Drifting back into making Road orientated geared bikes more off road suitable, what us the most cost effective way of doing this? My Cdf runs tiagra 4700 throughout with a 34/34 as the lowest possible gear which, from stu's comments, sound like it's not going to be low enough. If I want to change th...

They don't fit what the OP is after but has anyone tried the Alpkit Bombers? Can't afford the cowchips but these look like they might be worth a try.

Not sure if 2 or 3 season but this looks good to my inexperienced eye. https://www.tauntonleisure.com/mountain ... 30#tdesc_1

I'm rather new around here so not really sure how these kind of things are generally sorted out? Presumably some kind of death match? Or a thread full of pandas? Either way, I am not sure I have the political capital to come out on top so for now I will bide my time. Enjoy your new harness cloudnine...

Obviously ootini has first dibs but if he isn't interested I may be. Which harness is it? You got any pictures showing the extent of the damage? Cheers.

Had a reply from Alpamayo about the front Harness stock:

"Frustratingly the harnesses are ready, but we're waiting on a shipment of the plastic spacer blocks, which seems to have got stuck at customs. I'd hope we receive them in the next week or so but it's difficult to say"

My brothers girlfriend is Polish if some translation help us needed. Their Facebook page is none to clear when Google translates it.

Anyone tried Clement X'Plor USH tubeless?

Given the cost of these I am seriously beginning to consider trying to make my own. They don't exactly look complicated.

Pretty sure that the new(ish) Ortlieb bar harness has a spacer system very similar to the Relevate one. They do have a collection of foam spacers. However, the Alpamayo with it's fixed spacer is far less faff to use and very stable too ... how long are they out of stock for? I email them yesterday ...

the section that goes through urban Birmingham will not be up many peoples street! Actually, I reckon that would be quite a good thing to have on the route. You want to watch out for the canal towpaths - wet smooth red brick can be treacherous! I know a few people that have ended up in the drink (n...

I just had this posted on my wanted thread:

http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB ... 2da771d296

Not sure how stable it looks mind.

Received as described. Thanks very much Ian.

just got to cycle out there and see if it's where I believe it is.

And then you'll let us know where it is? Right?

Hi Ian.

Do the bar bags need a harness (like wildcat mountain lion) to go with them?

Cheers

EDIT: ignore this. Of course they do...

I assume its the regular hunka and not the hunka xl is it?

Hi Mike. I still want these off you please. Was going to give you a call to meet this weekend if possible?

Anyone ever used one of the army surplus gortex bags? They look big (and £30). And everyone knows squaddies won't have done anything horrific in it...

Thanks jBay but I am also a gas man. Never got on with cauldrons of invisible fire...

So basically, the bigger the better. Damn. Was trying to avoid an extra £18...

Thanks for highlighting on my WTD but I think I am going to try and live without a frame bag for the mo. The shape of my bike frame doesn't really lend itself to one. A couple of mates I have maybe interested so will let them know though. Will keep a lookout for you future goodies, particularly if y...

How big do you have to be for a regular hunka to be too small? I'm 5"10 (173cm) and fairly thin (65kg). Was planning on getting a regular but is it worth holding out for an xl?

Some nice photos here. Thought the composition of some of them was a bit odd till I realised that you had to click the image to see it all! Had to go back through them again...

Bit of a review of the ktm here: http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB ... Ktm#p68998

Hopefully should be sorted for a wildcat Seatbag now though.

Thanks all. Really appreciate the tips and offers. Have put my mate onto that KTM bag. Seems like a bargin. Cheers.