Steve Abraham - he of the recent year record attempt - has been expressing an interest on the Audax UK FB page. This could get interesting.

James, that's my experience of using Klickfix bar bags too - proper off road and they just get overwhelmed. The mounts on the Spesh harness won't score your bars - they have rubber inserts that prevent this - and you can get them holding reasonably firm if you pad them with a bit of duct tape, but o...

My Singletrack review is here: http://singletrackworld.com/reviews/review-specialized-burra-burra-bikepacking-bags/ TL:DR - they're not terrible (apart from the bar harness, which won't stay put) but they're heavy, expensive, and aren't recommended for carbon bars and posts. To be honest I can't see...

That was a cracking way to spend a weekend. Big thanks to Chewy for top trail selection and shout out to everyone else for the company and the beers.

I did go back to the café with the intention of saying a proper goodbye but no one was there. Oh well, there's always next time...