I have absolutely no idea where my tarp is, i thnk i've lent it to someone and forgotten who like a muppet.

So after a half decent tarp for one person, doesn't have to be anything too flash just a decent weight and not too big.

Drop me a line pauljwhitlock at gmail .com

Cheers

Only thing i would add is don't use the Canyon/ Ergon seatpost if you're more than about 80kg in weight, they have a top end of 90-100kg and that leaf spring action puts a real stress on seatube of frame ( i used one for Paris Roubaix and had a small crack coming down from top of seat tube and then ...

I'm just across the way on the Suffolk Coast. Wouldn't mind tagging along if you'd have me and also a Fatty owner. Definitely, keep any eye on the UK Fat bike club FB page as there will be a summer fat bike weekend, based somewhere around the Wells/ Holkham area. Or drop me an email anytime if you'...

Oh and I didn't realise Norfolk was so pretty I live near Castleacre on Peddars Way, one thing we have here in Norfolk is ancient pathways! I am not a native, i married a Norfolk girl and couldn't keep her away, when we first moved up this way i did think i was going to hate it and that it would to...

The final stretch into Norfolk is the Ickfield Way that becomes Peddars Way, easy nice riding with some great Norfolk scenery and some great bivvy spots near Wells / Holkham area of Norfolk, i live next to Peddars and use it a lot as a way to ride completely off road to coast. if you do ride it let ...

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Are you able to post some pics to pauljwhitlock at gmail .com please?

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Thats looks ace, great write up mate. I did a trip out in Bolivia over the Andes then crashing on the Road of Death and spending time in the worlds highest hospital after a crash, so i can relate to the distance you can travel at altitude, my mate passed out on the coach to get to the start of the r...

Hi I did reply to your Bike & Bivi FB post too. I did a 500km 24 hour event a few years ago from Newcastle to London and one of the guys i rode with was a researcher at Newcastle Uni and T1, he was covered in a number of sensors and i explained to him my (then) 4 year old daugghtr was Type 1 and...

For me, if it is local, then i always overnight somewhere i know has a few for some "advanced daydreaming", but usually it means staring into space listening to podcasts on phone, or using Kindle app on phone to read. I have also recently downloaded one of the stargazing apps so i can iden...

Bit of a Salsa fan-boi i guess... Beargrease which has 26x4.0 and 29x 3.0 wheels now.. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4275/34967028082_6ec597889a_k.jpg [/url] 1 by Scud75 , on Flickr[/img] Old Fargo which got a fresh powercoat last year.. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4161/33539453664_c0c6d34c93_k....

I may look to buy the Planet X one and adapt it, as i want to be able to run my rear seat pack still, the main triangle on my Beargrease (run 29+) is small so even with a Revelate Tangle small frame bag there is no room for bottle (s) in there, this seemed to work on 2 fronts, helping with sway from...

I'm after something similar to this, but ideally that would fit a Brooks B17 saddle and where they don't charge more than the item itself in postage to get to me. Seems ideal if using a full frame bag giving two extra bottle mounts and with added stability of rear bag.. http://woho.bigcartel.com/pro...

Did the tarp sell?

My mate from Kings Lynn, Robbi Ferri (cap# 19) scratched last night, he said that his head wasn't in racing anymore after 3 or 4 really close misses as he came into Italy and he said it messed with his head as had enjoyed a conversation and a few shared miles with Frank and had it reported to him th...

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" bought a Land Rover 101.....budget was fuel + £5 a day" quote from Scud That must have been quite an extensive budget with the fuel if it was a standard 101 She was thirsty wagon, 3 litre V8, we did a few smaller trips first and realised that it wasn't feasible for months away, so it wa...

I think that you just need to do it,on a trip that long where you are not racing then a dependable steel framed bike like a Fargo or a Surly Long Haul Trucker are ace (especially the 26" version). Don't worry about bike being light or fancy, just ask yourself when it brakes in the middle of Afr...

Thanks all, it will be mostly inland on flat water.. so will give it a punt, if i get into it, then look to upgrade to a better Alpacka one over time i guess.

Plenty of places near me to hire kayak/ canadian canoes, but no packraft places.

Only things that concerned me with these, is that it is a single air chamber so a puncture means the whole thing going down...vicar

I'd be up for that....

Often when something seems too cheap, it is, but this seemed to get OK reviews and i wouldn't be launching it down any whitewater. Worth a punt for that price, only thing i can't seem to find is "real world" weight limits for it.

Would love a go at a fat bike/ packraft trip, but can't really afford the £800+ for the Alpacka models, anyone experience of these Klymit, seems a lot for the money and reviews seem quite positive? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Klymit-14LDBl01C-LiteWater-Dinghy-Packraft/dp/B00E4KOQE8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&a...

http://www.workscomponents.co.uk/second ... k-24-c.asp

As long as you don't mind red......

Hi Tony

Don't know if it's of any use, but i ordered one of these via ebay for my Fargo, pretty good for £18.99, various lengths and 25 deg rise


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172463634100? ... EBIDX%3AIT

Tommid.

I can see if i can borrow one for you, enough bikes knocking about in the group, or more than welcome to come down the saturday night for a pint and BBQ?