Back in the room! Sorry not been posting for a while as ive been up to my neck in it. Decided to suck up the journey time and go to Scotland. I know i won't regret it although not looking forward to being stuck in the car. All i have to worry about now is midges! Think we're going to follow the cair...

Bit of everything for me. Spd sl on the roadie, flat/spd on the 29er and flats on the full sus. Kind of given up on spds and mostly ride with a pair of old walking boots which worn with seal skinz and overshoes are pretty good and keeping my feet warm and dry. At first i may have been preocuppied wi...

Looking at a week away on the bike, I'm after loads of wilderness and off road. I love Scotland and have not been for a number of years so I decided it was about time I do it again. Was thinking of the Cairngorms Loop at a leisurely pace and maybe so randomness on route. The only thing that's puttin...

I used the Elite mounts on my sus forks and they were fine on my last trip.

I also picked up some rubber mounts from Decathlon when I was in there a couple of weeks ago. Not tried them yet though.

So a couple of mates and I are riding the quantocks in a couple of weeks and I need to know about the terrain. Will a plus size 29er rigid work or shall I take the 26 with 159 front suspension. How gnarly are dem hills? As gnarly as you like it. There's something for everyone, from tarmac to DH tra...

ianpv wrote: ...a bit calmer today at least...

Until tomorrow when Katie arrives. Looks like it may blow through quite quickly though. Fingers crossed.

Have a good one whatever the weather.

Yes please

Packed and ready to do battle with 60~70mph winds on Monday



Five days on the Isle of Wight with my daughter.

Might bottle the camping and hide in a b&b on Monday night.

+1 for the Pinnacle. I just picked up a ramin 4 off eBay for £400 saving myself about £360 off new. Been ridden 4 times and looks like it jus came out of the shop. For some reason there is a steady stream of them on ebay in a near new state. I wonder if people buy them on the ride to work scheme the...

Cracking day here, hope it's good for you up north.

£4.90, that's nearly East Devon prices!

Nice run off the top of Dunkery on the eastern side but I agree, other than that a bit something and nothing. On that side I much prefer the Quantocks, some lovely pixie trails up there.

Thanks for all the replies. Just put some gorilla tape on for the time being. Might pick up some tenacious tape and give that a good. Looks like good stuff for doing fabric repairs. I have another bag and a coat that I could use it on so although it's not cheap it may prove to be the most economical...

What are people doing to reliably fix dry bag holes? Specifically alp kit bags if that makes a difference.

Thanks

+1 for tautline. Simple and works

I had to dig to find that on their site! I assume that 's a general t&c applied across all their services. I was looking at the Coaster service that has been specially adapted to carry bikes. http://cycleseven.org/wight-bike-bus Guess there is no reason why a grumpy driver couldn't use it to ref...

Perfect

Does look good, loads to do. We normally do an end to end route so have to get to the destination in time, it will nice to be able to bumble around at a more leisurely pace.

They even have a bike bus service http://islandbreezers.islandbuses.info/island-coaster/

Hi Thank you, that's really kind of you. Completely forgot about the Lymington Yarmouth crossing so that's another option. Will pm once I've worked out the details if that's ok. What's the road/traffic like coming off the Itchen bridge on the Soton side? My daughter is only 8 so it's very uncomforta...

Been looking for a route for my easter trip with my daughter, this looks ideal. Couple of questions if i may. What ferry did you get, do they take bikes on the fast cat too couldn't find it on their site? Any ideas for safe parking for a few days, the recommended car park is more expensive than the ...

Bar harness arrived safely. Cheers

I'm after a cheap light suspension fork for my daughter's frog bike.

26", qr and needs v brake bosses.

I'm thinking something like an old skool rockshox sid or similar might fit the cheap/light criteria.

Anybody have anything that may fit the bill?

Ian wrote:We're posting routes, right? Not actual Bivvy spots?

Yes, that's how I understood it.

Bivvy spots were just a suggestion in the OP

DoctorRad wrote:Optionally include possible bivvy spots

Cheeky Monkey wrote:Posting bivi spots on an open board is a road to hassle

Probably not the best idea. That's the sort of info that people may choose to share via pm.

Personally I'd prefer a board on here.

No reason why we couldn't have both though and just post the link to each

I think it's a good idea. You could argue that it removes the element of (wait for it......) "adventure" but people are always forthcoming with route info when asked so no real difference there. It would stop that info getting buried in the bowels of the forum over time. I was thinking of ...

Fair enough, clearly not paying attention.

As long as it's on the to do list I'll let you off!