My Core Hoodies are half the weight and volume of classic fleeces offering comparable warmth. So always need an outer layer or wind blows the heat away so I'm not quite sure of the point? Obv happy to hear of realworld experience :smile: . No real world experience, but this just sounds like a super...

If I am following a single day pre-designated route but carrying my sleeping kit is it bikepacking? If I'm following a multi-day pre-designated route but intend riding through the night(s) so have no sleeping kit, am I bikepacking? If I'm making it up as I go along but stay in a hotel every couple o...

I've been using free site gpx.studio for two or three years for tarmac-related routes. You can choose 'motorbike' for do-not-leave-tarmac options, or 'MTB' for bridleways and 'run/hike' to include footpaths. And it has an undo button.

voodoo_simon wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:57 am Ermmm, don’t want to be that guy but I’m not great with faces nor names…

Sean Yates

I went a couple of times when it was at Bristol Temple Meads and it was great. At one point someone local who we used to ride with (read try and keep up with) who started building frames was exhibiting, which was a bonus. Well worth an afternoon if you're into the details of bike building. Usually s...

Loads of options on the route during more social hours after your dawn ferry: corfe castle probably has a bakery, supermarket and bakery in Wareham, lots of options in Blandford and pubs in most villages (I'd avoid the one in Tollard Royal though as it's a bit posh ).

Hi I have looked and it's a 20t if that's any good https://photos.app.goo.gl/ntPwdbXsbjGxkjNe8 😄🚲🚲👍 I'm running a 19T already and wanted to go twiddly so I reckon I'm going to buy an Andel 21T one from velosolo, but if your 20T is cheap I might take it off your hands as well. PM me a price. :-bd

Good info, thanks.

Before I buy a Surly one, does anyone have a 21T single speed cog to fit an HG cassette languishing in their parts box that they want to sell or trade? Condition not that important, it's not going to do big mileage.

If you care about weight savings, this harness saves you about 300gr over traditional saddlebag solutions. I've scanned your text twice and I can't see an actual weight for what you have created? My Wildcat harnesses and basic Alpkit drybags save over 300g over a "traditional saddlebag" i...

godivatrailrider wrote: ↑Thu Jan 18, 2024 2:41 pm What's wild camping like in the Corfe area? Maybe along the Purbeck Way / Brenscombe Down vicinity.

You shouldn't have a problem if you're outside the villages other than a possible late / early rambling dog walker.

A summer sunrise bivvy at Swyre Head would be ace.

godivatrailrider wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:05 pm ...a CK rear hub is £400 …

CK for bling, DT240 for function. You can probably source a new DT240 rear hub for £250.

Yes please.

Also had the 2ltr TDi 180hp in a 2014 Golf and had engine issues similar to above, although not until 90k / 6yrs old. £700 to fix then part ex'd before anything else happened.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363914971569

Cheapest by a significant margin I've ever seen my favourite DT Swiss XM481 30mm internal rims, from a reputable shop's outlet on ebay, in stock for 29 and 27.5 in both 28 and 32 holes.

I've always failed the set off 30 mph cameras on the bike. Maybe it's time to dust off the tinfoil jacket and try again in some Welsh villages.

Not many solid plans for 2024; lost my mojo for riding for a couple of months after Paris-Brest 1200k audax in August. Found it again in Scotland in November and I think I'm going to try and continue with some more new-area exploration stuff. Whether that means road or offroad dunno. I have some hal...

Any recommendations for 300 and 400 audax routes in Wales, ideally that start near the Severn bridge or in the S Wales area, are welcome. Brevet Cymru 400 is the classic Bridge to Coast and back route, little changed in the last 15-20 years. Maybe freestyle the A40 return as it's designed to be lat...

This year I just rode my bike for the pure joy of wading through knee deep floods (and that was just the main roads).

Currently running a 2Souls Quarterhorse which is probably may last iteration as it's bombproof Also have a Quarterhorse, also running it SS as my occasional "big" fun bike with a 140 fork (although it's been around both WRT and a BB events on rigid forks). Many years ago I rode exclusivel...

For equal amount of time spent in road cycling as well as mountain biking. Strada. Hopefully they've started using usb-c charging now. Nope. Cheaper the better and bulk is an issue (so the maxD types are probably not suitable) as I never take that much storage ability. Though I like to remove the h...

UK road conditions or UK 'supposed to be gravel but realistically mud' conditions?

Also potentially interested in this if EG doesn't take it.

Do Panaracer Gravelking Slick come in 40? They definitely do 35. I used 32s for a set of audaxes this year; the name is a misnomer, they are a decently fast road tyre not really a gravel tyre.

Ah, forgot to reply but no, was hoping for some Fox or Rockshox or similar, so thank you for the offer but I'll leave the RSTs thanks.