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by Lazarus
Sun Jun 08, 2025 10:55 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove
Replies: 60
Views: 6703

Re: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove

How do you find the Defy? Its fine. Does require a working phone but only £5 per month ( but only 5 messages and no tracking ) I carry it loads but rarely use ( has always worked when i sent a text ) it as not needed to use SOS and dont really bother texting. No " free" message like the i...
by Lazarus
Sun Jun 08, 2025 1:55 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove
Replies: 60
Views: 6703

Re: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove

Had an inreach and now a motorolla defy IMHO its better to have and never use than need and not have ( i have ne er bothered with trqckong personally..people know I can contact them if i am in trouble so no news is good news. It's like travel insurence or car breakdown recovery or an inner tube and ...
by Lazarus
Sat Jun 07, 2025 11:51 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Retrogrouching (new XTR content)
Replies: 49
Views: 763

Re: Retrogrouching (new XTR content)

Still not seeing what problem that fixes :wink:
by Lazarus
Sat Jun 07, 2025 8:09 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Retrogrouching (new XTR content)
Replies: 49
Views: 763

Re: Retrogrouching (new XTR content)

No to internal routing. I dont bother using it myself. Just means you cannot take your brakes or mech of ( or forks on road bikes ) and aesthetically I can only see the bars and the front wheel. I dont see what problem it is trying to fix tbh. I have sram 1 x12 road shifter with mtb mech. Its good a...
by Lazarus
Wed Jun 04, 2025 11:51 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Volunteer tandem riding for the blind
Replies: 4
Views: 210

Re: Volunteer tandem riding for the blind

Contacted the bury one.
Also not a FB user will message OP
by Lazarus
Sat May 31, 2025 5:23 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Back/bikepacking bidet
Replies: 19
Views: 456

Re: Back/bikepacking bidet

Yes , who is going to take a (s)hit for the team
by Lazarus
Sat May 31, 2025 3:48 pm
Forum: MYOG
Topic: Hydrodynamicists! piss bottle slosh reduction?
Replies: 9
Views: 617

Re: Hydrodynamicists! piss bottle slosh reduction?

I know fuel tanks use foam to stop fuel sloshing about but you would then, presumably need a straw or some serious sucking to extract all the water.
by Lazarus
Sat May 31, 2025 3:45 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Back/bikepacking bidet
Replies: 19
Views: 456

Re: Back/bikepacking bidet

So glad it had a picture of it on a bottle as was worried you used it like a bottle stopper up yer **** :shock:

No experience of them at all.
by Lazarus
Sat May 24, 2025 6:56 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: The post man's been ...
Replies: 11651
Views: 2495627

Re: The post man's been ...

supposedly this is better anyway.
Post upma review on it will you
FWIW i have a 15 mm dynamo hub on a 21 mm rim.so its ok.for road gravel and mtb ( withing reason ) but interested in a review of the above.
by Lazarus
Fri May 23, 2025 8:01 am
Forum: MYOG
Topic: Son to sinewave wiring tips
Replies: 7
Views: 322

Re: Son to sinewave wiring tips

I bought these and then just used the actual.connections (.not the plugs ) which can be crimped on to your wire and then covered with shrink wrap. They just push toether and give a tight connection. One worked loose* when pushed together after about 2 years but a gentle bend of it made it firm again...
by Lazarus
Tue May 13, 2025 7:04 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Best bikepacking bike?
Replies: 46
Views: 2751

Re: Best bikepacking bike?

Really depends on what you want( it for terrain wise) a rigid or a suspension bike .
No one bike is the best for all scenarios.
I own 3 sonders including a broken road , never had an issue with any of them.
by Lazarus
Sat May 10, 2025 7:41 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Gloves...
Replies: 7
Views: 841

Re: Gloves...

https://www.merlincycles.com/gripgrab-shark-padded-full-finger-summer-gloves-309752.htmla Bought these recently ( out of stock now but available elsewhere i assume)and done a couple of 20 hour rides withour hand issues. Fingers have no seams ( or none at end as my finger nails usally hole gloves ove...
by Lazarus
Wed May 07, 2025 9:19 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Wanted …. Hope shifter adaptor
Replies: 9
Views: 1879

Re: Wanted …. Hope shifter adaptor

Can you do a link for what it looks like ?
I have a hope shimano one and iirc its a flat bar to connect with 3 holes, is that the right one ?
by Lazarus
Tue May 06, 2025 4:02 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTD bar end plugs to go under slide on grips
Replies: 4
Views: 434

Re: WTD bar end plugs to go under slide on grips

Probably got some to give away cheap plastic push ins that come with bar tape if any use .
Not at home to check till thursday
by Lazarus
Tue May 06, 2025 8:11 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Stoves and dry ground…
Replies: 14
Views: 1281

Re: Stoves and dry ground…

In most cases, it can take as little as one month, perfect, right? Well, in the wrong conditions it could take anywhere in between one and three years for it to fully decompose. And in the wrong conditions your poo.would still take longer than the paper. The claim is toilet paper decomposes faster ...
by Lazarus
Sat May 03, 2025 8:56 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Stoves and dry ground…
Replies: 14
Views: 1281

Re: Stoves and dry ground…

The paper takes months less than your poo to decompose
by Lazarus
Fri May 02, 2025 3:17 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Lakes BW advice grassmere-easdale gill stonethwaite
Replies: 4
Views: 715

Re: Lakes BW advice grassmere-easdale gill stonethwaite

I was hoping for something a bit clearer :wink:

Thanks ( both now )
I got so annoyed
Will rigid and + tyres help :shock: :lol: :lol:

Looks for another route
by Lazarus
Fri May 02, 2025 1:19 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Lakes BW advice grassmere-easdale gill stonethwaite
Replies: 4
Views: 715

Lakes BW advice grassmere-easdale gill stonethwaite

As above has anyone ever done it ?
I have looked on geograph but wondered if there was any real world view.
by Lazarus
Sat Apr 26, 2025 2:13 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Lochan na h-Earba pump storage hydro scheme
Replies: 30
Views: 3510

Re: Lochan na h-Earba pump storage hydro scheme

Reduce should come before renewable Its not either or ; reducing and relying on fossil fuels slows damage down but its the equivalent of smoking less cigaregttes or having one packet of biscuits a day and not two. Its a improvement but its not the solution. That is before we get to the change to el...
by Lazarus
Thu Apr 24, 2025 7:03 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Lakeland 200 starting point
Replies: 33
Views: 3604

Re: Lakeland 200 starting point

Its dooable i the sense you could do anything on any bike . You could do it on a unicyxle if you wanted.
Its not the best tool for the job as you would walk all the best bits/ many downhills
by Lazarus
Wed Apr 23, 2025 8:16 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Lochan na h-Earba pump storage hydro scheme
Replies: 30
Views: 3510

Re: Lochan na h-Earba pump storage hydro scheme

Nothing can meet your high bar of green as that would mean no resources used to produce itor the end product of electricty . In this case coal can emit around 740-1689 g CO2e/kWh, while hydropower emits only about 4 g CO2e/kWh.I would suggest its not hard to see why renewable energy is called green ...
by Lazarus
Wed Apr 23, 2025 3:48 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Lochan na h-Earba pump storage hydro scheme
Replies: 30
Views: 3510

Re: Lochan na h-Earba pump storage hydro scheme

It shouldn't be forgotten that 'green energy' (sorry, no such thing) is often simply a exercise in box ticking with very large sums of grant and subsidy money dished out in various directions I could not disagree more, its a genuine attempt to have renewable energy that addds less ( billions of ton...
by Lazarus
Tue Apr 22, 2025 3:22 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Lochan na h-Earba pump storage hydro scheme
Replies: 30
Views: 3510

Re: Lochan na h-Earba pump storage hydro scheme

Or just like when folk complain about traffic , when they are also traffic , some of us expect solutions that dont involve us doing anyhing.. others shall give up cars , others should have turbines Nimbyism will always be an issue even though we all know we cannot rely on imported gas as its really ...
by Lazarus
Mon Apr 21, 2025 4:59 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Lochan na h-Earba pump storage hydro scheme
Replies: 30
Views: 3510

Re: Lochan na h-Earba pump storage hydro scheme

The Barnett formula needs reviewing but UK govt seems unable to get its finger out to do so - sound familiar?... Yes its never scotlands (our) fault its always someone else,(them) usually the english ? Its often true mind, its not like we vote tory. My point still stands scotland does benefit from ...
by Lazarus
Mon Apr 21, 2025 12:20 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Lochan na h-Earba pump storage hydro scheme
Replies: 30
Views: 3510

Re: Lochan na h-Earba pump storage hydro scheme

The barnett formula where by scotland gets higher per capita spending than the rest of the uk and more tax money spent than it generates , that sort of thing? Its also kinda of obvious that densely populated places need the power and low demsity areas have the space. I dont really see a green altern...