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- Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:18 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Wtd. Cheap XL 29er.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 417
Re: Wtd. Cheap XL 29er.
Still a few going on CRC, Ton
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:28 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
- Replies: 88
- Views: 5508
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 812
Re: Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?
I've got the toe end from an old wool sock. Fits over my entire Snowpeak 450 cookset to keep the lid on, and also means I can pick it up when hot. I know it's not entirely wool though because I've melted a bit...
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4901
- Views: 1192317
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Wow, that is astoundingly good value. It even had me thinking about it (before realising that a rigid 29er suits me better)
- Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sleeping Socks
- Replies: 7
- Views: 338
Re: Sleeping Socks
I've used heat holders in the past. OK, not fantastic but not bad
Moved to Montane fireball booties - warmer and pack smaller. Not sure about weight but doubt there's much in it. Used as hut boots and sleeping socks
edit - called footies, not booties
Moved to Montane fireball booties - warmer and pack smaller. Not sure about weight but doubt there's much in it. Used as hut boots and sleeping socks
edit - called footies, not booties
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 3:59 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 409
- Views: 19530
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Also have the same insulated mug and has also been used on the bike a fair bit. Although mine has equally classy duct tape and inner tube to make it a snug fit in a bottle cage. And sadly mine ia a tad dented now
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: All new Flextail Zero air pump
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1980
Re: All new Flextail Zero air pump
My thermarest neoair electric pump is smaller and lighter than the inflating sack. Had it many years now It runs on 2 AAAs but they last forever. I wish it had the option of beinf USB powered so I could use a battery pack. I've thought about wiring up a plug and adaptor but CBA When the thermarest p...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 2:15 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Revelate gas tank (top tube bag)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 333
Revelate gas tank (top tube bag)
Found it in my box of bikepacking bags, forgot I still had it and use a different bag instead now https://www.revelatedesigns.com/index.cfm/store.catalog/cockpit/GasTank https://www.bikemonger.co.uk/revelate-designs-gas-tank-bag-6065-p.asp Used but in very good condition. Priority to anyone going to...
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 10:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Winter Event entries now open.
- Replies: 67
- Views: 14239
Re: Winter Event entries now open.
I don't suppose anyone has gone to the trouble of putting all the GRs into a mapping tool so they can be seen in one map?
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Salsa Anything Cradle Wanted
- Replies: 6
- Views: 448
Re: Salsa Anything Cradle Wanted
Ah, sorry. Good luck with the search!
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 2:31 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4901
- Views: 1192317
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Thanks. That is a bloody good offer. My subs now run out in Nov 2025
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 2:30 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Salsa Anything Cradle Wanted
- Replies: 6
- Views: 448
Re: Salsa Anything Cradle Wanted
Nah, it's the metal one that is like a big bottle cage. Bought to mount on my fork legs and have never used them and unlikely to very do so in the future
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:07 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Salsa Anything Cradle Wanted
- Replies: 6
- Views: 448
Re: Salsa Anything Cradle Wanted
I have a pair I've never used, but they're the older metal ones and I'd rather they go together. But if you're interested let me know, I can bring them to the winter event
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 12:25 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lightweight Gilet
- Replies: 6
- Views: 589
Re: Lightweight Gilet
Crikey, how much brevet gilet. I have two normal ones and an insulated one, they're ace. Super light, pack into my waist pack hip belt pocket
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:51 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What was the problem with 29+
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1216
Re: What was the problem with 29+
By total coincidence, I've been re-setting up my 29+ front wheel/tyre to go back on my rigid Solaris. Had a problem with it earlier in the year so took it off, would like it back on again. I thought it worked really well!
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 6:51 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Tour de France 2023: Injuries, disaster bivies, failure to complete the ride - a great time all round
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1760
Re: Tour de France 2023: Injuries, disaster bivies, failure to complete the ride - a great time all round
Read it now, excellent write up. Sounds like a memorable trip, if not entirely as planned. But then what ever is!
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:56 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Tour de France 2023: Injuries, disaster bivies, failure to complete the ride - a great time all round
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1760
Re: Tour de France 2023: Injuries, disaster bivies, failure to complete the ride - a great time all round
I've not had a chance to read the whole post, just scan and look at the pics. From that alone, James, it looks like a bloody ace trip! Thanks for sharing I drove down through France in the summer with the family, from Caen to not far from Limoges, and thought how good a place it would be for a bike ...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:58 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Global Bike Day (As I dont have a fat bike) Short Video
- Replies: 11
- Views: 714
Re: Global Bike Day (As I dont have a fat bike) Short Video
That was cracking Allen, nice work
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 12:44 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Fat slick tyre
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4020
Re: Fat slick tyre
Something from Schwalbe? They do lots of touring tyres
I used to use a 38F/35R Marathon plus combo on my commuter (started narrower and went wider each time I wore a tyre out)
I used to use a 38F/35R Marathon plus combo on my commuter (started narrower and went wider each time I wore a tyre out)
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 12:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Winter bivvy....... without a tent ?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4911
Re: Winter bivvy....... without a tent ?
Definitely fine Tony, although you do need to be a bit more organised with kit. Most things will have frozen in a tent anyway, but it's worse in a bivy bag - shoes, bottles, water filter, electronics and breakfast all need to be inside or under the bivy bag so they don't freeze Also might be helpful...
- Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:29 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Whats your trouser of choice?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10133
Re: Whats your trouser of choice?
If you're tall and don't have the required waist size that most companies assume you have, then finding MTB trousers is tough My two recommendations are keela roadrunners and the alpkit floe, both of which are available in a long leg length. The floes fit better with knee pads than the keelas. The k...
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 10:08 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
- Replies: 670
- Views: 129991
Re: Wildlife
Out for a spot of geocaching and dog walking with the family in the New Forest at the weekend. Always take my bins with me on any walk Spotting something unusual in the middle of the field nearby and the bins confirmed it was unusual. White tailed eagle. They're resident in this area but I've never ...
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 3:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Dealing with the damp
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1925
Re: Dealing with the damp
Putting on damp clothes in the mornings save you the weight and extra space needed for dry clothes that will just get wet anyway. I always have a dry set for the night Having clothes that can cope with being wet does help, but putting on cold, damp clothes in the morning can be pretty miserable. My ...
- Tue Oct 31, 2023 1:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Has anyome used any stuff from Haglofs?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1813
Re: Has anyome used any stuff from Haglofs?
They are a fairly high end Scandi brand, their stuff isn't cheap but I've found it to be very good Most of my walking troos are from Haglofs, I find their long is a genuine long unlike many, helped by Scandi folks generally being fairly tall. I have 2 pairs of rugged mountain pants and they are unbe...
- Mon Oct 30, 2023 10:54 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Riding the Gr5 (ish), Montreux to Nice
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4067
Re: Riding the Gr5 (ish), Montreux to Nice
Nice trip report, Andy. Looks like a fantastic trip
The exposure in the pic on day 4 would have me absolutely bricking myself riding my bike. I could walk that no problem, but I wouldn't be thrilled on a bike. It's like a very high stakes boardwalk!
The exposure in the pic on day 4 would have me absolutely bricking myself riding my bike. I could walk that no problem, but I wouldn't be thrilled on a bike. It's like a very high stakes boardwalk!