fatbikephil wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 4:50 pm The new in reach messenger seemed a good option as you can pair it with your phone for more message options.

This has been possible since the first InReach products under Garmin.

Protegear have confirmed all of that is correct. They replied within 34 minutes in a helpful email and even had a sense of humour with a joke on it. ^This Been with Protegear (InReach Mini) since... 2018 or so..(?). Anyways, always superb service, no matter what mess I was in or making. I think I'v...

Congrats :-bd Congratulations Dave ... my idea of a wedding :wink: Same here. CF. 2 more minutes in the train, 10 min walk. The I pick up two bikes. My 6 year "old" big trail bike made ready for sale with some new parts and a new big trail bike with some parts from the old bike and some new.

To inject a couple more random thoughts... I'd challenge anyone to clearly define the words 'safe' and 'dangerous' . And even that statement assumes that 'safe' is the opposite to 'dangerous'. You could define 'adventure' as simply 'putting yourself in a new or unfamiliar situation'. Doesn't mean i...

Highly versatile thanks to its two loop ends. Long enough to go through a bunch of bike etc.

https://eaglecreek.eu/ch_de/travel-nece ... cable.html

Lock itself was replaced soon with a more sturdy 3 digit lock in my case, obv. you can use it with almost any type of lock.

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 9:07 am Oh... you 2 have placed orders for bikes pls do tell!!

Wait and see

Another new tyre by Schwalbe with a funny name announced and tested. Should be on the shelves in 2025 :wink: Looks like they're only coming in 2.4 widths. Is that the way forward, 2.4 max thicknesses! Depends what and how you ride. Thought maybe Schwalbe only making a 2.4 in a sticky tyre meant tha...

Another new tyre by Schwalbe with a funny name announced and tested. Should be on the shelves in 2025

Milk

Escape Goat wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 10:27 pm Placed an order for one

Ditto

Doing some reading about and it seems the Wicked Will is similar to the Magic Mary Gian suggested. Just the same brand. That's about it. You can't have the Wicked Will in eg "soft" compound, nor in some of the casings the Magic Mary comes along. Tread is very different. Your view may diff...

Cheers for digging this up Shaf Made me want to look back and compare to today. April, 2021 Last couple of weeks I've been trying to get in at least 7 new tiles per week. So far it's working out well and am enjoying exploring places I wouldn't usually visit or visited but didn't record or have been ...

Yep. Almost daily during the summer months when riding my everyday/offroad commuting bike. Sandals are Xero Z Treks https://www.xeroshoes.eu/shop/product-category/sandals-mens/ Pedals are FUNN Mambas https://funnmtb.com/products/category/pedals/ Since the bike is SSP, anything beyond about 5 % gradi...

It's 80m of height loss each time, not really that much, well within XC capabilities This Every brake should cope with this . I have only ever used Sintered and when they squeal the problem is almost always cold or poorly aligned calliper. It also depends on the gradient. There's a very short but q...

Edit: You segment reminds me of a short stretch of track on one of the sides of one of my fav mountains for shuttle assisted riding. Every now and then I ride 4 - 5 x adding up to 7000 - 9000 m vert loss. That rather tame (not tech, just rough) stretch with some fist and baby head sized rocks become...

Not sure I can spot any boners out there? Not sure if he frequents this place, but some (eg those who rode the HT550 2016, group start) may know Hal Loewen. Inspiring :-bd I hope my body will still be capable for something like that at his age. physical attrition of the 15-20 days of an average fas...

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For comparison, I've previously used the ghetto option of backer rod (Google it) as recommended on some STW threads. I had 40mm diameter rod What type exactly was it and what weight did they end up being? Tried such foam tubes as well as pipe insulation ones and must have gotten the wrong ones. Sam...

Only ridden Thunder Burt many years ago and as mentioned, punctured very fast, needed to be ridden with lots of pressure and then came the cuts. But since then Schwalbe has changed the construction and compound so can not be compared to today's offerings. If interested in Thunder Burts, make sure yo...

When going gets steep on mountain paths, but still just about rideable for me, I even feel a difference in Schwalbe Big Betty and Magic Mary, the latter offering substantially more traction. Looking at a Rekon compared to the two mentioned, just get a 2.8" Magic Mary and be happy by the stupid ...

Thanks, might give the Vittoria's a go then. I followed your cinturatto gravel h recommendation for the gravel bike and was really pleased with them. Cheers, Stu. Lovely, thanks for letting me know. I just made a few phone calls because I need two new inserts for a new bike. Here's what I found out...

@Alpinum, of the ones you've used what do you rate? I've been thinking about one for "lightweight rear tyre ht550" like duties. Still not sure though as they look like a right faff to get on. CushCore was awful to mount. HuckNorris was quite okay, just a little different to w/o inserts, T...

If not, is 'puncture protection' required in a tubeless set up? Required - definately no. Does it help - definately yes. Would you feel a beneficial difference riding eg in Wales - yes. I wondered if anyone had tried them. nope, not the Tannus. A friend uses the Tannus Tubeless Liner and swears by ...

Worked till just before 1600, 1 hr longer then anticipated. Got riding 15 min later. Rode some 126 km, ~80 % on easy double tracks (some may know it as gravel) a tiny bit on single tracks, very little road. 90 km tail wind, 36 head wind. A few very short stops, some hare, birds, flower, fox observin...

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Fri May 26, 2023 7:41 pm Kinder Scout

Has to be one of my favourite places on earth.
Never been with a bike though. One of those places that work better for me on foot I guess.
Could be different if I lived there.