Alpinum wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:23 am

It's because most bearboners don't often enough ride on chunky tracks.
They're not mountainbikers.

Is that an attempt at humour?

I'm biased and the Kramp is such a good bike I'd never consider getting rid of mine..... I’ll second that. Last year I thought I could do a similar trick to you. Run two sets of wheels on my Fargo - standard 29er and B+ - and stop using my Krampus. The Fargo was set up with WTB Scrapper i40 and 3.0...

The full size folding Firebox is an amazing bit of kit but weighs what must be around a kilo... Not most folks idea of bikepacking gear. I use a wood stove most weeks with my kids in the woods and enjoy it loads. I don’t like them for The bikepacking I do as I don’t often sleep in woods. I also tend...

Of course - stupid head wins again

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 09, 2020 12:59 pm

No but they probably could have picked a better weekend if they're hoping to attract bikepackers.

I probably have my stupid head on... why?

What it may be is a bit of rough stuff to the forrest, then gravel and roads up to the Warren House Inn before getting on the bridleway towards Grimspound. What I suspect is that the ‘gap’ from Hangingstone to Fernworthy Woods will be tussocks/bog trotting on poorly defined trails. Proper. It’s not...

It has been far too long since I bivvied, or indeed rode up on Dartmoor. Very poor show on my part. Hopefully I will be able to muster the motivation with this fresh show of enthusiasm for the place from fellow Boners old and new... Si Why wouldn’t you love it? It’s got everything from gorse ridden...

That’s a real track. Going up or down? A loop from Burrator resr past Sheepstor village and then the BW to Eastern Tor, Drizzle Combe, Nuns cross and down past Crazy Well is a pleasant short loop on hard pack tracks. Or start at Princetown and out and back on the South Hessary Tor BW. That’s like sm...

Dave Barter wrote: ↑

Sun Jan 05, 2020 8:42 pm

As long as it doesn't involve the bridleway from Fernworthy Woods I am in

That’s nothing.
You should try some of the ones on the southern fen. Princetown to Avon reservoir via Naker’s Hill for example , that’d get you swearing

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 06, 2020 11:01 am

Fried spam butties are also very special but a largish stove will be required to make them

That’s like the tins of bacon grill you used to get in compo rations. A particular favourite of mine along with the apple and apricot flakes.

Peparami or mini snacking chorizo. Babybel. When I stop at a shop I usually like to chuck down a tin of fruit and a packet of ham.

East of the Dart next to the big Bellever woods car park (SX658772)is in the legal camping zoneand there is a flat meadow next to the river It’s pretty popular as a stop over. There’s a bunch of fire rings there etc. It’s a nice spot, easily accessible so I guess it’s to be expected. Even so you’ll ...

Dave Barter wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 04, 2020 7:52 pm

lune ranger wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 30, 2019 5:42 pm

The bridle way that heads south to Postbridge is a bit of a struggle to ride in it’s mid section but ok in general

It was a horror story of sh1te and gorse. Never again

That’s the spirit!

OK. Feeling a bit more upbeat on this just now having just ridden home from my night shift. The ride includes a few climbs including a 1km 10% average slog. I pushed on said climb just to see what happened. I maxed out my effort pretty quickly and couldn’t select any high gears, standing out of the ...

Keen is good and I don’t mean to be a kn0b and tell you what to do. For all I know you could be a Steely Eyed Commando who bivi’s in the buff. What I mean to say is unless you have your gear, technique and resolve dialled in you may not have the introduction to bikepacking that you want :grin

Welcome on board Jim.
I’m Exeter(ish) and there’s plenty of SW folk who are regulars on here.
I wouldn’t necessarily rush into tarp camping on Dartmoor in February as your first go out. It might break you
Hope to see around some time though buddy.

LR, I hope the BB's and side effects are only temporary!? Sorry I had to pedal off up to the pub, it was mostly my fault I didn't eat enough and that let me get chilled. Then I my second mistake was bringing the singlespeed, needed to keep the cadence up to turn the pedals over. Keep on getting out...

^^ Roughly costs £/gram :o I have to admit to being a fan of shock posts. I still use a USE XCR that i’ve had best part of 20 years. When bikepacking was off-road touring and I used a rack and panniers :o :shock: :o it was a permanent fixture on my P7 These days it sees some intermittent use on ITT’...

Hi LR, I'm another one on beta blockers but a relatively low dose for a year now. I've found that while my RHR is fairly unchanged at mid to high 40s, max HR has dropped from 175-180 down to about 145 or so. I was a bit of a diesel before so that's not changed too much either, it's not so big a dea...

I do know a number of riders on beta blockers though... they have largely just accepted that they're now long haul diesel engines and ride appropriately. That was me at peak condition! Kind of like a steam engine now :grin: Thanks all. Sean that’s generous but I’m well aware Moff was going hypother...

Thanks MaM sage advice I suppose but not sure i’m ready to just accept it just yet. There’s a lot i’ve had to just accept about my injury already and maybe i’ve reached tipping point on that already. Don’t get me wrong. I’m glad to be alive and not have limbs missing or my picture taken with Prince ...

Thanks for that Keith.I know the military roads fairly well. I really meant how are you getting from Hangingstone over to the B3212. Just had s look at your route. I’m not on Komoot so it was a little hard to see in detail but I get the idea. Quite a chunk of that is straight over the Fen - off the ...

I was wondering if anyone on here is taking beta blockers as prescribed by a doctor and how it’s affecting your performance on the bike. To put things in context I started taking quite high doses of beta blockers about 6 weeks ago. My heart is absolutely fine. They are prescribed for vertigo (dizzin...

I too like the Timber bell as the jingle jangle seems less 'pointed' or 'aimed', so people don't seem to take quite as much offence. I’ve one of those too. When it works well it’s ace and people get a good gentle warning of your approach. However you can’t get around the fact that a significant min...