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- Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:31 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Wales Tour: Great Orme to Worm's Head
- Replies: 98
- Views: 40524
Re: Wales Tour: Great Orme to Worm's Head
I'll try and sort something out.
- Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Mach' N Back ... Entries open.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3404
Re: Mach' N Back ... Entries open.
The last 650km of riding I've done in Wales have been in sunny weather :D
How's the training going for the BB200, DNF?
How's the training going for the BB200, DNF?
- Sun Nov 20, 2011 10:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Weekend ... anyone out?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4361
Re: Weekend ... anyone out?
Just the Bear Necessities by the look of it :Dp.s. Is your hat on your list of 'necessities'?
IGMC...
- Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 29ers for short arsed folk (like stuart)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3487
Re: 29ers for short arsed folk (like stuart)
I believe this is in your size: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=73939
You can thank me later
You can thank me later
- Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:53 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Butchered cassette on SS freehub?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1755
Re: Butchered cassette on SS freehub?
I took apart an old LX cassette where the cogs were all joined to each other by three bolts. I think I went for 24, 21, 18, 16, 14. I couldn't quite squeeze a sixth cog in. I discovered that shifting wouldn't work with a shimano shadow mech as the gradient over the larger cogs was too steep and its ...
- Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bloody doctors
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3735
Re: Bloody doctors
Reminds me of this comic strip: http://xkcd.com/977didnothingfatal wrote:I use Vibram Fivefingers, Vivo Barefoot and Merrel Barefoot shoes, the fives are the best....
Are you a Dymaxion sort of guy, DNF?
- Tue Nov 15, 2011 1:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bloody doctors
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3735
Re: Bloody doctors
Tendons can take a while to fix themselves - the achilles in particular. You might try gentle rides with flat pedals with the middle of your foot over the axle to reduce strain on the tendon in order to maintain some activity without over stress. You might also think if anything has changed in your ...
- Mon Nov 14, 2011 11:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Mach' N Back ... Entries open.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3404
Re: Mach' N Back ... Entries open.
Chances of winter bivvy having snow are slim I reckon: UK Outlook for Tuesday 29 Nov 2011 to Tuesday 13 Dec 2011: The end of November and start of December look set to see some rather unsettled and changeable weather, particularly towards the north and west, with drier and more settled conditions in...
- Mon Nov 14, 2011 11:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Can't afford a Fargo - how about this instead?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1773
Re: Can't afford a Fargo - how about this instead?
Gotta admit I quite liked the look of Alex's bike on the Radnor Ring, except for the diameter of the wheels. It looked in proportion and everything, but with narrower tyres on I think 26" wheels would give a bit too "trail feedback"
- Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:56 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Heat exchangers & meths - any reason not to?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2503
Re: Heat exchangers & meths - any reason not to?
Yep, got one of those MSR heat exchangers somewhere in the cupboard. The Primus ETA pans have a bit of a heat exchanger on the bottom, similar to the optimus one. I have a large one for car camping (1.7 litres) which is good. The size of their "smaller" 1.0 litre pots is still a bit on the...
- Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Heat exchangers & meths - any reason not to?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2503
Re: Heat exchangers & meths - any reason not to?
You can even make your own, cool* 8-)Singlespeedpunk wrote:Google for "Thermal epoxy"
*edit: did you see what I did there
- Thu Nov 10, 2011 2:56 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: M&B overnight Grid Refs.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4485
Re: M&B overnight Grid Refs.
They're heavier than a tarp (and some tents for that matter) and now you're telling me they're less warm......strange but true
I don't quite see the point of hammocks :?
- Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Spot Trackers
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6646
Re: Spot Trackers
The mark 1 versions have a fairly old gps chipset in them, which makes them a bit unreliable in dense tree cover. The mark 2 is supposedly better but has a reduced battery life. I have the mark 1 and it's had something like 100 hours use, 80 of which were in tracking mode so the batteries do last a ...
- Mon Oct 31, 2011 9:58 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Cairgorms Loop - 300km self-supported challenge
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7323
Re: Cairgorms Loop - 300km self-supported challenge
Nice one Steve. "Entry" sent :)
edit: there's already some top riders on that list - should be a good challenge.
edit: there's already some top riders on that list - should be a good challenge.
- Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:17 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sea to Summit thermal liners.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1624
Re: Sea to Summit thermal liners.
Thermarest Tech Blanket. Incredibly versatile, there are few reasons not to own one of these. Paired with our new Fitted Sheets it makes an excellent warm-weather sleep option with bed-like comfort. Used alone, it allows you to sprinkle a little warmth into any moment of your adventurous life. Stuf...
- Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:15 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: England-Wales-England: EWE
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6503
Re: England-Wales-England: EWE
Heard something similar on twitter earlier.that's the second one I've heard about in as many days
Go on, you know you want to
- Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: GPS
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5957
Re: GPS
My GPS will record total time (i.e. as soon as the unit is turned on) and moving time, which should be obvious what that does. As far as replacing a bike computer is concerned, if you want to look at it at the end of the week/month/year to see how many miles you've done, then I don't think GPS is de...
- Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Who carries a compass?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2123
Re: Who carries a compass?
Good point Thom. I remember once getting a bit lost on Monk's Trod and in all directions were rounded hills and no visible summits anywhere. I couldn't work out how far off the actual track I was and in which direction. In end I managed to see a building I could identify on the OS map, from which I ...
- Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Who carries a compass?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2123
Re: Who carries a compass?
Is that the same one that doesn't point north due to metal interference?I have a tiny silva one that lives on my handlebars
Don't usually carry one with me, tbh. Don't often find myself in place with very poor visability where I can't just use a map to figure out where I am
- Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:26 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Uber Bivvy ... shame about the colour.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2967
Re: Uber Bivvy ... shame about the colour.
Could be useful in winter. Any other time of year, I don't imagine it'd stay white for long...why is it white?
- Fri Oct 21, 2011 9:55 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Fat wheel and tyre.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4404
Re: Fat wheel and tyre.
Why are you selling it so soon?
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:05 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Some BB200 pictures
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1046
Re: Some BB200 pictures
Cheers Pete. Made me smile seeing those. Love Kevin's expression in the pic above. Also, having now seen a picture of me and my bike, I appear not to be carrying much gear
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:19 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bear Bones 200 Tracking Page
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9147
Re: Bear Bones 200 Tracking Page
Have the last three riders turned yet?
- Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:11 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bear Bones 200 Tracking Page
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9147
Re: Bear Bones 200 Tracking Page
It was quite like the course actually - a little bit went a long waySo just how bad was the Bara brith?
- Sun Oct 16, 2011 7:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bear Bones 200 Tracking Page
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9147
Re: Bear Bones 200 Tracking Page
It was in a league of its own for surebarra brith was lush