...on a budget...

...I really wish I'd read that before starting. This last month of shopping has made me a poor man.

Cheers. :)

Yeah, I use the method where they sit in the inner groove... doesn't help on certain tyres. Or if it does, not enough to make them easy to get on anyway. I'll have a look at those levers though (var / pedros). I used to use the Park tools ones, but they damaged my rim strip a bit. At the moment I've...

The Bontrager XR4 I have on the front went on well enough. I've got a Specialized Storm Control here that I never want to try putting on again... ever.

Well, part of the problem for me is that it takes about half an hour to change my tyres because of these stupid rims (I've snapped multiple tyre levers trying to get tyres on / off and bent a metal one in half). If I get more than a couple of punctures on the WRT I might as well give up... so I figu...

glol

Decided that I'd finally switch over my tyres to tubeless for a test ride this weekend and what a nightmare it's been. On one wheel I did I couldn't get it to stop losing air around the valve stem. In the end I had to tighten the nut using some pliers, let it settle, then loosen it off a bit and let...

Don't have Trek stuff, but none of mine go past flat. Must just be lucky with what I buy.

I don't know how they managed it, but it's a really, really stupid design: http://singletrackworld.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2015/04/recall-illustration.jpg Who on earth thought going past flat was a good idea for a QR? But yeah, I always have my QR opposite to where my discs are, mostly beca...

Phew, I just looked at my route and I'm heading south along the West edge of Llyn Brianne rather than heading West. Is that bit still OK as far as people are aware?

Edit - I guess thinking about it, no reason to think it wouldn't be.

23 different deliveries due... I think I've spent a bit much on all this bikepacking stuff. :D

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(Stealing the lamb, or giving it back, you decide)

Oh dear... I've done a few of those in my time. Not entirely sure I fancy it over that sort of distance.

I shall look further south to try and skirt around it. Cheers. :)

Was a good show. Perhaps not quite as good as last year's (I preferred the velodrome as a venue), but I got to have a quick chat with Beth on the Wildcat stand, which was entertaining. :)

I was surprised to see a full on downhill MTB there. Impressive bit of kit too.

Hi all, quick introduction. I'm Richard from Cardiff. Pretty new to all this bikepacking stuff (a grand total of one night out under my belt), but I'll be along for the WRT and hopefully will mange to survive without being eaten by wolves (or sheep). Reasonably experienced at cross country, though s...