Local Sunday morning gravelk ride to Hownsgill Viaduct and back

The weather forecast was looking good again so me and Jane had a ride up to Hownsgill Viaduct via the old railway lines. We turned on the viaduct and took a couple of quick snaps as you could hardly stand up with the wind. We called in past Hownsgill café on the way back for a refuel. We never noticed but we had a tailwind nearly all the way up so made it hard work coming back down. Its not very often you get the wind in that direction. Angus could not come as he has been working all weekend. I took the Mason and Jane was on her Scott Scale Contessa, no problems with the bikes but I did not have enough air in the rear tyre, soon sorted with the pump. Its been a couple of weeks since I have been out on the lines and its the driest / dusty I have seen them in a very long time. They are rolling very fast but the straight stretch past Knistley café take care as they have splattered the hawthorn hedges on both sides and is all over the track.
Below are a few snaps from the ride, enjoy and hopefully more soon.

Fresh Goods Sunday - Panaracer Gravelking SK 700 x 38c Tyre

After reserving the Hunt 700c wheelset I ordered a pair of the Gravelking tyres from Westbrook Cycles. They landed within a couple of days and fitted them when I collected the Hunt wheels from Biketreks.  The SK model has a different tread pattern to my skinnier Graveling tyres. I decided to go tubeless when fitting them from new which I will go through in a later Fresh Goods Sunday blog but lets say I had no problems and the beads snapped into place easily and have held firm to date. The weight is just under the manufacturers claim and they aired up wider than the claimed 38mm, a good 41mm! As for clearance in the Mason there is shed loads and could have gone up to the next width size, again this will be covered soon in another blog. I have done a few miles on them now and are a cracking tyre, not had any problems with them. They roll well on tarmac and smooth gravel. They are ok when the lines are wet and not too muddy in places but no good when its gets sticky mud on singletrack sections, that is why I have my 650b x 2" wheelset for! They come in black and tan wall and several different width options. Great value for money tyre, fit and forget until they wear out!

RRP £39.99 and I paid £30 inc next day delivery

Spec - Looking for a tire that's more aggressive than the mixte-tread GravelKing? The GravelKing Sk might just be the tire you need for the more hardcore roads. Aggressive knobs, ZSG Natural rubber compound, puncture protection breaker and AX-α special low rolling resistance casing make the Gravelking a go-anywhere tire. And tubeless compatible up to 60 PSI!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wolsingham Show

Me, Jane and Arran had a drive through to Wolsingham Show yesterday (Saturday) and it was a fantastic day out / fantastic weather and it was rammed solid with people, kids and dogs. They said on Facebook that it was the busiest Saturdays attendance they have ever had in the shows history. Below are a few snaps from the day.

Nothing like our new shape Viva lol !

and below are a few video clips of tractor pulling inc black smoke!!