As mentioned in the 2021 Reflections, Annie Le should be starting a winter HT550 today, here's the link to her fundraising. https://localgiving.org/fundraising/AnnieLe-WinterHighlandTrail550/ I thought I'd seen mention of a tracker but can't find it at the moment, but I'll add it if I do. Blimey th...

Fav ride / Trip Had too many good ones to choose easily so I'll go with this weekends Winter Bivvy as it was great Fav bit of kit - SS and blinged Straggler - its a been a hoot blasting around the place on it this year Inspiration to get out - simple - the alternative is to sit in the house on my ow...

That was a cracker, Ray you would be proud! So the destination was 'somewhere in the hills above Dunkeld' with Jimmy G, Dave (Northwind) and Dave's mate Morne, as well as my good self, confirmed as show ups. I lazed around all day looking at the varying levels of drizzle outside before eventually lo...

2 pages on the merits of flasks, old age isn't as bad as I thought

Some good gourmet cooking there, and a tin of corned beef

Back OT, making that stove looks like a guaranteed lacerated hand, and I've not fully recovered from my stanley knife incident :lol: That's exactly what I thought (after thinking 'wow must give that a go') as I'm perfectly capable of giving myself a life threatening injury just opening a normal rin...

6 so far if Ray is still coming?
Me
Ian
Dave
Dave's mate
Jimmy
Ray

And a replacement Exped pillow... my last one blew a baffle after I sat down on it too heavily. It still works, depending on how much air is in it) so I might punt it on. That happened to mine last month when I lent on it a bit hard. It actually punctured. Fixed it OK so will probably stick with it...

Cheers for that Jimmy, fat bike it is then! Although looking a fair bit milder towards the end of the week.
Get well soon Robbie

Try both:-
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The route up through glen Garr is a corker and well worth doing. May be a bit soggy in places but nothing too horrible. North of the bothy you have to watch your route as whats on the OS isn't on the ground - a path peals off the track at Lochan Oisinneach at about the 'L' of Lochan on the OS 50k. I...

Tricky one really. I'd plump for rigid 29+ but that's more to do with not being into multi pivot bouncers, forks that need a service every other ride and spending a load of dosh. Plus blasting down a rocky descent on a bouncer is a bit boring..... It's really a personal choice, how much you want to ...

Pretty sure I've got some good deore shifters kicking around somewhere, of no use to me whatsoever - PM me your address and I'll stick 'em in the post, once I dig them out

Uhm, Maid of Ace. They remind me a bit of the Distillers. Don't click if you don't like punk - although, they can all ride a BMX better than you :wink: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQDEXqcGlNc My word. I think I'm in love (for the 246th time). *sigh* where were they when I was in my twenties? Lo...

Is that not just the modern equivalent of a string vest?

Well yesterdays, but imgbb was playing up so I couldn't put the photos in.... Finished up a rather fraught week thanks to storms, snow and ice and got out the house as soon as I could hoping to make the best of a fine afternoon. Off up to my local hills as usual hoping to score some snow. Nothing wa...

Aye. Pm me and I'll send you a likely gpx. Looking like I'll be just heading up from Dunkeld.

Cue lots of 75g poles for sale in the classifieds.
No I'm not going to buy one, there is nothing wrong with the one I've got. Apart from its 28g's heavier. Sh*t.

Exposure lights for shed uplighters - that is properly posh
Drop a line to Guardian, they are bound to want to do a feature on this. "My uplighters are hand made in the UK"

If Paul doesn't take the rab troos, I'd be interested - drop me a pm?

Moder-dye wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 11:48 am

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 11:26 am

Moder-dye wrote: ↑Fri Dec 03, 2021 9:12 am Badges we don't need no stinking badges

I do!

A Blazing Saddles quote just in case there was tumble weed rolling past. I'm not mocking anyone wanting their badges as a mark of honour

Ha - I was trying to remember where that quote came from!

Badges we don't need no stinking badges :lol: I do! :-O A) Bear in mind it could be 10 degrees B) Go warm - dress conservatively but have a bit of spare capacity if you need to take stuff off. C) Scope out your spot before hand, or use one you've used already, so you remove the hassle of trying to ...

There are people moaning about the lack of resilience in the power supply grid. Saying things like "there shouldn't be any trees near wires" etc. The thing is, they don't have to be. In storms like last weekend's big items go flying. Many years ago I woke up after a particularly windy nig...

Pretty sure they are all the same. Shimano ones certainly are although there can be a bit of variety in the size of hammer required to get them on :grin: I use adaptors on the stragg (also with Hunt wheels) as it was cheaper than buying new disks. The Shimano ones are better as the disk bolts to the...

80 people! :???: I doubt that many will actually start. Not sure what the pre-start dropout rate is, but I bet its 15 or 20% Aye but there is usually a fair few on the waiting list so any drop outs have tended to get replaced by those in recent years. Maybe he's going to do a staggered start again.