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- Wed Jun 20, 2018 6:45 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Dedicated bikepacking bike... 1x or not?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7826
Re: Dedicated bikepacking bike... 1x or not?
I have only one comment on this from my limited experience. I find I can have the same freehub body for years and years with either 2x or 3x setups. Since getting a 1x setup, I am getting through freehub bodies at a rate of one every 500km. Maybe I am just unlucky or my hub body itself is "out&...
- Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Advice please: First time tubeless
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3280
Re: Advice please: First time tubeless
The sealant will only work from inside-out, so pouring sealant on the outside of the tyre wont help! You need to get the sealant you have inside the tyre, to be covering the hole (cant watch the vid as in work). Tip and shake the tyre so the sealant can get to the hole and it should seal if it is on...
- Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:51 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: I finally understand why...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 843
I finally understand why...
I finally understand why folk come into the bike shop - with a bike that would be cheaper to replace, than fix all the problems - spend big money on cheap bikes. I occasionally work in my LBS and we have no end of folk dragging in bikes of various vintage that a basically, shagged. You try to tell t...
- Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:22 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Penny farthing
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10221
Re: Penny farthing
I have had a go on one at Maindy Velodrome* back in the 80's, on the banked concrete track. It certainly entertaining and a technique to master. My most abiding memory was respect to those who used to race these machines, back-in-the.day. Would I ride one in the UK now away from the track, on the ro...
- Mon Jun 18, 2018 8:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Pump recommendations please
- Replies: 55
- Views: 12253
Re: Pump recommendations please
I'm wondering about one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lezyne-Micro-Floor-Drive-HVG/dp/B005UZP2ZS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1529330523&sr=8-1&keywords=lezyne+micro+floor+drive+hp as the pressure relief valve stops the unscrewing problem Stu talks of I have got that pump Dave, it does no...
- Fri Jun 15, 2018 6:17 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Fatfighters 2018 Weigh-in Thread
- Replies: 798
- Views: 146688
Re: Fatfighters 2018 Weigh-in Thread
01.01.2018 - 85.7 kg
05.01.2018 - 85.9 kg
19.01.2018 - 86.0 kg
01.02.2018 - 85.9 Kg
15.02.2018 - 85.5 Kg
25.03.2018 - 85.4 Kg
05.04.2018 - 85.0 Kg
18.04.2018 - 85.4 Kg
03.05.2018 - 84.6 kg
09.05.2018 - 84.5 kg
17.05.2018 - 83.9 kg
23.05.2018 - 83.8 kg
07.06:2018 - 84.6 kg
15.06.2018 - 84.7 kg
05.01.2018 - 85.9 kg
19.01.2018 - 86.0 kg
01.02.2018 - 85.9 Kg
15.02.2018 - 85.5 Kg
25.03.2018 - 85.4 Kg
05.04.2018 - 85.0 Kg
18.04.2018 - 85.4 Kg
03.05.2018 - 84.6 kg
09.05.2018 - 84.5 kg
17.05.2018 - 83.9 kg
23.05.2018 - 83.8 kg
07.06:2018 - 84.6 kg
15.06.2018 - 84.7 kg
- Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yet again - Leave No Trace.
- Replies: 133
- Views: 20129
Re: Yet again - Leave No Trace.
Just an idea for a cloth patch I have just knocked up in literally 5 minutes - could get some made if any interest?
NO_TRACE by Norway Calling, on Flickr
NO_TRACE by Norway Calling, on Flickr
- Thu Jun 14, 2018 8:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: They killed Bambi!!!!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2240
Re: They killed Bambi!!!!
Quote: When you’re really hungry and you don’t know where your next meal is coming from, you feel desperate. I’ve never felt like that in my life This is so far up its own arse its beyond the spectrum. 205 km in 7 days... yep just a self publicity.. a simple case of look at me, everyone, look at me ...
- Thu Jun 14, 2018 6:35 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yet again - Leave No Trace.
- Replies: 133
- Views: 20129
Re: Yet again - Leave No Trace.
Sorry for the Facebook link (I hope it goes where it's supposed to), Coed y Brenin had some visitors determined to leave a trace https://www.facebook.com/CoedyBreninForestPark/posts/1818247654862338 This is not "outdoor people" but urban idiots driving on mass to get pissed up "In th...
- Tue Jun 12, 2018 10:36 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD: Ortlieb Bike-Packing Accessory Pack
- Replies: 0
- Views: 691
WTD: Ortlieb Bike-Packing Accessory Pack
Anyone want to sell or have for sale - the small accessory pack that goes on the Ortlieb handlebar pack (pictured below)? Allways prefer to get second hand if I can, otherwise a trip to the LBS. Remember kids: reduce-reuse-recycle :-) https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/images/products/medium/41374.jpg PS: ...
- Tue Jun 12, 2018 6:43 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Do you use your Bear Bones merchandise?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3206
Re: Do you use your Bear Bones merchandise?
Towel has been brilliant - the fluffy dice (now thankfully devoid of its "fragrance") hangs in my sons bedroom, I have 2 x thermal mugs, one in Norway (in front of me now) and another in the car at home, again brilliant bits of kit. All other items sadly lost or used to destruction. I must...
- Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:44 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sorry to ask - what pedals?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3977
Re: Sorry to ask - what pedals?
Hope F20's here
- Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Scott frame warranty
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2076
Re: Scott frame warranty
Carbon doesn't like "point loading" and I know of a few carbon frames that have failed in a similar way to what you are describing (something that can sway like your mud hunger) cable tied (how thin are you cable ties?) and failures occurring. Carbon is only as good as the glue holding it ...
- Thu Jun 07, 2018 7:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Fatfighters 2018 Weigh-in Thread
- Replies: 798
- Views: 146688
Re: Fatfighters 2018 Weigh-in Thread
01.01.2018 - 85.7 kg
05.01.2018 - 85.9 kg
19.01.2018 - 86.0 kg
01.02.2018 - 85.9 Kg
15.02.2018 - 85.5 Kg
25.03.2018 - 85.4 Kg
05.04.2018 - 85.0 Kg
18.04.2018 - 85.4 Kg
03.05.2018 - 84.6 kg
09.05.2018 - 84.5 kg
17.05.2018 - 83.9 kg
23.05.2018 - 83.8 kg
07.06:2018 - 84.6 kg
05.01.2018 - 85.9 kg
19.01.2018 - 86.0 kg
01.02.2018 - 85.9 Kg
15.02.2018 - 85.5 Kg
25.03.2018 - 85.4 Kg
05.04.2018 - 85.0 Kg
18.04.2018 - 85.4 Kg
03.05.2018 - 84.6 kg
09.05.2018 - 84.5 kg
17.05.2018 - 83.9 kg
23.05.2018 - 83.8 kg
07.06:2018 - 84.6 kg
- Fri May 25, 2018 4:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Zip on tyres...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1698
Re: Zip on tyres...
No sorry, even in Norway they make no sense.
- Wed May 23, 2018 8:50 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Fatfighters 2018 Weigh-in Thread
- Replies: 798
- Views: 146688
Re: Fatfighters 2018 Weigh-in Thread
01.01.2018 - 85.7 kg
05.01.2018 - 85.9 kg
19.01.2018 - 86.0 kg
01.02.2018 - 85.9 Kg
15.02.2018 - 85.5 Kg
25.03.2018 - 85.4 Kg
05.04.2018 - 85.0 Kg
18.04.2018 - 85.4 Kg
03.05.2018 - 84.6 kg
09.05.2018 - 84.5 kg
17.05.2018 - 83.9 kg
23.05.2018 - 83.8 kg
05.01.2018 - 85.9 kg
19.01.2018 - 86.0 kg
01.02.2018 - 85.9 Kg
15.02.2018 - 85.5 Kg
25.03.2018 - 85.4 Kg
05.04.2018 - 85.0 Kg
18.04.2018 - 85.4 Kg
03.05.2018 - 84.6 kg
09.05.2018 - 84.5 kg
17.05.2018 - 83.9 kg
23.05.2018 - 83.8 kg
- Thu May 17, 2018 8:40 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Fatfighters 2018 Weigh-in Thread
- Replies: 798
- Views: 146688
Re: Fatfighters 2018 Weigh-in Thread
Have a good trip!
01.01.2018 - 85.7 kg
05.01.2018 - 85.9 kg
19.01.2018 - 86.0 kg
01.02.2018 - 85.9 Kg
15.02.2018 - 85.5 Kg
25.03.2018 - 85.4 Kg
05.04.2018 - 85.0 Kg
18.04.2018 - 85.4 Kg
03.05.2018 - 84.6 kg
09.05.2018 - 84.5 kg
17.05.2018 - 83.9 kg
01.01.2018 - 85.7 kg
05.01.2018 - 85.9 kg
19.01.2018 - 86.0 kg
01.02.2018 - 85.9 Kg
15.02.2018 - 85.5 Kg
25.03.2018 - 85.4 Kg
05.04.2018 - 85.0 Kg
18.04.2018 - 85.4 Kg
03.05.2018 - 84.6 kg
09.05.2018 - 84.5 kg
17.05.2018 - 83.9 kg
- Mon May 14, 2018 6:26 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Cycling solo in Morocco
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2448
Re: Cycling solo in Morocco
Having been solo in north Africa many times before (all pre "Arab spring") its ... umm... North African ... but that is a good thing! I doubt you will get any trouble and all the advise on here is spot on. Yes the kids can be a pain, yes the beggars/guides/lowlife in and around the port ar...
- Sun May 13, 2018 11:53 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: FS: Singular Rooster - medium
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2901
Re: FS: Singular Rooster - medium
OK so:Stevemorg wrote:
Travers Prong forks still available
1. How much?
2. Boost or non-boost spacing?
3. Axle included?
4. Steerer length?
Thanks
- Sun May 13, 2018 8:27 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Random bike gripe.....
- Replies: 41
- Views: 6292
Re: Random bike gripe.....
. Anyone else ever think along similar lines or am I out there on my own on this one....? No you are not alone in this. But like many others, I have also come to the conclusion that a drop bared mountain bike is the way to go (for me). In the UK we do not have endless expanses of dry dirt roads (wh...
- Fri May 11, 2018 3:53 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Dedicated bikepacking bike... to plus or not to plus?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9189
Re: Dedicated bikepacking bike... to plus or not to plus?
Titanium can and will crack Well, you would buy a Lynskey.... Im on my 5th Ti frame and not managed to break one yet. i won't tuch a Ti frame from a mass produced company.. I only know of 2 people who have a Ti MTB for more than 5 years without a crack in the frame... and one of them was on this ye...
- Thu May 10, 2018 8:29 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Dedicated bikepacking bike... to plus or not to plus?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9189
Re: Dedicated bikepacking bike... to plus or not to plus?
29+ (Trek Stache) was a right laugh and wonderful to ride BUT I could not get a wheel set to stay round/true no mater what I did. Just too much mass for rocky Cwmcarn style riding and they weight of bikepacking in rocky trails (for me). 650B+ (Trek Rosco) fantastic ride and overall the most fun on a...
- Thu May 10, 2018 12:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: That adapter to refill gas canisters..
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1987
Re: That adapter to refill gas canisters..
The only things to remember are: 1, Do not over fill the canister being refilled (always weigh and right the weight of the canister on the bottom when you buy it new - so you know what weight "full" is). Weigh the cylinder during filling (good squirt - stop - weigh - more gas - stop - weig...
- Wed May 09, 2018 8:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: That adapter to refill gas canisters..
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1987
Re: That adapter to refill gas canisters..
I have one but it was only £14 posted from the bloke who makes then in South Korea... who it would appear no longer makes them. So sorry, no help at all.
- Wed May 09, 2018 2:04 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Pinnacle Ramin 3+ Owners...Help!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1199
Re: Pinnacle Ramin 3+ Owners...Help!
"after a few months riding"
1 year guarantee on parts? Or are you not the original owner?
1 year guarantee on parts? Or are you not the original owner?