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- Tue Jan 16, 2024 9:35 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: OT: Morocco - hillwalking?
- Replies: 7
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OT: Morocco - hillwalking?
Hello, a little off-topic but thinking there should be some people on here a little more widely-travelled than I. My pal and I have booked cheap flights to Morocco at the end of the month for a week The general plan is to hire a car, do a bit of a road trip. Sometimes stay in a hostel/hotel and some...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:26 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Near death experience - > what road/gravel gearing
- Replies: 13
- Views: 653
Re: Near death experience - > what road/gravel gearing
I once had a tankslapper on a GSXR600 at full throttle. Absolutely terrifying!
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:04 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Near death experience - > what road/gravel gearing
- Replies: 13
- Views: 653
Re: Near death experience - > what road/gravel gearing
The Mason bikes have had lots of great feedback
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 3:06 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 2 day loop south Scotland
- Replies: 3
- Views: 302
Re: 2 day loop south Scotland
This looks pleasant:
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/borders ... -way.shtml
You could cycle down the Tweed from Peebles. Also very pleasant and there is a lot of riding of all kinds there.
https://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/borders ... -way.shtml
You could cycle down the Tweed from Peebles. Also very pleasant and there is a lot of riding of all kinds there.
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
- Replies: 1458
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Re: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
In Glencoe last weekend
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:15 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: All day comfortable, do-it-all waterproof trousers?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1018
Re: All day comfortable, do-it-all waterproof trousers?
Still mulling this over.
Saw some OMM Kameilka (sp?) ones on their refurb site which I ordered to try but turns out they were out of stock....
Anyone have experience with the Patagonia Storm ones? https://eu.patagonia.com/gb/en/product/ ... 25030.html
Saw some OMM Kameilka (sp?) ones on their refurb site which I ordered to try but turns out they were out of stock....
Anyone have experience with the Patagonia Storm ones? https://eu.patagonia.com/gb/en/product/ ... 25030.html
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 11:13 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: All new Flextail Zero air pump
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2046
Re: All new Flextail Zero air pump
I've got the other one that John has (the white one).fatbikephil wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:38 am I'm getting one too - saves huffing and puffing!
I wonder if it will inflate a packraft?
Does my packraft no problem with lots of battery capacity left over.
Does take about 5 minutes though.
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:34 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How much grief can I expect?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2116
Re: How much grief can I expect?
There's a known issue with the T5 2ltr TDI 180HP engines around that time, I think it was something to do with high oil use due to a fault with cooler, which often appears after 45,000 miles. We had a deposit on one a few years ago and walked after some research. We ended up with a 2013 140HP versi...
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:48 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How much grief can I expect?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2116
Re: How much grief can I expect?
I have a new Honda Monkey 125 which covers those bases for me
Absolutely brilliant motorbike to ride and goes on a rack on the back of my camper.
Here it is in Spain last year:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx6Brg6oinm ... RvZDdrZ2tw
Absolutely brilliant motorbike to ride and goes on a rack on the back of my camper.
Here it is in Spain last year:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx6Brg6oinm ... RvZDdrZ2tw
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 5:35 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How much grief can I expect?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2116
Re: How much grief can I expect?
I've been looking at getting something cheap/low hassle as well, as my girlfriend is just doing her license. Automatic only. Also need something that go in to ULEZ zones (my van is a little told old) Been looking at Renault Kangoos. Come in a 1.6 petrol, automatics are available. Lots seem to have b...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 7:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How much grief can I expect?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2116
Re: How much grief can I expect?
I spent a lot of time looking at different vans. Was replacing an Leyland Daf 200! Asked the mechanic (with whom I spent a lot of time, being a Leyland Daf owner!) about which ones he sees the least of, and he said go for a French one. They're cheaper than the German ones, are more reliable and rust...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 1:42 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3987
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Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
I'm off to Glencoe in the campervan.
Fireside pints, hill walking and sledging down the ski slopes.
Am in a good mood!
Fireside pints, hill walking and sledging down the ski slopes.
Am in a good mood!
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Sleep system configurations
- Replies: 17
- Views: 962
Re: Sleep system configurations
I dunno what it is about those Alpkit Cloud Cover quilts, but they are sub standard. You're always cold.
Sell it and put the money towards a better one, or a down sleeping bag
Sell it and put the money towards a better one, or a down sleeping bag
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 9:06 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Happy New Year, and plans for 2024
- Replies: 52
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Re: Happy New Year, and plans for 2024
Have just arranged a long weekend of trail centre riding/staying in a cottage in Dumfries and Galloway with a few pals in March.
A good motivation to work on my fitness!
A good motivation to work on my fitness!
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 6:48 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Free: Shimano hood covers for Ultegra 6800 brifters (rim brake, not disk)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 241
Free: Shimano hood covers for Ultegra 6800 brifters (rim brake, not disk)
Ordered these by mistake: https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/brake-levers/shimano-ultegra-st6800-bracket-covers-black-y00e98080/ They don't fit my hydraulic disk brake ones - they are for the mechanical shifting, rim brake ones. Tried fitting to the bike so they're not brand new, but obviously didn't fit s...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 11:16 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Happy New Year, and plans for 2024
- Replies: 52
- Views: 2424
Re: Happy New Year, and plans for 2024
No real plans. Need to work on fitness, so try to get out more. Having moved to a dull west lothian town my zest for life has dropped off considerably. Thinking of quitting work in April. Took a contracting gig that has been extended and extended - it will be 3 years come April. Get the summer off, ...
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 1:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: All day comfortable, do-it-all waterproof trousers?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1018
Re: All day comfortable, do-it-all waterproof trousers?
Thanks for all the replies.
Sadly, no closer to choosing something!
It's weird as I have a pair of Morvelo bib tights which are totally waterproof and a DHB long sleeved top as well. They're comfy and stretchy.
Not sure why there aren't baggier versions using whatever materials they use
Sadly, no closer to choosing something!
It's weird as I have a pair of Morvelo bib tights which are totally waterproof and a DHB long sleeved top as well. They're comfy and stretchy.
Not sure why there aren't baggier versions using whatever materials they use
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 1:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Which Exposure light?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1442
Re: Which Exposure light?
I use a Strava on the bars. I road commute in the dark sometimes and it's good for that.
If trail riding I add a Joystick on my helmet. Works fine for me
If trail riding I add a Joystick on my helmet. Works fine for me
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 12:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: All day comfortable, do-it-all waterproof trousers?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1018
Re: All day comfortable, do-it-all waterproof trousers?
Hmm, already have over trousers but was hoping there is something that would do it all. Disappointing about those paramo ones, they seemed like they could be good. A pal has one of their jackets which is very nice and works well in bad conditions. Anyone have experience of the Sprayway All Day Rain ...
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 7:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: All day comfortable, do-it-all waterproof trousers?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1018
All day comfortable, do-it-all waterproof trousers?
I'm trying to find a new pair of trousers. I'd like it if they could handle hillwalking and cycling in heavy rain as well as be something you can just wear as your day to day trousers. I guess that means that they have a soft lining and aren't 'plasticky'. I have a pair of Madison Zenith Men's 4-Sea...
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 8:25 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Happy Christmas
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1331
Re: Happy Christmas
From a certain point of view, it could be said I ate too much cheese.
But that's not a world I want to live in.
But that's not a world I want to live in.
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 10:56 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Happy Christmas
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1331
Re: Happy Christmas
Merry Christmas! I'm eating cheese already
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 2:30 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Recommend me a cordless combi drill
- Replies: 12
- Views: 932
Re: Recommend me a cordless combi drill
Ryobi are fine, especially if you have the batteries already. Otherwise Lidl or Aldi, Worx (also sold as Bauker or Wesco) work well and are cheap for batteries and tools. I've had good experience with Einhell as well. Often worth paying a little extra for brushless motors on them if that's an option.
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 12:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3987
- Views: 505156
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Never bought the bike in the end, price went up £1000!
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 11:48 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
- Replies: 1458
- Views: 389769
Re: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
In last week's snow with my cat Mr Helen