Folks, Following on from my "what weight of material for a frame bag" thread I thought I'd start a new thread progress my wee project, so here goes..... I went with 500D Cordura material off Ebay, which has a nice thick robust feel about it, The plan is to have a full length Velcro fixing ...

always fancied a days riding in the lammermuirs, any good sites for routes.

well material turned up now to make my template... do a quick test sample make sure my logic regarding stitching the layers holds up

I'll start another thread recording my progress for prosperity ....

cheers everyone for the advice so far

I tested the sewing machine out using 2 layers of leather with some thick strong nylon thread and it managed okay, so I would imagine 3/4 layers of synthetic material and nylon thread would be okay as they'll pass through each other easier then grippy leather..... well thats the logic :grin: :???: :...

Cheers for the advice HaYWiRe,

under the influence of wine, I ordered some 500d cordura off ebay last night, so we'll see how I get on.

This will be my first sewing project, so possible just made it harder, but we all start somewhere

cheers for the info HayWiRe, considering my lardy arse saving a few grams on a bag isn't really relevant. so weight not an issue for comparison would a rucksack or the fabric motorbike jackets you get, would they be made with 500d Cordura, just trying to get a feel for the weights and what they comp...

Folks,

Looking to make a frame bag for the ECR, but unsure what weight of material to use, I'm planning on something like a cordura fabric, but bewildered by the various choices.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated

cheers Roddy

How many jackets do you guys proof at the same time? Just the one, tried more than one garment at a time and adjusting the quantity of proofing required but got mixed results Also, does anyone bother washing by hand in the bath or a big bucket, rather than have to get all the previous washing deter...

I've done all 3, machine wash, hand wash and sprayed directly on to fabric, all worked equally well. But i did make sure the jacket was properly clean before doing any of the suggested techniques. the left the jacket to hang dry after the proofing agent was added Washing used a good old fashioned so...

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Thats the way I ran the front setup before, but I was never happy with it, hence trying the harness.

Folks, I have a few GPS60 mounts that are no longer any use to me, these as far as I know ONLY fit the older GPS60 NOT the GPS62 or 64 generation of Garmin GPS's I'm not looking for anything for them so would like to go to someone who can make use of them, since there free I would maybe suggest a sm...

Folks, Just got a Kanga thingy for the ECR, and did a test fit, but the thing slides along the length of the (outer/ extra ?) bar, whats a neat solution to stop it doing this. I thought about adding extra straps to go round join in the bar keeping the Kanga stable, but I sometimes use this space as ...

you can pick up torque wrench quite cheap these days, and its going to be accurate enough for your purposes.

HI Can I have the last Kanga

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cheers
Roddy

A cautionary tale indeed, there are some evil creatures out there.

Zippy wrote:........Very easy to read the chips using a decent smartphone ;-)

I just tried this...Wow how scary is that
HayWire think I'll join you with the tinfoil hat

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Yep listen to when on longer road trips in the car, as you say highly entertaining.

Bearbonesnorm wrote:Dog Soldiers ... based on the true story of the 2010 Winter Bivvy.

So are you the one that made it out, to tell the story an proved it happened )

great movie as well

got Conti Cyclocross speed on the CdF came with the bike, not really used them in sloppy stuff, but hard packed and road there vaguely exciting

http://www.conti-tyres.co.uk/conticycle ... peed.shtml

could do with a new waterproof, if the Rab Mountain Dru is available I'll take that, PM on its way

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Same as scotroutes I find using this technique really helps if your following forestry tracks since they can change frequently from what was on map in the first place.
But it works best if your following a route and direction up

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