I have a pair of Endura knee warmers that I use during the winter. If it looks like it's going below zero, then I'll throw on an old pair of Ron Hill Tracksters too. These look similar, if not quite the same as the ones I have...
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- Mon Feb 10, 2020 4:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Good winter (baggy) cycling pants: any thoughts
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3667
- Sun Feb 09, 2020 11:26 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Atmospheric Places You've Been To On A Bikepacking Trip
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1398
Re: Atmospheric Places You've Been To On A Bikepacking Trip
Going to have to watch The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, again, now...
- Sun Feb 09, 2020 10:49 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hang On, There's ADDERS In Kielder?!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5110
Re: Hang On, There's ADDERS In Kielder?!
Cows are the earthly manifestation of pure evil.
- Sat Feb 08, 2020 6:46 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2020.
- Replies: 923
- Views: 145099
Re: Bivvy a month 2020.
Popped out for my February BaM last night, ended up in another bird hide. A full write up will be on my blog at some point in the next few days. Here's the summary... I was much warmer this time round, even with a breeze blowing though the hide, as it didn't have a door (yes, the blue bits are holes...
- Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:28 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Anyone out on Sunday testing gear/bike/self to destruction then?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7015
Re: Anyone out on Sunday testing gear/bike/self to destruction then?
Off out now, hoping to be back before it gets proper blowy...
- Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:56 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11458
- Views: 2000357
Re: The post man's been ...
... and delivered a MTB Batteries Lumen800. Tomorrow nights bivvy is saved!
It also means that I'm eating beans on toast for the rest of the month...
It also means that I'm eating beans on toast for the rest of the month...
- Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:05 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11458
- Views: 2000357
Re: The post man's been ...
... and delivered some o-rings for my knackered Joe Blow. Which would appear to still be knackered after fitting one. 😠 http://media.bobarnott.com/gravel/2020-02-05-o-rings.jpeg ... and another one then delivered an Exped Downmat Lite 5. 😁 http://media.bobarnott.com/gravel/2020-02-05-exped-downmat.j...
- Wed Feb 05, 2020 6:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bikepacking Food & Snacks
- Replies: 54
- Views: 12116
Re: Bikepacking Food & Snacks
I don't particularly like porridge, much prefer overnight oats, but will give it a go in the name of warming up.ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2020 2:02 pm Yeah. I use dried fruits; sultanas, raisins, dates etc. It all goes in the blender together. I guess you could put the fruit in after whizzing if you were using fresh fruit.
- Wed Feb 05, 2020 1:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: IDEAS PLEASE - 5 day route, somewhere warm, September time
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3486
Re: IDEAS PLEASE - 5 day route, somewhere warm, September time
I'm going to assume Spanish Lapland is on the list...?
- Wed Feb 05, 2020 1:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bikepacking Food & Snacks
- Replies: 54
- Views: 12116
Re: Bikepacking Food & Snacks
I make up my own "adventure" porridge Porridge - 60g / 226 kcal nuts - 20g / 131 kcal fruit - 40g / 120 kcal dried milk - 15g / 50 kcal Totals 135g / 527 kcal I whizz it all in a blender (breaks up the oats and makes them quicker to rehydrate). Then stick it in a ziplock/P&S bag, then...
- Tue Feb 04, 2020 2:22 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays ride
- Replies: 3330
- Views: 667439
Re: Todays ride
Was going to cycle commute to work today, but my front light had other ideas. Plugged it in, it came on, then as I wheeled the bike down the drive it went off every time the bike hit a bump. Then it just stopped working unless I hit it, when it would just flash, then go off again. So back into the h...
- Tue Feb 04, 2020 1:47 pm
- Forum: Routes
- Topic: Offa's Byke - Prestatyn to Chepstow.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 7718
Re: Offa's Byke - Prestatyn to Chepstow.
Looks like it...Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2020 10:27 amDoesn't that go more up the middle / over towards the west?XduroWales route
So Offa's Byke on the way down, WalesDURO in reverse for the way back...?
- Mon Feb 03, 2020 12:08 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Please tell me its still going to be windy as sin
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1457
Re: Please tell me its still going to be windy as sin
Gusting pretty loudly down here in the wilds of South Cambridgeshire. Looking to cycle commute on Tuesday, and it's supposed to be windy again then, so that'll be a brutal hour of block headwind along The Cam...
- Sun Feb 02, 2020 5:54 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1562
- Views: 280045
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Fitted some Tannus Armour under the rear tyre. Hopefully this will reduce the number of rear wheel punctures. If it goes well, I might consider one for the front too.
- Sat Feb 01, 2020 10:45 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2020.
- Replies: 923
- Views: 145099
Re: Bivvy a month 2020.
Well that was fun. :-bd Really wild night glad I used a bivvy (academic really as I only have a bivvy bag at present). A tent would have been gone. A wee ride down the Fife coastal path and slept at one of the WW2 emplacements. :cool: Just noticed where you're at! I grew up in the Bay, used to play...
- Sat Feb 01, 2020 1:08 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sleep Systems
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5371
Re: Sleep Systems
It took me all afternoon to post that, rewrote it about seven times, quite glad I asked now! Based on the glowing recommendations, I think I'll have to take a closer look at the DownMat Lite 5 M.
Thanks everyone, it's seriously appreciated.
Thanks everyone, it's seriously appreciated.
- Sat Feb 01, 2020 12:28 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2020.
- Replies: 923
- Views: 145099
- Sat Feb 01, 2020 12:25 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: My Commute (and hopefully yours)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5804
Re: My Commute (and hopefully yours) !
I've been lucky to cycle alongside hunting barn owls on a few occasions. Sometimes on early morning rides, sometimes late at night on the way home from work, when I used to cycle commute. No matter how bad the day, or the ride, cycling with a barn owl has never failed to raise my spirits and make me...
- Sat Feb 01, 2020 12:22 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: And the best place I ever slept was ....
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6671
Re: And the best place I ever slept was ....
Ooooo, just thought of another one. Spent a weekend rock climbing around Reiff on the West coast of Scotland. Camped the night at the local campsite by the beach, cracking sunset, good times. Edit: Woke up this morning and realised that I'd totally forgotten the best one ever. That's the North face ...
- Fri Jan 31, 2020 8:11 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sleep Systems
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5371
Sleep Systems
It's payday, so obviously I've spent too much time pondering what to spend my meagre free cash on. After last weekends BaM, I'd decided to upgrade my sleeping mat, as I felt it was the weakest link. I never did find that Ultralight Thermarest comfy, so I'm not surprised it's first on the chopping bl...
- Fri Jan 31, 2020 12:20 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: And the best place I ever slept was ....
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6671
Re: And the best place I ever slept was ....
Probably the night I slept on top of Aonach Beag in the early Nineties. I'd got the train from Inverkeithing to Fort William, via Edinburgh and Glasgow. Walked up the Ben, while the fell race was on, then round the Càrn Mòr Dearg Arête to the summit, before heading to Aonach Beag. Woke up to a tempe...
- Thu Jan 30, 2020 12:35 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Smart Sam Tyres
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1673
Re: Smart Sam Tyres
K1100T, have you tried All Terrain Cycles ? I visited there briefly early this morning (after changing search provider) and baulked at the price. They are currently much cheaper from Polaris , as they in the sale. Shame they are still twice the price of the Smart Sam , which is why I was interested...
- Thu Jan 30, 2020 11:47 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: PODSACS? Any good?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2372
Re: PODSACS? Any good?
Ok thanks all for the responses. But I am more interested in the PODSCACS gear itself: Is it sturdy? Is it waterproof? Any typical issues to look out for with the gear? More specifically the saddlebag. The two bits I've bought have both been sturdy and totally waterproof. Just expect all the straps...
- Thu Jan 30, 2020 9:29 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Smart Sam Tyres
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1673
Re: Smart Sam Tyres
I asked about 700c slop tyres on STW only the other day. The Smart Sam was one of the recommendations, and given you can pick them up for less than £20 online, I'm interested. I need something that will give me some actual traction in the mud, rather than my rear wheel sitting and spinning. but........
- Wed Jan 29, 2020 1:53 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How much of a ballache is ...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4974
Re: How much of a ballache is ...
Also, most of The Racing Collective TransXxx and xxxDURO events are one way, and you're supposed to get there and back via the railways. 🤷♂️ I saw that they are saying you are not allowed to drive to the events. Whist I admire the sentiments it seems to me that it's tokenism to be on-message. I ri...