Conti X=King on the back of my OO Fatty is warped, but side to side, rather than up and down, if that makes sense. Spin the wheel and it looks like a massive kink in the wheel. Dont notice it riding mind.

Either that or someone who knows that their lance won't shatter into a thousand sharp splinters of wood. Back on the other photo, is that a rohloff shifter that's been mounted on the stem faceplate? Negative for Rohloff. It’s a Pinion P1.12 shifter. James I think you owe us all an explanation ... o...

I've got some OnOne OG bars somewhere. They're horrible things as far as I'm concerned but if you want 'em (and I can find them of course) they're yours for the cost of a £10 donation to Help For Heroes. Have you looked at the Ritchey Kyote bars? I really like mine - 800mm wide and a nice 27.5 deg s...

Yeah the Montane Prisms are the dog's. Not cheap at around £100 but Ive had mine for years and been using them for everything from dog walking to bivvy nights to bbqing in the snow. Really good kit.

Very light use and pretty much perfect condition. I think it would only have been used it do about 20l of water since I bought it new last year, leaving you another 19,980l to pump through it before you need to change the filter. £25 first class posted. Like this one: https://www.ultralightoutdoorge...

Perhaps not as artisticky a some, but I guarantee it was more fun than most. This is my Very Active Girlfriend and her son under the first (or last depending which way you go) of the falls on the Four Falls Walk in the Brecons. Bikes were involved because there were three of them on the rear rack of...

I thought he was listing Criterion, not Cumulus...? Criterion is the new Cumulus in the UK. Or Cumulus is the new Criterion. Or something. I don't understand. But it is. I think. As above, wait till you can find the thing you want. And for me, I'd go the Criterion/Cumulus route and in the grand tra...

His bike landed about a good 7 car lengths off the track

Shaf, fella, I love your posts. I've never measured anything in car lengths, but, you know what, it bloody works.

I'm not gonna share my worst injury story because it's way worse than anyone else ....

I'd love a new big tent. Ours finally expired last summer. I can't remember the brand but it was one of those with a big communal area in the middle and three separate bedrooms. Just brilliant for family camping, especially if it was raining. Oh, the card games we played :-bd I like bell tents but I...

Nice weather for it. Pix please, or it didn't happen

Yep. I've got a great list of campsites that are not at all crowded and allow fire pits. Most are just big old fields, but some are in woods and you can feel genuinely isolated if you want to. Not interested in campsites with swimming pools and cafes ... just a toilet block and no caravan policy wil...

Some Montane Atomic "waterproof trousery pants*" My son has snaffled my old ones for his moped ... my excuse anyhoo. These are really nice - proper full length ankle to arse zip will make them perfect for those quick change moments.


* c: shaf

Agree with Chris .. leave them in the spares box. In two years, you'll be like me last week ...

Will PM you. Think I might have you covered.

Very cool WRT 2020 t-shirt just flopped through the letter box. Thanks Stu ... will feel a bit of a fraud wearing it as I didn't attend, but I'm sure I'll get over that.

As for pack size the bag needs to fit in the 8L Podsacs handlebar bags that Planet X sell, along with my Alpkit Bivi Bag and sleeping mat. Does no one else think this is highly unlikely to be possible, or is all my kit just that massively bulky? Agree. No chance. Unless you stuff it in with two Par...

Postie dropped off two 26x1.6 inner toobs today to shove into the Conti slick tyres my son bought for his bike. Most of his riding these days is on his back wheel up and down the village streets, so he wanted some road tyres, but had not remembered he was on a very nice tubeless set up of old Stans ...

Cook a full English brekkie? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylnxt4-KNw0 Rich3rd needs to buy into this. Ive watched him do some serious cooking morning cooking on his fire stove with a tiny fry pan a few times. Black pudding and beans were on the menu once, IIRC. Made my bought in dehydrated porri...

Lovely read and photos, Reg, thanks.

Big Bro here too and very happy with it but I'd have been equally happy with a Longitude. If you want to carry loads of gear, as I tend to, and have options for racks/panniers, option to run a 100mm fork as well as replaceable sliding drop outs if you feel like single speeding or hub gears. Just a g...

BenP1 of this Parish is your height and has a few shelters for the long legged, including something from TarpTent if I recall right. If you say his name into a mirror five times he will appear. I promise. PS: I just make, at home, all by myself, with no help from anyone, the most delicious chicken k...

Got it ... finally got it. The rear rim wasn't happy with foam in the well so a wrap of (yes) gorilla tape went in, then the tubeless tape. Night before last I needed two steel tyre levers to get the thing on, but this morning it was just thumbs. Go figure. First attempt and it seemed to want to inf...

Don't listen to The Minimalists. They just know stuff. If you're only out for a night, and not going far, you want to go BIG and be comfy. I tend to go with a hammock as it's fun to set up (I like faff) and stupid comfy for sleep. But if that's not an option, and it's local, I will happily stick a b...

Did anyone else read that article and found him to come over arrogant and overly confident/dismissive of other peoples abilities? Yeeeep. Like most visionaries, he's a bit of a prick. I met him once about 15 years ago - I think in Manchester - and simply wanted to say hi and shake his hand. Little ...

Update. An Airshot arrived yesterday and this afternoon I set to it. Removed all the foam and grunge and gorilla tape, gave each rim a clean with an alcohol wipe. I ran a few wraps of lekky tape round each the rim as I'd read rim tape sticks to it nicely. It did. 10 minutes later the front tyre was ...