The circumference of the chain ring with the chain on will always be roughly similar. If you draw a circle then put a vertical line through it, then draw two ovals that overlap one in each direction you'll be able to eyeball it. Then again you may be out riding a bike! or look see this uTube vid yo...

this is an interesting project, I'm in the central belt of Scotland if that helps at all, with checking things out.

I'll take the small fuel pod please, let me know how you want paid.

cheers Roddy

Cool, I'll get it organised tomorrow, :0)

I have a Specialised TriCross Ali/Carbon frame with Zerst inserts the ETT is 520mm, surplus to requirements now.

can get photos and the like if of interest

cheers Roddy

...I wonder if it could handle 2 simultaneous devices. Phone for frequent updates and SPOT for filling in the coverage gaps. Apart from there would be no need especially if you have the SPOT and there coverage would appear to be better than mobile phones so just use SPOT ?, the spotwalla site does ...

Thanks for the clarification on the SPOT thingy Might be worth looking at https://spotwalla.com/help/devices.php you get a web tracking page that works with a wide variety of devices including smartphones and SPOT. just created an account and using the phone, so far it looks okay. PS sorry for the h...

......... I decided a SPOT would give more peace of mind as it would not be restricted by phone battery or signal. Okay I get the spot thing has better battery life but do they not suffer from the same signal restrictions as a mobile phone? I'm not talking about the tracking function as that's GPS ...

I use one of these, filters pretty much everything you could ever come across anywhere, it's instant and leaves no taste. It also fits in a normal bottle cage. http://www.purehydration.com/shop/emergency-aid/aquapure-traveller/ d There a good idea but was looking for something that was a bit more f...

Cheeky Monkey wrote:Sawyer stuff has 20% off at the moment. Google "Sawyer Europe" for their site.

got the Sawyer MINI off Amazon for 22 :0) happy with that

I've never filtered water in the UK, and have not been ill thus far. In fairness Rich I never bothered ... then I got caught out, was sick on the hour, every hour for a whole day and lost 8lb in 2 days :-bd Had a similar experience hence my original question, even though I followed the general rule...

Do you need to put the water to be cleaned under pressure for this system to work ?

or could you hang it somewhere an let gravity do its thing if you were in no rush

cheers

Happy new year folks :0)

Thanks for the pointers folks, looks like the Sawyer mini is the way to go, quick look on Amazon, they seem to come in at 20 ish quid for the squeeze bag version, I assume they're pretty much the same just different bits that come with the filter itself

Folks, what the general consensus on carrying water when out bikepacking ?? Its something I'm quite weary of these days after doing what I had always done and drink from a fast flowing source of water that is odourless, but I got after a huge dose of the squirts a while back from bad water. and over...

if it can take it use paraffin instead of petrol at least it won't go boom maybes a big whoosh but not boom :0)

PS as others have said they seem to get a good right up for the money

start bikepacking
bivvy a month would be good
get the lad out on his Fatty more
ride more

what was last years route, I stay in Glasgow, so could maybe offer help/ suggestions/ reccy....etc

A bit late but worth considering for future reference, as long as you dont want the latest and greatest, put these on my Pugsley recently and there fantastic, not as heavy as they look offer good grip and should clear snow very well due to the open design http://i.ebayimg.com/08/!B0v!-SQEWk~$(KGrHqV...

hardtail.....check
26er.........fat check
29er........check

:0)

Got one for sale on here. Expedition Asym. Great hammock as a starter as it comes with tarp, snakeskin's, webbing and suspension as standard. Only reason i'm getting shot of it is that it doesn't get used anymore due to more complex and costly hammocks. :ugeek: http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/php...

evening folks,

Just a quick hello fae me, hoping to get my Bikepacking mojo sorted out for next year, so I'm sure in good Roddy stylee, I'll ask some proper dumb an obvious questions, so please bear with me.

hopefully see you'se about this fair land

PS some might recognise the name from UK Fatbikes

new to all this bike packing stuff and I'd been giving this a bit of thought an I thought they would fit along the length of the down tube ??