That's fine, I will add you to the mix - the 11.00 start is just to get going and chatting/exchanging ideas - I may offer a wee tour of the works too!

Great - welcome. Start assembling at Longstaff 11.00 ish for a brew/coffee and cake.. Hang out, chat n share stories, ideas, theories and anything else THEN we bumble off at 1500hrs. See yous then )

If you need more info give me a bell at the shop or email us. Ian has answered admirably. Yes it is children friendly and the route could be accommodating for all. Just need to know who wants to/thinking of attending so as Tink as sort breakfast !!!! Sorry for delay in replying have been busy finish...

When we started bike 'packing' with our kids we just chose a local farm campsite some 6 miles away - made a bit of a route there but it was close enough to home if we needed a quick exit. If pourer with rain all night but we were cosy in our Saunders Space packer tent. We were on our tandem with a t...

I am organising (hahaha) another Less is More weekend over the summer solstice.
All welcome. We have a few nutters/adventurers coming along including the Wildcat Gear crew and Kevin Shannon.

Audax riders must wear hi-vis when riding through night and I therefore would surmise that this is to do with legal requirements .

All advice I would agree with. Bear in mind France is much more rural than England (not other parts of UK) and I find having been 'wild camping/travelling' through France for over 35 years, it helps if you ask at farms or houses or churches - most folks I have met are very accomodating. Even to the ...

Well done - nice to see another trikie 'on the road' all you need to do now is grow a beard ;-))

I could be interested in the contrail. Does your price include PandP? Thanks

Feeding the Rat, Al Alvarez.
Also Nick Sanders Autobiography - two books of the trilogy (awaiting book three!)

Having spent many years guiding folks in pretty harsh and sometimes hazardous conditions as well as doing some fairly crazy things myself, it becomes apparent with experience when the onset of hypothermia begins. There is lots of really good advice here and much worth thinking about. Now that I am m...

That sounds about right. Stopping does not just depend on rotor size. We always managed to stop adequately with cantilevers in the past (some of us still do ;-)) Never rely on your brakes - go at the speed that is safe for your ability and the conditions - then you'll always be able to stop! Enjoy

I will have a wee sus out of the Peaks route. Always up for a bit o exploration.
Thanks for sharing.

:grin: in another cycling life I used to guide around that area. If you need any tips/hints let me know. Two autumns ago I went on a short rde with our 12 year old son bivving and following the advanced of the D Day landing through the 'bocage'.Rode along the canal from Caen port inland. Make sure y...

Great trip - thanks for sharing. Some good tracks/paths here. Hope you enjoyed Reveal the Path too!

Just picked this up - obviously. Just to add info having read ALL the correspondence. We build trikes for all sorts of people from able bodied nutters (like me) to Paralympic teams and everything inbetween. We also make particular adaptions and between us have personal experience of over 70years of ...

Get in touch with a guy called Ralph Dadswell on Facebook. He has raced trikes and I think holds the record for a tandem trike Pembroke to London ride or something. He's pretty useful, but the opposite end of the other country to you I think (he's South England). We built Ralph's record breaking tr...

How about a tricycle conversion? There's one with 700c wheels on ebay atm. Bolt on Conversions, although we used make them AND they were well constructed, were always a bolt on 'conversion' so we do not make them any more. Best to save a wee bit more and get either a Cyclon (this is an in-house Lon...

We have some preloved trikes available - with or round about your budget.
give me a bell at work tomorrow

0772504146
Or landline

01782561966

If I don't answer Mrs Longstaff will.

Thanks

Zonc

11 November 12.00 till 13.30 'Meet the Maker' event Beth of Wildcat Gear and myself will be at Longstaffs ST57JF talking about touring/bikepacking and some new ideas too. You can also see a pre-production model of Longstaff's Ruffstuff machine. Free coffee and local pie shop will be open too. Welcome!

Hi, interested in Klymit and PHD 'bivvy' are they still available? Ta z

Yous are always a good read Dave. Thanks!

Nice memories there - thanks Dave and again thanks to Bryan!

Ended up doing a wee loop to Brig o Turk, back then to S bank of Venachar and headed south on main route. Nice.

Most enjoyable - thanks.

I have posted this in trips and adventures but here yous go

https://www.icloud.com/iphoto/projects/ ... F7F550D7CC

Happy memories!