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...

Try sjs cycles, they may be able to help. For example:. https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/brakes/dia- ... unit-each/

Exposure do a saddle-rail light mount, would that work?

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...

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...

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

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...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:49 am

Pole height - 114cm / 115cm but you can go a little higher if you like.

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 aware

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...

Cheeky Monkey wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 13, 2021 6:04 pm

Narration just odd or maybe an example of the purest wibble

I think that's what the youngsters call 'rap' up there north of the border....

Bracelets, that's the answer. Like the ones worn in Transporter 3. As modelled here by Natalya Rudakova

Verena wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 5:44 pm

by the way do any of you ever sleep in such church porches?

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

Excellent, a genuine micro-adventure You put Mr Humphries' efforts to shame.
Some tight single-track to negotiate too, excellent bike skills

jameso wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:31 am

I begged a couple of dog poo bags from a walker once on a ride that almost had me howling in pain from the cold-wet : )

Used, for extra warmth?

Will have a look at that, their TV fishing stuff is 'comfortable' viewing!

Were you hit by snow after?

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...

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 ...

Verena wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:26 pm

Now don't go all PC on me now please... if you want to call him a Big Girls Blouse, do so

A German Shepherd called Bruce? The only thing I'd want to call him is "good boy, nice boy..."

'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...

RIP wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:14 pm

'tis One Man's Wilderness by Sam Keith / Richard Proenneke....

I can see a certain irony in that ^^

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 ....

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 ....

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...

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...

Dave Barter wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:45 pm

There 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

Ooops! I read that last line as 'His Mr Whippy consigned to the loo'