+1 for Defeet. Wooleators in summer...Woolie Boolies in winter.

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S : )

Mmmm....Ben Riach 21. Yum : )
Had a nice Tomintoul with mum at xmas just gone. I'd go that again.
Bruichladdich The Laddie 22yo unpeated....yes please!

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S : )

...and gone...left me a flextail zero (loud...not for stealthing), some fresh T tape and dry bags. Left my brother a zpacks Offset Solo tent and neve gear Waratah quilt. Quilt looks well made with a zippered lower and draw string to make a toe box. The Offset Solo has a footprint not much bigger tha...

Fly to Nice. Ride to Turin. Ride back. Fly home. One of the best trips I did and a firm favourite.

"Just wing it."
James Olsen, Vinardio, IT. 2018.

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S : )

Will have to start calling you Reggie Knuckle ; )

OT....listening to The Honeymoon Is Over - The Cruel Sea. Summer-time grooves for melting in the Qld heat.

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S : )

Joystick user here. They've come a long way in 10 years.
Great with a diffuser in the shelter of your choosing. Mk7 on the lid....the others on the bars.
Mode 3, low setting for good battery life.


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S. : )

Happy new year to you from down below, Mr Large....and to all the 'Boners : ) Planned events... - Tasmania in Feb. for RB Hardline and a TISM gig - UK in May for Friends of Cardiacs gig and take my brother out cavorting in the rain for a few weeks around the old haunts as he needs to find his inner ...

Never had a problem with my Hexamid. Would occasionally suffer from condensation if I pitched poorly and didn't allow for airflow.

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S. : )

Thanks James. The grotty green cup, chocolate sandwich and sneaky bivvies reminded me of good times in the Alps.

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S : )

I read this a few years ago on recommendation from a friend who builds his own wheels. The lacing part I found interesting...I just never knew : )

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/733 ... ycle_Wheel

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S : )

It's now a cheery Friday...as I've just clocked off at 23:20. Time for a dram...some Jura kindly sent by a customer for fixing their networks. Gotta love free whisky eh? : )

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S.

My work is 100% digital. At play it's a mashup.
I'll read maps at home but use GPS in the field.
No eeb...just a bunch of analogue bikes...and I'll take XTR cabled gears over electric all day, every day.
My oscillator modules are analogue...but I sequence in digital realm.

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S. : )

...some of the best experiences of my life on past Winter Bivvies - the various Long Mynd ones springing to mind, especially the notorious 'ice skating' one..... R'amen to that! Winter Bivvy is the best of the year. This one was particularly memorable. https://vimeo.com/148850259 Greetz S : )

Have you tried switching it off and back on again? ; ) Too much Guinness, Sir? *grins* In all honesty...it's more likely your device and its updates munging things than the website code. Reboot it. Browser caches also suck - as per PaulB2's comment, dump your caches; I say dump them often. Oh yeah -...

Cardiacs - A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke7dmA0qOLI

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S : )

Dave Barter wrote: ↑Fri Jun 16, 2023 8:10 am ...Then hammer out the Basin in a long shift.

This. I think we left AC at 2am...got to Rawlins at 5pm and ate like animals.
The Basin is a beautiful ride...when it's dry and the wind is in your favour.
The Basin with mud would be testing.

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S : )

Plenty of good cycling in that area. I lived in the Corvedale for a while. Many nights spent up on Brown Clee as well as Long Mynd...both within easy reach of Ludlow.

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S : )

@ fatbikephil - +1 for ND. Short 'n sweet.

They can play what they want when I go...I won't be around to hear it. I wouldn't subject them to Pulse Demon or Space Metalizer...they'd want to die too. ; )

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S : )

Another happy Joystick owner....Mk7, Mk10 and Mk12. One on the bars, one on the helmet and if out for a few days, one as backup. Mk7 on the helmet usually due to less focused beam pattern than the later models. Cheaper than the bigger ones from Exposure...great run time...lightweight...decent enough...

Being naughty....having a finger of Glen Keith 21 y/o.

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S.

My brother was trawling for first press Cardiacs a few weeks ago and I spotted this wee beastie. Turns out the seller used to play guitar for the band and this is the copy given to him on joining. The first punk album I heard as a kid in Oz. I shall enjoy this with a strong coffee shortly as I've th...

We don't pull this one out often but it would be rude not to today.


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S. : )

The Chats - Pub Feed. Not as good as The Saints, but some solid 'shed rock' from some lads on the Sunny Coast just north of here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LGM82uPuvA

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S.

Cable ties are a faff if you don't have cutters at the other end...and folks question pulling out a knife to cut them. Go with a roll of 1/2" velcro and cut long strips. Useful outbound, during the trip and on the return....for multiple trips. Forks/cranks stay on fitted. I try to stop things f...

Have flown bikes around the world a few times. Mostly in boxes acquired from local bike shops. I got brazen at one point and did the heavy plastic wrap between UK and Spain/UK and Italy. Small form factor/lots of tape is your friend. Unwrap and rebuild at destination. Carry the wrap (fits in a harne...