Insurance? Not sure if the events in question have any, but I know the guy who organised the Kielder Chiller 24hr and it took him 2 years to find an insurer who'd touch it once he mentioned riding in the dark.

Pretty much sums up what I think as well I guess. Fair play to him but could have come up with a less annoying name. You lot are tough to get a rise out of, maybe I should go and try this on STW :wink: (Seriously, though I'm heartened by the lack of arguments this has caused thus far). And no I'm no...

We seem to have had quite a few more philosophical threads recently, and I thought this would be an interesting one. I first came across this chap a few years ago in a newspaper article and started following him on [takes deep breath and runs at the swear filter...] Instagram. (No, come back, where ...

the whole "roll up the leg, stick the trouser sausage down the side" thing

That's a thing?! Consider me educated.

Some suburban singletrack from one of my extended commutes: https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3741/33536288845_5a4e8f204e_b.jpg IMGP4026 by Dave W , on Flickr Rare conditions in the Cairngorms: https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2903/33536437485_4c3d230cbe_b.jpg IMGP4082 by Dave W , on Flickr And again, less...

Oooh old maps!

if you like that sort of thing)

I do

Currently alone, or "winning" as I like to call it, my age category

I think you'd probably get away with it if you were really stealthy. Probably not posting your plans on the internet would be a good start

Cheers Greg!

It always takes me ages to get round to processing, organising and uploading photos, but I cleared a bit of a backlog at the weekend so here's a couple from February. A mate of mine climbing Jack's Rake in Langdale with me the other week: https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2845/32558407383_72d2aa4689_b.j...

Looks like quite a few roads in the North Pennines round Weardale. A long way from home though!

I read my copy in it's entirety last weekend, sat in front of the stove in a hostel, having done a paltry 45 mile ride in the Cairngorms. I'd saved the the book specially to make sure it had the reading experience it deserved!

If it doesn't meet Colin's requirements, second dibs

I got some long Sealskinz for Christmas and really put them through their paces in the Cairngorms on Saturday. 45 miles of constant rain/sleet/snow, many bogs and fords. I couldn't believe it when I found my liner socks were dry underneath at the end of the day. My feet were still freezing mind sinc...

Looks like an entry requirement is to be able to manual over a stream on a fully-loaded* drop-bar bike. They probably won't let me in then.

*for a summer day-ride, apparently

Nice one, thanks

I missed this first time round and so have just caught up after your update. Thanks for sharing, it's really interesting, particularly as someone who has been considering whether they're in a position to join an MRT in recent years. I would argue you're performing a very useful role in giving an hon...

Along with fluffy force as a measurement of fill power, can we adopt the Tunnocks teacake as the official SI unit of volume?

(Although their shrinking size over the years might compromise the usefulness of this.)

No book, but some nice stickers from some bloke in a shed (cheers Stu).

Also, early in the week, a Shimano 3W dynohub and a Cycle2Charge V2 (spending the money Santa brought me). Just need a rim and some spokes now. And nipples. And tape. And probably something else I've forgotten.

Interested to see how well that works (both the $78 :shock: one and your MYOG version). I quite often carry a DSLR with me and I usually put a webbing loop through one of my belt loops just behind my left hip and I hook the camera strap (which goes over my right shoulder) to that with a mini carabin...

Interesting, I was having very similar thoughts recently. I'm trying to work out what this year's "thing" is going to be too, and for a few years now I've wondered about doing a coast to coast across "the wide bit that no-one goes to." I even got as far as looking at maps recently and came across th...

Apologies in advance for the somewhat self-serving post. I have a QR seatpost rack I'm looking to get rid of if you're interested, but it may not be what you're after but not looking for much for it - £12.50 posted: https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3763/32017825314_1793121823_c.jpg IMGP3714 by Dave W ,...

Race against the clock - 1 Stage One person will win. It is a race. Having explained the details of the event to British Cycling, it was explained to me that the format falls outside of what they cover and also due to the likely distance between riders, certainly by the time we get off the initial ...

To be fair, I'm not sure it's marketed as a bikepacking accessory, but it's on bikepacker.com.

http://bikepacker.com/growlerwerks-ukeg ... e-nowhere/

And to test out the swear filter: microbrewery, hops, IPA.

As far as I can see, your son is smiling in just about all the photos: mission successful. Hope you were smiling too