fatbikerbill 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.

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 subscription

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.

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 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...

....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...

Dave Barter wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:31 pm

johnnystorm 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.

Hopefully they have lots of unseen clips of Alan Goldsmith which were the highlights of the original

You mean Brad Pitt?

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.

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.

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"

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...

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 ...

Excellent work there Not seeing the issue with the footbridge Obviously it's on the bank to stop it being washed away

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...

@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?

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

Alpinum wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:36 am Once fish were introduced the beavers came by themselves and now there's a family.

Aren't beavers vegetarian? Have you got otters?

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...

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...

There were objections to the introduction



Sadly this sign is gone now as always made me smile when I rode past

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.

Ouch!

JimmyG wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:05 pm to be met by Mrs G shaking her head and rolling her eyes.

Apart from the ride there and back, biving is basically resting... which is the best thing to do when injured for recovery

RIP wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:36 am

sean_iow wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:23 am Does he have 2 a year like the Queen used to?

Two what?

Baths? Haircuts? We can eliminate cups of tea, that's 2 and hour minimum?

Does he have 2 a year like the Queen used to? It only seems like 5 minutes since the last one! But thanks anyway - to him not you Reg.

What has happened to our weather when someone who lives on an island off the south coast (practically the Med) is mentioned in dispatches for the coldest bivi

I wish it was still -4 as it would be dry.

And on the Crane cousins Journey to the Centre of the Earth they used panniers, and were incredibly minimal. There's TLS, then there's take even less than that and then there's what the Cranes packed for that journey. On the front cover the panniers look to be about 10 litres max. Great book, I've ...