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- Fri May 17, 2024 10:47 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
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- Fri May 17, 2024 9:20 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536286
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Fair point Sean, we are lucky in that respect. Hence why I don't use bottled water etc. Pity the effluent side of things isn't quite as rigourous. Then again we're pretty lucky with that too compared to many countries aren't we. I think it's the accountabilty that I'm a bit cynical about sometimes ...
- Fri May 17, 2024 8:36 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536286
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
You alright down there in Brixham our Dave? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czrxrryvr24o "A government spokeswoman said: "The prime minister understands the stress and worry this has caused residents. "Any water company that's found to be in breach of rules on drinking water shou...
- Wed May 15, 2024 2:00 pm
- Forum: MYOG
- Topic: Zip Theory
- Replies: 4
- Views: 209
Re: Zip Theory
I know you said you don't want to lubricate.... I use a silicon and PTFE maintenance spray on mine, I'm not aware it attracts dust (not much sand where I am) and it leaves the surface non-stick because of the PTFE. I have to use this on brand new waterproof zips to get them to operate. It makes a hu...
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:11 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Maps for my phone - alternative to OS Maps?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 303
Re: Maps for my phone - alternative to OS Maps?
Cheers, how did I not know about this? They probably told me in an email I didn't read But certainly adds value to my Strava subscriptionfatbikerbill wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 5:08 pm If you are a Strava subscriber take a look at fatmap.
Great for France, Spain etc IGN maps as well as OS.
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:05 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sorted
- Replies: 6
- Views: 262
Re: Spot Tracker Anyone Please?
I've got a Gen 3 you could borrow but it's not currently registered etc. Looking on the SPOT website it would cost around €80 for one month on the flex plan which looks the cheapest way to do it.
- Wed May 01, 2024 9:59 pm
- Forum: MYOG
- Topic: Hammock tarp ridgeline
- Replies: 3
- Views: 532
Re: Hammock tarp ridgeline
I made mine mainly as an excuse to have a go at splicing.
I didn't think I'd like the split ridgeline as I used to hang stuff from the ridgeline under the tarp but I've not really missed it.
As for the price of Dutchware kit, I've recently bought a chameleon and an asymmetrical bug net for it, ouch!
I didn't think I'd like the split ridgeline as I used to hang stuff from the ridgeline under the tarp but I've not really missed it.
As for the price of Dutchware kit, I've recently bought a chameleon and an asymmetrical bug net for it, ouch!
- Wed May 01, 2024 7:48 pm
- Forum: MYOG
- Topic: Hammock tarp ridgeline
- Replies: 3
- Views: 532
Re: Hammock tarp ridgeline
I replaced my ridgeline and guys with zing-it which is half the weigh of the 2mm marlow line I was using. I saved 16g and it only cost me £40 :lol: The marlow was £7 for a 50m reel. I've got a split ridgeline with Dutchware fleas which works really well. I was worried it might be tricky to centre ov...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:15 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536286
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
....as we get older and the prospect of living without someone can seem harder.... Thanks Stu :-bd Thats's cheered me up no end :sad: Cheery here, not just because it's Friday but as I'm also planning to spend tomorrow evening/night at Mum's in the woods, cooking dinner, drinking beer, reading my b...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 135627
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
You mean Brad Pitt?Dave Barter wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:31 pmHopefully they have lots of unseen clips of Alan Goldsmith which were the highlights of the originaljohnnystorm wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:55 pm https://www.ridethedividereturns.com/
The original had a profound effect on me, I.e. doing the TD. Worried this might be flogging a dead horse though.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:40 pm
- Forum: MYOG
- Topic: Bum bag cover
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3027
Re: Bum bag cover
I've made one that's virtually identical and it's not a problem. The lip is against your back so the mud doesn't get to that part.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:42 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
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- Views: 135627
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Interesting, I wonder how durable they'll be? I use the xc trail versions of the Vittoria tyres as I've heard the xc race have sidewalls vulnerable to punctures? Not such an issue in an xc race but not so handy miles from anywhere.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536286
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Was it Joe Strummer who when told that Rolling Stone magazine had named London Calling the best album of the 80s said.... "Didn't it come out in 1979"
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:06 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47344
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
I was once involved with a development just outside of Ryde where we needed to lay a new surface water drain under the track to get to the river on the far side. The engineer from Network rail arranged to meet me on site which was just next to a level crossing where a bridleway crossed it. I arrived...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:33 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47344
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
I'd originally planned to get out last week but riding home from work in the rain on the chosen day made me suspicious that weather forecast for dry and clear might not have been right :lol: I pushed it back to Monday but looking out the kitchen window on Monday evening to see rain bouncing off the ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:34 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Gobowen->Berwyns: Wayfarer & Dirt Bike School 13-15 April 2024
- Replies: 9
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Re: Gobowen->Berwyns: Wayfarer & Dirt Bike School 13-15 April 2024
Excellent work there Not seeing the issue with the footbridge Obviously it's on the bank to stop it being washed away
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:37 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47344
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Thankfully I decided to head towards Wicken Wild Camping (currently shut) It's a shame that they closed this place :cry: When I phoned them about booking it in December last year, they said they were hoping to open it again later this year. I'm assuming the composting loo needed moving or something...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 10:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Travelling across Europe quickly - how?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4262
Re: Travelling across Europe quickly - how?
@slarge, I did know that, which highlights just how bad planes are.
If I had to do a 3000 mile round trip and could afford the fuel I'd take the SC RR, it would be the best place to be plus I do 3000 miles a year riding my bike to work instead of driving so that counts as offsetting?
If I had to do a 3000 mile round trip and could afford the fuel I'd take the SC RR, it would be the best place to be plus I do 3000 miles a year riding my bike to work instead of driving so that counts as offsetting?
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Travelling across Europe quickly - how?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4262
Re: Travelling across Europe quickly - how?
Just fly and when you get there tell them you drove there in a supercharged Range Rover, when they kick off about the fuel consumption tell them you flew as it's a lower carbon footprint
Javi would ride there
Javi would ride there
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:40 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Happy 'International Beaver Day'
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2494
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:39 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Happy 'International Beaver Day'
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2494
Re: Happy 'International Beaver Day'
having previously been here other than they were on the Mainland and 7000 years ago we were connected to the Mainland As you were connected to the mainland for 6000 years after the ice sheets retreated it may be a fair assumption that at the time of separation beavers were on the island, how long t...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Happy 'International Beaver Day'
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2494
Re: Happy 'International Beaver Day'
That puts in my mind a vision of someone pointing sternly at a Beaver gnawing a tree down - "NO!" If they are introduced* here I'll have to say NO in a stren voice when I pass :lol: * I say 'introduced' as it appears there's no evidence for them having previously been here other than they...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:43 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Happy 'International Beaver Day'
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2494
Re: Happy 'International Beaver Day'
There were objections to the introduction
Sadly this sign is gone now as always made me smile when I rode past
Sadly this sign is gone now as always made me smile when I rode past
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:24 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Happy 'International Beaver Day'
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2494
Re: Happy 'International Beaver Day'
Still not seen any beaver on my comutte, but given the weather and the state of the area it may be too wet for them
I'll have to see what happened to the proposal to introduce them here.
I'll have to see what happened to the proposal to introduce them here.
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 549
- Views: 47344