Nice one, will drop him a line

Hi Jon, still hoping to get stock to Back Country soon?

Considering these as my rear Nano has many holes these days (for full declaration, not the fault of the tyre) but can't really see much info/feedback on them. One test reckons they are a bit stiff (fixed with lower pressure) and they start to look a bit worn after 700 miles. For £30 each I can handl...

haha oops! I'd missed the part where it was you actually making them! Now stop spamming the forum and get back on the lathe/mill

Are DeWidgets fairly similar in availability to rocking horse poo? I see Bikepacking Scotland has them listed but no stock. However I could get the Rockgeist equivalent fairly easily

Now that I do like! Could probably do that, I’ll need to take the bag off for CX reasons but it only takes a minute to swap a spacer so.....

The Alpkit isn’t actually flopping (so far), just not overly confident. Will need to give it a proper test

Cheers. I was thinking about just heading to an alterations place to have a quick chat. One little horizontal loop of fabric and then another loop of velcro and it'd be sorted. Cost saving does seem like the only reason for the change. They now talking about trimming the velcro at the front to suit,...

urgh that video is frustrating! Alpkit have changed from a daisychain to a sewn in band! Will need to have a think about how it can work. One other thing I’ve read is just to form some plastic to put inside, might be a quick and easy solution to start with Edit: thought I was going mad as I was slig...

After the first test ride you’re probably right, top tube bag doesn’t seem great. No idea how I’d make the widget work with the 1 big strap though?

Well in the interest of completeness this is where I’ve ended up, with not a shop visited in the end Will see how it all works out!

That’s very interesting, those are two bags that have caught my eye for different reasons. I wonder if they’ll put them in their sale.....?

Yeah it was the "must be full" comments that are making me doubt it. First trip out will be 2 nights but taking the soft approach and using B&Bs, so questionable if it'd be the right size for the job. OTOH I'm not exactly expecting to get it right first time anyway Got a big Evans/TriU...

Yeah I figured a sizeable drive North or South would be handy! Not going to be able to do that anytime soon though.

Shame the Lomo bag doesn't seem to be too great as I drive straight past them on the way home.

Morning all, I think I know the answer to this (and it's not good) but wanted to make sure I'm not forgetting anywhere. I'm very new to bike packing so still needing to pick up some kit (you know, minor things like somewhere to put your clothes, food and everything else you might need) before doing ...