Works: Rockgeist Spacelink and compatible cockpit bags. Suplest Sup-traction SPD shoes Grip Grab neoprene gaiters Brooks leather saddles Square taper BB QR wheels Giles Berthoud drop bar Rohloff shifter. Doesn’t work: Flat shoes/pedals ‘Waterproof socks’ after about 5 mins. Brooks Cambium saddles - ...

Something landlocked or with a coastline?
I would suggest Scotland but I recently found out from the illustrious BoJo that it has no border

RIP wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 05, 2020 9:22 am

I believe it's buried deep in The Rules somewhere that it's perfectly acceptable so long as you sleep on the floor .

So not sleeping diagonally across the king size bed in the shape of a starfish then?
I did have the windows open....

Can I count an inverse BaM? I’ve been living in a tent in my garden since the week before lock down due to my job - ICU nurse, and my 8yo daughter - shielding due to respiratory disease. I won a night in a hotel for being a #nhshero :roll: So here I am in the hotel now having done a 200mile road rid...

Dunno about the exact bag you are looking at but I have three bar bags/harnesses that I use across my bikes which have either Jones loops or drop bars.
I reckon you should be fine.

Dave Barter wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:21 pm

You will all hate it but it applies to all of you and is cheering me up a lot at the moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uee_mcxvrw&

Classic

Oh yes, +1 for GoGo Penguin - really, really good stuff! For d&b fans, try this out: https://open.spotify.com/track/4wcmz9Q2URxdUL61dXpNW1?si=dpTZD0cBT0ykz9EznY6PTw Oh yes!! https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/2014-01/enhanced/webdr02/10/9/anigif_original-grid-image-13523-1389363789-10....

Consider getting a splined sprocket carrier and splined sprocket. It’ll make all future sprocket changes a doddle. https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/sprockets/rohloff-splined-sprocket-carrier-8540/ https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/sprockets/13-rohloff-speedhub-50014-hub-gear-reversible-splined-sprocket-steel/ ...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:06 am

Who ate the bread in your bags then?

Not me

Excellent. Hold course and speed number one.

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:59 am

Subway bags are also good as waterproof socks!

Yeah but that involves eating the sh1t first

Who ate the bread in your bags then?

I’m sitting in the bell tent that’s been my home for the last 104 days wearing these... https://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/equipment-c3/accessories-c10/hut-booties-c73/fireball-footies-p4765 Primaloft and Pertex Quantum, less than 90g and a tiny package for packing. I bought them for use for my...

Now I’m gonna be thinking about staying ahead of Shaf

This week:

Two Lone Swordsmen
Aim
Orbital
Banco de Gaia
INXS

At least you’re aware of North and South which is more than my geography teacher could manage

Beware the mythology and hype around certain bike marques. If you read US websites the Fargo is a well loved capable bike that carries people over vast distances carrying everything needed. These versions are heavily modified and nothing like the ordinary punter can buy How so? I must have got one ...

The one thing I can't get out of my head is an Enlightened Equipment Torid Apex jacket. Still no idea how I'll come up with cash or how I'd make it through the 10 week lead time and that's only until shipping from the States. When EE posted my quilt it arrivedscarily quickly - with an even scarier ...

This may have been done before but... What do you think about when you are riding? For me the honest answer is virtually nothing except the ride. Distance covered, time remaining, next feed stop, how much climbing done or to go, next big direction change or geographic feature etc, etc. Nothing usefu...

Great responses everyone, thanks - especially BDS - you really piqued my interest there, however... I've spent the afternoon in meditation. Or rather, mucking out the pigs and chickens. tbh it's been good quality thinking time that has sent me round the houses a bit. It's led me to mulling over an A...

Set up a cable once, no more issues? For bikepacking I'd avoid any additional electronics like the plague. In fact for anything I'd avoid additional electronics like the plague! Just another thing to charge up, run out of battery, seize and break. Plus the cost of rear mechs is eye watering and giv...

As much as I love my Rohloff’s i’m considering building a Gucci- light as possible off-road ITT bike. Having not had a derailleur on an MRB for 20years i’ve a lot of catching up to do with the tech. The thought of battling with crappy cables and shifter based indexing doesn’t fill me with joy. I’m t...

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:24 am

IIRC, none at all.

Super basic base map that’s good for nothing.

If you use a Garmin, then Basecamp, clunky though it is, is very feature rich.

Sorry for asking the 'are you sure you haven't runout of petrol question' but... Have you still got 14 different and useable gears? And did you always have 14 gears before!? I only ask because sometimes you can lose some if you put the box on out of phase with the hub. I did this once and didn't no...

I always fancied one of these Shand drop bar Bahokies....

https://www.shandcycles.com/shop/bikes/ ... ff-dropbar

One day i’d live to run my Rohloff with a belt drive.

As a (steel) Fargo rider i’d like to say that it’s not a gravel bike. It’s a mountain bike that happens to have geo for drop bars. It’s got far more in common with the XC/adventure MTB’s of the late 90’s than a modern gravel bike. I’ve used mine for all the stuff I used to use my Marzocchi Bomber eq...