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by The Cumbrian
Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:30 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: NC500 in 1925
Replies: 12
Views: 412

Re: NC500 in 1925

That's brilliant. Tweed jackets, hike a bike and smoking tabs. I wonder how many hills they had to walk down due to inadequate brakes?
by The Cumbrian
Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:20 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: HotPog Classic Pogies SOLD
Replies: 5
Views: 4460

Re: HotPog Classic Pogies SOLD

Apologies, I got called into work and forgot all about this. Enjoy your pogies, winter is coming.
by The Cumbrian
Tue Dec 12, 2023 9:05 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4895
Views: 1172540

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

There are a couple of good looking retro ATBs on Facebook Marketplace in Cockermouth, Cumbria for a good price if anyone's into that sort of thing. Nothing to do with me, and I haven't got the time to ride the bikes I've already got: https://www.facebook.com/groups/136171799736852/permalink/72798053...
by The Cumbrian
Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:42 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: HotPog Classic Pogies SOLD
Replies: 5
Views: 4460

Re: HotPog Classic Pogies

PM'd...
by The Cumbrian
Tue Nov 21, 2023 11:00 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: EU bike shop charges!
Replies: 20
Views: 6148

Re: EU bike shop charges!

When it comes to VAT/duty you are dealing with a bit of the state apparatus that you really, really don't want to be messing with :lol: My dad would say that if the Inland Revenue turned up he'd make them stand outside in the rain, if the customs/VAT man turned up he'd just say "in you come&qu...
by The Cumbrian
Tue Nov 21, 2023 8:30 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Are you analogue?
Replies: 42
Views: 16540

Re: Are you analogue?

The bike that I ride the most is fully rigid with mechanical disc brakes (gotta move with the times) and 2 X 9 gears with a friction shift thumbie for the front. It's like going back to the 90s with better geometry and brakes that actually work in the wet. I've barely touched my hard tail since I go...
by The Cumbrian
Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:57 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Riding in sandals....... anyone ?
Replies: 18
Views: 1289

Re: Riding in sandals....... anyone ?

Either Tevas or Keens, whichever are nearer the door when I'm heading out.
by The Cumbrian
Mon May 22, 2023 2:39 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What summer mat is flavour of the year?
Replies: 12
Views: 986

Re: What summer mat is flavour of the year?

I use an Uberlight for 3 seasons and rate it. As long as the ground isn't already frozen when I set up camp it's been good for me. I use a full length wide mat, I don't mind carrying a little extra weight for a good night's sleep.
by The Cumbrian
Sat May 20, 2023 3:02 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Replies: 952
Views: 110371

Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...

faustus wrote: Sat May 20, 2023 8:20 am It's an adult Lego helmet!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
by The Cumbrian
Thu Apr 13, 2023 10:16 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Raised Reversed Stem
Replies: 18
Views: 1129

Raised Reversed Stem

Seth's reviewed a new Raised Reversed Stem which looks interesting.

I'd like to try one to get my bars higher, but don't fancy forking out $400...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apyTlND9Cuo
by The Cumbrian
Tue Mar 07, 2023 3:38 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Putting ‘mountains’ into mountain biking
Replies: 30
Views: 2126

Re: Putting ‘mountains’ into mountain biking

I biked over quite a few of the Back o' Skiddaw tops last year, it's a fantastic and underrated area where even someone as unfit as me can actually do a fair bit of riding rather than pushing.
by The Cumbrian
Tue Mar 07, 2023 10:32 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: FS Wildcat Double Ended Drybag (now reduced)
Replies: 6
Views: 552

Re: FS Wildcat and Rockgeist

I'm trying to send a pm re the Rockgeist Armadillo Drybag protector if you still have it, but for some reason it won't send...

Cheers, Michael.
by The Cumbrian
Fri Feb 10, 2023 7:49 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Sleeping Bag -40c. 😁
Replies: 26
Views: 1227

Re: Sleeping Bag -40c. 😁

there is a bloke on youtube ,channel called kent survival has been using it for a few weeks now . apparently it very good, warm ,no condensation , dont know the weight or how it packs down though Weighing just 1810g, the Biigloo Aerogel sleeping bag is a stunningly warm sleeping bag at an incredibl...
by The Cumbrian
Tue Jan 24, 2023 4:07 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Do you remember your first time?
Replies: 25
Views: 2153

Re: Do you remember your first time?

Loads of camping trips as a kid in the local woods, my mates and I had our first "proper" backpacking trip to The Lakes when I was 14 in 1986. Crap sleeping bags, plastic bivvy bags, Cobmaster external framed rucsacs, building site waterproofs, Baked beans, tinned hotdogs and Beanfeast to ...
by The Cumbrian
Tue Jan 24, 2023 3:52 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Fatmap
Replies: 2
Views: 315

Re: Fatmap

I used the free version of Fatmap when I walked the Camino Primitivo last year and found it very useful. If I was going to be walking or cycling a lot abroad, especially away from marked trails, I'd happily pay for it.
by The Cumbrian
Fri Dec 16, 2022 7:29 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Geometry question - not maths homework.
Replies: 9
Views: 589

Re: Geometry question - not maths homework.

This is very specific, with a sample size of one (me), but I had to pack in mountain biking in my twenties after a bout of carpel tunnel syndrome. I returned to it a few years ago when my son showed an interest and had the same issue, despite my new bikes being more upright than my old 90s mountain ...
by The Cumbrian
Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:03 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Great North Trail guide book - free
Replies: 6
Views: 349

Re: Great North Trail guide book - free

Yes please Chris.

On second thoughts, scratch that mate. Give it to someone who's actually likely to do it in the next couple of years.
by The Cumbrian
Sun Dec 04, 2022 4:50 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: GFBD
Replies: 8
Views: 760

Re: GFBD

Looks great Geoff, the work you did is paying off.
If it's any use to you, I've found that those bags of self-lighting charcoal are a good alternative to carrying wood if you're going somewhere with a fireplace.
by The Cumbrian
Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:19 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
Replies: 1453
Views: 384085

Re: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.

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Beautiful area, very understated around there
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Agreed. When I moved to the area from Cumbria I had very low expectations, but I discovered loads of great bike rides and walks in beautiful countryside.
by The Cumbrian
Sat Dec 03, 2022 10:21 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
Replies: 1453
Views: 384085

Re: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.

frogatthefarriers wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 5:14 pm Image

This was above my head in bed on my latest bivvy. Stripy sandstone.
Were you in the Queen's Parlour?
by The Cumbrian
Fri Dec 02, 2022 5:07 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: A funny little night out...
Replies: 12
Views: 909

Re: A funny little night out...

Fog can be really odd, especially in darkness. My strangest experience was in daylight though, when I was canoeing on Loch Shiel. It was so thick I had to paddle on a bearing using a compass on the thwart, and I seemed to be in a dome of clarity about 10m wide. The only sounds were those made by me ...
by The Cumbrian
Mon Nov 07, 2022 5:40 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: made possible by advent of ‘fatbikes’
Replies: 46
Views: 6204

Re: made possible by advent of ‘fatbikes’

And I've just discovered another one of this site's eccentricities :lol: :lol:
by The Cumbrian
Mon Nov 07, 2022 5:40 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: made possible by advent of ‘fatbikes’
Replies: 46
Views: 6204

Re: made possible by advent of ‘fatbikes’

Good luck to him, but I wouldn't fancy pushing a bike over miles of sastrugi, especially a bike with a heavy horse-drawn sledge attached.
by The Cumbrian
Tue Oct 25, 2022 12:42 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4895
Views: 1172540

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

Reduced 5.10 Freerider shoes at Needlesports:

https://www.needlesports.com/Catalogue/ ... 63184c114c
by The Cumbrian
Thu Oct 20, 2022 12:02 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Ventile - Alpkit Jump the Wagon
Replies: 20
Views: 1441

Re: Ventile - Alpkit Jump the Wagon

I have a Ventile jacket that I only really use when I know that it's going to be windy all day, especially when it's cold. I find it much more breathable than synthetics and it's very quiet. Not that I'm sneaking around creeping up on unsuspecting beasts or people I hasten to add.