Gravel Riding Chit Chat

Gear
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Yes, i think I carried a full one to replace it.

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Roswheel frame bags are still available on Sport Pursuit at the moment. They’re pretty good quality - and their distributors are wilmslow based :wink: (ex-royles owner)
Adidas have some pretty awesome “gravel” cycling shoes in their sale at the moment.

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Muc Off have deep discounts on their bar end tubeless repair plug kit thingies, and their tubeless valves with anti-clog hi-flow holes.

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Which valves are the high flow ones? Just their regular tubeless valves?

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Theses ones (not their previous version).

Linky

I’m struggling to seat new tyres, both with and without inserts, and I’m hoping these will help. Just ordered a pair. Worth a shot for £7.50.

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Ahh I thought it might be those. Not keen on 80mm long valves. I might well get the bar end tubeless plug tool though

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I hadn’t spotted they only had that one size on discount. The other sizes are on the website by at full price sadly.

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Sounds like you have too much disposable income; doesn’t Mrs P want kids?

:rofl::joy:

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WTF is that hanging off the back man.

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@r0bh and @Doonhamer - what’s the food/aid station provision like? Is it really necessary to carry all of your own? Or are they pretty well stocked?

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I seem to remember they were pretty good, each feed station was run by a different sponsor. By far the best one was the last one that had freshly cooked salted new potatoes.

I carried enough to help me leapfrog people at the first station as it’s pretty busy. I had a fairly early start but wasn’t on my own - the way I like things :grinning: - until a good few miles in.

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Mike at Trek wilmslow has done Dirty Reiver a few times, you can go down and pick his brains about what’s needed/not needed.

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:joy::joy::joy:
More like Bramhall/Handforth :wink:

Anything the other side of the Bollin isn’t Wilmslow “proper” :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

Half a dozen club mates did the 130km, but they all thought it was very hard and think I’m nuts for attempting the 200km version :scream:

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Semantics mate. Don’t be that much of a snob. And careful what you say about the people working there :wink:

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Hence the wink :innocent:

I’ve only been in twice, both times the staff were ace :+1:t3::white_check_mark:
My six year old Bontrager kit is still going strong :muscle:t3:

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Do you need different callipers for this?
Or just shift it up the frame to the other slot?

XTR180mm “suitable for heavier riders” according to GCN :pig2:

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Agreed!

The second aid station was disappointing, just flapjacks and stuff. Wished I’d put some real food in the resupply bag they’d take there for you

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It’s nuggets like this I need :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

Thanks :+1:t3:

Chicken soup in my special bike flask bottle :+1:t3:

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No same calipers. You just might need new caliper mounts. Will depend on your frame. Normally the mounts you can flip around between 140/160. On my Diverge they mounted them at the 160 position so the bracket is flippable between 160/180.

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Brake pads :face_with_symbols_over_mouth::hot_face::exploding_head:

There are a dizzying array!!!

Organic, sintered, resin, metal, plastic :face_with_symbols_over_mouth:

I’ve got GRX600, website says;

Pad_Option 1 K04S-MX Metal (w/o fin)
Pad_Option 2 L04C-MF Metal (w/ fin)
Pad_Standard 1 K05S-RX Resin (w/o fin)
Pad_Standard 2 L05A-RF Resin (w/ fin)

But how do I know which cheapo Wiggle ones I need???