Just getting in there before Reg does

Boab wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 2:28 pm I'm after a complimentary pair of tyres

Aren't we all! Would you like them to work well with each other too?

That looks epic!

Literally had no snow down here, very jealous

How on earth did you fit yourself and the bike in with the police? Was it a van?

Personally not found it to be a problem, although I have permanent stubble rather than a luscious beard

You can get soft little patches that go under the strap on kids helmets to stop trapping skin when you close the side release buckle. They might work?

something like this should work fine - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Knixmax-Insole ... ref=sr_1_5?

I carry gilets on nearly all my rides, they work really well and pack down small. Normal windproof in normal conditions and then an insulated one when it's cooler. Really liking my OMM Rotor vest. It's the lightest insulated gilet I own, and easily as warm as some of the heavier ones I have I was to...

I got some wool felt inners to add a bit of warmth to my boots when I was in Lapland for a week. Wife and kids were in proper Sorels. I was in a pair of Scarpa SLs with the inner and was fine. Including for a good few hours standing still waiting for the northern lights

They were pretty cheap too

I was running a 2.4" on the front of mine, usually a Maxxis HR2 or Ardent. Although I had 2.1" Nanos and they were great But about a year ago I went for a plus wheel/tyre up front. I'd had it for a while and not got around to fitting it. It's a straight swap between both wheels but since p...

Mine arrived (I think) but it's gone in the Xmas pile as a pressie from the kids

I bagged my November bivvy on Friday night Combination of work and other stuff on means I haven't ridden much for the last few weeks. I'd planned to do a club ride and then bivvy out afterwards but I didn't have time to sort myself out to leave at the right time so changed plans. Stayed home to watc...

It'll still be warm, but weight for weight not as warm as normal non-active insulation

That has active insulation, it's designed to be worn on the move. You want the non active version for static use. Active is not as warm but much more breathable, which is great while in motion but not in camp or stopped

Ti conducts heat too fast and food sticks to the pan. Sorry to be a pedant, but it's the other way around. It conducts heat poorly, so you get a hotspot where the flame is while the heat doesn't disperse well across the base. So your food tends to burn unlike ally pots where the heat from a narrow ...

Eating is mainly in the pub/cafe. On most trips I'll have a dehydrated meal with me just in case

These days my stove is, at most, used for boiling water for brews or hot water based meals. CBA with anything more complicated. Mainly for the faff and the cleaning up afterwards

Grrr- double post

Dropped off some XL bike hooks the other. Means I can fit my 29+ tyre/rim into it, which wouldn't play nicely with normal hooks. It's the only part I've purchased for my new bike rack. The rest is made some wood from pallets and some bits I had knocking about. Holds 2 bikes (plus spare wheels) and t...

Ask most on this forum and they'll say any bike you own. Still need to do some bikepacking on my brompton though, have bikepacked on all the others. I think most will default to a rigid 29er but hardtails making up most of the remainder Ask anyone vaguely interested in this area and they'll say an a...

Another seat post clamp. The bolt up one on my full sus just randomly broke! Very strange, must have been stressed but hadn’t been adjusted in absolutely ages. Was fine when I put it away and not when I went to ride it

Think Allen/Escape Goat is using one of these?

Scottish Mountain Gear are the folks often recommended, although I haven't used them personally

I have one on my cargo bike

I found the wheel flopped when I put it on the centre stand - if there's cargo on the back then the front wheel gets lifted up. I put one of those on and it fixed it, although doesn't work very well if there's heavyish cargo on the front rack

Berghaus also doing this in some of their jackets

The theory is sound, there must be some help in real life, particularly if you can do it with no weight penalty

That is cracker, Verena. Nice work

Nice work, Sean

I bagged my October bivi at the Chilterns Spring Thing so I'm 10/10 so far

This was a cracking little trip. Thanks all for the company and the banter. There was a lot of laughter in the pub :grin: My favourite bit of the trip was the full bore belly laugh the woman outside the cafe let out when she got the answer to her question of where we slept and what in, it was hilari...

They've been available from Alpkit from a while now Didn't know Fjallraven did a ventile jacket. G1000, epic cotton or some other naturalish fibre but not ventile. They do have a very expensive smock available I like ventile but don't use it for cycling. As a former bushcrafter I have a double venti...