Oh look my rather toothsome sticky toffee pudding with Bradwells proper ice cream has arrived... must dash :)

You've got to be so careful when you're carrying that into the frozen wilderness

2 out of 2 here as well, cutting it a bit fine but done. Run out of time but I've been stuck all month with family stuff, colds, work and various other bits and bobs. Anyway. A dry, clear night for the most part with a good view of the stars through the tree canopy in the local woods. I'd been expec...

This kind of stuff? http://www.marinescene.co.uk/view/8332/ ... us-colours Ta chaps, I'll give it a go and report back

I've managed to tear a hole in my jacket, a Montane Prism.
The tear looks like two sides of a 100mm square. Does anyone have any recommendations for getting a repair done please?

Mark, that's set a pretty high bar there. Very nice.

That looks like a great trip.
France is an excellent place for riding your bikes, love it!

That sounds like a leisurely evening luxuriating in preparation

That's exactly what it is, but from the outside - to the casual observer- it does look an awful lot like faffing. We know different of course.

Pickers, those "derestricted speed limit" signs are amusing. Did you manage to hit 60 going down that track?

Hit a few rocks on the way. Probably needs bigger than 25s.

Out this morning collecting some Veloviewer squares - just 56 miles but it took me around a load of lanes that I'd not used before, including this one....

Hmm potholes! by Richard Picton, on Flickr

We shall see ... I plan to pop my chain in the ultra-sonic bath later so we can start with a clean slate.

You mean it works on chains that cost less than £120? I don't believe it...

Shimano now sell quick links

Aah ok, I stand corrected. They certainly didn't used to.
Probably still buy KMC though.

KMC make the chains for Shimano

This is true, but it's a shame that Shimano don't buy the quicklinks as well....

My forks were found to have been overfilled with oil from new

Count yourself lucky. My Rebas had pretty much bugger all. Knackered in short order.

A grand day out... https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/694/31489532074_c8b84dfb89.jpg Untitled by Richard Picton , on Flickr Scenic https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/740/32222298401_c7a767f075.jpg Untitled by Richard Picton , on Flickr Beans, toast, wet clothes, maps https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/505/32302914...

Thanks again to D+S

Absolutely this.

We had a great weekend.

... and dropped off a shiny set of nice, short carbon poles from Stu, all with a little green bag to keep them safe. Cheers Stu!

Oh I'm in, I'm in! Just a bit concerned about a nav error taking us to the Golden Sands again....

I really ought to commit to this, but I'm not going to - not formally at least. I am, however, going to follow a simple path of eating a bit less and riding alot more. As I've mentioned on another thread, I did around 1/4 of the mileage in 2016 that I did in 2012 so that badly needs to change. Let's...

Maybe this should be in the Fatfighting thread, but I'm putting it here. Eat less, ride more. Having done around 1/4 of the mileage in 2016 that I did in 2012 - my last full year of commuting by bike I need more miles. Or hours, whichever you prefer. I like the look of the Veloviewer squares thing -...

There's been a few Wiggle boxes appearing here over the last week or so. They've been scuttled away and hidden. I'm not allowed to investigate under pain of, well, pain probably.
There's more boxes than things I've asked for - quite looking forward to Xmas now

In all seriousness, I'll pay some attention to the suggestions here. I have a couple of variations for summer trips (good enough for the mild conditions last weekend); my winter bag though completely fills the front dry bag leaving no room for the bivi bag, tarp, mat and jacket that would otherwise ...

I've used a half bag but it's very tight even with a medium Ogre.. https://c3.staticflickr.com/1/449/20423481602_d956a2ef69.jpg IMG_0833s by Richard Picton , on Flickr But I can use the braze ons under the down tube as well Nothing further to add here other than to post this, cos it's Colins' favour...

Yes.
One to go between the front forks and a spacer for the brakes
For the fork spacer I drilled a hole in it so you could use the QR to keep it in situ. Negligible space/weight to carry the bits around.

Cheers Chew

Chew/Stu, Did you bother carrying those little plastic widgets (the ones that come with a new frameset in the box) to keep fork and dropout ends in place and stop them getting crushed?

Say £40 posted - how does that sound?