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- Wed May 01, 2024 3:18 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Today's Run
- Replies: 900
- Views: 118694
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: 265205
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: 1116
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: 52
- Views: 2419
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WRT GR's
- Replies: 52
- Views: 2419
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: 52
- Views: 2419
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: 9
- Views: 272
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: 698
- Views: 142131
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: 1183
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: 11453
- Views: 1950068
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: 900
- Views: 118694
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: 1552
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: 900
- Views: 118694
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: 982
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: 11453
- Views: 1950068
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: 1015
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: 4333
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: 127253
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 ![Very Happy :grin:](./images/smilies/icon_e_biggrin.gif)
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- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:51 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Today's Run
- Replies: 900
- Views: 118694
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: 1404
Re: Tarmacs Route Planner?
Komoot can’t seem to tell the difference between a bridleway and a footpath. Easy to use though.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tarmacs Route Planner?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1404
Re: Tarmacs Route Planner?
Komoot loves to stick you on footpaths too - it doesn’t seem to distinguish that well between the different rights of way.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:46 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Monks trod - wtf
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2782
Re: Monks trod - wtf
From the guardian article only 300k is earmarked for the byway itself
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:25 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Monks trod - wtf
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2782
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
- Replies: 3323
- Views: 641464
Re: Todays ride
A slow steady 3 hour shake down ride to test my new shoes mostly on bridleways and canals including a fun swooping section of the local trails. It was the first ride of any length since December so it was very apparent that my climbing legs, which were never the best, have completely gone. Something...
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 3:05 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Today's Run
- Replies: 900
- Views: 118694
Re: Today's Run
21.2km for the week, getting back into the swing of things. As the distance goes up there’s more potential for off-road jaunts so looking forward to that.