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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:44 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bike packing full suspension frame/ bike recommendations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 128
Re: Bike packing full suspension frame/ bike recommendations
I'm on an Orbea Occam TR. Bought it for similar situations and love it. 130mm travel. Carbon and alloy versions available depending on budget. There's two different travel versions in the range iirc. Newer frames look less amenable to a frame bag
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 83
- Views: 1922
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hammock in the garden
- Replies: 14
- Views: 267
Re: Hammock in the garden
The shallower the angle of the suspension the greater the force - in theory if your hammock was strung perfectly horizontal there'd be an infinite force acting on the wall I think you might need to check your working there Bob :wink: But it's a fair point... Although with the right fixings and appl...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:30 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hammock in the garden
- Replies: 14
- Views: 267
Re: Hammock in the garden
Ah, yeah that arrangement does need more space. Is there anything (e.g wall) you could attach one end to?
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hammock in the garden
- Replies: 14
- Views: 267
Re: Hammock in the garden
I've got a hammock in the garden - it is indeed a lovely place to be on a sunny afternoon. I've put rings on the uprights of my covered deck to hang it from now, but it came with a stand of sorts: each end has two lengths of wood with an eye bolt through one end so they open out into an A-frame. The...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Travelling across Europe quickly - how?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 498
Re: Travelling across Europe quickly - how?
Probably not relevant to the OP, but I just stumbled across this relates article about a new sleeper service. Doesn't mention bikes though.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/2024 ... eat-cities
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/2024 ... eat-cities
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The next Eclipse
- Replies: 29
- Views: 584
Re: The next Eclipse
Ha, I was looking at this yesterday too. I've got a mate who lives just outside the NE boundary of the path of totality who I've been meaning to visit...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Exped Downmat clumping... maybe
- Replies: 4
- Views: 168
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:46 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Exped Downmat clumping... maybe
- Replies: 4
- Views: 168
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:11 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Exped Downmat clumping... maybe
- Replies: 4
- Views: 168
Exped Downmat clumping... maybe
I thought I had an issue with my Exped Downmat with the down clumping at one end of the mat... but I'm not actually sure. I can feel a soft lump all across the end of the mat where the valve is and where the chambers are linked together. I inflated in and tried to work the down, er, down and with a ...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:50 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Spring clean: BB7s, arm warmers, climbing shoes, messenger bag, bladder, grips, tyres, softshell
- Replies: 10
- Views: 386
Re: Spring clean: BB7s, arm warmers, climbing shoes, messenger bag, bladder, grips, tyres, softshell
Sold items removed. Open to offers on what's left.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:38 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Cranktank 3 vs cages on fork + smartwater bottles
- Replies: 20
- Views: 460
Re: Cranktank 3 vs cages on fork + smartwater bottles
Agree with most of the above really. Personally I use a 1.5 or 2l bladder, and that's just about enough for cooking an evening meal, morning coffee, breakfast, minimal washing up and general hydration for that time. I often use a filter, but to be honest, if I come across a tap not long before I'm g...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:26 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Spring clean: BB7s, arm warmers, climbing shoes, messenger bag, bladder, grips, tyres, softshell
- Replies: 10
- Views: 386
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:27 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Spring clean: BB7s, arm warmers, climbing shoes, messenger bag, bladder, grips, tyres, softshell
- Replies: 10
- Views: 386
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hap.... no, I'm saying nowt :)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 455
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:05 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 495
- Views: 22145
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Sounds painful Jimmy Well done on getting back out anyway!
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: packable fleece?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 750
Re: packable fleece?
If you always have to wear the shell to make sure you don't lose all the heat kept in by the mid layer, then that doesn't sound like a very flexible system. A layer should be removable if the conditions don't need it. My cheapo base and fleece(s) are warm and I add a U/L rain top if it rains or is ...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 8:42 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11441
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Re: The post man's been ...
...and brought a new GRX mech to replace the 105 one that exploded spectacularly the other day. Thought while I was replacing it, I might as well get something that will cope with a larger cassette without swapping the goat link in and out, shift better, and... be more clutchy. But I can't escape th...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 83
- Views: 1922
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
Of course, Cycling UK were formerly CTC, the Cyclists Touring Club, and if I remember rightly there was a bit of disquiet amongst more traditional members when the Club both embraced MTBs and then changed their name. It's perhaps a little ironic that bikepacking possibly reflects a shift back to th...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:23 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Spring clean: BB7s, arm warmers, climbing shoes, messenger bag, bladder, grips, tyres, softshell
- Replies: 10
- Views: 386
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 83
- Views: 1922
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 6:08 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 83
- Views: 1922
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
I knew exactly what this was going to be about before I opened it :lol: I read the same article and thought "that's not what I would call bikepacking", shrugged inwardly and carried on with my life. My wife, who isn't a bikepacker, but has a vague understanding of what I do, happened to re...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:11 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Spring clean: BB7s, arm warmers, climbing shoes, messenger bag, bladder, grips, tyres, softshell
- Replies: 10
- Views: 386
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Spring clean: BB7s, arm warmers, climbing shoes, messenger bag, bladder, grips, tyres, softshell
- Replies: 10
- Views: 386
Spring clean: BB7s, arm warmers, climbing shoes, messenger bag, bladder, grips, tyres, softshell
All prices are collected from Newcastle, please add £3.50 for Royal Mail Tracked 48 postage, unless otherwise stated. Will obviously combine for multiple items. More pictures of some stuff here: https://ibb.co/album/d4Rspx Avid BB7 MTN, pair Well used but fully functional, everything free and moving...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:11 pm
- Forum: MYOG
- Topic: Bum bag cover
- Replies: 2
- Views: 115
Re: Bum bag cover
For me it's the ability to access snacks without getting my hands covered in muck. Particularly symptomatic of the winter we've had I think!