And now I see how old this thread is.

Still valid though!

Lots of stuff in Fife too.

I grew up in Fife if youre looking for trips over the christmas season let me know I'll be back then.

Did you steal the seatpost from a brompton

It looks nice!

Well below average riding wise. Never mind though. I think I'll winterize my krampus (going to return to rigid and fit as many mud giards as possible) and make an effort to get out and enjoy quieter trails. I was mudguarded up today. I think i'll just leave them on I always forget what a difference...

I bought a flat in peebles just before summer and spent all summer riding... my road bike.

Mountainbiking has started back up now and I've only fallen off twice so far!

Almost any hub that isn't clearly inhouse is either a rebranded novatec or bitex hubs. They'll be fine. They build to many different pricepoints so i can't tell you what to get but i'd trust thd reviews personally.

If you've ever read shackletons account of his crew trapped on the ice...

Or when the rioja runs dry obviously.

Top tip for meths.

Don't think to yourself "could you drink this in an emergency" then test that theory by placing a drip on your tongue.

Once its clean give it the once over with a bar of soap then it easily clean next time

What have I started?!

I was just pointing out the similarities in the two terms and it got all dark and discussionary!

It gets alot of abuse here! I can understand why as it get bandied about alot but.... Bikepacking... seriously think about it you're describing a miriad of different things to different people by how you carry your luggage. Some people like parachute folding I guess. Trailering your dinghy to the se...

Renting might be an option but to be honest I can see the benefit for all general use so I think I can justify the expenditure!

So an SP hub and a revo looks like the way forward.

Cheers!

I can see this is going to be expensive...

Are the SP bearings notorious? Probably jinxed it now, but I've put mine through some pretty harsh conditions (water, sand, snow, dust, approx 10,000 miles) and they seem ok. There are tough conditions then there is strathpuffer... Having said that other then removing all the anodising on a set of ...

Well thats just it I don't really know! Ideally I'd like to just "have constant light" not massively fussed by hows that achieved but i like the idea of my winter bike being good to go for any night ride (terrible at charging lights) I guess the main question is does the actual light have ...

My googling has been useless today. I'm having a second go at strathpuffer and am trying to decide lighting plan. Last time i had a mtb batterries on the bars and some led torches plus loads of batterries . This was okay but i was in a pair so i only needed a short period of capacity plus i went otb...

Cheers Barney looking forward to trying it out this weekend!

I'll take it if its still available

Probably got a 32t cassette aswell.

Pm your address prob wont get them posted intil monday.put the postage in a charity tin.

I have an old and battered set of sora shifters (thumb button)

8speed and free if it will help someone enjoy their bike.

Yep, this thread has convinced me that despite the weight saving that comes from the bivvy / tarp combo I shall always be using a tent. On the other hand I've woken up to two faint thumps on my chest and ovened my eyes to be greeted by two very inquisitive chaffinches staring back at me. I then spe...

I had two owls once on a beach on North Uist. Bloody scary it was - and I'm not normally one to worry about these things. I don't know if it was that I was attracting insects or I was just pissing them off but they were flying over very, very low in the dark (like barely more than arms length away)...

Picture the scene... Arran August 8pm No headnet No smidge. Tarp I'm going to get eaten alive. But no, what is this I see before me with my finely tuned botanists* eye? Bog myrtle and lo I was saved scrubbed it all over my face and arms, slept like a baby. *HA! In the car the other day, I bought som...

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