I suspect I may regret selling the Buell

I've got every record I've ever bought .... now my daughter has my turntable in her room and was ecstatic to find Joy Division, Kennedys, Smiths, Cure etc in the loft :) She might not have been too chuffed had she discovered Chaotic Dischord or Demented arego :wink: ;) I kept the Anti Nowhere Leagu...

So we got a T5 instead, bigger, more comfortable, safer, quieter, more reliable, cheaper to run, better in all respects. Still want a T2 though for when we're going nowhere fast! Good call. On my 2nd T5 now .... takes us all over, quickly, reliably, comfortably, stylishly and reasonably economicall...

I'd like to add my collection of 70's / early 80's punk singles to the list too. Never got rid of mine, not that I listen to them now, they sound far too tame. I've got every record I've ever bought .... now my daughter has my turntable in her room and was ecstatic to find Joy Division, Kennedys, S...

One of the £70 Karrimor Down coats from Field & Trek ..... Seems excellent just mooching round the centrally heated house

Go Outdoors have them pennies under £60 and I have one 3 miles from home. I'll go and have try for size there.

Just about packed..... I know it's not bikepacking but it's a weekend in Yorkshire with likeminded daft folks, riding bikes, talking sh!te and drinking.

:)

Re: Rab Storm, certainly interested.... how is it size wise ?.... I'm a , er, larger fella, a little too large tbh, I'm not MASSIVE, 5'10" solidly built. I'm looking at an Alpkit Hunka XL for the extra space. I guess this is quite a bit smaller.

My Singular Rooster frame set has landed :) Really pleased to see the forks have the extra mounts for the Anything cages, bonus :)

Hope headset has been ordered. :)

I'm new too. Can't offer much advice, but I'd say get the maps out. Only you knows what you're 'good for' ... 30 , 50, 70, 100 miles a day. Look for bridleways and then google earth / ridewithgps and see if they actually exist on the ground. I've sorted 2 possible loops in Radnorshire / Rhayader doi...

Depends on what you ride..... wouldn't necessarily fit Jones bars to a 8" travel DH bike , but they feel good for me in all scenarios.

I usually ride on Jones full loop bars, IMO they're the most comfortable , multi position bars around and would have them on most bikes if I could afford them. So I'm used to the sweep. I tried Feegals and their not swept enough. I fitted Marys for bikepacking and they were close in postion to the J...

I took advice from a friend who does long multiday event and knows his sh!t .... I seriously don't think I carried anything I didn't need othere than either Gilet, but I wouldn't have wanted to be without them either. The Banshee 200 tent is 2.5 kg ... and the rack isn't light. So a seatpack and lig...

Having dipped a toe in the water and found it ok ..... I need to start planning lighter kit. Our first excursion was laughable..... http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a15/martincorneuk/swiftpacked_zpsnosc2rw1.jpg I made (actually my mum did) a simple harness for the sleeping bag and clothes.... worked...

My bikes:- favorite bike Jones Spaceframe/truss fork 29er, Jones loop bars, can be fat front, singlespeed (don't want to fit gears to the Jones ) .... this is the single most comfortable bike I've ever ridden. I LOVE this bike. This is the bike I'd prefer to bikepack on. But it's SS Nowt wrong with...

Cheeky Monkey wrote:Nope

See here for details:

http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB ... f=9&t=6024

Cheers, did see this.... I have negotiated a VERY good price from Singular, just need a different headset and pretty much everything else should transfer from the Swift.

Clearly the answer is to get another Jones, then you can have one with gears and one SS. And since you're buying in bulk, pop one in the basket for me too. :wink: Would love another one.... CBT had a diamond frame one at a very good price.. I'm closing in on a Singular Rooster at the moment.... jus...

if i know the route is going to be hilly i just put a 20t on the back instead of the usual 18t gear . slower on the road but gets you up a few more degrees of incline haha and easier on the knees on the long bikepaking rides I use a 16 tooth, no wonder my knees don't like me :oops: If I had a Jones...

Solo wrote:Have you looked at a Stooge?

Yep, we have one in the garage We had one of the first ones, a singlespeed only one for my son :) great bike !!!

I'm very pro the Panasonic Eneloop batteries. I get 2 days riding out of a pair in my Garmin Oregon 450.

Knew I had a picture of it somewhere .... Doris's Swift for, during Mountain Mayhem. He still won the Solo category :)

all on a Singular Swift , rigid singlespeed. But Steve isn't normal ;) . Doris definately isnt normal, Was that the race he bust his forks. Never seen that before from a swift ..... Animal :grin: You probably know of Keef Onespeed and Deaky, Cannock lads i know, that ride with you Yep that's the ra...

i quite like my charge cooker ss frame. nice steel frame with eccentric BB for tension the chine, fairy comfortable geometry so descends rely nicely. ye real good frame ! https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpt1/v/t1.0-9/11028967_10153229391292034_3734844949542661138_n.jpg?oh=c89702e17da14...

I think the SS / geared thing is a red herring ... some of the fasted people out there don't have gears :wink: If trips are fairly short duration / single night then ride whatever you like. If they're longer then comfort will start to play a much bigger part ... which leads me to think the Jones mi...

Me:- overweight ( and it doesn't come off very easily any more ), 48, rubbish at climbing, 99% of the time I ride rigid SS, not much better at climbing on a geared bike .... I go to a lot of Singlespeed events, SSUK, NKSS (dutch), BeSSC (Belgians) , SSEC (Slovenia next year).... I usually come last....