I've got the bigger one MTB Batteries do on my handlebars. Very happy with it
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- Sat Dec 10, 2022 3:06 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: MTB Batteries Lumen 800
- Replies: 6
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- Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:48 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: MTB Batteries Lumen 800
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1569
Re: MTB Batteries Lumen 800
I'd be interested in this if techno doesn't take it.
- Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:01 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1138
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Re: What are you listening to now?
First record I ever bought was The Pushbike Song by The Mixtures in 1970. How appropriate and prescient that turned out to be. The B-side was this very strange and contrasting number. I still find it rather unsettling for some reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuAM4W-_Lp4 Antmusic by Adam and...
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 11:54 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1138
- Views: 209730
Re: What are you listening to now?
Metallica - Kill 'em all First time in many years, what a great album and the perfect antidote to the unrelenting dross that was '80's pop music. First time I heard of Metallica was when I borrowed Master of Puppets from someone at school. I went and bought it that weekend (on cassette) and loved a...
- Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
- Replies: 1461
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Re: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
Looks like that thing in fairgrounds where you squirt coloured paints onto a bit of paper on a spinny-round wheel thingy. Fairground dude switches it on, wheel spins, paint spreads out into nice random pattern, bloke puts it in a little cardboard frame for you. I used to like doing those as a kid a...
- Tue Nov 22, 2022 10:59 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Things I learnt from my first ever gravel ride
- Replies: 11
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Re: Things I learnt from my first ever gravel ride
Most of my riding is more 'gravel' than mtb. It's just the nature of the terrain in the midlands. I just enjoy seeing a bit of nature, and exploring. That's a big part of it.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it anyway
Glad to hear you enjoyed it anyway
- Sat Nov 19, 2022 11:17 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
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Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
You mum sounds like she was a very wise woman Stu.
- Thu Nov 17, 2022 9:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Uphill, proper uphill.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1126
Re: Uphill, proper uphill.
I read/watched a bit but had to stop. It made me realise how crap I am
- Wed Nov 16, 2022 9:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Weatherproof awning/canopy - ideas & suggestions!
- Replies: 11
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Re: Weatherproof awning/canopy - ideas & suggestions!
No idea if this would work or not. I'd probably drill through the wall and bolt through the box section with M10 studding then find a way of attaching the awning.
May be worth speaking to a builder first though.
May be worth speaking to a builder first though.
- Wed Nov 16, 2022 8:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Weatherproof awning/canopy - ideas & suggestions!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1134
Re: Weatherproof awning/canopy - ideas & suggestions!
Shaf, I meant 50x50x3mm box section as photo. If it's awkward for you to find steel, I imagine wood would be ok. Probably best if it was pressure treated though as it's outside. Disclaimer! I'm an electrician not a mechanical engineer. I don't know how heavy an awning is, or whether this is strong e...
- Tue Nov 15, 2022 2:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Weatherproof awning/canopy - ideas & suggestions!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1134
Re: Weatherproof awning/canopy - ideas & suggestions!
How about some kind of pull-out awning Shaf? Bit like those seen attached to the side of campers? Not enough room for it to retract back Stu (I think). Only one brick above that door/frame to work with. The concrete roofing over a galvanised frame is also not the best to be drilling into (I suppose...
- Sat Nov 12, 2022 10:40 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2022
- Replies: 828
- Views: 223370
Re: Bivvy a month 2022
A mate of a mate took a header into the Grand Union while using clipless pedals/shoes. He genuinely thought his time had come
- Sat Nov 12, 2022 1:46 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2022
- Replies: 828
- Views: 223370
Re: Bivvy a month 2022
We had a nice view over Totternhoe quarry from where a rare brown chalk has been mined and quarried for centuries. Its sister quarry over the hill at Kensworth has a fascinating method of transporting the chalk to the cement works. WARNING: fascinating to Reg. https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&...
- Sat Nov 12, 2022 12:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sleeping bag liners
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1986
Re: Sleeping bag liners
I think that would class as a 3 season. Do you take a spare set of baselayers to sleep in?Tomwoodbury wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 11:18 am My mat has an R value of 2.3 which is pretty decent, no?
- Fri Nov 11, 2022 10:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What do you cook and what on when out bikepacking
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2463
Re: What do you cook and what on when out bikepacking
They must have reassessed it recently, I have a roasted vegetable one here that claims it's 328kcal. They may have changed the recipe.
- Fri Nov 11, 2022 10:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What do you cook and what on when out bikepacking
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2463
Re: What do you cook and what on when out bikepacking
I have sardines in olive oil and chuck the lot in the rehydrated couscous to boost the calories. I decant the couscous into a soup n' save bag before leaving and add a pinch of vegetable bouillon powder as well to improve taste and add some salt.
- Thu Nov 10, 2022 10:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sleeping bag liners
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1986
Re: Sleeping bag liners
I asked a similar question at the start of the year. If I remember correctly the general consensus was that while some would help by a few degrees, some of the claims were pretty optimistic. Joe's shop had a budget thermal version, not tried it though.
- Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:11 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: My BB200
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1865
Re: My BB200
Good job!
- Mon Oct 31, 2022 10:00 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Shell and BC.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2966
Re: Shell and BC.
And we get on our knees and pray...Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 9:07 pmMeet the new boss, same as the old bossThere we go then. Toodle pip old bean.
- Mon Oct 31, 2022 9:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Aggression from others spoil your ride?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2425
Re: Aggression from others spoil your ride?
I must have had 50-60 weekends in Snowdonia over the last 20 years, I've only had one bad incident in that time. That's an acceptable ratio for me.
- Sun Oct 30, 2022 9:46 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Heat retention from "reflective" fabrics.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2253
Re: Heat retention from "reflective" fabrics.
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-ap2/chapter/energy-and-heat-balance/ According to this 60% of body heat is lost through radiation, far higher than I expected. So certainly worth looking at ways to reduce it. When stood still naked with dry skin in unmoved air with 20 °C? :wink: Ah, I see. As...
- Sat Oct 29, 2022 12:00 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Heat retention from "reflective" fabrics.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2253
Re: Heat retention from "reflective" fabrics.
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny- ... t-balance/
According to this 60% of body heat is lost through radiation, far higher than I expected. So certainly worth looking at ways to reduce it.
According to this 60% of body heat is lost through radiation, far higher than I expected. So certainly worth looking at ways to reduce it.
- Sat Oct 29, 2022 10:07 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Heat retention from "reflective" fabrics.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2253
Re: Heat retention from "reflective" fabrics.
Interesting thread. Many moons ago I had a week winter mountaineering in Scotland, but we booked a cabin so we never had to consider damp sleeping bags.
- Thu Oct 27, 2022 7:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Heat retention from "reflective" fabrics.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2253
Re: Heat retention from "reflective" fabrics.
Has anybody used a vapour barrier? Do you just accept you're going to be warm but wet? It must be pretty miserable,like sleeping in a poly bag. Would sleeping with a little bag of rice or some other desiccant help?
- Sat Oct 22, 2022 8:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
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Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
motorsickle tomorrow Ooh? Reminds me, I've a Harris Magnum arriving on Monday but alas, it's a job not a purchase. That's a bit special. As a motorbike mad teen, I remember waiting at the bus stop after 'tech one night, a bloke was tinkering on the kerb with a motorbike. I looked at the wrap-around...