This thread should become 'You know your a bikepacker when.....'

Makes a hope stem at 65 quid seem positively cheap - made by dudes in Yorkshire as well

A CTC better bodge for a slashed or blown out tube was to cut it at the slash and tie a knot in each end, bung back in the tyre, inflate and ride home....

Hmm useful although its best if the lower loops of the straps are the same width as the upper loops but I guess you could adapt that bracket to suit

Because I favour ultra short stems (35mm) I found that the harness ends up rubbing on the head tube. So I dug out an ortleib light bar that bolts onto the hole in the fork crown (you get them with ortleib bar bags) and spaces the lower straps out by 2". this keeps the harness of the head tube a...

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x88/Phil_Clarke/Jocksroad2.jpg Crappy ortleib saddlepack which broke its plastic bracket and Helium 200 tent strapped to the bars. Not shown is my 35l rucksack stuffed to bursting. Can't really remember what I had in it to make it so full. Actually my first bike p...

You may be cold, wet, tired, hungry, thirsty, bald, ugly and have bad breath but you're a damn sight more special than those on the couch. You're writing a story, they're reading a script. Dave, that's one of the best things I've read on here : ) Well said. +1. I was in a right old huff after scrat...

Breakdown + missed ferry = proper ride - Well done!
Looks like ideal fat bike territory - it would cruise over the shingle with ease plus you could have bagged some beach riding as well

Got to be better than bauffin' freeze dried 'meals' at £8 a shot
Good find!

Vargo triad if you want some titanium bling. Works a treat with an Alpkit Ti mug or cup
Beer can options work well too - google 'em

Goretex boots (currently Northwave canion), sealskins and merino socks. I have terrible problems keeping my feet warm and this works spring through to autumn. In the winter I rely on plenty of hike a bike to keep the circulation going. I'm pretty adept at avoiding above ankle deep bogs and tip-toein...

Ray
Any chance of a direct link to the gpx file as map my ride is insisting I register which I'd rather not....
Many thanks
Phil

Nice one, looking forward to giving this a shot next year.

Nice one, another convert to the cause!

Maxxis chronicles due in end of October, V tyre trax fatty out now but no uk dealer has them....
Panaracer are bringing one out as well aledgedly....

29er Nimbus dominator rims are 42mm wide and 35 quid from unicycle.co.uk if you want to try a wide rim on the cheap(er)

I like mine so much I'm in the middle of buying another

Some extreme hike a bike up the in pin there

Satmap for me - its a bit of a brick but the big screen is good and its fairly idiot proof. Uses 3 x AA's or a 12hr life rechargable battery. Satmap have also acknowledged and passed on the OS's price drop on all its mapping unlike Garmin.

Oyah! I'm thinking he needs a set of leathers. Or a least some armour.....

At the Abhain rath crossing by the Meanannach bothy pick up the tour-de ben Nevis route back to fort bill - North up over the bump to the right, great descent down to the Bothy in the Lairig Leachach then down the double track towards spean br. You can get into the forest (as per the td bn route) an...

That Giro shoe actually looks OK - is the upper leather?, its hard to tell from the description and pic. The shimano MT91 boots were comfy (if you could get a pair to fit you) but the cheapo upper absorbed gallons of water and fell apart. My northwave gran canyon gtx have done very well this year - ...

I've found on techy stuff, its better to go for bulk and light weight on the bars as its much easier to hoick the front up and maneuver the beast in the nadgery stuff

Back as less chance of going over the bars; but better a bit of both

Hair dryer, shaving kit, bottles of beer, deck chair, radio, bbq etc....!?