Along with fluffy force as a measurement of fill power, can we adopt the Tunnocks teacake as the official SI unit of volume?

(Although their shrinking size over the years might compromise the usefulness of this.)

No book, but some nice stickers from some bloke in a shed (cheers Stu).

Also, early in the week, a Shimano 3W dynohub and a Cycle2Charge V2 (spending the money Santa brought me). Just need a rim and some spokes now. And nipples. And tape. And probably something else I've forgotten.

Interested to see how well that works (both the $78 :shock: one and your MYOG version). I quite often carry a DSLR with me and I usually put a webbing loop through one of my belt loops just behind my left hip and I hook the camera strap (which goes over my right shoulder) to that with a mini carabin...

Interesting, I was having very similar thoughts recently. I'm trying to work out what this year's "thing" is going to be too, and for a few years now I've wondered about doing a coast to coast across "the wide bit that no-one goes to." I even got as far as looking at maps recentl...

Apologies in advance for the somewhat self-serving post. I have a QR seatpost rack I'm looking to get rid of if you're interested, but it may not be what you're after but not looking for much for it - £12.50 posted: https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3763/32017825314_1793121823_c.jpg IMGP3714 by Dave W ,...

Race against the clock - 1 Stage One person will win. It is a race. Having explained the details of the event to British Cycling, it was explained to me that the format falls outside of what they cover and also due to the likely distance between riders, certainly by the time we get off the initial ...

To be fair, I'm not sure it's marketed as a bikepacking accessory, but it's on bikepacker.com.

http://bikepacker.com/growlerwerks-ukeg ... e-nowhere/

And to test out the swear filter: microbrewery, hops, IPA.

As far as I can see, your son is smiling in just about all the photos: mission successful. Hope you were smiling too

Time to tidy the garage up. All prices inc. UK post. Discounts for multiple buys. Collection from Newcastle available with discount. More pictures of everything here: https://www.flickr.com/gp/136120472@N08/t82ThC Alloy seatpost mount rack - £15 posted QR clamp to seatpost (think it's for a 30.9 but...

Just realised I fell foul of the "swear" filter. I found it more than vaguely exciting!

vaguely exciting! Some great photos. I like the way you've written the post, putting the photos into little groups, "riders," "camping," thorns," etc. and letting them tell the story with just enough words, rather than simply putting them chronologically.

Sorry to go back to the Timber (no I'm not using the marketing department's "!") bell but... The fail for me, which I would love to be told I'm wrong, is that you can't use it like a normal bell and just ding it? e.g. you're riding down a flat bit of tarmac'd path and it's shared use On ve...

I've used some of those "stick-on" drop bars Trail-rat mentioned on my commuter (previously my do-it-all bike which I've done some fairly long on and off-road rides on) and when I moved to BB7s I bodged a crosstop lever on to one so I can brake from that position too. It's quite a narrow p...

Courtesy Charlie the Bikemonger, one of these: https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/477/31838881813_ed05f7bf56_c.jpg 20170201_175850 by Dave W , on Flickr Been meaning to get one for ages now I'm doing more urban "'cross" style riding in an effort to get more miles in, but held out because, well,...

I was reminded of this last night whilst I was happily applying a Charlie the Bikemonger sticker to my toolbox. I never did get round to getting one of these. Will make a note to send a SAE.

If slobike doesn't take the mat I will!
Cheers,
Dave

What other people have said about "feeling more outdoors" blah de blah, but also... I feel safer in a bivvy bag. Sometimes I get nervous camping in less than ideal situations. If you're the sort of person who wakes up at every little noise and thinks "what's that," in a bivvy bag...

+1 for Bearbones flasks, and maybe a bit smaller than your average flask for bikepacking friendliness (size + weight + need to not wake up with a sore heid).

Surprised no-one's mentioned this: http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/ahe ... -411-p.asp

Basic but good condition. Would probably hold a 3l bladder (I only use 2l). Small pocket on front.

£8 posted.

2017-01-08 11.41.42 by Dave W, on Flickr

Anyway, 10spd HG95 (XT) chains for £11.36 in Halfords. Thanks for that. Picked up one to keep in stock... and a load of other stuff while I was at it. I find Halfords really good these days. They're convenient for me and price match the likes of CRC on chains and cassettes (if they're not already c...

To be fair, it doesn't actually say it's a bikepacking event, it says "if you like the idea of a bikepacking event" and leaves you to fill in the implied "but don't want any of the actual hardship, but are prepared to pay someone a [probably, I haven't looked] obscene amount of money ...

Must make an effort to share more photos on this thread. Some from my elongated commute this morning: https://c4.staticflickr.com/1/722/32007124331_c74112af4e_c.jpg IMGP3556 by Dave W , on Flickr https://c2.staticflickr.com/1/300/32125658985_792ccbb37f_c.jpg IMGP3560 by Dave W , on Flickr https://c6...

They shouldn't be restricted to some special elite club of people that deserve them They, like anything else, should be restricted to the group of people that deserve them. The only criteria for inclusion in this group should (I would argue) be common sense and a moral compass, so I wouldn't call i...

Ah, that's actually interesting! Cheers

Just totted up and I've got 3337.5mi . I reckon about half that is commuting. I'm a bit of a geek when it comes to this (seems I may not be alone) and record my weekly mileage from my bike computer in a spreadsheet :ugeek: I've got it broken down by bike, but I use some bikes for commuting and leisu...