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- Thu Nov 26, 2015 1:50 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Tom's first 100.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2897
Re: Tom's first 100.
Love the look on his face at the chip shop
- Thu Oct 29, 2015 3:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Kentucky / Virginia - do we know owt?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2243
Re: Kentucky / Virginia - do we know owt?
I don't know about TN, but Virginia has a lot of riding options ranging from single track to forest service roads. Bikepacking.com has a few VA routes
listed on their site.
listed on their site.
- Tue Sep 15, 2015 3:10 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Can I talk about tyres? For rigid frame and forks.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1936
Re: Can I talk about tyres? For rigid frame and forks.
I've used the 2.4 ardent and it is a great tyre. Plus it seems to be easy to get from a variety of sources.
- Mon Sep 14, 2015 2:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: dry bags with lashing points?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 716
Re: dry bags with lashing points?
Outdoor research makes dry bags with a daisy chain on them
http://www.outdoorresearch.com/en/acces ... sacks.html
http://www.outdoorresearch.com/en/acces ... sacks.html
- Mon Sep 07, 2015 10:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Nights drawing in - happy?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6977
Re: Nights drawing in - happy?
Be real happy when the nights get longer and the days get cooler- I'm near Washington DC and it's been a steamy summer. Setting up a bivy when it is 28 deg C and humid with bugs = no fun. Bring on fall and the cool nights
- Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:13 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tour Divide 2015 for armchair viewers
- Replies: 292
- Views: 49815
Re: Tour Divide 2015 for armchair viewers
She has to get to Austin some how. :)
I think she is also going to Interbike which is mid September so she has lots of time.
I think she is also going to Interbike which is mid September so she has lots of time.
- Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:15 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Do we need BB caps?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 10228
Re: Do we need BB caps?
I'm in. Love a good cycling cap. Can't have too many.
- Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Words fail me.....
- Replies: 46
- Views: 6103
Re: Words fail me.....
I grew up in Vancouver. We left in 2006, before the hipsters and coffee/bike scene became prevalent. The roads they took to the first camp- flat to rolling. I think a bit too much time was spent doing BMX tricks the first day :grin: Most logging roads only get used on week days. If you go riding on ...
- Wed Jun 17, 2015 4:35 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Oregon Outback is dead
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1324
Oregon Outback is dead
http://www.oregonbikepacking.com/the-death-of-the-oregon-outback/ Not that a lot of folks on this forum might have done it, being on the west coast of the US, but interesting to see what happens when an event gets over hyped and common sense/manners go out the window. My wife and I had thought of go...
- Wed Jun 17, 2015 4:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tour Divide 2015 for armchair viewers
- Replies: 292
- Views: 49815
Re: Tour Divide 2015 for armchair viewers
She did really well last year in an Ultra road race in Alaska. Her first try at road ultra's and I think she came second on a borrowed bike.
She's really understated in her own blog about the racing.
She's really understated in her own blog about the racing.
- Fri Jun 12, 2015 4:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Carbon Fargo?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7244
Re: Carbon Fargo?
http://theradavist.com/2015/06/introduc ... de-bike/#1
So now I need one of these as well as a Fargo?
So now I need one of these as well as a Fargo?
- Wed May 06, 2015 9:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: European Bikepacking
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2921
Re: European Bikepacking
I would look at this web page.
https://gypsybytrade.wordpress.com/2014 ... ng-routes/
I think Nick did a fair job of covering a lot of the options out there.
https://gypsybytrade.wordpress.com/2014 ... ng-routes/
I think Nick did a fair job of covering a lot of the options out there.
- Wed Apr 29, 2015 2:45 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Mountain bikes and bothy nights
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1989
Re: Mountain bikes and bothy nights
I thought that shot looked like one I had seen before.Some interesting shots of the Fisherfield river crossing, though in the opposite direction to the way the HTR550 goes
A very nice video. Glad I caught it today and could have my break watching it.
- Thu Apr 16, 2015 8:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: (american accent) Do you ride "overland"?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 7755
Re: (american accent) Do you ride "overland"?
I showed my wife the videos from the Tour Divide route and she looked at it and said "well I could do that!" . She's not a hard core off road rider, more bridleway type of routes or gravel roads. She thought the whole Tour Divide was singletrack.
- Thu Apr 16, 2015 3:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: (american accent) Do you ride "overland"?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 7755
Re: (american accent) Do you ride "overland"?
Yeah the main triangle being so small does limit you to the bear basics
- Fri Feb 20, 2015 4:44 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: If you were planning on going to Iceland this year
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3893
Re: If you were planning on going to Iceland this year
Yay!!
I was reading your blog and hoping you would come up with an alternative route.
I was reading your blog and hoping you would come up with an alternative route.
- Wed Feb 11, 2015 6:10 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Naming bikes
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4917
Re: Naming bikes
My touring bike is called the truck, the road bike is the Jag. Bikepacking bike is called the pony
- Mon Feb 02, 2015 4:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: It's back!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1823
Re: It's back!
It's up on line now. Pull out the tea and biscuits
- Mon Feb 02, 2015 12:47 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Which part of the world do you live, and do you like it?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 11158
Re: Which part of the world do you live, and do you like it?
Just in the northern suburbs of Washington DC. The Mrs and I live in a nice area with quiet little roads close by, a mile to a metro stop so if we want to go into DC for supper or such, it's easy to do. A surprising amount of single track only a 20 minute car ride away and if one wanted to (and I'm ...
- Fri Jan 30, 2015 9:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Are Salsa Anything Cages still made of cheese?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1493
Re: Are Salsa Anything Cages still made of cheese?
I used the V2 metal ones on a tour in Iceland last summer and they worked fine. Had my kitchen kit on one and the repair kit bag on the other. The weld is much better/longer then the V1 cages if I recall.
- Thu Jan 22, 2015 6:30 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: It's back!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1823
Re: It's back!
I saw a blog post about how a guy bought the pdf of the issue and then had his printing shop print out a copy on really nice paper. I suppose one could do the same thing through any of those copy/shipping shops around the country.
- Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:00 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: No map, no gps, just a compass.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1173
Re: No map, no gps, just a compass.
They are given the option/choice to check their coordinates twice a day. I like the no gps option for some events as it does make navigation (a skill) more of a factor as compared to who can program a GPS with the waypoints
- Wed Jan 14, 2015 6:41 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: A Waist Pack for Touring - UD Kaviti
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5279
Re: A Waist Pack for Touring - UD Kaviti
I was looking at a photo taken of me when I was touring back in the early 90's with a bum bag with water bottle holders and thought I should look into those again.
Funny how everything old is new again.
Funny how everything old is new again.
- Thu Jan 08, 2015 6:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 2017 Big Trip to where?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7141
Re: 2017 Big Trip to where?
I'd love to go back to Iceland and do the interior routes. You could do it from Rejkjavik up the F35 to Akureyri, restock with food (and coffee) and then go and travel on some of the harder routes (with fords) towards the Icecap. Pop out in the south of the Island and then go do the Landmannalaugar ...
- Thu Jan 08, 2015 2:50 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 2017 - Expedition bikepacking trip - Do you fancy that?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 8047
Re: 2017 - Expedition bikepacking trip - Do you fancy that?
If it's the arctic in the summer, I'm less worried about polar bears and more worried about finding a bivy sack with the best protection from black flies and mosquitoes