GregMay wrote:Now planning to ride in bimble mode with camera and a stack of film. Will find somewhere to sleep at some point :)

Any other foolish singlespeeds this year?

Not singlespeeding, but considering taking a few rolls of film. And always bumbling...

Cheers all. After reading loads of threads I've followed the advice of Bob and Stu from this one and ordered a Cumulus 250 (to layer with my 2-season bag) from http://www.outdoorline.sk . Delivery 2 - 5 days, wonder if I'll be sleeping warmer next weekend? Good call. They're very nicely made. I'll ...

Do you have any battery powered fairy lights? Very useful addition to anyones kit and adds a certain something to any wood or hillside ... cheap too, so pretty much guilt free. Somebody brought a set to the northern winter bivvy. They lent a certain abience to the ghost stories around the picnic ta...

My update for Thursday just gone: 84.3kg

I keep losing a bit, then getting smashed and having a takeaway at the weekend. Now aiming for three days of fasting between now and the WRT weekend. Bring on the black coffee...

Here are a few more… 24tom adventurecycling adventurepedlars another.horizon apidura bikepackingscot bunyanvelo crustbikes gatheroutdoors keep_pedalling north.west.coast (Steve Makin, of this parish) panniercc sidetrackedmag singletrackmag uncle.tito.outdoorz (no bikes, it's all about bivvying) whil...

I was wearing my gilet for the world tussock racing champs, I'm sure there are some photos knocking about And you were doing so well. There's a good pic of the gilet (and your promising start) on Meraid's post. http://www.farawayvisions.com/bearstock-tussock-racing-world-championship-2016/ Wilky – ...

Cumulus 250 quilt for me. I've been out in it 4 times in the last 4 weeks (twice was in Wales) and haven't gotten close to being cold once. I had a thin merino base layer, a silk liner, and a thin permaloft-style jacket on though. And a hat. And woolly socks. But I was toasty.

Zips are good for one handed opening and closing, and the Apidura top tube pack (the "extended" one) fits a packet of fig rolls perfectly. Just whip off the plastic wrapper and slot the box in. When you've finished the pack, just grab another "cartridge" from your seat pack, slot...

magic "convert route to track" button Load the track and in the lower window right click 'convert selected track to route' - magic! Choose auto for the waypoints as you get less cluter and dont forget to choose points not flags - you will see why if you forget. Very cool, thanks. I'm on a...

A Sonder Frontier and a Singular Swift, out in the Peak District this weekend.

If I want to follow a particular path I use a route, created from a track… Interesting – how do you do that? Do you (on some computer software) add waypoints yourself, retracing the line on the track, or is there some software that'll just do it all for you? I use garmin basecamp. Thanks (I do too)...

Mariner wrote:If I want to follow a particular path I use a route, created from a track…

Interesting – how do you do that?

Do you (on some computer software) add waypoints yourself, retracing the line on the track, or is there some software that'll just do it all for you?

I put many hours of research into the same question back in December. I ended up concluding the eTrex 30x was the one for me. I chose it over the ones with larger screens as a set of AA batteries last longer in the 30x. I chose it over the newer (and otherwise more impressive) eTrex Touch 35 because...

sean_iow wrote:I'm the … bloke in his late 40s who'll be constantly packing, unpacking and re-repacking a bike whilst checking the weather forecast every 10 minutes trying to decide how little kit I can get away with

I don't think that's going to narrow it down much! ;-)

What are you hoping to get out of it ton? I think context is key with questions like this. I'll try and explain my thoughts on them and give you enough context for you to understand why I think what I think (which is probably more useful than what I think). I owned one for about 4 years, on a Thorn ...

Hey there Mr Fufkin, would be good to catch up. Sounds like a plan.

Which canal did you throw the hub into, in the end? ;-)

Feck, I've been out riding and missed all this.

It looks like you're full Reg, but I might be able to keep up with your group Mark. Certainly for the first couple of days...

Failing that, I'll get the maps out.

Here are my stats for yesterday. It's all gone west on the weight – back up to 84.5kg (what I weighed at new year). My waist/gut is down though, at 34.5" (an inch less than new year). I'm just back from 3 days riding in Wales. Doing 3800m total ascent isn't going to have put on a kilo of muscle...

Bit late with this week's weigh in, but I'm down to 82.7. Progress!

Bearbonesnorm wrote:Better to be safe than sorry ....

An excellent example it was too.

Chew wrote:Have I suddenly transferred to STW

Have I? I assumed you were lacking in quilt experience, having seen you use the other two parts of the equation…

I'm all in too. I wouldn't fancy just having the quilt in the bag, but I like to be able to turn over in the night without everything going pear shaped.

I suspect a silk liner would improve things considerably if you had the mat outside.

I'm at 83.2kg (up a couple of hundred grams, but in defence I've been skiing and spent a week in a hotel with a free buffet every night…).

I have surly OD double that I no longer need ... have a Stooge now Sorry to take this slightly off topic, but does that mean the Stooge has room for 2x11 on a 3" tyre? I had 34/24 on my Swift but had to go to a single 30 when I put the plus tyres on. I think a 2.8" rear tyre would have be...

I've got a 250, and it's very nicely made. I'm 6' and wouldn't mind if it was 2" longer, though it doesn't stop me using it and it still keeps me warm. Apparently you can ask them to lengthen it slightly when they make it, which I should have done. The way to use the elastic lines for attaching...