This ride wasn't all sunshine and rainbows!
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- čas přidán 30. 03. 2024
- I'm riding 108 miles from Essex to Birmingham to spend the weekend working at The Photography Show. Did I bite of more than I could chew though?
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"Loving the weather"..... Famous last words...
🤣 Yep, I'll never learn!
The challenges you overcame is what makes it an adventure, it is the type of fun that is delayed. You feel it more after completion, Congratulations making it. In case you have not figured it out yet Yes Rims for 700 road/tires and 29 inch MTB do have the same ETRTO Bead Seat Diameter - of 622 mm. How they differ is the outer diameter of the tire. a 29 MTB tire is 29 inches = 736.6 mm outer diameter of tire, but the a 700c will basically have a 36 mm smaller tire diameter. The fork for a 29er MTB will differ in measurements Primarily in the fork to crown measurement, The extra clearance your fork has is for the tire, more than the rim.
Couldn't;t agree more, Bob. We often talk about 'Type 2 fun' in our cycling group. You definitely feel the satisfaction after rides like this though.
And yes, I've since learnt that the fork is to replace an MTB suspension fork to keep the correct geometry! Every day's a school day!
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Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
I've been looking forward to seeing this one.
Cheers buddy. Hope it was worth the wait. 👌🏻
A proper Michael Fish weather forecast that. Great vid!
😂. Poor old Michael. He never lived that down.
Chapeau!
Thanks John. 👌🏻⭐️
Well done dude what a great adventure 😊 you did excellent buddy 🚴🏻👍 Pete
Cheers Pete, yeh, it definitely felt like an adventure! 😮💨😂
That's a huge effort Pete, well done. Nice to see one of my familiar riding routes through Salcey Forest in Northants. I notice on Strava the route took you through a few town and city centres, I imagine Coventry wasn't the most scenic part in the rain and failing light!
Cheers Neil, yeh it was a real mental struggle but felt great to have done it once I'd got there!
As for Salcey Forest, it was only when I rode out of it that I realised it was the only part of the ride where there was no wind! I wished I'd have been able to ride through it all day! 😂 And yeh, I must admit that my sense of humour began to fail around the point I hit Coventry, with about an hour still to go! Although I had a slight lift in mood when I realised I would be going through Binley and then managed to get a pic of the bike outside the brief viral sensation 'Mega Chippy', as my son spent about a month singing the 'Billy Mega Chippy' song!
If you have no idea what I'm talking about (and I really wouldn't blame you if you don't!) then search the place up on TikTok! 😂
Hi Peter! Greetings from Portugal!
In relation to what you said in your video about the fork you bought on Aliexpress, I can tell you that I also went through the same thing, when I converted from a hybrid MTB bike to a gravel bike, I also bought a fork on Amazon in size 27.5 because I also thought the 29 extreme was big. Still, I should have bought a 26, because as ridiculous as it seems, a 700c wheel would fit just fine. I don't know why they do this, but it's Chinese material...you can't ask for more for the money it costs.
Regarding your fork, I think you should use that size, because it's too high, and considering that it's carbon, it could break because the angle is too big. And you also have to take into account that your bike weighs a lot, and when you add more weight to it, you have to take that into account. It's just advice, you should buy a size 26.
A hug and congratulations on the videos!
Hi Rui, thanks for the comment. It’s always great to hear from people watching my videos outside the UK. 👌🏻
Regards the fork, since putting this video out, I’ve learnt from other viewers that the fork is so tall, as it supposed to be used as a replacement for a mountain bike suspension fork, which also has a high clearance. Made complete sense as soon as someone else said it 😂
Looking at the listed measurements on the other sized forks, a 26” one would seem to be the best fit but again, only because a 26” suspension fork would have high enough clearance for that size wheel. So a 26” rigid replacement fork would fit a 700c wheel perfectly.
As they are so cheap, I may well buy a smaller fork to test in a future video.
Thanks so much again for the comment though and for taking the time to watch. ⭐️
Loved that Peter - chapeau! Would I ride with that weight? Nooooo!!! I do enjoy a long distance ride though, although I'd have built in at least one, if not two café stops on a ride of that length; it isn't necessary to stop for long but the anticipation and restorative effect of a hot cuppa and a sarnie is great for morale.
PS - I'll bet that's not your rig for the DD😂.
Cheers Rob. I honestly don’t think it would be too bad if there were a group doing it at the same weight but on your own, trying to push it to keep to a time limit, it took its toll!
As for DD, absolutely not. 😂. I’ll very much be doing that on my lightweight carbon bike. 👌🏻
Chapeau Peter great effort, enjoy your videos as you are always happy in the adverse weather conditions 😁 just let us know what days your out cycling so I will cycle another day as it always rains when ur out 💦🤔🤣🤣🤣🚴♂️👍
Great video
Cheers Joff. Really appreciate it. 👌🏻⭐️
Fantastic. Great effort . Chapeau
Cheers Lewis. 👌🏻
Don't think I was too far from your neck of the woods last week. Took a ride to The Snug in High Easter.
@@lewisA76that’s not far at all. I don’t think we’ve ventured out to the Easters on the bikes yet but there are some beautiful roads out that way.
Hope it was a great ride. 👌🏻
I think that fork is probably to replace a suspension 29er fork and has clearance to compensate for the "travel" Axle to crown measurement of the old fork is what is used when buying a new one to get them roughly the same. I found this out buying a non corrected one that was the reverse of your problem!
Yep, you're absolutely right (I've now discovered!).
I'm looking to build up an old MTB frame soon though actually and don't have a fork for it yet... or at least I didn't think I did!
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Fantastic effort Peter 🚴💪 after my first 50 mile ride last weekend, I've definitely got the bug for longer rides. Next target is 100km, then 75 miles and the big 100 before this year is out.
I was very tempted by your offer of taking part in the Northallerton 50, Alex but something came up last minute and I was unable to make it, annoyingly! Well done on completing it though.
Kudos on pushing your goals further too. 👌🏻
@@petertreadway it's a ride I'll definitely be doing again at least once this year 😁
Well done hope your back wasn’t too bad
Cheers David. I think it’s just about recovered now. 👌🏻
Well done Mr Treadway. That should help your annual mileage. I broke the 8000 kilometres for my year today. I finish on the 11th of May. I want to do a grand adventure like yours, I live in France and I would like to ride to visit family in the UK. The family are dead against it, but I would still like to try. Well done again, did your bum hurt?
Well done, Richard. 8000km is huge. The talk in our cycling group recently has been of a big European trip, so I’d be very jealous of your France-England ride. My wife was against this ride too, so I think our loved ones can worry a little too much sometimes. 😂
Thankfully my derrière wasn’t too bad. It was my back that ached most. All better now though. 👌🏻
I've got the panaracer gravelking semi slicks & they roll really fast....I'm going full slicks next time tho 😅
I can definitely recommend these slicks. They make the knobbly ones feel like they’re made of glue! 😂
11.6mph average not bad mate, not bad at all! 😎….considering your bike looks like a 1970’s Harley Davidson chopper and probably weighs about the same as a Harley!! 😁👍🏻
‘Weighs the same as a Harley’. Yep, I’ll go along with that! 😂
Cheers though, Steve. I was happy just to get there at any speed! 😮💨
Nicely done! As for your back pain, it might be that your body needs to get used to the position. I commented to you last week about it in the build video, but I think it 'tends' to be better to not be so aggressive on the bars--unless of course one is racing or cares purely about speed. Of course, this is more a preference thing than hard & fast rule.
Cheers Ashura, yeh, you could be right. This ride actually happened before last weekends video went out though, which is why I didn’t acknowledge your previous comment! 😂
I’ll probably change this fork out though, so likely won’t have a chance to get used to the position.
@@petertreadway No worries. You had responded. You're great like that, dude! Was only trying to convey that I believe that if you're body gets used to being in a certain position, the change of position will take a bit to adjust even if that position is 'technically' more ergonomic. And hey, you might even come to enjoy riding even more by being in a more upright position 😁
Hi Treado, just wondered how did you feel the day after your little feat? How many aches, where were they and when did they vanish? When did you get back to normal?
Hey Mel, thanks for the question. I was largely ok by the following day. The legs felt a little stiff in the morning but that got better throughout the day and by the following day, I was right as rain again. 👌🏻
I find Komoot can't be trusted on elevation, I often go out and it says 2,000ft of climbing and I end up doing 3,500ft!
Yeh, sadly I’ve found that the case on a couple of rides since this one now, Brian. Shame, as it’s an otherwise great app.
How heavy!? Do you have Jimmy in one of the bags 😂!!
Defo must be able to pack lighter?
Jimmy a young slip of a lad and doesn’t weigh anywhere near that much! 😂
As for is long, I had 4 t shirts, some pants and socks and toiletries (and a few bike related tools, etc). I couldn’t have packed much lighter without going nude at some point the other end! 😂
@@petertreadway I feel the pain, when I did the Rebellion Way last year my average speed dropped dramatically, I thought my Hammerhead had gone faulty 😆!!
That reminds me of when I cycled upon Great Dun Fell and I ended up going so slowly up the 20% section, my Garmin thought I had stopped and paused itself! 😂
*sits down with brew and new bar tape*
Ooooh, new video out!
*Two seconds in*
That would be yours, with a 13.5kg gravel bike 😎
Please don't slap me, I'm beautiful 😓
4:46 - F'n legend! 🤜
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@@samgraham4168gotta love a Tunnocks! 😉
@@petertreadway god tier food 👌 Caramel and a pint of Irn Bru is a breakfast that can get you through anything.
@@samgraham4168 tea cakes and caramel bars are food of the Gods! Not sure about Irn Bru though. Sorry Sam. 😂
Where did you stay? were you able to take the bike in with you?
I was at the Crowne Plaza. I took the bike up to the room with me but put it in a bike sock and carried it in to reception, so all of the dirt was contained. 👌🏻
@@petertreadway must have muscles like the Rock to carry that through the hotel 🤣
I took the heavy panniers off first and carried them over one shoulder and balanced myself out by carrying the bike by the saddle nose on my other shoulder! 😂
Did you ride back home?
I was honestly considering it, but I was leaving straight after the show finished at 5pm on the Tuesday and so I ultimately decided I didn't fancy getting home at 3am! 😂
I got the train back then, but still had to ride between Euston and Liverpool Street though and I HATE riding in London traffic!
@petertreadway well done for that. I think once you get that fork sorted have another adventure. Hope your back is OK 👍
Congratulations rather you than me.
😂. It’s all about the adventure, Ian. 😉
Well done Pete, your are a fruit loop mate
You’re not the first person to ever suggest that, Alistair! 😂
Cheers. ⭐️