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by slugwash
Sun Nov 12, 2023 6:17 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4899
Views: 1191302

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

Probably a little weighty for bike packing but the Hiplok Gold Wearable lock is on (online) offer at Halfords. With the additional 10% BF discount (auto added at checkout) it comes to £61.76. Great for me as my twenty year old Abus Granite chain lock is intermittently playing up and at some point I...
by slugwash
Sun Apr 10, 2022 1:41 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bottle cages on the top tube.
Replies: 9
Views: 1203

Re: Bottle cages on the top tube.

I've used one of these for extra bottle capacity on conventional steel tube frames. However, judging by your name you might have too fat tubes too! https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/universal-bottle-cage-mount-black/_/R-p-143406?mc=8339445 https://contents.mediadecathlon.com/p792999/k$a1c4b80e7a4b2aebfd...
by slugwash
Fri Nov 26, 2021 10:03 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Odd places to sleep
Replies: 48
Views: 2823

Re: Odd places to sleep

I recall a couple of folk on a WRT many years ago sleeping inside a fallen over wind turbine. :- Yes, that was me and Markenduro from Burton-on-Trent after a mass WRT rider imbibing session in the pub in Llanbrymair. Some just slept in the pub, some slept in the pissing rain in a nearby field, we, ...
by slugwash
Mon Aug 16, 2021 8:03 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Ireland - Wild Camping vs. Passenger Locator Form....
Replies: 10
Views: 771

Re: Ireland - Wild Camping vs. Passenger Locator Form....

.... Re Eire, as Greg says, wild camping can be erm, challenging. Definitely. I'd say worse than challenging, but at least I can speak local. Down when dark, up before light and it'll should be ok. That should suit my cycling companion who likes to colonise his bivi spot for a good twelve hours and...
by slugwash
Mon Aug 16, 2021 12:49 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Ireland - Wild Camping vs. Passenger Locator Form....
Replies: 10
Views: 771

Ireland - Wild Camping vs. Passenger Locator Form....

Hi, I'm thinking of catching the ferry to Rosslare in a fortnight for a few days bikepacking (currently less tests needed than a trip to France). However, you need to fill in a Passenger Locator Form in advance to gain access through the port of entry. This is meant to give the accommodation address...
by slugwash
Sat Jul 31, 2021 2:01 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Spotted in Smiths today ...
Replies: 44
Views: 3129

Re: Spotted in Smiths today ...

Is that Guy Kesteven on the cover? ...........
I must have missed the launch of SPD wellies.
Judge Dredd wants his boots back...........
by slugwash
Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:58 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Seat Packs - What's Everyone Using These Days?
Replies: 28
Views: 3133

Re: Seat Packs - What's Everyone Using These Days?

I looked at doing the same and took the plunge on a Tailfin S3 rack, I just strap a drybag to it easy on and off and really solid I've been doing the rack thing, and the plus side is that the dry bag is easy to access and refit and you can load the rack up with Hypermarche goodies on your return jo...
by slugwash
Mon Jun 07, 2021 2:31 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Seat Packs - What's Everyone Using These Days?
Replies: 28
Views: 3133

Re: Seat Packs - What's Everyone Using These Days?

For lighter/smaller loads it's Wildcat For heavier/larger loads it's the Acepac from Stuart here at Bear Bones Oh, I didn't know Stu was knocking out seat packs, and I now see that there's also a new website! I think I'm now interested in the harness system but may get the Acepac if I ever need to ...
by slugwash
Mon Jun 07, 2021 10:23 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Seat Packs - What's Everyone Using These Days?
Replies: 28
Views: 3133

Re: Seat Packs - What's Everyone Using These Days?

Thanks for the replies. It looks to me like a harness system is the way to go. @woodsmith That's a nice bit of engineering. I wish I had the skills and determination to see through a project like that. :-) I tend to use seat pack and handlebar bag for stuff that I'm not going to use mid-ride, i.e. b...
by slugwash
Sun Jun 06, 2021 8:47 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Seat Packs - What's Everyone Using These Days?
Replies: 28
Views: 3133

Seat Packs - What's Everyone Using These Days?

Hi, I'm thinking that maybe it's time for a new seat pack. I had the Alpkit Koala before but sold it as I found it a bit of a pain to set up and move between bikes as well as accessing the contents mid ride, so I'm discounting that option. I've got a fair bit of Lomo gear that I use for kayaking and...
by slugwash
Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:11 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Taking a knife to a gunfight.
Replies: 59
Views: 5040

Re: Taking a knife to a gunfight.

Specialist Hoprocker wrote: Thu Jan 14, 2021 6:18 pm

Thanks! I've had another go and saved you £1400
Um, yeah............. actually I'm probably going to have to spend considerably more now on a similar product from another manufacturer! ;-)
by slugwash
Thu Jan 14, 2021 4:10 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Taking a knife to a gunfight.
Replies: 59
Views: 5040

Re: Taking a knife to a gunfight.

(I recently tried and failed to buy that new Decathlon bike), I've noticed that the large size has become available for on-line purchase today. Did you manage to order one before and they failed to fulfill your order? Anyway, I'm off for a walk around the block and am hoping they'll all be sold out...
by slugwash
Thu May 28, 2020 9:46 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Avid BB7 Road Disc Calipers SOLD
Replies: 2
Views: 831

Re: Avid BB7 Road Disc Calipers

Hi Tom. I'll take these if still available. It's about time I upgraded the BB5s on my road bike!
by slugwash
Tue Oct 16, 2018 6:38 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Brittany
Replies: 10
Views: 4160

Re: Brittany

I've considered going cycling in Eire by way of Roscoff in the past. Maybe one day. BTW, the ferry from Roscoff to Eire was cancelled the other day due to high winds. Luckily the Plymouth sailing went ahead as I'd woken up in a puddle that morning, with everything soaked and wasn't in the mood for a...
by slugwash
Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:46 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Brittany
Replies: 10
Views: 4160

Re: Brittany

Quite right! I usually roll the back roads from Totnes to Modbury, then the main road to Plymouth, but will probably get swept up in Jim's van as he makes his way across from Ottery. But whatever, as far I'm concerned the best thing about Plymouth is the ferry links to France and Spain ;-)
by slugwash
Sun Sep 30, 2018 10:24 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Brittany
Replies: 10
Views: 4160

Re: Brittany

Cheers for the info Journeyman. The dangers of a stop off in Hennebont should not be a problem for us as we are staying in the North West quadrant (and not sending any postcards. Plus, only a despondent individual would dare nick the grotty, pathogen laden, plastic receptacle that passes for a piss ...
by slugwash
Wed Sep 19, 2018 12:30 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Brittany
Replies: 10
Views: 4160

Re: Brittany

Crikey, what an epic! I might have to father some more kids as an excuse to do it myself!
However, I have developed Brest- Nantes canal fatigue over the years through using it as a, fairly flat, bicycle motorway to fast track my way across Brittany.
by slugwash
Tue Sep 18, 2018 6:13 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Brittany
Replies: 10
Views: 4160

Re: Brittany

Hi Journeyman,

did you ride the coastal Voie Verte (no. 5 I think), from Brest back to Roscoff? Catching the ferry in a couple of weeks for my second bikepacking trip of the year to Bretagne and was thinking of riding the coast westwards, so any info on traffic free routes handy.
by slugwash
Fri Aug 17, 2018 12:04 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bikeflypackfishing?
Replies: 5
Views: 1554

Re: Bikeflypackfishing?

I've got a travel rod that packs down into a short tube, so fits on the side of a bar bag, or whatever. Plenty (well several!) of places to fish for free on Dartmoor, but we always put the fish back 'cos we feel guilty eating them (and I don't want my jet boil smelling of fish when I'm knocking up m...
by slugwash
Sat Jun 23, 2018 6:43 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Cheap Passthrough Powerbank that Actually does do Passthroug
Replies: 3
Views: 1289

Re: Cheap Passthrough Powerbank that Actually does do Passth

Cheers Guys, actually, I've been thinking this one through a bit. My powerbanks might actually be passthrough capable, it could be the phone. On previous trips I've used either an iPhone 5s or a Galaxy 2. Both of these are sensitive to slight drops in charging voltage (like when you stop rolling, et...
by slugwash
Sat Jun 23, 2018 3:07 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Cheap Passthrough Powerbank that Actually does do Passthroug
Replies: 3
Views: 1289

Cheap Passthrough Powerbank that Actually does do Passthroug

I'm pulling a few things together for a forthcoming bikepacking excursion to Brittany to watch a bunch of drug cheats on their annual, three week race around France. I've bought a couple of powerbanks in the past that are supposed to do pass through charging, but they don't. Any recommemdations? I'm...
by slugwash
Sat Sep 02, 2017 1:57 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Commuting road tyre options
Replies: 40
Views: 13606

Re: Commuting road tyre options

I was running Durano 25s on my commute bike til last winter. I transfered them to my road bike as I'd worn out the tyres on that, and replaced the commute bike tyres with Lifeline 28s. Great value, not too wooden, and fine for gravel and green lanes. I also noticed that the 3 extra mms took some of ...
by slugwash
Fri Oct 28, 2016 8:15 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: 2017 Winter Event - Entries Open.
Replies: 78
Views: 13150

Re: 2017 Winter Event - Entries Open.

My Nan was from Welsh Methodist stock, so I felt a calling to enter this one (although my Gran was a Scottish Catholic, so I could get well lost and end up somewhere in the Lake District!).
by slugwash
Mon Mar 14, 2016 9:45 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2016.
Replies: 251
Views: 69954

Re: Bivvy a Month 2016.

Hah! The skinny dipping season doesn't start until next weekend!
by slugwash
Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:06 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2016.
Replies: 251
Views: 69954

Re: Bivvy a Month 2016.

2/3. We 'adder' lot of fun in the sunshine heading up to Redlake, one of our favorite bivi spots on Dartmoor. The fog rolled in, before clearing and the temperature dropped below freezing. My tyre blew out on Sunday's return leg, and my improvised tyre boot was not quite sturdy enough to contain the...