Also enjoying the random banana industries stuff, nice cheap socks like PX good old days
Have bought tyres here before the takeover, looking forward to more random stuff coming along!
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- Mon May 20, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4945
- Views: 1255663
- Fri May 17, 2024 9:29 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536241
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Can of worms Friday there Reg! I'd echo what Sean says about water supply, it's incredibly high quality nearly all of the time. Crypto outbreaks do happen, this one seems to have been worse than others, but amplified by the media due to the focus on the industry as a whole. On sewage: the condition ...
- Wed May 15, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Trangia kit - too bulky for bikepacking?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 262
Re: Trangia kit - too bulky for bikepacking?
I've yet to try meths burner since I was a scout, but can see the appeal. As my bike trips are usually fairly short, I prefer the small gas stove setup for ease of use, weight and size. This thread made me dig it out to weigh the lot, and was pleasantly surprised that ti pot, kraku stove, gas and li...
- Tue May 14, 2024 10:11 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1438
Re: Missing the point?
An interesting thread this, though really an appendage of the adventure thread. Slightly tangential/meta, but this put me in mind of a Raymond William's quote form The Country and the City : "Nostalgia, it can be said, is universal and persistent; only other men’s nostalgias offend." Stick...
- Tue May 07, 2024 3:31 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Missing the point?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 1438
Re: Missing the point?
https://www.beicsbrenin.co.uk/news/launch/ I heard about this too, and aside from the 'adventure' debate and marketing terminology, I see it as a positive to have more waymarked off road trails. It gives more types of cyclist on different types of bike, more options for riding off road. It could al...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 8:50 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536241
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
A brave and hard thing to do, but sounds like you you did it in the right way, good luck! At the complete other end of the spectrum, my youngest boy - born in the middle of the first lockdown - is 4 today! Lots of excitement and parental pride, reminding me of my own excited birthday's as a young bo...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: If you could recommend 1 gravel route - what would it be?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2767
Re: If you could recommend 1 gravel route - what would it be?
You could get a big loop in the New Forest, taking in the sea to make it longer. Only a day ride really, but can be extended outside the national park. There are tonnes of gravel tracks open to bikes, which though non-technical, are a nice way to get around a beautiful place by bike. Some bits are h...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:33 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
- Replies: 699
- Views: 154640
Re: Wildlife
Doing transects - that's a proper job!
Currently waiting on the tadpoles to start growing legs, so we can give them some supplement food. Only just learned they become very carnivorous at that stage...luckily the pond is chock full of Daphnia that need some predation...
Currently waiting on the tadpoles to start growing legs, so we can give them some supplement food. Only just learned they become very carnivorous at that stage...luckily the pond is chock full of Daphnia that need some predation...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:21 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11457
- Views: 1984753
Re: The post man's been ...
Various headset bits, including all the bits to convert a purple hope headset I inherited, back to a less flashy black - so just cups only and top collar. Worked out cheaper than a new headset, so can just swap bearings. Now just have some unwanted purple cups...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 135610
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
I loved the original, mainly for its sense of landscape and amatuer adventure. Mike Dion was cringeworthy, but that aside it was good. If nothing else it'll probably show what has changed on the racing side of things, and how very much different a beast it now is..
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:06 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sub 1k hardtail
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3509
Re: Sub 1k hardtail
Calibre Line hardtails (from Go Outdoors) in 27.5 or 29 are highly regarded value bike, though the 29er is £1100 with members card currently. Also, nothing wrong with a voodoo Bizango or Boardman 29er from Halfords - they tend to have pretty good specs for the price.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:33 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bike packing full suspension frame/ bike recommendations
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2169
Re: Bike packing full suspension frame/ bike recommendations
I've never owned a FS but the one I always like the idea of is the Cotic Flaremax. It's probably too heavy and expensive, being steel frame/alloy rear, but it looks to be adaptable, and would certainly be durable and capable. I'm sure it could be built fairly lightly, and made to work well as a bike...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:52 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 135610
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Oh dear, hadn't realised they'd been bought out in 2022 - none of that bodes well at all...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:39 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 135610
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
We have a winner for fugliest bike 2024, in April. It firmly pinballed on every branch on the way down :???: It also seems to be very expensive, even in a lower spec ($3799). It may well function very well, and is a bit of a fargo with less tyre clearance...but still... :shock: https://media.therada...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:23 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 8497
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
The Panda Sutra on a kids top, the mind boggles!
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1547
- Views: 275097
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Thanks! That rack (and whole front end) was on the old town bike, it's a fairly useful rack with the cargo net for soft or bulky items from the shops!
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:00 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1547
- Views: 275097
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Finally finished off the 'new' town bike build. All built with bits swapped from the old Inbred 69er town bike, and spares from the shed. Some are a bit too nice, like the V12 mag pedals and SLX chainset, but otherwise it rides well enough. Had to do some jerry-rigging of the mudguard, but it turned...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: It burns !!! It burns!!!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1887
Re: It burns !!! It burns!!!
19 degrees here!
Though recent flooding has quite a lot of drying to do here, I'd rate the trail conditions as roughly 'november'.
Though recent flooding has quite a lot of drying to do here, I'd rate the trail conditions as roughly 'november'.
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:28 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: packable fleece?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1806
Re: packable fleece?
I've also recently turned to fleece a bit more for everyday, including a nice and cosy Fohn hoody/fleece from the sales, plus a couple of fleece based shirts. I've also got an Alpkit griffon as a mid-layer and it's really good. It's a gridded one that sheds heat and moisture well but is still quite ...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:44 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 8497
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
That's good!
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:24 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 8497
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
Always interesting to read these debates on here, as i'm not much of a bikepacker by the general standards of this forum. There's a leaning towards 'type 2 or it didn't happen' on here sometimes :lol: It might be my advancing age, but also because i've got two young kids, and they provide enough fun...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:41 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: new bike/ frame
- Replies: 6
- Views: 639
Re: new bike/ frame
Titus Silk Road or el Viajero? Silk road is more of a tourer with all the mounts. Think you can spec the rigid fork with 3-boss mounts. https://bikepacking.com/bikes/titus-silk-road-review/ Think the Mason will be £2000 frame only as a minimum, so if you do have similar money also consider Fairlight...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: So this is who lights fires ...
- Replies: 150
- Views: 20439
Re: So this is who lights fires ...
As is lighting a fire to heat up a pop tart later on...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:07 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11457
- Views: 1984753
Re: The post man's been ...
Fear not, Wiggle and CRC are alive again, albeit just a re-tread of all the other myriad Mike Ashley websites. You can probably find what you need on the House of Fraser site just as easily!
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 4:42 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD: 27.5 boost rear wheel SORTED
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1765
Re: WTD: 27.5 boost rear wheel
Thanks for the heads-up Shaf, they sound great but I've just got a pair of bargain wheels sorted.