The conversation needs to steer away from ‘us’ and ‘them’
Most cyclists have legs and are sometimes pedestrians.
Most adult cyclists also drive cars as well.
Some people are just dicks.
If we look for the similarities with have with others not the differences things will go smoother.

I was converted on a recent ride which had long road sections. They really do make a massive difference but getting them set right is a real art. Believe it or not they do work on hills where I used them as "levers", it's really hard to explain but I gripped bars hard and used this to almost lever ...

On the aero tuck position (ignore what I said about looking at screen roadies for a mo), when getting head down low and bum up/back (all fully baggy shortsted out so no indecent exposure going on here :lol: ) in the drops - I do regular watch the mph numbers and can safely say theres easily a rise ...

I think the pertinent line in the article is: ‘Use your aerobars unless there is a compelling reason not too’ For me the compelling reason is the need to brake. Whether I am driving or cycling I tend to go by the rule that you need to be able to brake in the distance that you can see. So I don’t go ...

I started using clip on aero bars for exactly your reason . For tapping out long miles on audax and other long solo efforts. They take more than a bit of getting used to for long periods but imo are worth it. You get extra variations of position, it can take some weight off your shoulders and are a ...

298/300mm for the rear is my vote. Should build up fine if you take your time. A little bit less or a little bit more is fine in my experience.
Too short and they can be hard to lace. Too long and you get too much spoke sticking out into the rim which can be an issue with flat section rims

As I said before: it’s tick central around where I live. I tend to carry a tick card in my wallet so I have something on me at all times. I have tweezers at home for general use. I have a pair (one small one big) of the plastic twisters in my riding and outdoors kit. Overall the twisters are probabl...

PaulB2 wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:44 am

I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing that i’ve never found one on me

There’s millions of the buggers round here. My children, dogs, cats, goats, pigs and folk I ride with get them all the time.
I never get them...

Troclosene Sodium....

Think that’s a chlorine releasing compound of sorts.
Usage should be the same.

Genuinely interested in where you've read that. Care to share? AFAIK neither is better than the other, the key is to pinch the tick just above the skin so it can't disgorge its guts. This is the reason twisting isn't recommended with tweezers, because you can't rotate you're wrist very far and keep...

I've got some water treatment tablets from army rations I've used. Does the same advice above cover their use or do they chemically make anything drinkable all be it not very tasty? MOD issue Puritabs are chlorine. You need visibly clean water. You need a contact time (ie how long before you drink ...

If you filter water from a running stream in the UK uplands the chances of getting sick are next to zero. You could get a pump filter that deals with viruses and make that chance actually zero. katadyn, MSR and others make them but they are relatively big (approx can of RedBull), heavy-ish (300-400g...

Never had Firepot but your experience sounds fairly typical of my experience with dried meals. The only advantage they gave over the general supermarket dried soups or noodles is the (usually) much higher calories per gram. We got a dehydrator last year for the harvest on our small holding. I’ve bee...

As above. Any bike can be a bikepacking bike, all you need to do is load it up and go. I do at least 1 bivi trip a year with my old riding buddies. On those trips there are guys on the expected Surly, Salsa and Jones bikes but also an old Orange 5 26er an Airdrop Edit and a Nicolai Helios. For sure ...

Everyone turns up, parks up their bikes, and get's allocated a number for their bike. All these numbers are put in a bowl, and everyone has to ride whichever bike number they pick out, camp with whatever the owner has loaded and eat their food. No GPS. At the start you are given the appropriate map...

Yep. We use ours as a skillet quite a lot.
The bigger ones hold a lot in the lid.

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Thu Jul 11, 2019 6:36 am

The kids on Dutch oven is dished, it's yours completely flat?

I have an uuni so can't help here I'm afraid, I do recommend it though

Flat with a lip around the outside. Not a perfect pizza stone but very serviceable

I still think it’ll be a route for long trousers at this time of year. My guess would be that it’s an April or October route.
Very kind of your friend to find out for us!
GD if it’s good route anyone?

I use the lid (upside down) from a massive Petromax Dutch oven for that job. Works a treat. https://www.thebushcraftstore.co.uk/petromax-dutch-oven-without-legs-24915-p.asp Eye watering cost but made of so much cast iron as to be practically indestructible. Dozens of interesting uses - on a strictly...

Maybe introduce co-operating ‘pairs’ categories in existing events. Like KIMM, OMM Polaris of old. Equipment sharing between pairs allowed and pairs have to finish together. Actually I’d like to see a return of Polaris events, maybe without the fixed camp and the timer runs for the whole weekend so ...

You need to ask Stu but as he said...don’t take the piss’...
So don’t take the piss

It’s a perfectly good winter Emergency shelter.
However BB rules require a two piece shelter system as per the organisers wishes.
I asked the same thing last year

SOL Emergency doesn’t breathe either.

Looks remarkably similar to my SOL Emergency and adopt 1/5th of the price. I never plan to sleep in mine but carry it just in case. The weight/ volume penalty is negligible. I slept in it once in the UK in summer - not particularly pleasant but I didn’t die. If it’s cold/winter I carry a Blizzard Pa...

Mine are set up like normal bars. I couldn't work out how Jones said the ends are for descending if you can't reach the brakes My thoughts exactly. Trawling through images online shows >90% set up with controls next to the cross bar. Any variation on that is usually by people running Ergonomic styl...