[Closed] The bimble thread.

I got overtaken by a bloke on a penny farthing during a recent bimble. Savage.

Triple front ring? I'm running SS on all but my fatty. Singlebimbling!

mattyfez - Member

I dont mean to sound elitist, but true bimblecore requires a tripple front ring, doubles are for tourists. Single??? Heathens.

What would I want all those high gears for?

PRAISE THE LORD !!! HALLELUJAH !!!!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀

nickc - Member
I admire your commitment to slow, but really, 4 hours?

were you walking?

I often stop for a nap when I'm at Cannock, I feel I can reveal the truth on this thread.

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This is a place of inclusion and safety

I admire your commitment to slow, but really, 4 hours?

That was dog [i]and[/i] Monkey. 😀

Can you get cycling clothes in tweed?

A bimble earlier
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That was dog and Monkey

😆 😆 😆

This thread should have come with a trigger warning.

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One more bimbler right here. My Surly weighs 30lbs and my food supply another 5 on top of that.

Surly make some great bimble bikes.

What are you riding @ Tomwoodbury?

I've just planned the ultimate bimble ride for next Saturday - Croydon to Windsor along as much Sustrans as possible. Think of the potential food and pub stops!

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This is my sort of riding, but feel at 26 that I shouldn't be there quite yet...

Hi. My name is Paul. I am a bimbler. On some bimbles on the fatty, I don't even get out of the seat. I feel this may be a trundle? 8)

Bimble+ here. 90% bimble with occasional random bursts of enthusiasm to counteract the cold.

Bimble up, fatty.

Just bimbling about getting ready for this morning's bimble around Ranmore and Box.

I may be a while. Where'd I put that mini pork pie I thought it was in the fridge ooh look a choccy bar...

At work.
Bimble denied.

How did your Amsterdam trip go?

Today's bimble will be down the canal for some vaping supplies, then to my mum's to say hello, then to Epping forest for a sausage stick (the bottom tea hut, not the top one, as there will be no carbon or Lycra involved for me), then home.....there will be lots of strava sections ridden, none of which will I trouble the KOM keeper on.
Oh, on a rigid 29+ too.....with Jones bars....and pogies.

So. What's the consensus on the best bike for a bimble? Rigid with flared drops and a brooks saddle or something like a Kona Humuhumu? Gears, single speed or Hub gears? I'm tempted by a Genesis Vagabond or Stooge. I think we need photos 😉

I've got a stooge with Jones bars, ergon grips, Brooks Cambium saddle. Perfect bimble tool. Flat pedals obviously. You don't want the stress of having to find cycle specific shoes.
I'm off out soon. Just need to finish these crumpets and my third coffee.

I tried to do a reasonably paced ITT on the Tour Divide route this summer, after three days I realised that a Bimblecore rules version would be far more enjoyable and it was, I didn't get to the end, but I rode some great places both on and off the route, it was awesome.

Bimblecore rules!

Here's my bimble machine mid ride:
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Normal Man - I have an Ogre with a 3x9 set up. Single speed Pugsley for beach bimbles. I use both with a Yepp mini seat up front with an 18 month old boy a lot of the time and they ride impeccably. I love Surlys so much I bought my wife a Krampus. She doesn't ride much.

https://goo.gl/photos/2YM7brcUyr9hnqWN7 My rig (on the 2016 Bikemonger Bimble event!)

Very cool Tom.

I've got a Pug. It really has blended elements from 3 of my favourite mtb's I've owned over the years then adds it own bit of character to the mix.

I've found my new home.

Pork pies/scotch eggs/sausage rolls in the Camelbak - tick!
Stopping frequently to savour the savouries and appreciate the view - tick!
Cakes and flasks - tick!
A laissez faire attitude to being overtaken - tick!
Triple front ring friendly - tick!
26 less of an age requirement and more an acceptable wheel size - tick!

And to top it all dknwhy has posted one of my favourite routes to go bimbling on!

This is an awesome thread already. Hope it gets to Tripster-esque proportions. So... what makes a bimble bike? Long ride comfort? Cake carrying capacity? Limited technology?

Cake carrying capacity?

Thus was the market for a handlebar-mounted cake stand created.

Inappropriate bike.
26" wheels.
3x9.
Printed map page shoved in top tube bag, highlighter pens marking the must-see's such as churches, tumuli, barrows, monuments, hill forts, memorials, field systems, birth places etc.
Flask with decent coffee along with a sit-mat.
Binoculars for bird and wildlife spotting.
Researching the legendary William Cobbett's proclamations.
Definitely savouring the view.

Edit: hardcore bimbling. 😀

A few hours in the hills. Moving average speed 4.6mph. Job done. Must remember to pack some pork pies next time though.

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have an Ogre with a 3x9 set up.

Excellent choice sir!

Thank you @Pickers. XTR of course.

Love the ICT on the hills @roverpig.

🙂 Indeed.
Surlys make excellent bimblepoons - even if you WANT to go fast, you can't.
Not on 35lbs of Disc Trucker anyway.

CG, like your style.
🙂

I've found a beer holder, just need to find a bar mounted cake/pie cage to complete the bike.

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>Opens thread, sniffs around, realise it's not for me, exits thread.
Enjoy your bimbling folks..<

Essential Bimble equipment- http://www.aeropress.co.uk

SO looking forward to lunch.

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Bimbly bimble.

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Fitness first.

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Nom nom nom nommy nomnom.

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At last, I've found my niche 😀

As a reward for enduring a 3 hour trip to Cribbs Causeway yesterday, I was granted a pass for this afternoon. Did I I drive to Ashton Court? No. Did I clock up 20 miles on the road bike? No. Did I instead choose a 5 mile explore? Hell yes!

Ok, so I like to pork pie munching bit 😆

Whilst the use of strava is somewhat anachronistic with a bimble, I'm quite proud to say that on one segment today I unwittingly achieved 7,337th place out of 7,422. I aspire to be last on an unknown segment on my next outing.

This thread has saved me, I was seriously considering moving on due to being a serial bimbler and no where Gnar enough for this forum and after the depressing state of the political threads.

Intrigued as to the idea of a fat bimble bike are they quite the thing for bimbleing?

Fitness first...

Fitness, fitness a whole pie into my mouth...

Maybe he meant fit this first?

😆 😉

wicki - Member

Intrigued as to the idea of a fat bimble bike are they quite the thing for bimbleing?

Not necessarily. Any bike will do.
However, my 20 mile bimble on Friday was on my 29er and so good was that bimble I repeated it on Saturday on the fat bike.

Saturday was better. YMMV.

I can't speak highly enough of my Wald basket / cargo net combo.

😛

Seriously jealous of those pork pies of distinction,have limited choice of Tesco's own ,only here as the Irish don't seem to appreciate the finer taste of a good pie n branston or mustard.

But seriously, what flask for trail riding bimbledom?.. I want the uber riding flask

Cram it in.

Excellent choice of pie there Mr Woppit, the same as on my bimbling adventures - Dickenson & Morris of Melton Mowbray.

This thread just keeps getting better.

Is this the bimbling lunchbox of choice?

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No idea.
Could you put something next to it for scale?

I'm limited on food carrying capacity as I only have an 8 litre bar bag.
Once the picnic blanket and tin opener are packed, there's hardly enough room for a full roast chicken as it is.

ALpha, anyone who is still same afte3 hours of Cribbs deserves at least two bibles.
Where did you explore? Any good?

Love to bimble on the road bike....
Flat pedals (yup)
MTB baggies (yup)
Camelbak with snacks and flask (yup)
Proper old school OS Map (yup) 😀

I aspire to be last on an unknown segment on my next outing.

Dickinson and Morris, the mother of all pork pies, fine choice sir. The fact that you have remembered to pack a knife on a bike ride marks you down as seriously bimblecore!

I am the Queen of Bimble - I could bimble for England. I bimble between geocaches, bimble to Sunday lunch, bimble to the local brewery, bimble just for the sake of bimbling.
(I wonder if I should confess to being unable to actually go any faster?)

Sat down at the Box Hill cafe (notorious roadie hangout) next to a couple of roadies discussing the merits of various healthy food options for riding. Stirred three sugars into my large black americano and took a slurp. When they actually began comparing the effectiveness of different energy gels, I then (ahem) whipped it out and got stuck in..

Happy days.

Moses, funny you should say that, I've been granted another outing on Wednesday night around Ashton Court. 🙂

As for today's ride, it was a short explore round where I live on the ring road up near Pomphrey Hill. I didn't find much until I was riding back and came across a couple of guys doing some maintenance on some jumps I'd never seen before. Turns out there's a not insignificant jump spot about 5 minutes from my house. I'd never have found it if I was head down and riding normally!

Ha, Sigg lunch box. Exactly what I use for my pork pie and cake.

Pickers - Member
I aspire to be last on an unknown segment on my next outing.

Now there's a challenge right there

It's the very antithesis of Strava!

What is this 'jump spot' that you speak of? Is that like dogging? It's tricky to get air at less than 10mph.....

Fear not, I said I 'found' a jump spot not 'rode' the jump spot. I gingerly bumbled past it a few times, got intimidated by the scaffold structure roll-in thing and decided to leave it for others much younger than myself. So I went home and had a warm mince pie and a cup of earl grey whilst watching last week's Planet Earth II.

The essence of bimbling! Find a jump spot & avoid it. 🙂

^Saturday's bimble took me past this abandoned quarry, with lots of little paths and drop-ins....so I admired it and went on my way!
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Today was so cold I failed to bimble ....sorry about that ill try harder.

Went for a 12 mile bimble along the canal 🙂

Was reading this today:
http://surlybikes.com/blog/post/permission_granted

Couldn't help but think this quote fitted this thread:

It's ok not to be the fastest, or ride the furthest. You don't need to turn yourself inside out. You are not required to conquer whole continents on your bicycle

You know I never even considered taking a flask on a bike ride before, and I LOVE coffee.

We need to get this in the mag, who fancies writing a sub? wiv pictours and everythink.

Just realised I have a bimblewagon. My town bike is pure utility, and I only ever ride it in 'normal' clothes, never gps tracked, around and about town. Love riding it because it's a decent ride and very practical, and often take a longer route there or back home. Love the Wald basket too, and have a king of ding bell just out of sight.As it is often used to go into town for coffee and cake it fulfils the 'more calories consumed than burned' mantra...

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That's lovely.
Spot on.
🙂

Nice shed as well.
No door drop. Classy.

Are night time bimbles allowed?
If so I shall be bimbleing around kinver and Enville tonight with the rear suspension locked out on my bimble poon.

I may unlock it to drop off a kerb.

Thanks...and it means the (slight overkill) M755 4 pot brake lives on, braided hose and all.

sargey - Member
Are night time bimbles allowed?

why spoil the ride by imposing rules on yourself?

'bimble' is a state of mind.

I am a bimbler, therefor i bimble.

Absolutely.
You can't cage a dream.

It's not where you're from, it's where you're at.
And which tea shop you stopped at on the way.

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Bimbletron 1. - For bimbling - notice the panniers in the background, for cakes. I'm thinking of adding a B.O.B. style trailer, for pies, as the weight of me and my cakes keeps bending the back wheel.

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Bimbletron 2. - For bimbling, where bimbletron 1 cannot go.

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Bimbletron 3. - For bimbling, where Bimbletrons 1 & 2 cannot go.

Any Brighton Bimblers in the house?

Now that im officially outed as a bimbler, I may as well enjoy a leisurely ride atop the downs with a proud like minded associate or 2.

More than 2 of us makes a club. T-shirts will follow.

@fin25, are those stickers on the on-one or a painting? Me likes, can i have a close up?

No pies in N.I unfortunately, but bacon sandwiches are a great substitute. I like this bimbling idea.

@fin25, are those stickers on the on-one or a painting? Me likes, can i have a close up?

Bunch of stickers off of ebay, just bought a job lot then stuck them randomly all over the top and seat tube. Done it as a bit of a theft deterrent really, rather than for looks.

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