Hah! : ) Yes....an evening at the Ragleth should be on the cards...and perhaps the Star.

I've a rough idea to take the lad over Trans Cambrian to get to BB country but then it's all open. Gotta strap kit on him this week and get him used to carrying.

Greetz

S : )

Getting in a bit late to make WRT this year...but will be tramping about Wales/England from 15th May through to first week of June. My brother wants to break his bikepacking cherry in Bearbones country...there will be pushing involved as I don't think he understands the geography yet. Sing out if yo...

I'll give it a go. Should be able to knock off 6 'n 4 during May 'n June tramping around UK....3 might be trickier with time limits for rest of year and will require creative thinking but 2 should be reachable with a weekender.

Greetz

S. : )

"Give me convenience or give me death" Any other options available please? Not a big fan of either of those TBH. @ Reg - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables....with such classics as Kill the Poor, Drug Me and Holiday in Cambodia. Currently listening to The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...

...and dropped off some soft luggage from Big Dave @ Nuclear Sunrise Stitchworks. Managed to snag some old stock of the Trinity and Little Boy bags at a good price.

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S : )

...and dropped me a size small Revelate Pronghorn. Giving bar harnesses another go. It's not as robust as the normal Rev. harness, but we'll see how I get on with it.

Greetz

S : )

Hands down...Hexamid Solplex. Neoair and Skeletool get an honourable mention.

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S : )

+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? : )

Greetz

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 : )