Verena wrote: ↑Wed Nov 29, 2023 7:01 am

AndreR wrote: ↑Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:09 pm I'm in, at the deep end. Taking a running jump and it'll be fine they said . Now feeling "powerless, weak and scared inside!!

It'll be fine, you'll have an (arctic??) blast!!

That will finally lead to this!

https://youtu.be/e9OTZCRI2H8?feature=shared

I'm in, at the deep end. Taking a running jump and it'll be fine they said . Now feeling "powerless, weak and scared inside!!

samwise wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 7:40 pm Martin Lewis says it best...

"If you were going to buy it anyway, and it's half price, you've saved 50%. If you weren't going to buy it, but do it because its half price, it's cost you 100%"

...and I'm off to the O2 arena on Saturday night to see The Alabama 3 with my grown children and enjoy a belated birthday drink!!

I'm tempted by those 7R bags just for their tagline, "Ride your bike where even wolves are scared to sh*t"! :lol: I'm getting one of their gravel suitcases https://7rbags.com/product/gravel-suitcase/ via Shona and Rich https://keeppedalling.co.uk/ I have two of their bags and am very impr...

This year I am re reading books I have read in the past. Usually I read a book, put it away and get on with the new one. I have done that a bit this year too, it's really interesting to re-read a book you enjoyed and found memorable years later and see the differences in what you get from it now. I...

Just finished Ghost Riders (Travels with American Nomads) by Richard Grant. British fellow living in the USA and delving into what sort of people become nomads and why. Surprised at the different sorts of people in society that are "nomadic" and how the distrust between settled people and ...

Finished Bothy Tales by John Burns and found it very entertaining. Thoughtful in places funny in many others, would recommend Bought the Last Hill Walker by him as well as I enjoyed his writing so much.

...a pair of spiffy Adidas 5.10 SPD brothel creepers. Colour is a lot lighter than the photo on the website but a winter of use will sort that £64.50!! bargain!

Might be of interest to some on here

https://motorolarugged.com/en-gb/motoro ... lite-link/

PaulB2 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 10:51 pm The 23% climb out of woolacombe to get back to croyde wouldn’t be fun

Pretty sure we saw you coming up thatas we were driving down, did yell Boners out the car windo as we passed!

PaulB2 wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 11:09 am Off on a family holiday to Woolacombe - I’m even getting to take a bike so all is good.

Very cheery indeed taking the caravan down to Devon not far from Woolacombe for two weeks!!

Currently enjoying The Earth Beneath my Feet by Andrew Terrill. A young man who walked 7000 miles from the south end of Italy to the North Cape in Norway along the mountain ranges sticking to the high country as much as possible and staying away from civilization as much as possible. Done in the lat...

Just finished The Secret Network of Nature by Peter Wohlleben and really enjoyed it. The author worked for the German forestry commission and has a really engaging writing style that makes the book easy to read and informative at the same time. The blurb has things like Did you know that trees can i...

I like the idea of this, I realize that this is a heretical statement in these parts and may result in me being shunned completely :???: but I don't exclusively wild camp or bivi :sad: . I don't much like your traditional campsite either. :lol: This weekend was a good example of what I like and why ...

The bear went over the mountain The bear went over the mountain The bear went over the mountain To see what he could see To see what he could see To see what he could see And what do you think he saw And what do you think he saw And what do you think he saw He saw another mountain He saw another mou...

I've used WTB Bridger's and Rangers, 3.0 and 2.8, on my bike for about 6 years and they are very tight and I definitely can't get them off with my hands. Best way I've found to get them off is to lay the wheel on the ground disk side up and make sure the underside edge of the rim is on a firm surfac...

That sounds like a lovely few days there Reg!

Often use sandals in hot weather and rode most of the 6 days in Slovenia last summer with them. Any good outdoor walking sandal will do (currently using a South African brand I picked up when I last visited family) and I use the same DMR flat pedals I use with shoes.

Loving the 'dogpacker' set up. Custom ti Pinion gearbox. We need to meet Mira ! I'll be watching John and Mira's dot, been following him on Instagram for a couple of years now and he comes across as a really lovely guy and has done some seriously good rides. Him and Mira on the Baja Divide is one o...

Badgers out in force on last nights ride, saw 2 groups and a couple of youngsters too.

Very cheery Friday for me, a weeks leave to look forward to and family flying in from SA this evening foe a holiday and a wedding. Not seen them since 2019! I suspect some beer will be drunk and some bo11ocks will be talked!!

Slightly less cheery Friday as in I don't have a weekends bike packing with lovely people to look forward to but do have some cleaning and bike maintenance to look forward to and it's a long weekend!!

Had a really good time as usual on my favourite non event of the year, but also one of the most bizarre bivi experiences ever. On Sunday night we found a spot to bivi near Corris not too far from "The Best Puddle in Corris". We knew this because it had a very nicely made wooden sign with t...