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by benconnolli
Tue Dec 04, 2018 12:50 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Unwieldy luggage
Replies: 8
Views: 1957

Re: Unwieldy luggage

These are all brilliant. I too have transported a sofa by skateboard and wish it was a more common activity.
by benconnolli
Sun Dec 02, 2018 11:11 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Unwieldy luggage
Replies: 8
Views: 1957

Unwieldy luggage

I do not have a car but wanted a Christmas tree for my flat. Now yes they do deliver them but that is right boring so I had a better idea. I would take it on my bike. I picked up a few, trying to find the lightest and shortest, then saw one I liked so went for it anyway. It was 6ft to the tip. The b...
by benconnolli
Wed Nov 07, 2018 12:52 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2018.
Replies: 634
Views: 155726

Re: Bivvy a month 2018.

October effort This was totally unplanned and unprepared and I thought I was going to end up missing out October altogether. A chaos filled, but mainly irrelevant backstory lead me and my brother to miss the last bus and mode of transport from Sofia to our destination of Dimitrovgrad. It was only 2p...
by benconnolli
Tue Oct 02, 2018 8:30 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2018.
Replies: 634
Views: 155726

Re: Bivvy a month 2018.

September BaM (yes it is October now, but I’m rubbish with months and haven’t had any WiFi) This month was odd in that bikepacking developed from a hobby into my means for survival. The first week was incredible riding the TNR. Slept in some cool places, saw some big hills, great trip. I would be qu...
by benconnolli
Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:16 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: FS: Sub 500g down quilt
Replies: 3
Views: 1364

Re: FS: Sub 500g down quilt

Not really the weather for a lightweight quilt like this, but I have been gazing longingly at them all summer. I’ll take it if still available
by benconnolli
Sat Sep 22, 2018 2:14 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Headlamps (Lockable specifically)...
Replies: 12
Views: 2790

Re: Headlamps (Lockable specifically)...

Not necessarily lockable but my alpkit gamma has removable aaa batteries which amounts to a similar thing. Plastic casing looks like it could be used a fair bit but this would still be a faff. I’m sure there are better options out there but it’s 180 lumen output is enough to bimble by, darkness desc...
by benconnolli
Mon Sep 17, 2018 8:50 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bamboo shirts update.
Replies: 66
Views: 12043

Re: Bamboo shirts update.

Keen for a medium
by benconnolli
Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:18 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Torino nice who's doing it this yr
Replies: 379
Views: 63432

Re: Torino nice who's doing it this yr

What a trip! Start to finish it was tip top. Route, riders, rowdy descents, roadie climbs, riding my bike. Day after day it took my breath away. You may appear to really enjoy doing it James but it is proper fab so thanks for the experience. Didn’t want it to ever end, then, due to a monumental cloc...
by benconnolli
Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:20 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Welsh Winter Bivvy .........
Replies: 111
Views: 22565

Re: Welsh Winter Bivvy .........

Keen to get involved with this riding of bikes and associated activities
by benconnolli
Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:40 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Blueskylavendar eBay
Replies: 3
Views: 988

Re: Blueskylavendar eBay

What use have australians got for quilts? I thought it was hot over there
by benconnolli
Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:44 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2018.
Replies: 634
Views: 155726

Re: Bivvy a month 2018.

Board was boarded at every available opportunity. On the smooth ups a bungee chord was used to secure the frame bag and a dog walkers lead used to haul it along. Not as daft as it looked, but that isn’t hard as it looked right daft. I’ve gone from 0 to 2 bikes in the space of a day so reckon a prope...
by benconnolli
Mon Aug 27, 2018 11:22 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2018.
Replies: 634
Views: 155726

Re: Bivvy a month 2018.

So I am in a bit of a sticky situation in that I didn’t have a complete working bike I could ride til I go back to Birmingham at the end of the month. Rules can be a bit boring and I gave it a good substitute. I am interested in what defines a bike. Self propelled motion? Wheels? Gliding downhill? W...
by benconnolli
Thu Aug 09, 2018 8:08 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Can we have a new jersey yet?
Replies: 234
Views: 38600

Re: Can we have a new jersey yet?

Love a bit of cuddle bear and think it fits well on the rear pocket. Orange zombie just looks like a pumpkin to me. Is a casual orange and black feather boa on the cards? ;)
by benconnolli
Tue Aug 07, 2018 5:49 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: The post man's been ...
Replies: 11458
Views: 1989531

Re: The post man's been ...

metalheart wrote:Some Japanese Ti porn
...wouldn’t want this in any of my meals
by benconnolli
Sun Jul 15, 2018 11:32 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2018.
Replies: 634
Views: 155726

Re: Bivvy a month 2018.

7/7 This one was a bit different in that wasn't about the cycling or the sleeping in the wilderness. Yesterday afternoon eating my Falafel Mama I saw a flyer for an event in Gloucester that evening. Mix of beat box and theatre on the roof of a multi story car park. Last minute plans are my favourite...
by benconnolli
Thu Jun 28, 2018 11:13 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Portrait of a bikepacker - photo comp. WINNER!
Replies: 67
Views: 18105

Re: Portrait of a bikepacker - photo comp.

This was a main road. In Wales. In March. I was prepared to risk being uncomfortable to experience something out of the ordinary
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by benconnolli
Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:52 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Multiday (more than 2 nights) Adventures
Replies: 9
Views: 2390

Re: Multiday (more than 2 nights) Adventures

I was in a similar situation with life always being too busy with stuff to do more than a few days. Just go for it. I didn’t take any more clothes but allowed the luxury of a flannel which can make you feel fresh and didn’t really use it. Getting dirty happens slowly and you get used to it. Ride you...
by benconnolli
Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:23 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2018.
Replies: 634
Views: 155726

Re: Bivvy a month 2018.

Out of Wales yeah, but I’ve got a job in the Cotswolds so am living here now Have a scout about mate and let me know if your about in September and I'll have a trundle down ,more beer and talk more bollox as on wrt Cheers Stuart Sounds grand. Have poked my head around a bit and keep seeing potentia...
by benconnolli
Sat Jun 23, 2018 7:19 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2018.
Replies: 634
Views: 155726

Re: Bivvy a month 2018.

Out of Wales yeah, but I’ve got a job in the Cotswolds so am living here now
by benconnolli
Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:53 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2018.
Replies: 634
Views: 155726

Re: Bivvy a month 2018.

Finally got round to going on a "proper adventure" on my adventure bike. Went to an entire different country, Scotland, for a week of grrrravel and gwwwoar. Initially it was going to be the Wild About Argyll Trail, but two days in I realised my bike could take me anywhere and the embedded ...
by benconnolli
Mon May 28, 2018 8:01 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: The post man's been ...
Replies: 11458
Views: 1989531

Re: The post man's been ...

No pictures of lightening as it was too quick for me. I do however have the arty farty prints from the WRT including a spooky one of the Mawddach estuary as the temperature inversion rises like a sea of ghosts
Ooooh spooky!
Ooooh spooky!
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by benconnolli
Sun May 27, 2018 7:21 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: The post man's been ...
Replies: 11458
Views: 1989531

Re: The post man's been ...

I rushed out to the back garden. Felt like I was part of an artists impression of a music festival as the sky was lit up in fantastic ways followed by a great rumbling of thunder that wobbled my mat. Super cool! Finally had the chance to test out my tarp rigging skills in rough conditions after all ...
by benconnolli
Wed May 23, 2018 6:40 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: On the modern origins of bikepacking
Replies: 29
Views: 5431

Re: On the modern origins of bikepacking

Loved the article and the iPlayer link too. That video gives me some more ideas for my any bike is a bikepacking bike two-wheeled tramp trip next time I find myself stuck in London
by benconnolli
Sat May 19, 2018 6:15 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2018.
Replies: 634
Views: 155726

Re: Bivvy a month 2018.

Keen to try out my ultracheap (£7.35) gorilla cage alternative and make use of yet another ridiculously lovely weekend of Welsh weather, I set off. Whenever I tell anyone here I have a mountain bike here they have been like "Have you been to Coed y brenin? I hear it's amazing" "Nah I ...
by benconnolli
Thu May 17, 2018 8:26 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Footpaths
Replies: 46
Views: 6683

Re: Footpaths

I am not keen on the idea. How is us riding footpaths breaking that rule any different from lads on scooters ripping up our nice bridleway tracks? Yes we know how little damage we cause to paths, and our stench is merely natural, but to the rulebook rambler we are all lumped together as disturbers o...