Poncho tarp and bivi bag here, only tent I have is a 2 person mountain equipment dragonfly so way too big.

My Mrs will be camping at the campsite in our bus so maybe I should get her to meet me at each overnight intsead

yeah it mounts up doesn't it! gonna drop from a 13l to 8l + coat on the bars (unless it goes cold again then I have to take the 13l) bikepack.eu seatpack 20l alpkit gourdon with just a few bits, a layer and some of my food so will get lighter as I go I really need to stop fussing with packing and mo...

sleepingbagless

just bagged all my food, 2 meals, 2 breakfasts and some emergency noodles, all dried stuff and it still weighs quite a bit!

just got it in the post -

seems comfy
it's a nice green
it's full length

but without the stuffsack it weighs 358g on the kitchen scales
no repair kit included

after freezing my arse off in sub zero temps on Saturday night with my summer bag I decided I was taking the winter bag to Wales...no we are having a heat wave and I think I will boil if I do that! I will be the guy at the start line with 2 sleeping bags flipping a coin trying to choose I think

Went for a little ride last weekend for a WRT shakedown. left home at 16:00 on Saturday and landed in a pub at 15:00 ish the next day. Rode from Midlem (Selkirk way) to Broughton where I used to live by the most off road route taking in some of the classic Tweed valley views. Bowhill House http://i6...

do you really need to take that much protein powder with you

I wish I had made 2 at the same time so if I don't win I could think about getting one made

I've ordered one to try, so long as when I get it it does weigh 300g

Probably the best area for it though no where near where I lived. I wouldn't worry about the actual legality of a track unless it's right through a farmyard or something, it's not that kind of country. I think most if not all of the Wicklow way is cycleable (unofficially) though I never tried it. Tr...

I lived there for 11 years, gave up and moved to Scotland :)

Bit tricky I'm afraid and tracks often don't exist or have just become part of a field. Pretty hard work without local knowledge. Whereabouts in the Republic where you looking?

There is the machair path up the west coast of South Uist, not sure what most of it is like as I just rode a small bit in the middle one afternoon. The rest of Uist just seems to be a bog as soon as you step off a road.

If you are worried about the weight difference between a medium and a large frame then the Inbred is not the frame you should be looking at anyway. Look at a scandal instead, same geo but lighter. I love my 853 Inbred but my brother's scandal rides almost as nice and and is quite a bit lighter

I've got a camo poncho tarp which is cheap and nasty coz that's the colour they had

I've got a camo sdg bel air ti which is lovely and I thought would show the dirt less than my leopardskin one

I better get drawing tonight! though with a 16" frame will I get anything in a frame bag

Ah, I'm taking all my food as the chances of getting a meal I would eat on route are slim

I thought I was packing light till I saw that

My wife just called me a nerd coz she found my spreadsheet of my packlist bit harsh I thought

think i'll go for the crossmarks front and rear (2.25/2.1) then have a 2.25 ardent but never been convinced its any better than the 2.25 crossmark (which is much grippier than the 2.1 crossmark) So are we allowed to wear all our layers of riding clothes for the weigh in so they aren't packed, then s...

flatfishy wrote:Crossmark Rear and Ardent Front

What sizes? coz they are very different beasts (I have all of them)


I need to double check my route to make sure I haven't included any of they perilous places people mention!

What tyres are people running for this? Not knowing the area at all I am not sure, though most of my route should be on forest type tracks by the looks of it. Usually run 2.4 ardent front and 2.25 crossmark rear on the Inbred but thinking this might be hard work on the road links and . Have various ...

Had a test fit of stuff - http://i626.photobucket.com/albums/tt348/shawnmcfarlane/1-DSC02753-001.jpg Bars = 13l drybag with sleeping bag rolled into bivi bag, pillow, waterproof coat straps on too Seatpack = tarp, drybag with camp clothes, cookset, food, alcohol, trowel, loo roll right fork leg = sp...

Seems rude not to do 7 really

I might bivi near that wee loch Sunday night depending how the day has gone

cool, I'll be solo on a black inbred (coz my friends are all useless), do say hello coz I might be going mad after a while solo :)

just finished mapping it at 72.4 miles (116km)

griffdowg, this is kina my plan for 5,7,10

do check them out on Google Earth.

I think I perfer the excitment of whether a track actually exists / is rideable / is now a road / is now a meteorite crator the size of Salisbury