That’s good to hear Reg. We’re at Swansea next week, but I think Aber will win, without any additional pushing from me. He’s not a cyclist but loves the outdoors, hillwalking, backpacking, canoeing etc. He also plays rugby so that should work out too! Oh, and the course and department seemed great, ...

We’ve been over in Aberystwyth today for the Uni open day (son is thinking of studying there). On the way back, about 4ish, I spotted a gaggle of bike packing bikes outside a cafe in Machynlleth as we drove through. I haven’t been following the BB200 chat so didn’t realise it was this weekend, just ...

September done on Sunday night. Squeezed this one in a bit last minute and didn't have much spare time so it was out from home at about 6pm, short ride up onto Chinley Churn and found a nice spot overlooking the valley. It was dark by the time I put the tent up so only one picture. https://live.stat...

Am out doing my Sept BaM now. It’s a pleasant evening and forecast to stay dry. Fingers crossed.

Cheers Reg, will be busy making my own luck later. Have just had a couple of hours walk over Higgar Tor with my son, plenty of rain and all the paths are mini rivers.

Great write up chaps, some proper Welsh weather! I wouldn’t have lasted past the first night.

I planned to ride from work on Friday for a Peak bivvy. Sat in the office next to a 3m high window with the rain lashing outside all day dampened my spirits somewhat... I set off in the afternoon, got a proper soaking, and found that my handlebars turned for home, there was no stopping them 🙁 So tha...

A gear tester friend of mine calls Patagonia “Patagucci”. Says it all.

All good points Dave. It could well be that it looked riskier than it really was, and I may have felt quite different if I’d been on a bike rather than watching from behind the wheel. Human perception of risk is very inaccurate. As for signage - there wasn’t any where I joined the DC (at a slip road...

^^ What Alpinum said makes sense to me.

Dave - you’re misrepresenting what I said, but as you’ve admitted to ranting, I’ll let you off

Blaming the victims isnt helpful either I think we’re in danger of arguing when we are all actually agreeing. :cool: No one is saying that TTs shouldn’t be held on busy roads if the riders want to do that. I just can’t for the life of me understand why they do it, but that applies to the vast major...

I wasn’t making any points about they should/shouldn’t be there etc, it was more a visceral reaction to seeing them and thinking ‘f**k, that looks dangerous...’ It was clear that some of the riders were venturing as far out into the lane as they dared to get the best ‘push’ and ‘suck’ so to speak. 1...

Have just had a trip (in the car) down to Tamworth from New Mills, visiting family. On the way back we were on the A50 for a bit and there was a time trial event on. The A50 (on this stretch at least) is a really busy dual carriageway, loads of artics as well as cars, all doing 60-70, the lanes are ...

Oh and don’t worry if the climbs feel harder than you want. One thing that SS will do for you is make you better at recovering after big efforts

Redefined- if your commute is a road one, I think those ratios will be too low. You’ll be spinning out for much of the ride. I use 42:18 on my road commute on a heavy bike with a pannier and chunky heavy tyres. It’s 13mile each way with around 700ft climbing on the way home. With that gear I find up...

A lot of love on here for single speeds! I’ve been riding ss off-road almost exclusively for ages (18 years or so). A bit less so in the last year as my fitness has dived a bit. I commute on a Genesis Day One too, have probably done 10k miles on that. Some learnt lessons/tips: Just convert your exis...

I’ve used it a couple of times, it can be a bit breezy as one side is almost completely open to the elements. No colder than a tarp and bivvy though!
It does have a very nice bench, proper mod cons. And a stream only a few metres away.

by RIP » Sun Aug 11, 2019 10:22 am Still alive Mr F? Certainly am thank you Reg :smile: The weather gods were very kind after the delugional commute in the morning. Aug bivvy done 8 out 8. I got an early finish from work Friday, bike waiting for me in the shed at work: https://live.staticflickr.com...

I got caught in a biblical deluge just after setting off. After a couple of miles it eased off to bog standard pissing it down.
I live a couple of miles down the valley from Whaley Bridge. Hoping we don’t get a repeat performance.

Thanks for the encouragement :-bd Just getting ready for the ride in to work, windy ‘n wet already (the weather, not a description of me). Have only got a water resistant bivvy bag (and quilt), no tarp or tent. This is to make me do the longer ride to the shelter up at Ladybower. (A safe distance ab...

With holidays coming up, my only chance for an August bivvy is tomorrow night. The forecast here in the Peak is dire, so I’m posting my intentions here to stop me backing out
Planning to head somewhere with a roof, trouble is it’s 4 hours ride from work.

I’ve used the small shelter here a couple of times: http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=418927&y=388496&z=120&sv=418927,388496&st=4&ar=y&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf&dn=650&ax=418927&ay=388496&lm=0 Best used on an arrive late/leave early basis, a nice spot with a stream a few yards away. Can second the...

A late post for July's BaM. 7 out of 7 Friday evening saw me setting off for an intended 4 hours riding to do a loop that brought me to a bivvy spot not far from home. Saturday morning we were heading off to Wales so I needed to be back earlyish. Good intentions soon faded as I hit the first decent ...

Nice one summittoppler. Having been up and around that area many times (on foot and climbing) not sure I'd fancy taking a bike . There's rideable and then there's "rideable"...

@Crewlie - I love the Gigha photos, we spent new year on Gigha this year, its a beautiful place (in a cottage, not bivvying ). The kids even went for a swim to celebrate New Year’s Day.

@Jaminb - a fully qualified BaM I reckon and extra points for involving the little uns.