Have just stumbled across this one and it's not a bad idea. I don't see Ortlieb doing a waist pack anymore and all the rest seem to be made of materials that would wet out eventually. Some waist packs I've used in the past (I'm looking at you Batpack6!) were chronic mud catchers...I'm interested to...
Another "badger on the way home from the pub" incident in Sheffield this week. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/Badgers_Badgers.gif :lol: Ah, you have to be of a certain age/disposition :grin: Up in Deeside (Aberdeenshire). Today's haul: woodpecker (great spotted), numerous ...
According to an old GPS track I found, today marks the 10th anniversary of the first time I used a bivvy bag. Of course, the obvious way to celebrate this would have been to go out for a bivvy, and I did have half a mind to, but in the end wasn't in the mood... :| In more cheery news, not going out ...
I've a 2022 Occam and while it's pretty good for 'Lakes XC' find it a bit too much bike for longer bikepacking-type rides: I don't think I've ever done longer than ~70km on it. Fair. I've done pretty long rides on its e.g. BB200, Cairngorms Loop, but my only other option is my rigid steel Longitude...
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
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...
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...
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...
Boab wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:00 pm
Mine feels like it has something similar at the top of the mat. I assumed it was a bit of foam to stop the down for migrating between tubes...
I guess this is the sort of reassurance I was after. Think you're probably right. Cheers.
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 ...
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...
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 ...
...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...
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...