Richard G wrote:After pushing my bike for a bit yesterday I'm wondering if there's a good way of carrying a bike that's got a frame bag in it. I really do think it would have been easier if I'd got it across my shoulders somehow.

helium balloons lots of them , float your way across tussocks

i do think i agree with the article that electric bikes are not the same as bikes and thus should be treated more like motor bikes. there are plenty of byways up here so ye seems sencible as they are not human powerd .... or maby you should have to charge the battery with your turbo trainer hooked u...

ye slugs, have a net on my bivi bag now,

when riding away from a bivi at4 am on the sand stone way i got hit in the head and removed from my bike by a startled grouse there were loads just flying up out of the under growth

2 of thoes cree things from ebay (one helmet mounted one bar mounted ) this kinda thing http://www.google.co.uk/aclk?sa=L&ai=Cx6l1zqICVrjgD5fIhATs97yAArr6pa4H2o_O4rwB4r_0_rsDCAQQASgFYLueq4PQCsgBB6kCcEfWJ-KwuT6qBCdP0CjNSVIJStz8l4uet8gGKsvtXYd5CIpr12yu2yKRl8ZK_3y03HPABQWgBiaAB-Kl4xyQBwGoB6a-G9gHAe...

tend to just ride till im too tired to keep riding after dark anyway as quite like night riding. then normally brew up/ eate ( if i haven't already stoped somewere) sleep as much as i can ( not a verry heavy sleeper when biving ... then get up normally still dark and keep going ... im no good at com...

generally ware mt specialzed tactic 2 mountain bike helmet. i do have a road lid , but e prefer my mtb helmet bit more protection when it gets rough , and even bike packing it gets rough, and you can still go pretty fast down the rough stuff if you havent packed heavy so ye modern style mountain bik...

[quote="bryanwadd"]Good solutions here for keeping warm but what about keeping dry, particularly on multi-day trips when you really don't want rain on your head and running down your neck? /quote] at that point the pub would just seem a better idea for keeping the whole of me dry and warm :P

allso going single speed ...so even if i do manage light weight (whitch i wont) its still gona be a slog !

ye could be interested in this especially as its nice and close for me so no excuse not to really !

was gona go for somewher in between , aka bring a bivi bag and super light sleeping bag, , and if the weather looks bad some brew kit, so i can grab a couple of hours down time. thats my usual 120 ish mile kit worked for WHW and sand stone way this year. probably will go lighter than have previously...

did a tiny 2 day ride years ago just rented bikes , but there is epic gravel tracks and a really good hut system in norway. think we took the flam mountain railway up and biked from the top station

buff under helmet if its a bit cold. ice breaker merino hat under helmet if its colder.. if its colder than that i just go winter climbing instead tbh...

normal shoes with those seal skins water proof socks works for me

Black sail is ringing a bell for me, not quite sure why,but I have a niggling feeling it's a place you can stay and there's a route nearby... ye black sail hut is ok but you would need to book in advance on most weekends. as it is the samallest youth hostel there is nd on the cost to coast walk. so...

i like my maxis ardent 2.25 on the front on my riged forks pretty comfy, run it tubeless too a then can be slightly lower pressure, they do a 2.4 ardent that could be interesting , its an vaguely exciting tyre handles mud and gravel really well.

FLV wrote: (thats the end of specialized tyres for me, I used to get on well with them)

i wouldn't blame it on specialized entirely i killed a side wall on my Maxis ardent the other day haha

looks like you had nice weather compared to me haha, and a bit less night ridding :P looked good though ! i need to start doing some bike packing filming , as do lots of climbing films for people and other stuff for festival like KMF etc may be next years KMF project should be bike packing related lol

Bearbonesnorm wrote:do you ever have any trouble with grit, water, crap getting into the head,

i giggled at this , must be to early for forums, better go do some work ....

anouther few long ish rides/ frequent evning rides to keep the miles up in the next week and a half ! then taper daown keeping the strength up on intervals and hills but cutting the miles

Not only one bike, but what would be your one and only entire setup to be the master of nothing :lol: Fine then my dh bike canyon torque , with a we scream mud tyre on the front and a hook worm hard pack tyre on the back ... so it just goes sideways in the mud would be fun for a few hours every yea...

Ye its pretty much for the feelin you get when u over take a 4k endure bike , though they are probably allot more comfortable haha

my XC bike is ridgid 29er with carbon forks , and i use that on really rough stuff sometimes . the 29 wheels take allot of the harshness out of the ride, and the ridgid for is more efficient especially as im on a sngle speed for xc so any up hill efficiency is important. all so its just more fun , i...

allso my ridged steel 29er , but single speed , so my charge cooker ss, but built as i have it now with carbon forks and really tough hope wheels. its just so much fun , and i hae had lots of other bikes from full DH bikes to All mountain bikes but this one is allway the most fun to rid and as it ha...

map,
pump,
2 tubes
muti tool
spare chain links
tyre leaves
tyre boot ( normally tubless so this is handy)
jacket
rear light
phone
pliers
cable ties
midge repellent
pie
more pie
chocolate
pork pie (the posh kind with apple sauce on top)

helmet , knee pads , glases/ gogles

in camel back with water

whitestone wrote:From the weekend's jaunt in Northumberland.


Mentioning that you might be lucky and the walkers will open the gate for you means they'll totally ignore you

there are so many awkward gates in northumberland :(