌🏻
And thanks. Safe riding to you too. 💪🏻
7:10 - I know what you mean. My friends asked me to sign up for Snowdon marathon as it's ballot entry in case they didn't get in. Naturally they got in, and not being a giant wuss, naturally I've said I'm doing it 😩
Get in there, Sam! You're gonna smash it mate. I can't pretend that'll be an easy one, as I assume anywhere in Snowdonia is a bit 'lumpy' but I know you'll ace it. 💪
@@petertreadway we have a saying in our club: " 'snot flat!" 🤪 Apparently, it's not a mountain, it's "A mound of opportunity..." And that's enough of that one...
2:00 - you know what helps traction in the slop (behave...) weight! Increase your bikes weight to 13kg and I think you'll be golden 😎
And he's back! 🤣 Weight would definitely help keep you well planted. Something like a 13kgs gravel bike!
@@petertreadway 😁
Great video again mate. After 2024 was pretty much written off with ill health on my rides now I just wanna focus on enjoying it. Pre illness I got totally wrapped in in Strava times, going for PRs etc and although racing around was keeping me fit I started enjoying rides less and I didn't consider anything under 25 miles and 3000 feet of climbs as a ride.....
Yeh, completely appreciate that pushing too hard can have absolutely the opposite to what you’re trying to achieve. Especially if you’re returning from illness. Defo right to just ride for fun after that.
3000ft in 25 miles sounds sickening though! 🤢😂
@petertreadway I live on the Isle of Wight at the moment mate can't avoid hills haha
My main goal this year is to start racing criterium!
Awesome! I keep meaning to look at Zwift, but finding the time is tough!
Best of luck with the crits though. 💪🏻
400 hour goal for me as well.
3,500 miles this year. I am 0% so far on this, with 3% of the year already gone!
10 miles a day or 70 miles a week (calculated from todays date).
Throw a few big sportives in there over the summer and I reckon you’ll ace that. 😉
Fair play that you guys went out at all it does help when you're in it together you freeze together sorry for that.
Oh yes, I'm not sure I'd have been keen going out in that on my own! Always much more fun with friends. However, keep an eye on today's video when it comes out this afternoon, as the weather on that ride was even worse than this! 🤣
That looked like a great, fun ride, as it should be. This year's goal is to do 3,000 miles, I had a target of 2,000 last year and finished on 2,716, so I think it'll be doable. More sportives this year too, a few friends have signed up to a York to Lincoln (and back) 262k ride in may, I'm thinking of playing it safe by only doing the 161k York to Scunthorpe route.
2716 miles is huge, Alex. Chapeau. I reckon you’ll easily hit 3k this year then. 👌🏻
Either York to Lincoln or Scunthorpe would be awesome though. Big sportives are a massive help with miles though, as I found out with London to Paris last year.
@petertreadway it'll be my first 100 mile ride, so a massive achievement for me, and another goal to tick off the list.
Hello Peter, I trust you are keeping well. Just wondering if you might update us all on your thoughts about the Spexcel Rain Jacket? 😀
I've done a couple of videos on it now, Rick, so was concerned I'd given too many updates! 🤣
Always more than happy to oblige but in short though, I remain incredibly impressed with it. As I've mentioned in previous videos, there's really no such thing as a 100% waterproof AND breathable jacket, so even with the most expensive ones, you're still going to end up a bit moist from condensation inside the jacket, as is the case with this one. However, I'd much rather spend £20 to find that out than 10 times that amount!
As an aside, it's also a cracking wind stopper too, as I discovered this morning on a -6˚C ride. I took it along with me, tucked in my rear jersey pocket in case it rained. However, the wind nearly killed me within 2 minutes of setting off, but as soon as I put this on, I warmed up immediately. Honestly can't praise it enough.
@ Thank you Peter for your kind update. I must have missed the update, my fault entirely. I personally enjoy your videos very much about your cycling journey and the GACC. Thank you again. 😀🚲
My goals: to enjoy my rides without worrying about numbers. Are you familiar with Jeff Galloway's run/walk system of distance running? I like it for my trail lurching that I like to call running. Less pain per mile. Great video as always, have a great year.
Yeh, I can see the argument for just riding unencumbered by ‘data’, Ronald. I find it useful to have a goal to help with motivation sometimes though. Having something to aim for definitely helped push me out last year, on occasion when I’d have rather stayed in bed! 😂
Not heard of Jeff Galloway though, but I’ll look him up, as I need some running tips for sure! 😬
Thanks as always though. Glad you enjoyed it. 👌🏻
My goal was an imperial century, and I did that last September. Now, I have no goals. I'm just riding this year for the sake of riding and hitting the trails (paved and gravel) that I tried last year. Maybe I'll try something new too. I was at 194 hours of activity, between bike rides and walks, last year, so while I'm not going to actively try to beat that, I'll be curious to see where I get at the end of this year.
There'a a lot to be said for just going out, enjoying a bike ride and forgetting all about the numbers. I respect that. Happy riding. 💪
Hopefully you are building a mountain bike? I really enjoy your build videos
Thanks so much. Watch this space, as I hope to have something coming very soon. 💪
I think I may have the best of both worlds with my gravel bike.
Sonder Camino with nice wide flared bars, chunky 45mm tires and robust as f**k. Basically a drop-bar mountain bike that can still hit a decent speed when pedalling.
I do like the look of those Sonders. Saw a few of them in a shop in Keswick while I was up there for a triathlon last year. Lovely bit of kit. 💪
@@petertreadway the Kesiwck Alpkit store is my local! They're good people in there 🙂
My goals: Today signed up to do the Goggins 4mi/4hrs x48hrs at the end of Feb, then 100km cycle across the Island of Lesvos (Greece) to see my Dad in May.
Just need some advice on Bike Boxes if you've got any top tips!
Sounds like a couple of awesome goals you've got there, Paul! Good luck.
Regards bike boxes, I've never actually travelled with my bike before but from what I've heard from friends, the best thing is simply a cardboard bike box with plenty of padding around the frame. That way you can simply discard it at the other end. Most bike shops will be happy to supply you with a box, as they only need to get rid of them themselves after they've built a bike up. Hope that helps.
@@petertreadway thanks Peter 😊
Wound-Up still make a carbon fork in 1" although it does have an alloy steerer.
I doubt youll find a full carbon fork in 1" because of the technical challenge in such tight clearances and lack of demand.
Yeh, I figured the small diameter might be weaker, hence a lack of them. I’ll give Wound-Up a look though, cheers. 👌🏻
Please put some cleats on wellies in a future video!
You’re on! 😂
Northumberland is a wonderful place to ride a bicycle, on or off road. Given your funny accent, it'll be worth making sure you have Google translate on your phone so people can understand you 😆. Howay man!
I'd love to do some more riding 'up North', Ed. Funnily enough, I have family just outside Newcastle in Whitley Bay and love throwing the bike around on unfamiliar routes up that way. I think I can pretty fluently understand most Geordies now then too. 🤣
My main goal for 2025, is to log as many miles on a bike as possible. I want to do more "all day rides". Most of my rides are afternoons, and maybe 60 miles long. I also want to do as many "century rides", as possible.
That’s a decent goal to aim for John. Good luck. 💪🏻
Oh shoot! 2024 I done 398hrs moving time..just shy of 400h..
target for this year is to just ride..😂
Ps. Max “rest” was 11 days in a row, max streak was 71 days. Goal for this year is a 100 day streak!
Cracking result. That must have been quite the effort to complete. 💪🏻
@ not really to be honest. Just a daily commute to work and back with the weekend ride if the weather wasn’t bad..😅🤷
My aim this year is to stay fit and healthy and screw the pension system for another year!
😂 Now THAT goal, I have a lot of respect for Roger. I wish you all the best in achieving those aims. 😉💪🏻
@petertreadway If I don't make it, I'll turn up at the pearly gates a sorely disappointed man!
I know you did not intend to, but this video is sort of an anti Gravel Bike advertisement: The riding conditions were not overly harsh and the trail was not too difficult - barely S0. And even then the MTBer rides like a king on his throne whereas the Gravelers sit on their bikes like monkeys on grindstones. Kind of reassured me why I only own Road Bikes and Mountain Bikes - they are just the proper tools for their respective jobs. The Gravel Bikes are sort of a tool looking for a purpose, I' reckon a rigid fork MTB is still better on gravel than a Gravelbike.
To each their own opinion, but I'm not sure where you got Jimmy and I sitting like monkeys on grindstones? Mark actually commented that his MTB felt a bit too heavy, which is why he enjoyed jumping on Jimmy's budget gravel conversion I made for him. It's also why he's recently just built u another bike from an old Cannondale frame to take on the Dirty Reiver when we head up there.
For me, Gravel bikes give you the flexibility and versatility to cover most surfaces. Fairly light and nimble to play on the road, but then chunkier tyres and grip for the rougher stuff. Obviously you're not going to throwing it around berms or flying off jumps with one, as there geometry isn't set up for it, but otherwise there's nothing better for going from road to off road than a gravel.
But I doubt that would be enough to change your mind, nor would I try to.
@@petertreadway From your footage it appeared quite sketchy/slippery with the more narrow gravel tires and narrower bars. The monkey on grindstone bit is referring to the posture on a gravel (or vintage MTB) - you aren't sitting in the bike but are perched on top of it which is just not ideal for single track, not even for the simple single track shown in the video. The point I was trying to make is that you might be overbiked with a MTB on gravel, but you can still ride it comfortably and fast (you can use gravel tires and/or a rigid fork if you want) but with gravel bikes you often come into bits where you are suddenly underbiked, and that is always worse than being overbiked. I'm looking forward to your MTB build, if you build something decent I think you will see my comments in a different light. I think you will end up picking the MTB over your gravel bike for a lot of tours once you have both for a while.
@notrain13 @notrain13 I get what you’re saying and if I were to tackle any routes that were exclusively off road, then I’m sure an MTB would make a bit more sense, but as you’ll see from my latest video, we took on this trail again, but at points we had to leave the trail to take road sections between various points and that is the case for pretty much any ride I do. There’ll always be a mixture of road and trail.
But who knows, perhaps I will see MTB in a new light once I’ve built one. That’s the beauty of cycling though. No matter your preference, there’s a bike out there for you. 👌🏻