Bodgetastic!

I love putting together various bits and pieces, to arrive at a custom solution

Good work, sir.

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Thanks for all the advice. Im going with the 11 40 on the back option as the rest of my set up won't need upgraded. My chain is 118 link and according to online chain length calculator it should be ok as well. Maybe in the future i will upgrade to full grx one part at a time. Is it a new chain? If ...

I've taken the same route for my road bike (have a wildcat lion harness for my MTB) and attached a DrJon strapdeck, so that the dry bag can be attached via voile straps. Haven't had chance to try it yet, due to Covid/work restrictions. I'll post some pics, when I can. (Yes, I did consider GFunk brac...

Do you have a pc/laptop,? If so, consider installing Garmin Basecamp. You can import the GPX file into that, organise routes into list etc then, with the Etrex plugged into a USB port, simply drag/drop the route(s) of your choice onto the Etrex I have an Etrex 35, and have been using this setup, for...

Outdry jacket https://www.columbiasportswear.co.uk/p/mens-outdry-ex-reign-jacket-1849092.html?dwvar_1849092_color=030&pos=34 30% off with this code VIP-NEWSLETTER That code doesn't work, for me, John Sorry mate, I didn't try it as I have the jacket already. It came on an email from them, so I j...

Ok, there was a lull in the rain, and I've popped down the shed.

R8000 GS rear mech - states 34T on the box
Fitted to my bike with an 11-40 cassette and a 50-34 chainset - NO Goat link.
B-screw dialled in pretty much all the way

Been working fine for a couple of years

YMMV

JohnClimber wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 12:58 pm Outdry jacket

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30% off with this code
VIP-NEWSLETTER

That code doesn't work, for me, John

Whilst waiting for the rain to stop, I checked the spec of the derailleur - it has a capacity of 39T, and you need 16 + 29, so it would appear that a goat link is required.

https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/product/ ... 00-GS.html

I must have a slightly different setup

I'm pretty sure I have that exact setup on my road bike, with no goat link.

If it stops chucking down, I'll go and have a look...

Yes, just as I do when not bikepacking

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 6:24 pm

Anything that normalizes the overall activity of camping by bike, though, can only be good thing (I hope)

It's already normal.

For us, maybe, but not for the general population

It seems to skirt around the subject of whether to use campsites or to wild camp.
Just mentions spending a night outdoors.

Anything that normalizes the overall activity of camping by bike, though, can only be good thing (I hope)

Cut a hole at the centre point and make sure that's the lowest point?

That's the kind of slash that I thought @bearbonesnorm was referring to...

ledburner wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 10:52 pm

belugabob wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 9:24 pm www.trotify.com

I want one of those in Ti & carbon fibre.. .!

Ti - maybe a trip to the farriers...

That makes sense - never considered aerobars

Darn it - the presence of this topic, on the front page, led me to believe that things HAD moved on.

May just have to go and do it, anyway.

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 10:51 pm

belugabob wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 10:09 pm Did you not consider the GFunk option?

Did briefly but that wouldn't work on the road bars

Interesting - why's that?

Did you not consider the GFunk option?

Went on road ride with friends, today. This took us out if my cluster, and over into an area that I'd planned to start bagging, soon. 9 new tiles bagged, and a couple of near misses. Main thing is, it was was a nice ride (despite the chilly headwind) and the BLT, at the cafe, was excellent. I do, ho...

Unless you really enjoy cutting/drilling/experimenting, then just go for these...

https://wildcat.cc/collections/accessor ... rks-g-funk

(And a strapdeck & voile straps, of course)

Mariner wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 9:26 pm ... and looking for a bike helmet with ear flaps.

Can you buy a PPE version of a deerstalker?