Most petrol stations have meths, it's pink, is called Rödsprit and smells awful. Must have a very special sort of additive. Works well though. You'll definately find some in Akureyri. I read that when wind gets nasty it's better to wait in the tent until it clears even better to schedule your ride i...

I have a bit of a fear of thunderstorms, which I discovered on my (road) touring around Europe I wish I was more like that. I seem to function the other way round and keep telling myself it'll be alright, even whilst I'm getting hit by hail, smell ozone in the air and hear fizzles across the air af...

Yes that's the route, no resupply options, so yes, we'll have to carry food for around 11-12 days. Are you planning to walk all of it? :wink: You have more than one year time. Enough time to train so much, you could ride it in 3 days if you wanted. Train a bit March - August and you'll easily be ab...

Tent: a free standing one ^ This ^ Pegging can be tricky so a free standing design would be a wise choice, something with decent fly coverage to keep the windblown ash out too I like to say that every tent is just as strong as its pegs. I've been in tents where the fabric tore, but this was because...

The Icelandic Highlands, through a part of which the "Iceland Divide" goes are currently with temperatures around freezing (eg. Askja and Nyidalur). Make sure to be dressed/have kit to keep you warm at single digit freezing temperatures. Not just warm enough sleeping bag, but of course als...

Rasta wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 4:49 pm So I stayed outside and got zapped.

Wowsers. Were you soaked to the bone when it struck?
Any recollections or were you unconscious?

If I have eg one .gpx file containing POI, multiple routes etc. I can load it all into Connect and all will show up on my device as if they were imported seperately.
May depend on certain settings, but this is how it works for me.

To badly paraphrase the late great terry pratchett, don't run around on a granite surface waving a big lump of metal while yelling "All gods are bastards!". His example was a sword but a bike would probably be just as effective. Pretty much what I did for many, many years in the Massif du...

Yeah, I took a bit of a punt from measurements. The back is fine with about 3mm clearance. Bit daft of me. I’ll check out the gravel kings. Account for frame/wheel flex when under load eg riding out of the saddle. Perhaps put a tape around the closest bits of frame. Ride a couple of times and check...

Inreach owners, whats the battery life like, as good as the secs claim and can you charge it whilst it's in use? Thats' one thing about the spot a set of lithium batteries lasts for multiple days. One charge in 40 days the way I use it, which usually is about 1 message/day and a couple of msgs. bac...

Any insert will get you home faster and a bit safer than a flat without. Without ever tested different options I guess the chunkier the insert, the better it will be for running flat. From the shape I can imagine Huck Norris, Rimpact, CushCore etc. to work better than the more roundish options. Quit...

Where I live we use a couple of French words. Bicycle is one of them. Englisch: Bicycle German: Fahrrad Swissgerman: Velo French: Vélo Here, squeezed in between cows, chocolate and mountains, we call everything velöle (cycling). From über tech along precipituos mountain ridges to exped type fatbike ...

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Thu Jul 06, 2023 4:50 pm The new in reach messenger seemed a good option as you can pair it with your phone for more message options.

This has been possible since the first InReach products under Garmin.

Protegear have confirmed all of that is correct. They replied within 34 minutes in a helpful email and even had a sense of humour with a joke on it. ^This Been with Protegear (InReach Mini) since... 2018 or so..(?). Anyways, always superb service, no matter what mess I was in or making. I think I'v...

Congrats :-bd Congratulations Dave ... my idea of a wedding :wink: Same here. CF. 2 more minutes in the train, 10 min walk. The I pick up two bikes. My 6 year "old" big trail bike made ready for sale with some new parts and a new big trail bike with some parts from the old bike and some new.

To inject a couple more random thoughts... I'd challenge anyone to clearly define the words 'safe' and 'dangerous' . And even that statement assumes that 'safe' is the opposite to 'dangerous'. You could define 'adventure' as simply 'putting yourself in a new or unfamiliar situation'. Doesn't mean i...

Highly versatile thanks to its two loop ends. Long enough to go through a bunch of bike etc.

https://eaglecreek.eu/ch_de/travel-nece ... cable.html

Lock itself was replaced soon with a more sturdy 3 digit lock in my case, obv. you can use it with almost any type of lock.

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 9:07 am Oh... you 2 have placed orders for bikes pls do tell!!

Wait and see

Another new tyre by Schwalbe with a funny name announced and tested. Should be on the shelves in 2025 :wink: Looks like they're only coming in 2.4 widths. Is that the way forward, 2.4 max thicknesses! Depends what and how you ride. Thought maybe Schwalbe only making a 2.4 in a sticky tyre meant tha...

Another new tyre by Schwalbe with a funny name announced and tested. Should be on the shelves in 2025

Milk

Escape Goat wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 10:27 pm Placed an order for one

Ditto

Doing some reading about and it seems the Wicked Will is similar to the Magic Mary Gian suggested. Just the same brand. That's about it. You can't have the Wicked Will in eg "soft" compound, nor in some of the casings the Magic Mary comes along. Tread is very different. Your view may diff...

Cheers for digging this up Shaf Made me want to look back and compare to today. April, 2021 Last couple of weeks I've been trying to get in at least 7 new tiles per week. So far it's working out well and am enjoying exploring places I wouldn't usually visit or visited but didn't record or have been ...

Yep. Almost daily during the summer months when riding my everyday/offroad commuting bike. Sandals are Xero Z Treks https://www.xeroshoes.eu/shop/product-category/sandals-mens/ Pedals are FUNN Mambas https://funnmtb.com/products/category/pedals/ Since the bike is SSP, anything beyond about 5 % gradi...