Schwalbe G-One or Big-One would be well worth considering, seem to come up a good size, light and fast rolling. EDIT: Turns out the 2.35 Big-One will fit a 50mm rim, comes out at a touch under 65mm wide. £40 here: http://nextday.bike/details.aspx/11600817-29-Schwalbe-BigOne-235/1875 £23 here: https...

I believe Charlie Kelly and Joe Breeze are spending the day with Charlie the Bikemonger (and paying guests) this Saturday in Swanage (and probably the Square & Compass!). They're also in sunny scunny on Monday. All dates here: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=349318&...

The seed, in 1996 I spent a week in the highlands with D of E, fell in love with the place but out of love with carrying such a stupid amount of kit on my bike. Went into bikepacking Hibernation from then till 2008. Seems to be a common theme, disheartening early experience plants seed for future ge...

Lidl were recently selling them for £40. If you can track one down it could be an inexpensive way to try it out. Aldi :wink: https://www.aldi.co.uk/crane-inflatable-kayak/p/094857153602600 call me a cynic but from what I know about cycling (and that's not much) sometimes cheap often equals just che...

Landslide wrote:Lidl were recently selling them for £40. If you can track one down it could be an inexpensive way to try it out.

Aldi
https://www.aldi.co.uk/crane-inflatable ... 7153602600

Yeah firestarter, I've used these:
http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB ... 98#p123798

Entries are open: http://riderscyclecentre.com/yorkshired ... ats-200kms/

found this,
https://www.outdooractive.com/en/mounta ... 8235/#dm=1

maybe a good source for more info: http://www.viadinarica.com/

htrider wrote:I take it will be the last weekend in August? I was planning on being down there that week so only fair to have a bash at this!

yeah, last weekend in August.

My only personal experience of the region is going clubbing in Slovenia for a weekend, they love their techno! no biking was involved sadly but plenty of drinking and much fun was had, great place. I did spot this a while back that may be of interest: http://www.bikepacking.com/routes/bikepacking-sl...

Hey, anyone else wimping out and entering the 200 and not the 300?

Hopefully catch up with some of you there :]

Artie Fufkin wrote:I'll take the Numo off you, Tim. If it's still around, can pick up if you still work at the same place.
Cheers,
Adam.

Sorry Artie, beat you to it.

P.M. Sent.

This @39p:
http://www.screwfix.com/p/tower-heavy-c ... of-2/64596
Quick fettle with a file, screwfixed.
Thanks.

https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/fr/cp0/e15/q65/17854745_10155153456752442_4756530269143433341_o.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&oh=4cb96fb0dd726e2893e402d45e48f917&oe=59E9C5F8 I use a wildcat harness on mine and don't have a problem - even considering my stem is now so short it's almost...

Depends in what bar roll you have, but get some 30mm PVC pipe and cut a couple of short lengths. These can then be used as spacer to move the wrap away from the bars. Pics of people doing it here: http://www.bikepacking.net/forum/diy-make-your-own-gear-(myog)/cheap-handlebar-stand-offs/ will try th...

http://d2plslj6xljffa.cloudfront.net/imgs/products/px/950x600_constWH/HBOOOG_P7.jpg?v=y I've just fitted these on one OG bars to my bike (really liking them btw, v-comfy hand position) and can't now fit bar mounted dry bag without excessive squashing of cables and hoses. As brake hoses are right in...

Planet X OG bars arrived today. Hand position feels good.
I think strapping a bar roll on will be tricky as hoses and cables are right in the way. We'll see.
Delivered within 36 hours of order, with basic postage.

Lawmanmx wrote:Scotty is yer man for that pal, he'll make you one to measure https://bespokeultralight.com/blog/

Another +1 from me, was looking at this the other day, might suit?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/152543562974

I suspect you may be pushed for space with 64MB of storage for mapping. My trusty Etrex20 (not the newer X model) will take a 2GB SD card and hold a large chunk of UK OS maps. Some people love the touch screen of the other models, but for me, simple is better and AA batteries can be sourced most an...

No it seems it doesn't, but the vista hcx & Cx do. Thanks Do they have colour screens capable of making the most from OS type mapping? from the garmin website: https://static.garmincdn.com/en/products/010-00439-00/g/cf-lg.jpg Battery type 2 AA batteries (not included) Display type 256 level col...

Dave Barter wrote:Trekker tent Stealth

Highly recommended

thanks.

The thing that I'll remember most is the hospitality of everyone we met en route. From the guy at the Sunday campsite that Scott referred to who fed us to a standstill to the young couple who went shopping to give us pasta for lunch on the longest day and charged us €6 a head for a meal, drinks and...

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

there's quite a few of these garmin etrex vista units around on ebay

Will they accept an sd card? If not, I wouldn't bother as you'll have limited mapping options.

No it seems it doesn't, but the vista hcx & Cx do. Thanks

there's quite a few of these garmin etrex vista units around on ebay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Garmin-eTrex- ... Swq1JZGH1h
are they worth considering?