IME of living on a boat it is possible to freeze the Butane and once it gets cold the flow is restricted long before it fully freezes anyway- its takes a few days of cold snap for you to actually notice this though rather than its noticeable after a few hours of sub zero temps Its also worth noting ...

my question is what do you buy to use to refill the (MSR) canister I buy a 1 kg one* as its cheaper per 100g the more you buy- coleman type threaded valve forget the bactual brand name on the big cannister i buy it from the calor gas place - think its was about £8 * also used for car camping with t...

My theory is the EU and he US are more gullible and easily forced into buying 29 + stuff

Agree withthe aboive Whilst they do need paperwork and to have requested it to block one once you are there there i little is to be gained form excercising your rights when heavy machinery is operating. All that is required is they allow you to pass in a timely and safe manner so a little bit of hum...

i dont ever take mine apart but i do make sure it can rotate

I have a selfinflating cheapo mattress with one and its really crap
not big enough on its own too big/wrong angle if you if you use a pillow

does the fabric for a tarp have to be waterproof?

depends on whether you want to be dry

I suspect it will do ok for light rain but nothing more I assume ts fairly easy to turn it into waterproof with an appropriate silicone coating.
How waterproof this is in reality who knows.

I can't comment on everyone else's devices

My garmin broke on the commute - just went off and would not switch on again
etrex 20 perhaps three years old with pretty minimal use

Re the discussion on gravel living roughly the same area as John i concur there is no gravel anywhere near here - old cobbled/metalized roads yes but gravel no. You can cobble together a ride [if i skip the gnar] but when I look at strava its no faster than MTB -it is faster up and slower down . Thi...

I think most of use his poles and they are both lighweight,customisable and excellent in use

I do own one[ and no longer a road drop bar bike] but i reckon it gets perhaps 5 proper off road rides a year and most of the other times its commuting. Even when it does get used off road i have selected a route for it .It would never be my go to bike and I have never bike packed on it - not ruling...

Any particular incoherent cliche you liked best Colin

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I zoned out totally and just looked at the pretty pictures god I miss proper bikes rides

well its not amongst my usual spares so i will have a think where it could be
I will have a proper look tomorrow but i dont think i got rid of it

34/43

reason being locally I ride all the hills on 43 but once steeper I need the 34 to get to my 20gear "

I dont have a front mech so this minimises how often I have to change
The 43 is tolerable for flat and general road use

I Just chuck more in I have heard reports of folk claiming it goes hard and forms a golf ball inside but never found this to be the case when removing wheels I dont clean the tyres unless there is some serious issue with the bead area My lazy approach is to 1. Top up when the tyre starts going flat ...

My worst was a commute home - i must have had something tiny sticking though the tyre but I could not find it 7 punctures in three miles was repairing tubes as well when finally the piump came apart in my hands pumpiing up another repair - I had a full on John Cleese meltdown moment at this point :o...

I think I have a spyre somewhere - will lok when I get home

If you want cheap I have a shimano Hub and Mavic rim - must be rim brake compatable as it has no disc mounts but no idea what the surface looks like as I used it on the turbo

If interested PM with your email an I willd o pics and detia;ls later today

Tubeless* is the only solution to punctures as they are largely just bad luck - even tubeless does not prevent them it just repairs them for you . Nothing you do will stop thorns puncturing tyres - well I am sure you can get some insanely heavy tyre that is to hard for them to get through but it won...

the answer is to do what you think is reasonable without pushing the boundaries. No as that gives 100 answers the answer is to have some actual guidlines that are so clear we can all follow them* Currently we do not know when a breach is a breach and it seems neither do the government or plod as th...

well today the govt is attempting to clarify what local means and we get this gem What we are asking people to do is when they exercise to stay local. Now, local is, obviously, open to interpretation, but people broadly know what local means. If you can get there under your own steam and you are not...

Technically those protecting him were at work so exempt.

That this is even a discussion shows how little "exercise" the average UK punter takes.

This and the fact he is a complete [ insert strongest swear word allowed ]

three courses, actually at altitude there should only be one winner

As for JC and his bloody chair there is such an absence of TYPE 2 that is shoudl not even be on the list GRUMPY emoticon goes here

My Parents (and I got married) in Nairn

IMHO never move to a place where people marry their parents