Ha, yeah, that would do it. Probably a little more expensive than rice though.

XC mostly. Not sure I'd enjoy a trailer bouncing around behind me on technical descents!

I actually did something similar by doing an entire trail stood up, but I don't want to risk doing any further damage to my knee at the moment with the sort of pressure low cadence riding will put on it.

Can't help thinking that would have a similar problem to the cast iron weights though. Lot of pressure in one place, quite likely to move around in the bag. Only so far I can crush the bags I have down to stop movement.

That specific weight is intentional. When checking some of my WRT speeds (carrying that much weight) I noticed they weren't far off what I had done on similar sections with my slower friends. I figure that it might be around the right amount to bring me into line with them. Ideally I'd not add any m...

I considered sand / rice but I'm not sure it would be great for the bags. Might be a bit too dense too.

Might not be a bad bet in another bag inside a small frame bag though.

Quite possibly the freakiest front end on a bike I've ever seen.

Looks like there would be even more hipsters at that one than bespoked.

Recently my training and fitness has stepped up a few levels, and, current knee injury aside, I've found myself getting a bit frustrated when out with friends who are quite a lot slower than me. I appreciate that a mental adjustment is partially required, though I also like to feel like I'm getting ...

Splitting sounds useful. A number of times I've wanted to change just a small section (and make use of follow roads functionality) but you can't really do that unless you're dealing with the end of a track you're working on.

Thanks buddy. That's going back then. Grr.

Sold on the caravan!

This might sound like a strange request... benp1, but could you pull the cable to max extension on your milkman and measure it? There's a whole pack of gummi bears in it for you! Mine maxes out at about 76cm and is notchy as hell when pulling it out. I think it might be broken and I'm wondering abou...

Handy little shelter you found on the ride.

Nice pics. :)

Soggy.

Sexy.

My Wildcat seat harness (tiger) just arrived. If you add that to the handlebar harness (mountain lion) I won in the raffle I've basically got another setup good to go.

I think it might have been Special Brew back when I was 15.

Cheers.

Look at all that alcohol. :mrgreen: You should have been at Nant Syddion :shock: Watching Wenchie pour an entire bottle of red wine into one of her bike bottles the following morning was amusing. I never knew bike bottles were that size for a reason - must have been a french invention :lol: Now we'...

Look at all that alcohol.

Out of interest, what's the advantage of a cuben bag, vs say, a strong ziplock bag?

Besides, carrying all the weight ONLY SERVES TO MAKE ME MORE POWERFUL.

Nice shots. Must have taken a while to get some of that setup.