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- Tue May 28, 2024 6:29 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Brakes; mechanical or hydraulic?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 726
Re: Brakes; mechanical or hydraulic?
A friend of mine had a leak from the JuanTechs also. Long descent with bikepacking load and I guess the heat caused a leak at the main lever piston. I wouldn't use these hybrid type brakes on a long trip personally. There's not the same heat management ability which is the same for a full cable brak...
- Sat May 25, 2024 7:52 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Brakes; mechanical or hydraulic?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 726
Re: Brakes; mechanical or hydraulic?
I have a regularly-used bike with 15 year old XT hydros on (3 or 4 bleeds in that time, the occasional piston area lube, that's it) so I won't say cables are more reliable, but I do use cable discs on the 2 bikes I do my bikepacking and road touring on. It's partly about travelling with a packed bik...
- Thu May 23, 2024 4:35 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Rotor recommendations
- Replies: 7
- Views: 241
Re: Rotor recommendations
Make sure the depth of the rotor is greater than the pads? I tend to go for the old Avid G2 CS pattern or the Clarks copies of them, they don't have the odd pulsing feel that some wavy rotors have. Can't go wrong with Shimano either.
- Thu May 23, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Morgan cargo cages
- Replies: 1
- Views: 139
Re: Morgan cargo cages
Really nice..
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Front Harness / Longer Bag?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3589
Re: New Front Harness / Longer Bag?
Anyone know where sells straps / buckles that might work? I use the looped velcro straps to attach gloves or a jacket to the bar roll. The bar roll straps are tight already so 1 or 2 of these straps secures things. Holds a Soreen loaf well too. https://evaq8.co.uk/images/product/B26720Hook202620Loo...
- Mon May 20, 2024 11:48 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Recommend me a quilt
- Replies: 21
- Views: 910
Re: Recommend me a quilt
FWIW .. I went for the Hyberg Loner Lite 350. Same down and cover material spec as a Cumulus 350, DWR treated down as a bonus, lengthways upper baffle design make sense, 540g and ~£200 pre-VAT seems good. Hopefully no duty as I think it's EU made but not familiar with the FTA in that area. Will repo...
- Mon May 20, 2024 7:38 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4949
- Views: 1261877
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
You can tell it's a Dave Loughran shop can't you, it's just too much fun to browse. Everything from Campy chainrings to a ti coffee press to a Doobtube :grin: Only just resisted a set of tyres or a saddle while I was there. Felt sauna hat, anyone? Looks suitably bivi/woodsy to me. https://www.banana...
- Sat May 18, 2024 9:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1152
- Views: 212011
Re: What are you listening to now?
Up to about 15 mins ago, a local punk band called Chinese Burn playing in town. They were good!
- Sat May 18, 2024 11:35 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Recommend me a quilt
- Replies: 21
- Views: 910
Re: Recommend me a quilt
Last Q .. 250g or 350g fill, for 2 quilts from the same brand with 850FP down? 4 deg comfort Vs ~1 deg comfort it seems. 100g weight difference isn't a decider. FWIW I don't have much of my own insulation but I also don't like to sleep too warm, so my concern with a 350 is that it'll be too warm for...
- Sat May 18, 2024 8:14 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Recommend me a quilt
- Replies: 21
- Views: 910
Re: Recommend me a quilt
Thanks Jase, Sha, YGH and Scott .. Looks like a Cumulus 250 with a bit of extra fill is a good option. Was tempted by a well-priced TR Vesper 32 in the sale but at 4 deg comfort it might not be much better than what I have aside from the reduced faff of any quilt. I was a bit wary of a bag rated to ...
- Tue May 14, 2024 7:51 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1903
Re: Missing the point?
Which begs the question, if you’re following a GPX, especially if a GPX someone else has made for you, is it an adventure in the pure sense of adventure? It may be a challenge or a test of endurance but that’s not quite the same thing as an adventure, right? Can adventure be in mind and not reliant...
- Tue May 14, 2024 7:29 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1903
Re: Missing the point?
If an inexperienced punter gets to equate 'adventure' with an enterprise that carries no risk they might find they are not then properly prepared when they sign up for an adventure which actually is an adventure and end up getting into difficulties. So what we've then done is facilitated a problem ...
- Tue May 14, 2024 7:12 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1903
Re: Missing the point?
Nah, just the opposite, it's just left a trail (ho ho) of confusion in its wake. Up is down and down is up. Or possibly sideways. Goodness knows what yer visitor centre punter makes of it. Chessington World of Adventures, Go Ape Adventure Park, adventure playgrounds etc .. plenty of similar named f...
- Sun May 12, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Technical question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 473
Re: Technical question
Agreed Steven. I'd want the fork dimensions before starting to draw the frame, or I'd work on the fork first if it's steel / made to spec rather than bought-in carbon.
- Sun May 12, 2024 2:00 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1903
Re: Missing the point?
These routes might not meet someone's definition of adventure but like it or not, 'an adventure trail' or 'adventure/gravel' means more people understand what it is. MTB has got so wrapped up in radness that another way to describe pleasant off-road terrain seems to have come about.
- Sun May 12, 2024 7:38 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Technical question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 473
Re: Technical question
+/-10mm on a road fork with no frame adjustment isn't something I'd be happy with but it may work ok. I've tried it on one of my bikes and didn't like the result. I have got a road frame that I intended for either 370 or 375mm forks, everything was specced with that in mind to begin with though.
- Fri May 10, 2024 2:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Folding Bikes - Experiences..
- Replies: 15
- Views: 577
Re: Folding Bikes - Experiences..
I have2 folders, a Brompton 2SL with SON lighting and a 20" Tern/Dahon that's Ridgeback branded, it has a Nexus 7 hub which is really good on a bike like this. Despite not folding down as small as the Brompton the Tern design is a much better bike for any distance, my pick when I used to ride a...
- Fri May 10, 2024 2:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Recommend me a quilt
- Replies: 21
- Views: 910
Re: Recommend me a quilt
Yes James, absolutely couldn't fault it. I have a Cumulus 150 and this is made from what felt like identical material, so absolutely lovely. Packs down to nowt and has the usual straps at the back so good fit. The only negative was slow delivery (a few weeks, but they did warn about that) and was l...
- Fri May 10, 2024 2:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: All Weather Tarp Setups/Photos
- Replies: 10
- Views: 559
Re: All Weather Tarp Setups/Photos
This is Stu's introduction to tarps - https://www.bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/ ... rs-lovely/, it's on the first page of eight if you search for "tarp" in the news and reviews section. (I get a 404 error for all the images so you'll have to imagine what he's writing about) The Asymmetric H...
- Tue May 07, 2024 5:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Recommend me a quilt
- Replies: 21
- Views: 910
Re: Recommend me a quilt
They look like good value Richard, any experience from use?Rich3rd wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 4:28 pm Very similar design and quality to Cumulus, i.e. very nice indeed.
https://hyberg.de/collections/quilts/pr ... r-lite-250
- Tue May 07, 2024 5:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Recommend me a quilt
- Replies: 21
- Views: 910
Re: Recommend me a quilt
Thanks jBay, pobably a bit warm for me unfortunately, would have jumped at that if it was a 0-4 deg range version.jBay wrote: ↑Tue May 07, 2024 4:06 pm https://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpB ... hp?t=24440
Only selling as I want an even wider one as a larger carbon unit.
- Tue May 07, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1903
Re: Missing the point?
Something that's probably applicable to the other recent thread on Adventure™, but I recently attended one of the "Reframing Mountain Biking" events. A common theme in the discussions (and also to some extent on here) is that the MTB portrayed in the media (especially advertising) is gene...
- Tue May 07, 2024 2:11 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Recommend me a quilt
- Replies: 21
- Views: 910
Re: Recommend me a quilt
Very BelgianSierra Designs Nitro 800
- Tue May 07, 2024 11:27 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WRT 24 thanks
- Replies: 12
- Views: 473
Re: WRT 24 thanks
Aim of the weekend was dinner at the stores near lake Vyrnwy, thanks to them for staying open, good work JC for tipping them off :-bd and to try to get up to the top of the Berwyns or Wayfarer's route. Bivied by the lake after a pint at the hotel then on Saturday morning took that lovely track up to...
- Tue May 07, 2024 10:38 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Recommend me a quilt
- Replies: 21
- Views: 910
Re: Recommend me a quilt
Thanks Phil. Paul who rode WRT with me this weekend has a Thermarest quilt bought fairly recently, it looks good inc the footbox shape. Not sure of the spec but it looked a lot comfier than my kit.
Borah bivi looks good, midge resistance appeals and they don't seem expensive for what they are?
Borah bivi looks good, midge resistance appeals and they don't seem expensive for what they are?