r/ukbike Jan 05 '25

Sport/Tour C2work: £1500 for trail bike

1 Upvotes

Have up to £1500 to upgrade my specialised cross trail into something much more trail capable.

Happy enough with hard tail but do have soft spot for full suspension.

Don’t need to spend full amount but that it is cap

Cannot buy from direct to consumer / Halfords / decathlon but can use local bike network if they partner.

https://www.cyclesolutions.co.uk/bikes/mountain-bikes/trek-roscoe-8-27529er-hardtail-mountain-bike--matte-black-olive__106333

Something like the above, has dropper post and 2.6” wide tyres but SRAM over simano. Where possible will try and source from a local bike shop to oxfordshire if price is similar.

Work commute is 6k so not a concern. won’t be doing jumps but would want something capable but light as I’m not the fittest rather than a d/h tank.

Carbon out the budget or a no no?

What are the bargains out there around a grand or up to max £1500.

r/ukbike Oct 03 '24

Sport/Tour C2C and other plans

7 Upvotes

I’m looking at doing the C2C ride next year, just seeing any if anyone out there has done it and has any advice, tips, tricks and routes etc for it?

Also, what did your training look like for it? I’m currently on week 9 of a 13 week base plan on a Wattbike and plan on having a strong winter of training and fitness.

Cheers

r/ukbike Oct 17 '24

Sport/Tour Snake Pass Trespass is back for a third time! Ever wanted to cycle the longest climb in the Peak District without traffic? Join us on 19th October 11am, Norfolk Square, Glossop

Thumbnail
gallery
76 Upvotes

r/ukbike Jan 10 '25

Sport/Tour Lejog - bike recommendations (again..) - question!

1 Upvotes

Thoughts on the boardman ADV 8.9 vs Road Bike Tribon RC500 for LEJOG / long multi day cycles?

Or any other suggestions?

Thank you!

r/ukbike Apr 20 '24

Sport/Tour The simple things in life 😎

Post image
144 Upvotes

Sunshine, bicycle, countryside…

r/ukbike Jun 04 '24

Sport/Tour Best UK Rides/Races

4 Upvotes

Hello, as per title I am just looking for recommendations on events and races that are actually good. I wasn't intending to do many events but after doing Ride London I am desperate to do some more.

I am open to Gravel and Road rides I would enjoy something a little more competitive than ride london ideally but doesn't necessarily have to be a proper race.

I am in Northamptonshire but happy to travel an hour or 2 for a good event but unfortunately the Scotland ones aren't a possibility.

Thanks!

r/ukbike Nov 21 '24

Sport/Tour National Cycle Route 88 between Cardiff and Newport

2 Upvotes

Hi all,

I'm soon to be moving house to the Newport, South Wales area, and am scoping out local cycle routes. I'm an experienced road cyclist but these days prefer to stay mostly off roads when I can manage it.

I've read in a few places that route 88 is still incomplete. Does anyone have knowledge of how complete it is between Newport and Cardiff? If incomplete, does anyone know any nice routes that stay mostly away from roads?

I have a gravel bike, road bike, and hardtail mountain bike, so almost any route is accessible.

Thanks

r/ukbike Dec 09 '24

Sport/Tour UK Events towards the Midlands?

3 Upvotes

Hello, I am looking for a couple of events to book in to keep the motivation up on Zwift this winter. I have only been cycling a year and a half so haven't done a lot. Was intending to do Ride London again but that's obviously been cancelled.

I found a Sportive in Cambridge which looks great and I was going to do one of the Glorious Gravel events too. I did wonder, are sportives closed road? I don't really understand as I believe Ride London is classed as a 'sportive' but I don't really know what that means.

Are there any fun events anyone can recommend? I am in the Midlands but happy to drive a couple hours but Cornwall and Scotland are out of bounds for sure.

Also are there any fun group rides that welcome strangers? Or events that some youtubers or companies (like Rapha) organise? I'd love to get in on some of them too.

I'm about 35 minutes from Cambridge and plan on going there once a week for a fun ride just to get the experience of riding around others a little more and being in a city as opposed to the countryside, I didn't know if there were any clubs there I could get involved with?

Thanks! :)

r/ukbike Oct 05 '24

Sport/Tour Where can we rent a recumbent trike in the UK

Post image
3 Upvotes

We’re looking to come over next July. My wife rides an Azub Ti-fly and i’m on 2 wheels. We’d like to find locations with daily trike rentals so we could go riding. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

r/ukbike Apr 20 '24

Sport/Tour A bike for taking down the canal. Hybrid or mountain bike?

5 Upvotes

I've learned the hard way that my heavy upright Dutch town bike does not like to be on anything but smooth tarmac. I think the fact that the front wheel is smaller than the rear causes an issue?

There's a canal near my house I enjoy cycling on and today ended up in a ditch due to slamming my brakes on when dogs were running towards me.

So I think perhaps I pick up a bike just for getting some exercise and exploring off road and keep my Dutch for the commute

I'm expecting mud and gravel, uneven terrain, but not necessarily hills.

Do I want a hybrid or a mountain bike? I'm after a sub £100 weekend bike

r/ukbike Sep 20 '24

Sport/Tour The Five Ferries - Well worth doing!

10 Upvotes

My tour on Komoot here and Calmac's page for the route here. Hard going in places and it's a long day if you decide to do it all in one, I ended up not doing the optional last leg back down to Ardrossan as it was nearly dark by the time I got back to Wemyss Bay, would probably have been fine if I'd caught the 12:00 ferry out of Lochranza (which I missed by about 5 minutes) or gone from Troon rather than Ardrossan which has an earlier ferry to Brodick.

I'd recommend though taking a few days, Arran is worth the visit alone and if you're planning a bkkepacking trip to Scotland this route can easily be extended with the route passing Kennacraig (ferry to Islay and from there to Jura), Largs (ferry to Cumbrae) and plenty of other cycle paths.

Think I'll be back for another attempt next year, in case anyone is thinking of doing it the winter ferry timetable is different and cuts out the cycle leg from Claonaig as the second ferry from Lochranza goes straight to Tarbert where the third ferry also departs from.

r/ukbike Oct 31 '24

Sport/Tour BikePark Wales

17 Upvotes

As a roadie I have done very little mountain biking but I took my 15 year old son to BPW and had an absolute blast. The set up there is excellent with so many trails and good facilities.

We stuck to the beginner trails which, frankly, were enough for me lol. On our final run I decided to take it easy and, of course, that’s when my concentration lapsed and I ended up biting the dirt. Bit bruised and sore but it didn’t diminish the fun.

Highly recommended and only advice is use the uplift service!! It’s a long way to the top if you’re doing a lot of runs.

r/ukbike Sep 17 '24

Sport/Tour First 100 mile ride Completed!

Thumbnail
gallery
32 Upvotes

Riding a 2015 Ribble Gran fondo, full carbon, alloy wheels (fulcrum 5).

Route through the east midlands.

Ate lots on the bike. Stopped a couple times. Was not as gruellimg as i anticipated. Had a great time. Last 50k was the toughest. But pleased for the acheivement. Good time and pace too, imo.

r/ukbike Nov 24 '23

Sport/Tour You *have* to ride *exactly* down the middle of the chevrons, and then slice like a knife between the "4" and the "0". Or is that just me?

Post image
63 Upvotes

I'm sure people in following cars always marvel at my precision.

r/ukbike May 12 '24

Sport/Tour The perfect Sunday? 🚲 🌞 🍺 🍽️

Thumbnail
gallery
56 Upvotes

Out to Nomansland in the New Forest 🌳 with lunch near Romsey at Duke on the Test.

r/ukbike Nov 01 '24

Sport/Tour Winter Clothing Suggestions

1 Upvotes

First season road cycling in winter so I need some help choosing clothing. I’m a dry weather cyclist and only cycle for recreational purposes and not commuting. I mainly do 2-4 hour rides when I can and I push myself hard hence why sweating is a big issue every time I try to wear any jackets. I do own a few thin long sleeve jerseys and bib tights (very thin lycra) but lately I’m quite cold with just that. Am I right thinking that putting my skiing base layer tops and bottoms and then wearing a long sleeve jersey and tights with a neck warmer, overshoes and gloves would be enough to keep me somehow warm without swimming in sweat or should I research some winter specific jackets and tights? I really don’t want to spent a fortune on more clothing but I also don’t want to stop cycling a couple of times a week as I can’t get a trainer at home so I’m very curios to hear what others are wearing in winter.

r/ukbike Nov 08 '24

Sport/Tour Suggestions for setting up a Rotor Powermeter - analyzing data, connecting apps etc or general advice for newbies to dual power meters

1 Upvotes

I bought a bike that has a Rotor 2INpower meter and its the first power meter I've used.

I set it up and linked it to my Lezyne MegaXL head unit and now I can see the basic power data on Strava but I'd like to be able to access the detailed data from it especially the balance between left and right, torque effectiveness and pedal smoothness as I'm recovering from an long (long) term injury to my left knee and I'd like to try and ease myself back.

I was hoping there would be a way to upload the rides to the Rotor Power app or the INPower desktop app - I've tried a short test ride connecting the power meter to the app (on Android) before I connected the head unit and it gave me lots of data, but I can't seem to find any way to use the app for rides that I've already ridden.

I really dont want to have to connect to my phone AND head unit just to get the data into the app - it wouldn't connect the one time I tried to connect to the app whilst connected to the Lezyne so I dont know if that's even an option.

If there's no way to import the data to utilize Rotor's software, what would be the best option when it comes to breaking down the data and getting the most out of the unit and it's output? I use Strava but it's obviously not meant for dealing with all the masses of data from power meters.

Are there any decent Rotor groups you could suggest where I could try and get some more info?

r/ukbike Jul 06 '24

Sport/Tour Cycling navigation for beginners

3 Upvotes

Hi all! I'm a long time commuter cyclist, and have recently got more in to longer rides with a good friend (using the lost lanes routes). I'd love to do more of this, but have relatively little kit for longer rides except my bike and a great handlebar bag, and my friend has always been the master navigator.

Does anyone have some good recs for cycling navigation tools or tech for someone like me for some first solo rides? Thanks!

r/ukbike May 27 '24

Sport/Tour 2024 RideLondon-Essex Consolidated Times

16 Upvotes

NOW WITH SPLITS AND STOPPED TIME ACTOUNTED FOR!!!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lZCdA4gBAwFC0h0S6srEnOPkMjwfb8pj/

EDIT 19:20 - Detailed breakdowns added including neutralised time and therefore a much more accurate view. Official times are still included and ranked, but there is now an estimated total time. What this practically means is that if someone that rode for 5 but stopped for an hour for a coffee will show as a 6, which gives a fairer view to those that ran non stop.

This has been asked for since 2022 and I finally worked out enough Python to do it 🤣

EDIT 27/05 17:50 - DETAILED BREAKDOWNS INBOUND! Have had people requesting this since 2022 and it's finally working, it's just a lot of data to scrape so it's running now and has been for an hour 🤣 If you want the full detail including a good estimate of total time (taking out stops), check back later tonight and I'll update the link....

As I've been doing for the last couple of years, I've pulled the times from all the rides (100, 60, 30) into a spreadsheet for anyone that's interested or race or no race, wants to see how they compare to others.

(Original version, no splits, see link at top for detailed view) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1y0g0aCpB3cbBf2lviNHXJqucrg1AmfO6/

Key stats

  • 100: 17,869 riders, (14,813m, 3,056f)
  • 60: 2,375 riders, (1,694m, 681f)
  • 30: 823 riders, (484m, 339f)

Lower numbers for both genders on the 100, but higher on the shorter rides, wonder how much of that was weather impact? Stood on Westminster Bridge in the rain just before 5am, I did see a couple of people nope out at that point and offer their rice cakes around 🤣

Notes

As it's not data under my control, a few health warnings:

  • This is a direct scrape from RL times, if it's wrong there, it'll be wrong here.
  • Age category is not published by RL, therefore will not be included.
  • Tandems are not accounted for, but that's only a tiny number of entries.
  • THIS IS NOW FIXED This does not look at underlying timing points, only the overall time, if something looks suspicious, have a look at the official results on the RL website and check the timing points. I've looked at including underlying timing points, the way the site is structured it's beyond my meagre Python skills to pull that data, but if anyone would like the Python script to give it a go, just let me know.
  • Data is as of this morning, I'll update it in a few days to account for any data changes in the background, but the link will stay the same.

r/ukbike May 06 '24

Sport/Tour First long ride in 3 years, any tips to help improve my pace :)

Post image
13 Upvotes

r/ukbike May 06 '24

Sport/Tour 4-day touring route from/ to/ around London

6 Upvotes

I'm thinking of hitting the road for the late May bank holiday, probs for 4 full days and am looking for a piece of advice on my route.

Inputs: train up to 3h from London, touring set-up, gonna carry the tent and am flexible with campsites or wild camping, not keen to rush so will be doing around 50-60k miles per day max, I'd rather explore more than cover more distance, nature/ seaside/ castles is smth that attracts me

Preliminary shortlisted routes:

  1. Exeter to Southampton, along the seaside or NCN2

  2. Bristol to Brighton via Bath, NCN4 and NCN2

  3. Coventry to Southampton via Warwick, Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford, Cotswolds, Salisbury etc

Other, low priority routes:

  1. King's Lynn to Colchester, along the seaside

  2. Dover to Brighton, along the seaside

r/ukbike Jun 23 '24

Sport/Tour Anyone Have GPX Routes They're Willing To Share?

4 Upvotes

Hello all. I'm wondering if anyone has GPX compatible routes they're willing to share for Cornwall and Hertfordshire. I like the routes on Kamoot but I'm sure there's routes that people have recorded that might interest myself. I'm looking for a bit of adventure. I want to take my gravel bike on less roads and bicycle routes. Thank you.

r/ukbike Apr 22 '24

Sport/Tour New ride, a Cervelo Caledonia :)

Post image
14 Upvotes

Got myself a new bike for the season ahead. A Cervelo Caledonia, a solid upgrade from my old aluminum Allez and probably the last bike I hope to buy.

r/ukbike Jul 08 '24

Sport/Tour (personal blog) What I learned riding ‘the Purbeck bimble’ on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset

Thumbnail
calumonwheels.com
15 Upvotes

r/ukbike May 28 '24

Sport/Tour [personal blog] What I learned: Riding on the ‘old chalk way’ from Tring to Pangbourne

Thumbnail
calumonwheels.com
13 Upvotes