Well the VO 'guards are very nice if they do fit - good luck!

Good going! The 2020/21 Unit X looks really good, and lots of good features. I have a 2018 Unit and it ticks many boxes for me, and very versatile to build up how you want. In terms of a fork, i've been using a surly Krampus fork (not boutique!) because they're good and solid, and also trying out a ...

SKS do a 75mm guard that looks to cover wide mtb tyres up to at least 2.5inch, and nice fittings if not the longest blades. Quite heavy but worth a look. I'm contemplating some for my Unit over winter... EDIT - and way cheaper than Honjo! :grin: https://www.merlincycles.com/sks-bluemels-u-stay-mtb-m...

Someone our way has something very similar except it looks like it's made from girders, I think it's an fat tyred ebike - It reminds me of a Brompton crossed with the Incredible Hulk. Actually, I don't think it has a triangle, so, in fact, it only looks like this one superficially. I've seen one ar...

Are these 29er forks? Can the travel be adjusted internally? Ta.

My tuppence: - They all look capable of off-roading to me, just a list of gravel bikes of varying prices. Glad it included the Camino, which is very capable, and great off-road! :-bd - Another bag rubber here, especially on road crank Q-factor, baggy shorts swish on bags fairly often. - Capabilities...

I'm in a similar position, but tend to just ride more roads/lanes in the winter as i'm no fan of real slop. Purely judging by pictures, i'm not sure the Ravager is much of an improvement over the Riddler, they both have a similar tread down the middle, the Ravager just has bigger side knobs - which ...

Cracking picture!

Good tips to know for the future. Mine are too young yet, but i plan to start off with picnic and play somewhere different on the bike, hopefully getting to the point of staying overnight later on. And yeah, taking a teddy is a given

Ditto, having spent a great deal of time in and around Lampeter, I love the southern Cambrians.

Great idea. Hoping I might be able to do this, even though freedom passes are very hard to come by at the moment!

not bikey at all, but edward abbey - desert solitaire. first published in 1968 it documents his time as a park ranger in utah. that makes it sound sh!t but his descriptions, and thoughts on and connections with nature are brilliant. there was a before having read this and an after having read this ...

Exotic carbon forks would do if you can find any, I recently got a 2nd hand monocoque version and there's room for 3inch tyres. Sensible A-C options too.

I enjoyed John Metcalfe's Dividing the Great:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dividing-Great ... B005U0OHTA

A short, murky and somewhat surprising bimble around central Dorset. I departed the large free car park on Bulbarrow Hill, sped down the road past the new pop-up ice-cream shop (Tiny Tim's) :-bd and along the Wessex Ridgeway past a rather foggy and forlorn Okeford Hill bike park. Taking a sharp rig...

As has been put succinctly above, it's a lot about (personal) choice of compromises for the type of riding you do. I've got used to 1 x on all my bikes, and part of it is adjusting to a particular set-up. The gravel bike will be used more on the road in the winter, so may well revert back to 2x11......

Common Toad. Definitely best left in Wales!

Some could argue that for sure. But on the spectrum of human influence on the landscape and the extent to which nature is free to impose itself, there aren't any areas in the UK that could be said to fit even a loose definition of wilderness. There's a common trait for culture to use the term freely...

Good stuff, never knew that! I'll watch the programme at some point, but the title does the classic thing of using 'wild' or 'wilderness' to sell a programme in the listings. It's a particular beef I have with the misuse of this word; and the Cambrians are many wonderful things, but it ain't wildern...

To add a light seasoning to a feeling of listlessness today, listening to Hammock's album 'Kenotic'. It's apologetically ambient

Great ride and write up, enjoyed that a lot! I have a much, much shorter but similarly inspired ride planned for whenever I can get out. I like the vibe of the touring and riding, not primarily about gear and distance and effort (though i'm sure there was plenty and interest in each!), but the exper...

Doing office work from home like many people, and I hate the constant discomfort of this heat, and riding is unpleasant after about 9am. It's been 32'C or more every day since friday here and no break until Thursday by the looks of it, hardly dipped below 20 at night outside and i think the house ha...

Thought i'd beat the heat and got out for a bit this morning on the Camino. Still sweated lots, but it was a beautiful ride up to the Wayfarer's Way via back lanes and byways and back again.

Usually instant in a ziplock bag for me mostly, as i'm happy enough with any old hot drink with caffeine when camping. As borderer says, happy to wait for a stop or home for a nice coffee. Go Full Pannier.cc and take a Moka pot

Or this would plug and play with GRX mechs...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shimano-105- ... SweKZfJ7iE