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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 4:31 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Stove fuel for Spain
- Replies: 6
- Views: 173
Re: Stove fuel for Spain
Don't take any type of stove that isn't immediately extinguishable by turning off. In fact if you get caught with any naked flame away from designated areas recreativa, you will be heavily fined. The countryside is like a tinder box, especially in the south but also here in Cataluña. If you must, s...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Stove fuel for Spain
- Replies: 6
- Views: 173
Stove fuel for Spain
I'm planning on spending a couple of months in Spain (Altravesur, Spanish Divide, etc) and am undecided on which stove to take. I hate going miles off route hunting for gas canisters and wondered how widely available the screw on type are. What about meths? What's it called in Spanish? Is it purple?...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Spain and the £97 rule
- Replies: 10
- Views: 242
Re: Spain and the £97 rule
Extraordinarily unlikely to be asked for proof, but surely a credit card with a large enough limit to cover this person day is good enough anyway? I vaguely recall being asked for similar going into the USA years ago, and showing a bank statement and credit card was enough. The guidance adds that t...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Spain and the £97 rule
- Replies: 10
- Views: 242
Spain and the £97 rule
Any thoughts? https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk ... d-29000594.
I was about 5 minutes away from booking my flights. Now I'm looking for a Plan B
I was about 5 minutes away from booking my flights. Now I'm looking for a Plan B
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bikepacking race tips from a pro...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 445
Re: Bikepacking race tips from a pro...
In 2019 hiking 3000 miles from Mexico to canada up the length of the great Divide I ate well over 900 Cliff Bars, most of them the chocolate mint or white chocolate macademia variety. I think the record was 10 in one day. The combination of that plus the 200g of oatmeal and chocate and vanilla flavo...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:43 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1543
- Views: 254874
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Gave the ECR a half decent wash, changed the oil in the Rohloff in preparation for it being laid up for the next 4 months while I'm in Londinium on a course. ( Takes up too much space in my brother's hallway.)
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Films to watch while isolating
- Replies: 291
- Views: 63212
Re: Films to watch while isolating
Clicked on this thinking it was about the Three Peaks Race in Yorkshire .. One of the better Ultra distance bike race videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_jouca ... WL&index=2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_jouca ... WL&index=2
- Sat Oct 21, 2023 7:15 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Baselayer recommendations?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4852
Re: Baselayer recommendations?
Got a couple of these I've been very happy with https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/men-s-sho ... mc=8619650
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:30 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD: Shimano 11 Speed 165mm Cranks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1066
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:54 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD: Shimano 11 Speed 165mm Cranks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1066
- Wed Oct 11, 2023 12:16 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Tortec Ultralite rear rack
- Replies: 3
- Views: 517
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 9:25 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 974
- Views: 120235
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 9:15 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Kayak PFD and paddle
- Replies: 2
- Views: 472
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 7:11 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD: Headset, Hope QR end caps, Shimano cranks.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 348
Re: WTD: Headset, Hope QR end caps, Shimano cranks.
Shimano Zee 170mm
Shimano XT triple 175mm
Both are 104mm BCD
Shimano XT triple 175mm
Both are 104mm BCD
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 6:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Travel insurance anual multi-trip
- Replies: 0
- Views: 318
Travel insurance anual multi-trip
Can anyone recommend an anual multi trip travel insurance provider with a trip length up to 90 days / 3 months?
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: GoPro Hero 9 Black +accessories
- Replies: 0
- Views: 344
GoPro Hero 9 Black +accessories
GoPro Hero 9 Black. Very little use. https://photos.app.goo.gl/F8eHKevmB8wn9F1eA (tripod not included in sale) Carry case 3 x battery Charger block for two batteries Vented helmet strap mount 2 x 128GB cards and card readers 1 x 32 Gb card Silicon camera case Handler floating hand grip Magnetic clip...
- Mon Jul 10, 2023 3:04 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Kayak PFD and paddle
- Replies: 2
- Views: 472
Kayak PFD and paddle
Photos here https://photos.app.goo.gl/8rHfbZXVmvjqoNZw5
Peak UK PFD size L/XL £35 inc postage
Lendal ? sea kayak paddle, adjustable length and feather. Carbon cranked shaft 2170mm +60mm . Splits in two. Max length 1250mm £90 may need to be collection only . Doncaster area.
Peak UK PFD size L/XL £35 inc postage
Lendal ? sea kayak paddle, adjustable length and feather. Carbon cranked shaft 2170mm +60mm . Splits in two. Max length 1250mm £90 may need to be collection only . Doncaster area.
- Thu Jul 06, 2023 9:10 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New tyres Part 2 29ers
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1693
Re: New tyres Part 2
What kind of mileage atr people getting out of Mezcals? 2.6 variety specificly
- Fri Jun 30, 2023 10:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Songs to play at your funeral
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1887
Re: Songs to play at your funeral
Slay the bastards and get them weeping, its my day after all. Brian Eno, An ending (ascent) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlaTeXX3uH8 The Beatles, Across the Universe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90M60PzmxEE Catatonia, Nothing Hurts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scKMellFRA4 Blur, Sweet Song. ...
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:45 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Decent lock for bikepacking
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1562
Re: Decent lock for bikepacking
I use an Abus combination cable lock. It will barely stop anyone with a decent pair of nail clippers let alone a battery angle grinder. Most insurance requirements for bike locks will rule out bikepacking anyway whatever lock you use as they require indoor storage storage behind a locked door etc.
- Sun Jun 25, 2023 7:45 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Route creation - workflow, algorithms and the like
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1848
Re: Route creation - workflow, algorithms and the like
https://ridewithgps.com/plansvoodoo_simon wrote: ↑Sun Jun 25, 2023 6:22 pm
Is it free? Struggling to see a price when I click on sign up…
- Sun Jun 25, 2023 6:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Route creation - workflow, algorithms and the like
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1848
Re: Route creation - workflow, algorithms and the like
I tend to use a mix of Komoot and (digital) OS Maps. Komoot to actually plan the route on, OS to check if the paths actually allow bikes (the underlying data Komoot uses doesn’t appear to differentiate very well between different types of PROWs). Then to plan food stops and shops Komoot has limited...
- Fri Jun 23, 2023 11:12 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Icebreaker Shifter Merino Shorts
- Replies: 2
- Views: 314
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 7:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Squirt Lube or something Else?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1008
Re: Squirt Lube or something Else?
Big fan of Smoove. Easily get double the mileage compared to the oil based lube used previously. Just did 4500 km round Morocco and adjusted the chain once (Rohloff, KMC chain). All dry miles admittedly but lots of dust, sand, dirt roads etc. Lubed chain approx every other day ( 150 - 200km).
- Fri Jun 16, 2023 11:16 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
- Replies: 3323
- Views: 618155
Re: Todays ride
After a month of looking after me old mum following a fall and a broken collar bone, her sling came off today and I thought I'd take the opportunity to try to crack 200 km in a day on my local route (Lincoln Gravel Imp on bikepacking) . 16 km in a piece of the True Cross wrecked the only slightly wo...