Today's job was to replace the Magura Mt master cylinder that I broke in a crash. Went Ok apart from a) not realising there was an olive already in the replacement master cylinder which I crushed and then slightly damaged the threads fro the hose entry while levering it out. Ended up having to retap...

a Sea to Summit Cinder Down Quilt from their sale.

I'd tried the Alpkit quilt before and found it too cold (seems it is generally poorly reviewed) so hopefully this is one works better for when I don't want to take my sleeping bag.

The bags and info leaflets it comes with are quite nice :)

Now sold

Alternatively, I could go with a dropper with an underseat lever, not fussed about diameter as happy to shim it

Sea to Summit quilts and bags with muchos dineros off

https://seatosummit.co.uk/collections/outlet-clearance

Anyone got anything?
Seem thin on the ground.out there.
Not looking to shim a smaller one

I had the 2 man XL lite version.
Great tent. Easy to pitch well, well designed and robust. Lives in it for 3 weeks in a row.

I only sold it as I only ever camped alone (thought my girlfriend might come along but nah) so went for something smaller.

Update In the end I got a 42t Microshift cassette and a Shimano GRX 2x111 (RX810) derailleur off of the CRC close down sale. Fitted them today and shifting is nice and smooth. Although the maximum cassette for that mech is meant to be up to 40t, the 42t is no problem and didn't require a goatlink o...

I'm selling my Nortik Trekraft. I actually think I bought it off someone on here? It has done good service - multi day camping trips down the Tay and Spey, day trips and bikerafting over Loch Broom and Little Loch Broom. https://i.postimg.cc/gJH9GQZq/PXL-20240322-100705678.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/X...

I was out for a very easy ride (with a pal who doesn't really MTB) at a mini trail centre in some woods near the back of Falkirk. Pretty family friendly stuff, green/blue grade stuff. Not even any drop offs. Apart from one track which has an unsigned gap jump on it! I almost made it, but now have pe...

I have a Garmin Campervan satnav I used for a trip to Europe.
It shows you the elevation and steep gradients:

https://support.garmin.com/en-GB/?faq=R ... lGO7iOhTQ8

Much manoeuvring for me Bought this electric town bike v. cheap from Evans: https://i.postimg.cc/vBvzhzch/PXL-20240218-125230067.jpg My girlfriend and I share it for doing errands and commuting. I changed the saddle to a Fabric one that suits my butt. Need to buy another 34.9mm seatpost that I can c...

You could drill your own hole in the correct place, as long as there is some material to drill through?

Your shoe size number is related to the size of an ear of Barley.
The standardisation of bolt threads (via the Whitworth thread) is said to have played an important part in Britain winning the Crimean War through helping gunboat production. I guess that brings it a little closer to the topic...

At danger of being called a metric using whippersnapper, I'm seeing it as

2389 metres of elevation in 185km of distance which equals just shy of 13 metres (12.91) of elevation per KM of distance.
Though obviously it won't be distributed evenly!

Saw this on bikepacking.com: https://bikepacking.com/routes/glenha-bikerafting-loop/ Looks quite interesting, not overly challenging and seems to be quite a good use of the raft to allow you to follow a route you couldn't do without one. The figure of 8 route means you could do it in smaller chunks ...

Specialized Tactic 4 from Tredz at £41.99 down from £80 plus best ranking mtb/emtb helmet and 3rd overall regardless of price as tested by Virginia Tech https://www.helmet.beam.vt.edu/bicycle-helmet-ratings.html They seem to be £40 at a lot of online shops, so handy if you are buying something else...

Two semi-conflicting themes for me. 1) A bike that is left in the back of the shed or somewhere for months will generally be good to go with just a wee spot of air in the tyres and potentially some chain lube. 2) Spending time cleaning a bike normally means I find lots of little bits on it to tidy u...

Hello, am back from my holiday. In the end, we didn't camp at all. Rooms in nice (if basic) Riads/hotels were about £20 a night between the two of us... We also didn't do much hiking in the end, a couple of 2 or 3 hour ones. We were travelling to different towns each day. Can definitely see the appe...

So, after mulling this over for a while, I have just received a pair of second hand Paramo Velez trousers in the post. They seem closest to what I'm looking for and if they don't do the job I can sell them on for no/low cost. Will test them out by riding to work (20 miles) in the rain. And while, sa...

Tortec ultra lite works well for me. Easy to fit, robust enough for anything my bike can do off road (with 38mm tyres). Can take panniers and the platform is big enough to put bags on top. They're less than £30, so not a big expenditure to try it out. Would recommend Ortlieb gravel panniers too. The...

Is there an 'optimum' age for a whisky? Is there a point of diminishing return? Chemically, almost all of the maturation flavouring happens in the first 18 months. The 3 year minimum maturation law is arbitrary. Was put in during the 1920s as a semi-prohibition measure to slow down production. Olde...

I have a masters degree in whisky distillation and maturation.
Feel free to ask anything you like.

Thanks for the info, and enjoyed reading about people's trips there.
Have starred a few places in Google Maps to visit.

Hello, a little off-topic but thinking there should be some people on here a little more widely-travelled than I. My pal and I have booked cheap flights to Morocco at the end of the month for a week The general plan is to hire a car, do a bit of a road trip. Sometimes stay in a hostel/hotel and some...