Cracking idea. Not sure I’ll manage it in 2024 but it’s a great goal to aim for.
Hmmm … now, technically, a night on the sleeper train appears to count according to the rules. Seems wrong but then it’s a lot less comfy than a B&B (or even a half-decent bivy if you’re in a seat).
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- Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:48 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Supertramp 2024: A Challenge
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1691
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:31 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1231148
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Cheap Garmins on Sportpursuit - Edge Explore, Etrex Touch and lots of watches
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 12:39 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD: Ritchey Kyote bars or similar
- Replies: 2
- Views: 203
Re: WTD: Ritchey Kyote bars or similar
Thanks Bearlegged. Will PM you
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD: Ritchey Kyote bars or similar
- Replies: 2
- Views: 203
WTD: Ritchey Kyote bars or similar
Just had the cracked chainstay on my Mk1 Stooge mended and it’s made me think it might also be a good idea to replace the 10-year-old On-One OG bars. I like them but have always thought a bit more width would be welcome. Anyone got anything suitable before I buy new?
- Sat Nov 11, 2023 8:39 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1129
- Views: 200993
Re: What are you listening to now?
Oh, and this programme (How to play Schubert’s Death and the Maiden) was on in the car as I was driving home the other day. I’m not a classical music buff but this fascinating. It’s a really dramatic, evocative piece of music and the whole programme was a good listen. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/pl...
- Sat Nov 11, 2023 8:27 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1129
- Views: 200993
Re: What are you listening to now?
I loved the Cardiacs. Saw them a few times and they were a proper spectacle.
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:00 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sleeper Train Question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1527
Re: Sleeper Train Question
As said above, there’s an apartheid system for seated and cabin passengers and staff can be quite sniffy about it. People do stretch out on the floor in the seated carriages when the train’s not busy. I always just make do with a seat since the old “bargain berths” disappeared. It’s possible to get ...
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 7:31 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Not getting out there, wasting time (and my life) instead
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2760
Re: Not getting out there, wasting time (and my life) instead
It can really help to put something (small, not daunting, in the diary on a regular basis. Bivy a month works a bit like this. Once you’ve done it once, the second time is easier and so on. Conversely, the longer you go without getting out, the harder it is to make that first step. Also, making join...
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:43 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Thunderstorms
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1475
Re: Thunderstorms
Yikes! I got caught in a storm while crossing the flanks of Cadair Idris a few weeks back. It was close enough at one point that I dumped the bike and adopted the position. Probably about as much good as praying, I imagine, but it made me feel slightly better.
- Wed Jul 05, 2023 7:27 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WANTED - UNDERQUILT FOR HAMMOCK
- Replies: 10
- Views: 651
Re: WANTED - UNDERQUILT FOR HAMMOCK
I’ve used an Alpkit down quilt for this. Not perfect but fine for summer and packs down small.
https://alpkit.com/products/cloud-cover-down-quilt
https://alpkit.com/products/cloud-cover-down-quilt
- Mon Jul 03, 2023 9:10 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Caledonian Sleeper
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1213
Re: Caledonian Sleeper
I’ve done it a few times. My top tip is to have something to use as a pillow between your head and the window. A quilt or down jacket helps with the illusion that you’re in bed. I never get a great night’s sleep but enough to make it bearable. Cabins are so expensive now that I’m never going to affo...
- Mon May 22, 2023 9:46 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Cairngorms Looping
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1148
Re: Cairngorms Looping
Good effort. I enjoyed that
- Mon Mar 27, 2023 10:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lanshan owners and heavy rain...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 450
Re: Lanshan owners and heavy rain...
I’ve had this but nothing worth fretting about. Unlike when I left a corner of my polycro groundsheet poking out, created a river into my quilt and woke up in a small lake
- Thu Mar 23, 2023 7:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: More abandoned places.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 640
Re: More abandoned places.
We stayed in a holiday cottage on the Dunalastair estate a couple of years ago. It was actually the old laundry for the now derelict house and about 200 yards away from it. You can wander up to the house but it’s all boarded up and not easy to get into. It seemed amazing to me that no one had found ...
- Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:49 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Wales 2022 - The MTB one / the one that worked
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1575
Re: Wales 2022 - The MTB one / the one that worked
Great tale that, James. Thanks for sharing it. I’m bookmarking it for use in planning something similar for a bit later this year.
- Mon Nov 07, 2022 12:06 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: My BB200
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1722
Re: My BB200
Nice one, Alan. Almost made me feel like I was missing out.
- Thu Nov 03, 2022 7:58 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The king is dead.....
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2750
Re: The king is dead.....
Mine’s done exactly the same thing. Don’t seem to be many Outdry jackets about anymore and the current model seems to have no pit zips.
- Sun Oct 16, 2022 9:36 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 2022 Photo Comp'.We have a WINNER
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2417
Re: 2022 Photo Comp'.
I like this juxtaposition of warm comfortable hotel bed and distinctly damp bicycle. This was taken in May on a 10-day trip from Glasgow to Aviemore via the Lomond-Trossachs Loop that went marvellously wrong. This was the first of a couple of night spent inside to dry out kit and boost my morale. :o...
- Mon Sep 19, 2022 11:57 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Outdry delamination
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1709
Re: Outdry delamination
Mine’s delaminating quite badly on the back of the hood. Not been washed, left wet, sweated on or toasted. It has been rolled up now and then. Still seems remarkably waterproof. I’m sticking with it for now and will buy another to replace it when it eventually dies.
- Mon Aug 15, 2022 6:31 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Welcome to my garden
- Replies: 5
- Views: 815
Re: Welcome to my garden
Excellent find!
- Mon Jun 20, 2022 7:44 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD: Hollowtech II cranks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 591
Re: WTD: Hollowtech II cranks
Thanks for the replies. How much would you want for the cranks and do they use standard chainring bolts? (I googled those XT ones and they look like they don’t). Any pics?
- Sat Jun 18, 2022 4:03 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD: Hollowtech II cranks
- Replies: 4
- Views: 591
WTD: Hollowtech II cranks
The splines have finally gone on the 17-year-old Shimano XT cranks on my SS. Has anyone got some standard Hollowtech cranks they’re looking to sell?
Edit: needs to be 104bcd for my On-One SS ring
Edit: needs to be 104bcd for my On-One SS ring
- Thu Jun 09, 2022 6:38 pm
- Forum: MYOG
- Topic: Etrex Stem Mount
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7364
Re: Etrex Stem Mount
Interested in that Amazon kit. My DIY effort, (v similar to Javatime’s) has worked well but now, after a good few hundred bumpy miles, the female stem-top bracket has failed. It may be down to a poor quality bracket but I’ve always thought the extra height of my DIY gizmo was likely to increase leve...
- Sat Jun 04, 2022 8:25 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone made a dropper-specific bag yet?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1780
Re: Anyone made a dropper-specific bag yet?
I’ve also got a Gondola and it’s excellent. No sway, and it’s easy to attach and fill.
- Thu May 26, 2022 8:41 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Dervla Murphy
- Replies: 6
- Views: 856
Re: Dervla Murphy
“Coming fast down a mountain road always thrilled her; touring the Balkans in her 70s, she was clocked descending at 65mph by a military patrol and reproved for not applying her brakes.”*
Nuff said.
*From the Guardian obituary
Nuff said.
*From the Guardian obituary