Is this an age thing? If I call my kids they wait for me to ring off and then message to ask what I want! I am old enough to remember party lines an how excited people got when answer phones were invented.

I have used an Alpkit Viper for riding and camp duties and have found it to be very good for both. I have 2 both going strong, one that is about 5 years old despite me knackering part of the battery compartment hinge and a second that is now 2 years old and is as good as new. https://alpkit.com/prod...

Not sure if this has been shared before and I realize E-Readers can be a bit Marmite! A lot of the books on here are quite old but IMO there are some real gems https://www.gutenberg.org/ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=John+Muir&submit_search=Go%21 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks...

Mildly surprised nobody's read anything for 2 months :wink: . Such is the modern world I guess. I'm a reading a few pages at a time of "The Gentle Art Of Tramping" again by Graham Stephen Graham. Very relaxing. Plenty of bon mots to idly contemplate. Let us enquire if the larks have any b...

an delivered a Titanium OutDry jacket. I now predict we will have the driest winter on record!

can't afford an outdry/ shakedry jacket before anyone mentions it. Outdry will save you a fortune in new jackets and DWR and getting wet and miserable. Save a few more pennies and look for an Outdry bargain. Mine's as good as new and was one of the first batch from many years ago. A quick google fo...

Not Brooks exactly, but I've had a leather Spa Cycles saddle for a year or so now. As someone who struggles with backside comfort, I've found it a game-changer. I've waxed it once or twice, but mainly out of a sense of duty. It's not had a particularly hard life though. It lives on the gravel bike....

Friday off, car packed and off to the Alpkit Shakeout! Biking, camping beer and bands and everything!! What's not to like

RIP wrote: ↑Sun Sep 19, 2021 11:01 pm And yes surely everyone hates those tea 'pots' and milk 'jugs'.

Or as Jasper Carrot said some years ago "We can get a half ton bomb down a specific chimney in Bagdad but we can't get tea and milk into a cup without messing"

So are we now Bearlegged (Beerlegged?) Formerly Known As Landslide? This is all very confusticating for a simple bear/Bear like me. (and yes I know that bear :-bd ) From now on, I want you all to call me... 'Loretta'. Oh, get back, get back Get back to where you once belonged Get back, get back Get...

That is brilliant!! I have a good friend who used to be a horse nut and had been since a kid and when I suggested "horsepacking" had a zillion excuses as to why it was not possible. I often wonder how many hours of riding the average horse actually gets and given the cost to keep and feed ...

Pedestrian: Did you just hit that bridge?
Lorry Driver: No I was delivering it and ran out of diesel!

Last day before 2 weeks holiday!! Was supposed to be going to a wedding in South Africa but 'Rona put paid to that. Chilling and bike riding will be happening!

I find myself saying something happened last year when it actually happened in 2019 almost as though I have subconsciously written 2020 off as a non event. Apart from one or two things in 2021 like the WRT and a long weekend riding in the Brecon Beacons 2021 has also been a bit of a non event. It fe...

BigdummySteve wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:51 am scatological, I thought that was something to do with jazz, you learn something every day

Scatological, I thought that was something that happened after a suspect chicken curry!

Cracking weekends riding!! Thanks to Stu and Dee for the hospitality! Good meeting people out and about as well

Some shoes are advertised as having a wide toe box, Merrell do some, that i found by googling 'trail shoes with a wide toe box' but i haven't cycled in any of them as i got the bearfoot ones that are thin soled. Another vote for Merrell I also use the barefoot trail gloves and their walking shoes f...

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Mon May 17, 2021 2:28 pm http://trackleaders.com/highland21f.php

Top man thanks for that

I have used a tarp only with a small ground sheet for years, hiking and bike packing and haven't died yet. Been out in all sorts of weather and temps with no real issues. I also use a synthetic sleeping bag because I'm allergic to feathers so less damp sensitive. There's nothing worse than being att...

Is there a "Dot Watchers" thing for the terminally lazy to watch progress etc?

Another very happy Camino owner and Alpkit customer

htrider wrote: ↑Tue May 04, 2021 10:07 pm Anyone got a dried milk recommendation? The stuff you get in the supermarket is rubbish and leaves you with lumps in your tea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_t15vNuXP0

My Camino came with Resolutes on and I found them to be very puncture prone. 9 punctures in the first 2 weeks or so. Set them up tubeless which made it better but still loads of punctureswith 1 in 3 needing a plug. Swapped them out for Pananracers and so far no punctures in over 6 months, and with l...

A Hobgoblin gold follows by a Black Sheep milk stout

Perhaps these? I have 2 bags from them and the quality is great and they'll happily customize for you. https://7rbags.com/custom-bags/pogies/ I've just noticed that on their site it says "Ride your bike where even the Woolves are scared to sh1t" Is that a sheep hybrid or a take on this? h...