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- Fri Feb 09, 2024 6:54 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 539
- Views: 35713
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
A quick "Happy Birthday" to that stalwart Bammer - James G :-bd . I think it's your "Granite" birthday - a bivvy in Aberdeen to celebrate perhaps? :smile: Thank you Reg. Nice of you to notice. Mind you, at my age I barely take notice myself! 68! :o Still, I'll take it over the a...
- Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:18 pm
- Forum: MYOG
- Topic: Frame bag number 2
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1467
Re: Frame bag number 2
Thanks Justin! It's the little finishing bits that are always fiddly. Divider: https://i.ibb.co/TcTtW9H/20240209-133339.jpg The postman's just been with my seam binding tape, so I suppose I better get that in while the sewing machine's out and it's cold and raining. One change I made from my other f...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:01 pm
- Forum: MYOG
- Topic: Frame bag number 2
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1467
Re: Frame bag number 2
Cheers! It's a satisfying project, and might be easier than you think.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:19 pm
- Forum: MYOG
- Topic: Frame bag number 2
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1467
Frame bag number 2
I made a frame bag for my Occam. Nothing too clever, but there's a useful amount of space in there, enough to get at least a 1.5l bladder in, which is 1.5kg less on my back/hips, and the shape was always going to require a custom job. https://i.ibb.co/V9Km7Ky/20240131-214828.jpg https://i.ibb.co/2jL...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How much water do you carry? (inline tricycle content)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 258
Re: How much water do you carry? (inline tricycle content)
So much to like
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 1:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you reading now?
- Replies: 404
- Views: 48573
Re: What are you reading now?
Having finished reading: Dark Rye and Honey Cake: Festival Baking from the Heart of the Low Countries by Regula Ysewijn World Atlas of Coffee: From Beans to Brewing - Coffees Explored, Explained and Enjoyed by James Hoffmann Agency by William Gibson The Devil's Cup by Stewart Lee Allen Now onto: Bl...
- Sun Feb 04, 2024 7:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Saddle design
- Replies: 6
- Views: 308
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 11:57 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: DD Superlight solo tarp - damaged but free! (Claimed)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 314
Re: DD Superlight solo tarp - damaged but free! (Claimed)
No worries, hope someone gets some use out of it.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 3:44 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: DD Superlight solo tarp - damaged but free! (Claimed)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 314
Re: DD Superlight solo tarp - damaged but free!
Happy to patch it up for you Phil. Shouldn't be a big job and I've probably got everything needed.
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:15 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 539
- Views: 35713
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Did I overthink everything to do with this? Yes. Did I change my mind about where to go than five times? Yes. Did I delay because I was too scared to commit? Yes. Ah, I see you've watched me every time I go out for a bivvy. (/Leave the house.) Congratulations, I'm sure it'll be easier next time, on...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 9:39 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Liner, Quilt, or Better Bag?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 604
Re: Liner, Quilt, or Better Bag?
I would get the better mat and see how much difference that makes - you'll probably find that's all you need. But if you do need more, of your options, I'd probably go for a quilt for the flexibility. I've tried liners and not really got on with them. Also, what do you wear to sleep in? In theory, i...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 6:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Flttingford bothy
- Replies: 16
- Views: 677
Re: Flttingford bothy
Was considering Flittingford as a bad weather plan B last month - didn't go in the end, but still thinking I should give it a go sometime, since I've never been. Will report back if I get there before you.
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11456
- Views: 1969781
Re: The post man's been ...
Well, the courier, with a brand new Exposure Joystick! See other thread for details. Good service from Exposure in the end. Courier (APC, but subcontracted to a local company) bloody useless though. They'd sent it next day Monday, and they did try to deliver it the Tuesday, but I was at work. Rearra...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Have tarps lost their popularity?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1926
Re: Have tarps lost their popularity?
Indeed. Case in point, my January BAM: https://i.ibb.co/2dkh2Ld/1152548.jpg You wouldn't get a tent in there, no matter how small. Could have pitched a tent on that flat-ish bit of muirburn in the background, but it would have been much more exposed to the 30mph wind, despite only being 20 yards awa...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:24 am
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Winter Jennride
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9668
Re: Winter Jennride
I've also booked the campsite but might have to sleep on the outside of the wall. BaM rulez innit Bollox, I'll need to find another Feb opportunity I was thinking of bivvying next Staveley on Friday night, partly for this reason (and partly because I need somewhere to sleep anyway). Booked the camp...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:24 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays walk
- Replies: 49
- Views: 15691
Re: Todays walk
Went for a wander round the hills today and was once again reminded of the importance of G(ing)TFO. The forecast was good and I knew I needed to get out in the hills, but riding to them on the same old roads didn't appeal and neither did any of the XC routes I could think of, so decided to drive and...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you reading now?
- Replies: 404
- Views: 48573
Re: What are you reading now?
Isn't Chris Townsend a long time tester/writer in TGO magazine? That's the one. Though I've never bought TGO. Rebecca Solnit Can't work out why the name is familiar - not read any of her books, but probably should. Stewart quotes from 'A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush' by Eric Newby in that book, whi...
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:44 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you drinking now?
- Replies: 705
- Views: 75929
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:41 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3992
- Views: 522906
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 11:04 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Exposure Joystuck
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1418
Re: Exposure Joystuck
I think my (eventually) positive experience with Exposure is probably the exception, not the rule, these days. But I don't doubt your suspicion about "the Islamic effect" as you call it :sad: That makes me more sad and angry than poor service does. Not to belittle it, but I suspect there a...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 10:53 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you reading now?
- Replies: 404
- Views: 48573
Re: What are you reading now?
Right now, The Works of Robert Burns , because. But I'm currently re-reading Rory Stewart's The Places In Between , having first read it probably 15 years ago, with no idea who he was or would become. Quite shocking how little I remember of it, but made it more enjoyable to re-read! Recommended. Fin...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 7:36 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Ultralightweight saddlebag harness - dropper post compatible
- Replies: 12
- Views: 652
Re: Ultralightweight saddlebag harness - dropper post compatible
Cheers. Tried to check what I used but can't find the invoice - definitely PP, think it's also 1.5mm, possibly 1.
Fortunately there's a place local to me, so I can just go in and buy bits.
Fortunately there's a place local to me, so I can just go in and buy bits.
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 6:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Have tarps lost their popularity?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1926
Re: Have tarps lost their popularity?
I use one. So probably.
I own a Lunar Solo, a 8x4' tarp, and a bivvy bag.
The bivvy bag probably gets most use, often in conjunction with the tarp. Probably more than the tent, which is usually reserved for midge-danger.
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:05 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Ultralightweight saddlebag harness - dropper post compatible
- Replies: 12
- Views: 652
Re: Ultralightweight saddlebag harness - dropper post compatible
It's also much less of a problem if you get some inadvertent tyre/harness interference.
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Exposure Joystuck
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1418
Re: Exposure Joystuck
Agreed. I was just comparing notes Daveandy :grin: Definitely glad I just bought a shiny new Strada after your update. Was following the thread with glee and didn't mean you should shut up. Just that they could have argued the case (maybe... I'm not a retail/warranty expert) :lol: Sorry Shaf, I was...