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- Sun Jan 17, 2021 7:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: bolt alternative for surly lht cantilever break
- Replies: 3
- Views: 176
Re: bolt alternative for surly lht cantilever break
Try sjs cycles, they may be able to help. For example:. https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/brakes/dia-compe-dc70-anchor-bolt-unit-each/ £1.49 each or only £18.99 if you buy a bag of 10... :lol: :lol: Ha ha! Yeah, but have you seen the quality of the bag :lol: Got to admit, I didn't look at the price; it's...
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 6:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: bolt alternative for surly lht cantilever break
- Replies: 3
- Views: 176
Re: bolt alternative for surly lht cantilever break
Try sjs cycles, they may be able to help. For example:. https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/brakes/dia- ... unit-each/
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Exposure blaze mount?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 197
Re: Exposure blaze mount?
Exposure do a saddle-rail light mount, would that work?
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:29 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: "local"? Ask Boris :-)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 990
Re: "local"? Ask Boris :-)
As with a lot of things, the majority of people (and that probably includes most of 'us') will know that it's always someone else's fault.... Nope, I've lived with Dee long enough to know, it's always my fault ... whatever it is. :lol: but then we've suspected for a long time that you're not "the m...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: "local"? Ask Boris :-)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 990
Re: "local"? Ask Boris :-)
If I was wearing my cynical hat, I’d ponder on the fact that by deliberately ensuring that the guidance is vague you can convince the majority of people to blame individual members of the public rather than the government for the current transmission rates As with a lot of things, the majority of p...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 5:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: winter gloves.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 180
Re: winter gloves.
If you'd be happy with mitts then Buffalo are hard to beat. Plus they do a decent 'xx-large' size which, if you've got shovels like me, is a plus 

- Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 'Made to lose' :???:
- Replies: 29
- Views: 687
Re: 'Made to lose' :???:
PS. I'm a bikepacker and I do wheelies.... I'm a bikepacker and like to try doing unsuccessful wheelies :lol: Probably the single most important reason for balancing the weight correctly between bar-harness and saddle-pack; too much weight up front = no wheelie, too much weight out back = oops, I'm...
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:30 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Gatewood cape question
- Replies: 10
- Views: 210
Re: Gatewood cape question
Stu is being a little shy but poles are available from bearbones shop https://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/shop ... lter-sleep if you weren't already awareBearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:49 am
Pole height - 114cm / 115cm but you can go a little higher if you like.

- Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Taking a knife to a gunfight.
- Replies: 59
- Views: 933
Re: Taking a knife to a gunfight.
I fully understand why the media portray gravel bikes, so we probably don't need to discuss that but for those who own both styles of bike - is it simply a matter of picking one based on the likely terrain or do you have a bike that you consider your 'bikepacking bike' and use that regardless? I cu...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 9:53 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 'Made to lose' :???:
- Replies: 29
- Views: 687
Re: 'Made to lose' :???:
I think that's what the youngsters call 'rap' up there north of the border....Cheeky Monkey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 13, 2021 6:04 pmNarration just odd or maybe an example of the purest wibble![]()


- Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: "local"? Ask Boris :-)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 990
Re: "local"? Ask Boris :-)
Bracelets, that's the answer. Like the ones worn in Transporter 3. As modelled here by Natalya Rudakova




- Sun Jan 10, 2021 7:03 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Virtual Winter Event 2021
- Replies: 35
- Views: 594
Re: Virtual Winter Event 2021
Yes, on occasion (including one in the Black Mountains) but never on a weekend; I always worry about early services on the Sunday morning when someone might rock up at 05.30 to put out the hymn books for a 6.00am service


- Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:43 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Virtual Virtual Winter Event 2021
- Replies: 11
- Views: 192
Re: Virtual Virtual Winter Event 2021
Excellent, a genuine micro-adventure
You put Mr Humphries' efforts to shame.
Some tight single-track to negotiate too, excellent bike skills

Some tight single-track to negotiate too, excellent bike skills

- Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Simplest/cheapest way to increase the 'cold-temp' of spd boots
- Replies: 80
- Views: 1348
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 11:45 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 1389
- Views: 137075
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Will have a look at that, their TV fishing stuff is 'comfortable' viewing!
Were you hit by snow after?
Were you hit by snow after?
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 4:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Favourite kit from 2020
- Replies: 54
- Views: 1093
Re: Favourite kit from 2020
Black Diamond ION headlamp. It's only 100 lumen and takes 2 AAA batteries. I bought it for less than a tenner in a sale as it's now been replaced in the range by a new version. Turns out it's bright enough for running off road, has a variable brightness, it can be locked to stop it coming on in a b...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 3:26 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Get-me-home advice - stripped crank
- Replies: 28
- Views: 441
Re: Get-me-home advice - stripped crank
This is one of those things that's hard to get your head around! (well, for me, anyway!). htrider and myself have said exactly the same thing using different words (as Sean & Colin did earlier). I think the critical point is to remember that the pedal platform rotates around an axle which is itself ...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 9255
- Views: 1048155
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:29 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 9255
- Views: 1048155
Re: The post man's been ...
'tis One Man's Wilderness by Sam Keith / Richard Proenneke.... I can see a certain irony in that ^^ :wink: Not quite as wild as it was before he turned up :wink: . That too! I was thinking more along the lines of before they turned up, there being two authors! :grin: An interesting book though I sh...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 9255
- Views: 1048155
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Favourite kit from 2020
- Replies: 54
- Views: 1093
Re: Favourite kit from 2020
I think the only bit of kit I bought was the Cumulus underquilt so that. Also confirmed as the best bit of kit by the cat :-bd That's close to £400 of down loveliness he's wrapped himself up in! :lol: And I just love the way cats claw at things to plump them up and make them comfortable to lie on ....
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:06 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Favourite kit from 2020
- Replies: 54
- Views: 1093
Re: Favourite kit from 2020
I think the only bit of kit I bought was the Cumulus underquilt so that. Also confirmed as the best bit of kit by the cat :-bd That's close to £400 of down loveliness he's wrapped himself up in! :lol: And I just love the way cats claw at things to plump them up and make them comfortable to lie on ....
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 12:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Get-me-home advice - stripped crank
- Replies: 28
- Views: 441
Re: Get-me-home advice - stripped crank
Pedalling tightens it up. That's why it is designed like that with a reverse thread on the left - otherwise you would undo it as you rode. Except when, as others have posted above ^^ the pedal axle itself is seized or sticking in which case the effect is reversed. Workshop tip - You can wind pedals...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 3:06 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 3470
- Views: 626930
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Interested in getting one of these flasks for non faff overnighters but I'm a very long way from a Morrison's, is there any maker's info on the packaging ? I'd imagine it's sourced from the far east but it'd be handy if Amazon stocked it. Thanks Similar? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zonfer-Thermo-Stain...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hate to bring it up again but ...
- Replies: 108
- Views: 2198
Re: Hate to bring it up again but ...
Ooops! I read that last line as 'His Mr Whippy consigned to the loo'Dave Barter wrote: ↑Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:45 pmThere was an old bugg3r called Stu
Who sat in a ditch for a poo
Disturbed by a farmer
He escaped on a lama
His whippet consigned to a zoo