Thanks. Converting the bike is probably easily done - the key thing is to have strong wheels and enough clearance. I can fit 35c tyres on my Roberts Audax bike if I take off the mudguards. The wheels on both bikes are hand-made by Harry Rowland and so strong that when I crashed into a car (driver's fault) at 20mph last year, the wheel hardly buckled, but the forks and frame were damaged. Compare it to this racing wheel:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cExWSKF3yZs You probably have very close-fitting caliper brakes on the road bike so you might need to replace those with something that has more clearance. Not sure that I ever will, but I'd like to cycle across Africa. B On 1 Sep 2014, at 05:29, "Alan C" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great stuff, Bob. I really enjoyed scrolling through that lot. Sounds like > part of the Epic cycle tour. The countryside is superb & the canal still in > excellent condition. The fence was probably pushed over by a dragon on a > jaunt! I'll have to consider converting my road bike into a hybrid (just > wheels & tyres, basically) so I can do a bit of off-road. The local MB club > is now quite big & road bikes have all but disappeared because dangerous > traffic conditions. > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: Bob W > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 10:19 PM > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: Brecon Beacons > > Last weekend I went to a family wedding that took place near Brecon, in > Wales. It's in a national park and I'd never been there before so I took > advantage of the situation and stayed for 5 nights, cycling round the > beautiful local countryside. > > I intend to go back as soon as I can on a walking trip. It's magnificent > country, and the tops of the Beacons are spectacular, but dangerous (it's > where they run the selection tests for the SAS), so you need to be well > equipped to go up there - lycra and poncy little cycling shoes won't cut it. > > Here are some photos, taken by a man in lycra and poncy little cycling > shoes: > > <http://www.web-options.com/Beacons/> > > This is the route of the main ride I did over the top of one of the smaller > hills: > > <http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/brecon-to-ystradfellte-and-back> > > B > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
