It would be rude not to given I can ride there from home.

benp1 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 18, 2024 1:02 pm Really close to me, and I would love to attend, but bloody hell they've picked a bad weekend. There are two different events (for other hobbies) that weekend and it's always a struggle trying to do both

The obvious answer is not to struggle and do neither.... go to SSUK instead

These days....

How did I not know there were books! I'll have to look for them (used) to add to my reading list

Hmm Reg, I would say those figures regarding insurance premiums and claims are a lot of tosh. A quick google says otherwise... https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/20mph-limit-reducing-your-car-29907251 The world of insurance is a bizarre set of non-logical rules applied at random :lol: My b...

I stayed at a cool little campsite near Worthing once. The shower was on the outside of the toilet 'shed' and there was a sign inside saying not to use the hot tap when someone was showering, you'd know they were in there as the shower curtain didn't reach the ground :lol: My Deschutes was the small...

Dunno about the campsites though. :roll: Not all campsites are created equal. Some are vast fields full of hundreds of people and screaming kids, with a clubhouse, chippy, swimming pool and shop. My friend's is a grass clearings in a woodland (one for each pitch) with a composting toilet and a show...

47 inches...Vs 38 in Seattle. The UK has a bit of a rainfall perception problem, most think it's the wettest place on Earth. It is a wet place, but it's probably because it feels more miserable than it is wet. And the south and east of the UK are surprisingly dry too. London is drier than Istanbul....

A rather lovely Enlightened Equipment quilt (from the classified section) and some half price Teravail tyres as mentioned on the Bargain Alert thread.

Join the bike packing forum it's free they said, it just costs all your free time and and every spare penny you have

I did one of my usual jaunts round the Trossachs yesterday and intercepted the Badger route at a few points - I passed 8 people doing it, but they all seemed suspiciously lightly loaded - could be super TLS I 'spose but probably doing it using digs, I suspect. Which is fine of course, but is it bik...

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Joystick is a great helmet light but you will struggle to get a hood over the top. They do make an elastic band thing to use it as a head-torch but it basically just straps it to the side of your head. It has a long battery life but really needs to be plugged into the mains to recharge. I've used th...

JudithG wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 9:18 pm I'm afraid I'm out folks. A whole host of reasons, and August passed without a bivvy.

No sleeps on the TCR marshaling you can count if you add a bit of rule bending?

My current run started in March 2020 so no need to start at the beginning of a year.

Maybe I should put a saddle pack on my commuter with a frock and some frilly knickers in it, and I'll add a bra for good measure. If (when) a supermarket lorry sends me off to the great ITT in the sky the presence of these will ensure I make the national news, which will help highlight the dangers o...

So...the couple traveling with steel bikes and pannier is made of strong stuff, but the guy with a bikepacking setup is a snowflake for booking a campsite? I think you might be missing the humor (and irony) in Vs post. The guy said he'd never go 'Touring' but thankfully now he can go bikepacking :l...

Had to look back on my Strava for the elevation data for 2018 and just noticed it says this under the stats,


Nice Work! Ride this route again to see how you're progressing.

err.. no thanks

easy Quoted for posterity. :grin: For that word, Sean has to ride last years 300 before he can enter this years! I've already got 2 orange badges... if I had 3 it would start to look a bit greedy so I'd better not ride any more BB300s :grin: For clarification, the process is easy to understand... t...

If jumping onto the 200 from the 300 if things don't go to plan can you still aim for a badge doing the 200 ? One you've set sail then that's it. No badge is you change part way through. I like this. Far be it for me to comment as I've never made the commitment but surely the whole point of BB2/300...

I enjoyed that Phil It's also nice that I've now been to Scotland enough that I actually recognise some of the place names, even if I'd still struggle to pinpoint them on a map

Is that lookout tower in Culbin Forest? How did Mike and myself not spot it

I'd hoped to get away for a more adventurous bivi this month over the bank holiday but family commitments and the fact they forecast rain meant I had to settle for a local school night one. I had planned to head out last week as a place holder but lack of motivation prevented any action. I nearly di...

As they're cut resistant will the gorse just poke through between the threads of Kevlar? You probably need needle safe gloves, these are a liner but at £90 you'd have to really want to ride where the gorse is. https://www.safetecdirect.co.uk/products/hex6044/hexarmor-pointguard-x-6044-needle-resista...

I thought one of the things the Welsh and myself (as an Islander) shared was our dislike of second homes :wink: It's nice they left you a note and didn't damage anything, I'm guessing it's remote enough that the sort of people who might find it are 'outdoor' types so not likely to be doing any damag...

But it's relatively simple to skim the back of a road cassette to fit the MTB tub, so long as it's one with a central aluminium spider on the bigger cogs. That's easy for you to say :grin: I did this once for a friend and it took me ages to mount it in the lathe square :lol: It was only that he had...

I just bought one of the adapters to refill from the aerosol type and it was £2.49 with I think £2 postage. I've not tried it yet so can't comment on how well it works. The aerosol type are the cheapest way to buy gas. As an example, from Blacks (needs to be physical store I can get to) they have a ...

RIP wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2024 12:47 pm If it's not raining the bag on its own keeps me warm.

I find it hard to believe you've ever tested this as it rains every time you go out?

I use a Borah gear bivi for that purpose. If it's going to be dry I just use that on it's own. Roomy enough for the mat inside and it only weighs 150g ish and is tiny when packed down. It also keeps the bugs off when zipped up. In order to minimise condensation I like the bottom of the tarp off the ...