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Good Luck with that sounds great!  Is it for charity?  My mother in law regularly rides 40-50 miles a day and she is 72, so you should have no probs!  Brilliant, hope it goes well! No it is not for charity, just for fun!your mother inlaw does 40-50 miles a day, fair play to her 8).The bike and trai...

280 miles Impressive stuff  :D  Whats the furthest distance in one day? P.S. I hope you have a comfy saddle, lol  :lol: Also I hope the weather is nice for you, nothing worse than crap weather when you're cycling. there are planned distances, could be 60 or 80 miles but that could change depending ...

R.I.P Philip

280 miles

That's quite a journey, I'm glad you have made time for trains in the schedule. Good Luck and don't get too many puntures. :D thanks for that, and i hope i don't get any! even my training has involved trains as well, as i went to 3 garden railway open days :D. To day i practiced using the camping g...

nothing on the snr has been done over the last month and a half because iv be preparing for a bicycle tour to Stonehenge, so this thread will mark the cont down and will document the next seven days leading upto and i hope even the bike ride it self. so for now i will explain the route. DAY 1 oundle...

ive never understood why music is added to videos like this, surely the noises made by the locos (things like the cuff from the live steam engines for instance) is better then any music, be it copyrighted or not

looks good, right where it belongs, on the main line, take that HSTs!

how old is this thread!!

http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy11/idrc_2010/S1052337-1.jpg?t=1309807029 hi, you could use two main types of track bed material, wood or brick, brick or breeze blocks would out last the wood by a long way compared to wood (even if treated). My layout is about 2 and a half feet of the ground and...

be more reliable aswell!

S.N.R update
http://s773.photobucket.com/albums/yy11/idrc_2010/

ya, more 0.4.0s, don't know about you but im off to re gauge my steamer and give it a run now, thanks for sharing!

big fan of 0.4.0s,there big things in small package's for sure, bet your dad must be well chuffed with that

My Round House billy has had the same problem, when the valve timing is set up you are supposed to drill and pin the return cranks (this stops it from moving) i dont have the tools (or skills) to do this, so instead i replaced the really rubbish round house nuts and bolts and got some better quality...

how about some of the cheap textured polystyrene ceiling tiles you get from home base or  something

[quote="spooner:55366"]Are you protect the wood?
i was hoping it would be ok (pressure treated wood) but now you ask i think i will put some wood treatment on it just to be safe

Am I a converstation killer? I mean, when ever I post a comment on a topic, oftern it ends up being the last comment on that topic. is it something I've done, or had you all just finished? don't worry Matt, can not be any worse then me,i think i may have killed my own thread before its started !!! ...

sorry about that but if at first you don't succeed try try and try again!i think i my now have it sorted it

all that in a year well done!!!