With so many channels devoted to featherlight speed machines, ridden by super fit athletes, Ride with Roy provides a safe haven where you will be welcome whatever you ride. I’m getting on a bit so have added an e-assist bike to my stable, which also includes two road bikes and a 29er hardtail mountain bike. As well as riding for my own pleasure, I won’t be posting new content on a weekly basis, preferring quality over quantity. My no BS approach will suit some and annoy others, but what you see is what you get. I always reply to questions, so feel free to engage with me. Also, if there is a subject you would like me to cover then please ask. If you prefer to contact me offline, my email is ridingwithroy@gmail.com We now have a subscribers only private Facebook group, so that you can all chat to each other, share tips and ride stories. facebook.com/groups/723507535708096/?ref=share
Sorry to hear you have had covid Roy but you are on the mend and back on the bike. I agree with you about testing, although there is no legal requirement to or isolate I think if you know you have it to test as a duty of care to others. I’ve had it twice and still isolated back in October when I was positive. Wow Wendy what an amazing prize, once in a lifetime opportunity
Well done to both of you!! It was interesting to see your route - you did a lot of gravel, which I expect was tiring. And congratulations for getting up to 16%!! It was good to hear your reflections at the end of the ride. We’ve just come back from doing Le Jog supported by Peak Tours. They carried our luggage and provided the route. I found it exhausting as I’m not a very experienced cyclist. I found I could do more than I thought I could. There’s lots to think about when you’re self supported. I think you both did really well! 😊👏👏👏
Great video Roy, love the sky, blue and puffy white clouds. I thought the Worzzel's song would start seeing all those tractors - well done Wendy we can always rely on you to give us the first line of a song 😁 and cycling that distance feeling dodgy.
Hi Roy I just need to say thank you so much because I have ordered and installed redshift kitchen sink handle bar 53cm without loop and have availed discount also , thanks to you and I am enjoying it a lot, lots of love and blessings from Pakistan.
The real question here is why has it become such a challenge to remove and install bicycle tires? They used to be easily removed using one or two common tire levers.
I won't buy it. It's too quirky for me to rely on it. I put Dura-Ace 9150 Di2 on my bike in 2019 and to this day haven't had a single issue, that's 4 years of running flawlessly and over 10,000 miles. Even much better than having mechanical cables.
Thanks for the update on the Wheeltop system. I’ve just got a Moulton and thinking about trying it. Seems to be the only option for electronic shifting with rim brake shifters and it would do away with two cables when separating the frame.
Is the logic for the gears not the fact that in the larger sprocket you are in your easiest gear and they are showing that as the small gear because that to non techy cycling users looks like the easiest gear being smaller? It's all I could come up with 😁
@@brianridley1102 you might be onto something there 😀 Probably got some 14 year old gamer to design the app. Fortunately, they’ve now seen sense and are changing it.
😟 Is there anything we need to know about cycling in Melton Mowbray, you seem to be pleased to have avoided it? I'll be staying there this weekend for a ride with friends on Saturday, looking forward to riding some of the roads you show on your channel.
@@rogerbodger no, it’s a nice little town with the best pork pies. We just prefer country lanes. Looks like you’ll have good weather this weekend, enjoy.
Glad that they saw the logic of your thinking. I'm a bit of a electronicphobe so I steer clear of electricery on my bikes. I'm sure they're brilliant for those that like tech and for those without much strength in their fingers. I wonder if longer term they'll be the norm and most middle price range bikes will come with them? Can Wendy up the volume a tad for the next song please? Thanks for the video
Got a Ribble CRG SL 105, had it for over 5 years now. Done over 14,500km and it's still going strong. I've replaced a lot of components and have two wheel sets (road/gravel). It's now my winter road/gravel bike. I love it.
Always a pleasure watching your rides Roy! i even saw you in someone elses video recently but it wasnt as good as yours, you provide entertaining and Beautiful Views each time you post! Wendys link to Ive got a Combine Harvester had me laughing i knew that was coming! Ride safe Roy! You and Wendy inspire us all!👏😎🚴♂️💨💨🚴♂️💨💨
Unlike many supplements, magnesium can not be stored in the body so has to be 'consumed' on a regular basis, over dosing can cause 'regular bathroom visits'.
Absolutely loved watching this one Roy. Lovely weather and beautiful countryside. Congrats to Wendy on the 100k despite feeling under par. Watching this one has made me realise that yes, I do want/need to increase my milage BUT, I need to ‘slow down’ as such and enjoy the rides again,, something I seem to have ‘missed’ Oh, and thanks for the ‘song alert’ 😅😅
Working as I do in IT, I understand the situation completely. Some crazy manager made the decision and nobody wanted to tell them they were wrong. Then they wait until enough customer's complain and the same crazy manager will yell at them for getting it wrong. Then they get the green light to fix it. All is right with the world. It just takes wasting a lot of money and pissing off your entire customer base. Business as usual.
I could tell you why the cassette is opposite shown on bikes counputer. That's because there is a misinterpretation and logic difference between Chinese and English. Firstly, we need to know 2 Chinese words. '小‘ mean small and ’大‘ means big. You see, in English dondition, the biggest cassette is gear 1st, the smallest one is gear 11/12/13. But in Chinese, from 小 to 大, it's just should be like from 1-100, 小 is 1 and 大 is 100. So if you are speaking the Chinese, the samllest cassette is 1 and the biggest is 11/12/13. It's a little hard to understand if you don't speak Chinese LOL. But they are changing this mistake now.
That looks a good route. I’ll have a look at your Strava to see exactly where you went. Back in my old Defra days, we used to go to Brooksby College to collect in and check farmers claim forms. I recognised the building.
Roy, I agree Wheeltop gear position display is illogical. I use Wahoo Bolt V2 connected to SRAM AXS and rear cassette/gear selection is correct way round. I find this display very useful on climbs.
@@RideWithRoy Calculators with reverse Polish notation never caught on in the 1970s either. Glad to read that common sense logic prevails now Wheeltop are planning to change :)
The Dairy Barn cafe, was that the one in Leesthorpe where they make Ferneleys Ice Cream, love it when I was working in Melton Mowbray, the ice cream is amazing
Since the days when I rode bikes with skinny tyres pumped up to 100+psi I think road surfaces are much worse. In France the worse surfaces are through the towns and villages but much better on the D and C roads. I've opted for fatter tyres and lower pressures of around 45 psi to let me ride gravel and rougher paved roads. I was getting severe pins and needles that made cycling miserable. Redshift certainly have belief in their products if they offer what is really a free trial. Are you planning to fit one to your ebike?
@@colinwellman9480 I’ve had one on my gravel bike for a couple of years, and I love it. If I start riding the Ribble more often I’ll definitely be investing in one for that. In our rural location in France I was always amazed at the speed they would repair a fissure in a road before it became a pothole.
Hopefully I’ll get a look at your own stem soon. Just to clarify I’d need a torque wrench to a specific setting? If so I’ll have to get one as I’ve always gone on experience when tightening bolts. 🫣
Hi Roy I live in Canada and have used the Redshift stem for years,, At first i didn't notice much of a difference, I changed the rubber's out to a much softer setting then suggested , and like it a lot more now, using on a trek domane road bike to stop numb hands.
@@rolandbrooks467 well I didn’t want to scare anybody 😀 I’m not done with you yet! I couldn’t use the other footage of you as it was out of context with this topic, but a future one…😀 oh, and by the way, I ventured down those steps but the door was bolted from the inside, which was a relief.
Hi Roy, Do you know whether or Redshift has any plans for a suspension seatpost to suit shorter riders having produced a shorter stem? I have only 7 c.m. clearance under my saddle to the top of the frame. 10 c.m. seems to be the minimum requirement.
I’ve had a response, Isobel. Redshift say that to achieve this the seat post would need a complete redesign. They don’t have any current plans to do this but have recorded your comment. I remember when they didn’t have any plans to shorten the stem, so you never know.
Your son is the image of you! I applaud your riding Roy as I ride assisted I enjoy riding hills as I feel superhuman traversing up areas I could not unassisted! There are so many areas I feel privaliged to ride and enjoy the fresh air! Very good Video as always!
@@sanjaegarcia5585 very good. It keeps my hands free and give you the view rather than looking at me. The camera is a DJI Action 4 which has superb stabilisation, which it needs with a chest mount.
Got a refund on my Gardia as well. I updated to the newest software but it was constant false alerts when no cars were there. Once or twice was livable per ride, but this was every few minutes. Very annoying. Got the Varia, and very happy with it.
I use a small mirror fitted to the end of my drops. Being a car driver too i just find it intuitive to use and i wouldn't be without it now. I wouldn't want to rely on a flaky electronic unit. And the Garmin is still too expensive for me.
@@simonb6058 whatever works for you, Simon. What I will say is that the Garmin Varia is not ‘flaky’. It has never let me down once and I won’t ride without it.
Glad you are on the mend Roy, I'm still down on lung capacity since I had covid last September! Well done Wendy, it's good to know people do win competitions and what a prize - very envious😁
I am sorry Roy I did not know you had covid I am pleased you are recovering. What a fantastic prize , I have never heard Wendy talk so much. Sing yes. Nice video, thank you .
Well that was quite the prize Wendy! Well done. I think the only thing I’ve won was tickets to a Revolution track cycling final at Manchester Velodrome. Got to see Chris Hoy win a Keirin though so I’m not complaining. Glad you’re feeling better Roy and thanks for the vid.
I had the C-virus about 12 weeks ago for the first time. I totally lost my sense of smell and taste for about 2 weeks, and it wasn't like with a cold or if you pinch your nose where it's like the "volume" has been turned right down, but you can kind of still get something it was like it had been switched off, and when I got it back (while out riding funnily enough) some tastes were missing as if they had been deleted like milk and cream, they all came back eventually, but it was very strange and a bit miserable to be honest.
