burty wrote:no cake
but I can substitute it for cheese or even cheese cake
there is only one thing that sticks out in that picture , yes it karls nips.

hahahahahaha

ScotRoutes wrote: The descent from the Gap to the LG is also awe-some. You can avoid the gap by climbing the small hill to the right.

I seeee..... hahaha will try that next time hahaha might be less hideous than dragging the bike up and down boulders

not bike packing, but once decided to hike a bike through the chalamain gap in the snow (well snow in the gap anyway) , some how made it without braking my bike or my ankle .... when talking to Allan Goldsmith later that day even he said it was not a bike rout haha ! but i enjoyed the awe fullness o...

just move in to calzones and other rolled up type piza things , and use a bar harness...

https://www.decathlon.co.uk/sh500-warm- ... 13153.html
these are good , get lots of wear out of them , and the lighter ones

? any other boners coming to posty rich's SSUK this weekend

RIP wrote: I think Stu needs to start coming up with some sort of elaborate handshake. We probably have the 'strange garb' well covered already.

ah the secret boner shake ......

an expadition or trip where something has gone wrong hahaha

can you get the race that comes on the fork off?

it is probably all touring in the end, just with different amounts ok kit and time frames terrain . sometimes i bikepack with a tent , and cooker etc and feel like thats kinda touring.....

price looks good anyway

loose the mat , and the cooking stuff , if its only a 2 day kit list , the lack of mat will make you ride longer in to the night ! haha , then find some comfy moss !

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/20708074_10155253919052034_4593500773834586985_n.jpg?oh=4c454361b51b33215f9ff1b16866a329&oe=5A398515 eve when i took her fly fishing on her first river.... i like the composition but sadly only had my phone so the sky is blown out and no polerising ...

i use back country navigator app as the pro one has all os maps of britan and can down load sections for off line , and its less than a £10er .... android only atm.
works well but use it as a back up for when really lost andf my black and white garmin isnt telling me enough

the parallels with a car would be hitting someone with a car that wasn't road worthy with no MOT, so it really is his fault for having a bike that doesn't meet the rules required. if he had a bike with a front brake even if this had happen it would have been the pedestrians fault similar to if a ped...

we have driving tests ....
so obviusly we need madatory cycling tsts ....
so Obviously we need some kind of proficiency test for pedestrians that you have to pass to be allowed to use pavements

quite a nice looking bike, the racks probably ad weight , but quite a good way of allowing dropper use.

ye this is mostly the south... anything past Lancaster services is south :)

To add to the made in china comments, china has far more expertise than we do. A friend of mine is head designer for a great outdoor gear company, they wanted to make stuff in the UK, they tried, and got terrible results from various factories, all of which couldn't follow a design spec if their li...

i tanned a rabbit skin that i shot onece , and make it in to a fluffy trim on my didgeridoo case ... yes im weird ... yes i ate the rabbit meat.

i like my hope tech enduro wheel set , bomb proof and light , avalable in 29 and 27.5 https://www.merlincycles.com/hope-hoops-pro-4-wheel-275-88531.html?utm_campaign=googlebase-GB&utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=shopping&utm_term=Mountain+Bike+Wheels&ucpo=25878&gclid=Cj0KCQjwwev...

To be fair when we did bearstock at stews we knew there was a camp site and beer waiting .... plus bilions of midges....


stop beeing event snobs the people on bike and bivi have to go somewhere ....

https://www.evanscycles.com/specialized ... e-EV244910
i kow someone who has one of these and really likes it....

looks good , have some experience of designing welded bags, and they are dead strong ! .... also cost looks good as presumably made in china (they are good at welding things over that way) and it says not made in uk like their other bags.
look interesting anyway