Another foray into Fife after work on Friday got me 7/7 and the maiden bikepacking voyage for my old Rockhopper which is now fully working again and performed admirably. I headed across the Kincardine bridge, through Devilla forest and onto the old railway line cycle path towards Dunfermline for din...

Ok sale fallen through with Chew so anyone else got something before i spend another sweaty night in the emergency bivvy bag?

http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=7121&p=80970&hilit=trekmates#p80970 Can pop it in the post 1st class in the morning if its any use to you? That will do the trick, just need something cheap to do me a few times to make sure I'll like it before investing in so...

Was hoping to pick up an Alpkit Hunka this week but they're currently on preorder, anyone got anything similar they'd like to sell me? On a budget so similar price to the Alpkit and I'd need it for Thursday

That does sound more appealing! Can't believe we're organising a winter bivvy in July!

I should be attending Ray, I've warned the misses any birthday celebrations should be the weekend before so I can make this! As with Matt I will be travelling by train so I may have to join the Southern upland way at Galashiels and meet up with you guys on route. I quickly plotted it out and it'll b...

Ray Young wrote:

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

December 10th-11th for me please Stu.

That's that set then - it'll probably be the best date for most people I imagine.

Scotland shall follow suite then, 10th/11th December it is.

Jings it's only July and I've got the fear of the cold already Ray!

Thanks for the advice, I'll give it a crack tomorrow and see how I get on. I think because it's at least a 6/7 year old crank they just make the rings slightly differently now. Probably to make you buy the latest kit but if I can make them fit all the better

Hi Gari,

Possibly interested in the Titec bars if they are still available? Can you send me some pics?

Thanks,
Blair

I've just received a new set of chainrings to go on my FC-M442 Octalink crankset however the middle ring won't fit. It appears that the locating point on the spider has a 1mm tab which new cranksets don't, it will fit easily on the outer ring placement but not the middle. The new ring is M9 U-36 and...

Haha, yeah I've had a few where there's nothing there!

Did you manage to make up a GPX route that had waypoints and the hints for the Geocaches? And if so how do you do it?

I'm hoping this counts because I don't know if I'll get out again this month, spent the weekend with the family at Cream O' The Croft MTB festival in comrie. We slept in a tent and there was cycling so I'm saying it's OK! I was representing Bear Bones in the enduro race on saturday but failed misera...

I've recently been doing a bit of Geocaching with the girlfriend and wondered if this would be a good way to make up a bikepacking route in an area I'd never been before. Has anyone tried this? Is it just a question of plumbing the geocaches into an etrex and setting off or is it a bit more complex?...

I have an MSR hubba hubba that I use regularly with my girlfriend and it works great, not to heavy, pretty spacious and if you need a bit more space you can add the gear shed on. It has a mesh inner so can be a bit chilly in winter but we've been out well below zero and still had a good nights sleep

After a weekend camping with the lads and finishing up in the pub on the Sunday night I staggered down to the local orchard and slept under a tree in just my sleeping bag, I was woken up by an old boy on a ride on lawnmower cutting the grass in a circle around me!

I hope this is OK to stick up here. Don't know if anyone's interested but it's Cream O' The Croft this weekend at Comrie and they're still looking for volunteers to help out. I've bagged tickets for me, my misses and the kids and a race ticket for myself just for doing a wee bit of marshalling. Muck...

KamelTrek wrote:My ride report and some epic photos credit to the beauty of Scotland rather than my camera skills: http://socialkamel.tumblr.com/post/1457 ... l-550-2016

Great read, more like the kind of attempt I would make rather than the hardcore racers!

Fantastic and inspiring read! I normally save this kind of thing for sitting on the bog at work but I had to stop at the pub on the way home to read the rest of this! Now I need to stop stopping at the pub and actually put some miles in so I can have a crack at this beast of a route

If I'm riding somewhere like Glentress I'll take my shock pump and adjust it on the go to dial in the suspension so I could see it being useful for me, I wouldn't replace my current pumps for this one bit if either of them did need replacing at some point I would consider this

Ray Young wrote:Blair, well and truly bitten .

Loving getting out each month Ray and managing to cut my gear down each time as well, almost lost the back pack all together, a couple of stem cells and cages on my forks and I should be sorted.

Mays bivvy seen me leaving work in Grangemouth on Friday and cycling out to Kincardine to meet up with the Fife Coastal Path. https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7627/27323181326_f2b325271a_c.jpg WP_20160527_16_47_36_Pro by Blair Caldwell , on Flickr From there I followed the coast round to Inverkeithing ...

I think I'm as ready as I can be. All that's left now is to ride the bike... https://ianbarrington.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/image.jpeg I'm on a 1 night bivvy just now and I've got more gear than that, it amazes me how you guys can survive a multiple days with so little stuff! Also good luck to a...

Braw, I'll give that a try. It's never been right since it was in my LBS but they're saying it was fine when it left and accepting no responsibility!

No it's a press fit bottom bracket. Hoping I don't need new cranks, that sounds pricey!

I have an FSA self extracting crankset and its started coming slack by its self. I tightened it up last night and by the time I got to work this morning it's slack again. Anyone else had this issue and know how to fix it? I'm planning a 70 mile bivvy trip this weekend but it's not looking likely whe...