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Thank you Kate. 👍❤️ Yeehaa! 😘

So much better in the sunshine! 👌😀😎

Thank you so much Brian 👌🤗 fingers crossed 🤞🤞🤞🚴🚴🚴

Thanks Scott, so nice to see a bit of sunshine! 😎🌞

Aw..... , hopefully good memories! 😍😘🚴🚴🚴

Thanks for commenting Neil... If we could only have 1 bike it would be a gravel bike. We know we are faster on our road bikes but not by much and they are much more limited. We enjoy the comfort of the gravel bikes too especially on longer rides 👍

Thank Paul, it's so nice to ride in the sun again! 🌞😎 I'll do my best 🤞🚴❤️

I'm enjoying being on the bike! Yeehaa Alan 😂😁

Bikes used to be allowed I think...

No pedestrians were harmed in the making of this video 😁 Thanks for commenting

Cheers Martin. 👍 He loves to go down those steps! 🚴🚴

Yeah Paul, lovely sunshine for a change! Please let it stay for a bit 🤞! 🌞👍😎 E gravel bike sounds like fun! 🚴🚴🚴

No “E” anywhere near me, just muscle.💪

Well, strangely enough I do have most of the parts needed for an MTB but no frame... I can also see me breaking things, mostly me.😁 Julie's definitely not for MTB, she thinks she'll have to ride like Blake Samson 🤣

@@WheelersAtLarge 🤣 I love mountain biking and I'm more Augustus Windsock on knobblies than I am one of those loons hucking their steezes and roosting their carves or whatever it is they do! It's all good fun though!

Yeah, makes such a difference to see some sunshine 🌞😎👌....... No mountains in Dorset 😅

@@julie-wheelersatlarge 🥰

@@joydwaddell6771 thank you Joy 🤗❤️👍

Oh wow! 👌Still an issue today. 😮

That's awesome John!😘 Go do it! 👍🚴🚴🚴🚴

Cheers Lisa 😘🤗👍 yeehaa 👍👌💕

Haha. Cheers Bunkie. I'm making the most of being on the bike. 👍 I have super powers! 🚴🚴🚴🚴🚴

You are a bad ass!

Cheers Heather! ❤️😘Yeehaa! 🤞🤗

Yes Steve, these technologies are getting easier. I found tubeless needs to be ridden straight away to distribute the sealant properly as shaking the wheel doesn't seem to be enough, and sometimes needs a couple of rides before the pressure holds. Julie's brakes are the opposite, I pumped them up and left them clamped on over night and they're perfect now. I learn more and more all the time. Thanks for commenting.

@@WheelersAtLarge I still use tubes, not sure about tubeless. You still need to carry a spare tube anyway so unless on gravel when a puncture is more likely I'm not convinced on tubeless for road. I know I have a rim braked bike and don't ride tubeless but I'm not a Luddite honest! 😀

@@stevedouglas3975 I agree on that one, when tubeless was useless even on larger gravel tyres my thought was the same about carrying a tube. I've not used a tube for so long now that you've reminded me to check the ones I carry are still okay 😁👍 Just in case...

Yes David, I do hope the train has another golden era in the future but the UK government, train companies and unions don't seem to be able to get it right at the moment.

Yeah.... bleeding brakes, didn't bleeding work,! 😂😅

Thank Linda! 🤞😁 Yeehaa! 👍😘

Thanks guys! 👍❤️Yeehaa! 😀🤞🤞🚴🚴🚴

Yes, new parts and another bleed before the next ride. Fortunately I tend to keep these parts handy 👍 Thanks for commenting Neal

Thank you Peter, and it's great to hear you're enjoying your new Giant Defy. Yeah the loose gravel can be a bit intimidating and the chunky tyres on the gravel bikes inspire confidence but we have used the road bikes with 28mm tyres on "gravel sections" of rides and it's not terrible. Cheers 👍

Aw cheers Peter! 👍I'm just enjoying still being on the bike. 🚴🚴 Comfy sofa saddle!😂 That'll be the squishy tyres 👍😀

@@WheelersAtLarge I’ve cycled through a few forest trails because there was no alternative route to my destination and the bike performed well but my nerves were jangling until I was back on tarmac, it’s strange really because I would sustained more severe injuries if I hit the tarmac hard but the chances of me falling of on gravel or mud are much higher, So it’s a case of “ Swings and roundabouts “👍

@@julie-wheelersatlarge I must admit for most of my cycling life I have inflated my tyres to 100 psi to protect me from punctures and gave me more speed but that pressure also gave me a hard ride in which I felt every small bump in the road ( lots of vibration through my hands and bottom 😂🤣)I’m pretty. Sure if I would have had 32 inch tyres at 75 psi on my bike when I had my accident I wouldn’t have slipped on the railway lines on the railway crossing I cycled over during a sportive , then again I wouldn’t be the stronger cyclist and better human being I am today if I hadn’t has my accident, everything in our life’s happens for a reason 🤔 , I guess it just our lives journeys are full of ups and downs and I have learnt it better to just go with the flow of life because you can’t change what happened yesterday,you can only go forward and embrace the day 🤗 😀, Take care Julie

Hey Duncan, they were 32mm Specialized Roubaix and we've also used Panaracer Gravel king Slicks. Happy with both options as they had a good footprint for some light gravel too. 😁

Thank you Andrew 😁

I'm sure if we dropped a stone in it we wouldn't hear it hit the bottom 😁

@@WheelersAtLargeNeed to send a message to Dorset Water Board to report a suspected leak.

Yes and no doubt your Epic XC was quite a machine in its day. Our bikes are just mid-range, no need for the hyper tech for mid-range riders like us.

@@WheelersAtLarge “in its day”. Sure, it won the World XC Championship in 2005, but Phillips Merhague, Belgian, was discovered to be pumped up with EPO, so DQ’d! My Epic would eat that ride. I cycled 100 km on it along The Great Ocean Road in 2008. Fabulous. I have ridden my Epic since new in 2006. Since lockdown, it’s one of my 4 FulGaz bikes on the Snap roller. When I find a photo, I’ll send it. Clouds are a bit dense just now. Love your ride.

There's always fun to be had on a loamy single track. Cheers John

Haha! I enjoyed being on the bike in the sunshine! 😎🚴Yeehaa😁

Some say salt and vinegar crisps are good for dealing with cramp. 👍

You're spot on Terry, anyone that rides events would probably have a bike focused on each event type, for the rest of us being on the wrong bike for parts of a ride can be half the fun.

I have most of the bits for an MTB but no frame. We definitely don't bounce like we used to 😁👍

mountain bikes = more smiles per mile :)

More bike cleaning, more bearings... I think a hardtail would be more than enough 😁

Yep, Shimano... Before messing with the lever, I'm hoping there's a kink/bubble in the line somewhere in the fork. No sign of any leakage. Thanks for the info👍

I believe they are 45mm on Mike's and mine are 40mm. Hth. 👍🚴🚴🚴

I thought you might say that 😁 If it wasn't for the long ride to the ride sometimes that might work..?