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by sean_iow
Wed Mar 27, 2024 12:16 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19388

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

So has anyone studied what looks like an inverse correlation between the time remaining in the month to get in a bivvy, and the likelihood of it being raining? I think it's more that it rains every day (since October) but as the end of the month approaches and the time remaining for that month's BA...
by sean_iow
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:32 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Tarmacs Route Planner?
Replies: 13
Views: 313

Re: Tarmacs Route Planner?

Just had a quick play and it routes you along footpaths and the wrong way down one-way streets, so might need a bit of refining yet :roll:
by sean_iow
Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:09 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Monks trod - wtf
Replies: 29
Views: 812

Re: Monks trod - wtf

Lazarus wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 4:29 pm I wonder who 4x4 hate? Tracked vehicles?
There was a guy in our 4x4 club who had a thing for tracked vehicles, it did make him the object of much banter. He used to bring his to trials, you could say what you wanted as a fast walking pace would outrun it :lol:
by sean_iow
Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:06 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Monks trod - wtf
Replies: 29
Views: 812

Re: Monks trod - wtf

I used to be the Chairman of the IOW4x4 Club (many years ago) and we had a code of conduct for green lane use that 'should' prevent damage. When they closed the longest lane on the Island the idiots still drove it and damaged it, there's not the resources to police it. Also from my 4x4 days, we were...
by sean_iow
Wed Mar 20, 2024 7:31 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: The post man's been ...
Replies: 11421
Views: 1906009

Re: The post man's been ...

An 11 speed cassette, not in itself of much interest but, this will be my last ever parcel from Wiggle/CRC :sad:

Since I got back into cycling in 2007 they've always been there when I needed them. There wasn't even a last packet of Haribo, end of an erea.
by sean_iow
Wed Mar 20, 2024 12:05 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
Replies: 106
Views: 1834

Re: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!

£100 an hour for skilled labour We live in very different worlds if you think £100 an hour is a reasonable hourly wage for any human beimg to earn. ( shaf is a nurse and is nowhere near that for example nor is a teacher etc or indeed almost anyone working. £100 an hour isn't what they earn it's wha...
by sean_iow
Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:56 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Supertramp 2024: A Challenge
Replies: 15
Views: 406

Re: Supertramp 2024: A Challenge

Going home for dinner and a shower is stretching it, but I guess as long as you don't sleep there... I'll leave it up to your conscience :wink: Even with my lack of conscience I'd say going home is outright cheating :lol: It's a great idea though (as is classic BAM) and I'm now looking at the weath...
by sean_iow
Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Supertramp 2024: A Challenge
Replies: 15
Views: 406

Re: Supertramp 2024: A Challenge

Good idea :-bd So to clarify, can we use paid for accommodation during the trip? Rules as per BAM, except any accommodation is acceptable for part of the trip to allow for the unpredictability of longer trips. However, at least half of the nights must be BAM-compliant. For example, on Mike's Canals ...
by sean_iow
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:23 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Potential Emergency Carbon Fork Needed
Replies: 7
Views: 327

Re: Potential Emergency Carbon Fork Needed

There's a Prong on STW, was still there this morning.
by sean_iow
Mon Mar 18, 2024 4:22 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Matthew Fairbrother
Replies: 6
Views: 292

Re: Matthew Fairbrother

I was going to suggest they change the format so they were all self-supported to give him a better chance.... oh hang on he won anyway :o

How must the other riders be feeling after getting beaten by a guy who rode all the way when they arrived fresh from the truck/helicopter.
by sean_iow
Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:20 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19388

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Congratulations, another excellent trip there :-bd Mrs Perrin was as thrilled as ever as I covered the washing line with all my soaking wet kit. Ahh, the post bivi kit drying :grin: If it's raining mine gets hung about the house, I even have some strategic screw eyes in the picture rail* in the dini...
by sean_iow
Fri Mar 15, 2024 4:27 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482790

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Just partaken of a pleasant luncheon. Chatted with my pal at the Council about how he's going to spend the £1m we managed to wangle for new cycleways and footpaths around the town, so that was nice. Based on the rates for HS2 I'd estimate that £1M will be enough to construct nearly 12m of new cycle...
by sean_iow
Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:58 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19388

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Mike took the bridge picture so should get the credit.

When we got to the hide we worked out which side we normally lay on, me on my left and Mike on his right, then worked out which side of the floor to have so as not to wake up face to face inches apart :lol:
by sean_iow
Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19388

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

This is my official BAM entry for March so ignore the previous hammock one. Mike (from Bromsgrove) has never seen the Island and has been threatening to come down for the last few years. He had a few days off and the forecast was good so he rode here to get the opportunity to ride some more :lol: I ...
by sean_iow
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19388

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

The number of times I've woken up with a start thinking someone is shinning a torch in my face only to realise the clouds have cleared and it's the moon :lol: Unless you sleep outside you don't realise just how light it is on a full moon, but it needs to be otherwise how would the werewolves see whe...
by sean_iow
Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:47 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482790

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

I heard the longing for proper controls in cars like we used to have is...

Knobstalgia :lol:
by sean_iow
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:13 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19388

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

This one is an extra bivi for the month but before my much more exciting real bivi later this week :???: Needed to get out as I've ended up with a weird tradition where whenever I have a new bike or a substantially changed bike the first ride*, and I mean the very first ride, is a bivi. Having built...
by sean_iow
Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:33 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Narrow-wide chainrings
Replies: 9
Views: 360

Re: Narrow-wide chainrings

I'm pretty sure that I've not engaged the clutch on my derailleur for several years, the NW works well enough. Me either :wink: Hot tip for ssp mtb riders: If you use a n/w ring, I suggest to use a 11 spd chain and a n/w cog. I'm going to try this. I currently run a NW chainring, narrow ss chain an...
by sean_iow
Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:02 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

As has been said, getting people to change if it is an inconvenience is the issue. Several of my friends have electric cars... they are all 2.5 tonnes + and 500bhp+. If they were tiny and slow would they be so keen, I doubt it. On a lighter note :wink: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53559524793...
by sean_iow
Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:49 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19388

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

gecko76 wrote: Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:40 pm How did you get it to write r-i-g?
How many others?
If you click to reply with quote you'll be able to see what they've written.

Microadventure is another one = short ride.
by sean_iow
Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:45 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19388

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Bearlegged wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:23 pm New shelter arrived this morning, a second hand Deschutes.
I've had mine for nearly 5 years yet somehow your first pitch appears to be better than any I've managed in that time :roll:

Was it dark when you pitched it? I seem to get better results when I'm rushing and cant see :lol:
by sean_iow
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:25 pm
Forum: MYOG
Topic: Massive top tube bag
Replies: 6
Views: 339

Re: Massive top tube bag

Nice work :-bd sorting the order of construction is the key to making stuff. I was saying to a friend the other day that sewing gear is just like fabricating in sheet metal but with a sewing machine instead of a welder, once you've worked out the sizes, order of construction and cut the parts you've...
by sean_iow
Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:58 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Another one
Replies: 5
Views: 332

Re: Another one

Happy Birthday Mike...just seen its the big one, all down hill from 50.... but maybe it just seemed like that as my 50th was Feb 2020 and we all know what happened in the March. I don't have a copy of 'that' photo with the found outfit so instead here's a picture of Javi, Mike and myself on top of H...
by sean_iow
Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you drinking now?
Replies: 704
Views: 69620

Re: What are you drinking now?

Brewdog Rattle and Rum, rum and oak chip stout, 7.4% and it's very nice.
by sean_iow
Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:22 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: GB Duro Entries open
Replies: 39
Views: 1077

Re: GB Duro Entries open

Not a race but you get "ranked" Sections that are "cheeky" But seen as the premier UK backpacking event No fly, no plastic, fires OK :-bd And if you win you must use your Instagram account (and all the new followers you'll have) to promote flying all over the world and riding :w...