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- Fri May 17, 2024 9:54 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
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Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Don't get me started on privatisation, the most blatant stripping of a countries assets for pennies to the pound while waving the flag of minor tax reductions to distract people. Not very cheery so I'll shut up now.
- Tue May 14, 2024 2:08 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1438
Re: Missing the point?
"an unusual and exciting or daring experience."
Just like bikepacking became a synonym for touring in the bicycle industry, has adventure just become a synonym for an unusual experience or maybe even just getting out of your comfort zone?
Just like bikepacking became a synonym for touring in the bicycle industry, has adventure just become a synonym for an unusual experience or maybe even just getting out of your comfort zone?
- Tue May 14, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1438
Re: Missing the point?
Tangentially to the tangent, having a GPX doesn't stop adventure when the marked bridleway doesn't exist on the ground across a field of tussocks and there's a forest plantation with no visible paths across the only logical place for the bridleway to go.
- Thu May 02, 2024 3:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WRT GR's
- Replies: 64
- Views: 7783
Re: WRT GR's
It was a fair adventure getting the bike out of the garage, there was even wildlife involved!
- Thu May 02, 2024 9:20 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Recommend an exercise bike
- Replies: 4
- Views: 259
Re: Recommend an exercise bike
My missus was in a similar boat and we ended up getting one of these (though second hand for 50 quid on FB Marketplace): https://www.argos.co.uk/product/8883559?clickPR=plp:12:34 I can't really give you a review since I only ever used it the once when we got it for 10 minutes (though I should have u...
- Wed May 01, 2024 3:18 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Today's Run
- Replies: 902
- Views: 133123
Re: Today's Run
I thought I’d try one of my off- road routes now the rain has slowed down for the last week. Everything looked dry at the turnoff on the public footpath so I thought I’d risk it since it’s a nicer route than going around the outside. All was well until I got to a small stream crossing and took one s...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1547
- Views: 274941
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Got it out of the garage for the first time in a month and dug around the garage in prep for the WRT. It looks like we have a mouse because it’s eaten a hole in my wildcat drybag which happened to be in an open box with some energy bars that have also all been nibbled.
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sub 1k hardtail
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3487
Re: Sub 1k hardtail
In reaction to the specialized sale, Trek seem to have followed suit
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:44 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WRT GR's
- Replies: 64
- Views: 7783
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WRT GR's
- Replies: 64
- Views: 7783
Re: WRT GR's
Does anyone else plan their trips around likely places to sleep? I've got a rough plan for day 1 but that's where my local knowledge dries up.
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:28 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WRT GR's
- Replies: 64
- Views: 7783
Re: WRT GR's
I've only got day 1 roughly mapped out but there's a pub in llandgadfan, a cafe on the near side of lake vyrnwy that opens at 10am and a corner shop in Abertridwr.
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Fork Mounted Bottles...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2334
Re: Fork Mounted Bottles...
Gorilla Clips are another option https://www.bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/ ... illa-clip/
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
- Replies: 699
- Views: 154588
Re: Wildlife
I saw some goats gambolling on the other side of cheddar gorge - 2 adults and 3 kids constantly bleating to each other as they climbed the cliff. I took a picture but my phone doesn’t seem to as good as my eyes so I can’t even make them out. On the drive back I saw a buzzard just sitting on top of a...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hammock in the garden
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2815
Re: Hammock in the garden
We got one of the Amazon hammocks for the back garden a couple of years back now. I’ve spent many an hour in it with a book, often with a kid for company. I think if I was going to spend a night in it though I’d invest in a underquilt
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:35 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11457
- Views: 1984536
Re: The post man's been ...
...and dropped off a new exped mat so that I can finally retire my circa 2005 self-inflating thermarest.
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:29 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Today's Run
- Replies: 902
- Views: 133123
Re: Today's Run
Went out with CCTR (and paramart) last night for 9.3 muddy km around the chase, I spent most of the time at the back and my ankles are a bit sore this morning but it was fun, I just need to get fitter.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:05 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Eid pressie prize! (Prize updated so gravel strokers don't feel intimidated against)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2807
Re: Eid pressie prize! (Prize updated so gravel strokers don't feel intimidated against)
Religious texts would a lot shorter if people on this forum wrote them.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 7:52 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Today's Run
- Replies: 902
- Views: 133123
Re: Today's Run
The Easter break with the kids has made it more difficult to get out - I did manage one 11k run, the first time over an hour in a while, a couple of shorter runs and I also managed to drag my youngest out in an attempt to get him to pace himself - we managed to do 5 sets of 1 min walking, 1 minute r...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 3:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Aeroe rear rack thoughts
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1729
Re: Aeroe rear rack thoughts
Shaf, Aeroe is the brand name, nowhere near as sleek looking as a tailfin but so much cheaper. https://aeroe.com/products/spider-rear-rackredefined_cycles wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2024 3:12 pm What's an aero rear rack Phil. Do you mean Tailfin??
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:19 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11457
- Views: 1984536
Re: The post man's been ...
...and dropped off a SMD Lunar Solo and a matching BBB carbon pole. Now I just need to find a chance to pitch it, preferably in the rain to see how that goes.
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: packable fleece?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1798
Re: packable fleece?
I got a Rab half-zip gridded fleece in a SP sale a few years ago now, light but a little bulky - I've taken it touring once instead of a down jacket when the forecast was for continuous rain and it did the job. If I was going to get a new one I'd get one with a hood though.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 8430
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
I use my bikepacking luggage when I go credit card touring - it's a wonder how many changes of clothes can fit in the same space as your sleeping and cooking gear.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:50 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 135524
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
It'll be interesting to compare and contrast with a lunar solo, especially since I finally pulled the trigger on getting one about 3 hours before the alpkit announcement
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:51 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Today's Run
- Replies: 902
- Views: 133123
Re: Today's Run
I’ve not needed to wear leggings yet since the restart, being a low lander does have some benefits. My last run was just in a short sleeved top and shorts in a balmy 10 degrees
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:46 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tarmacs Route Planner?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2239
Re: Tarmacs Route Planner?
Komoot can’t seem to tell the difference between a bridleway and a footpath. Easy to use though.