Putting on damp clothes in the mornings save you the weight and extra space needed for dry clothes that will just get wet anyway. I always have a dry set for the night Having clothes that can cope with being wet does help, but putting on cold, damp clothes in the morning can be pretty miserable. My ...

They are a fairly high end Scandi brand, their stuff isn't cheap but I've found it to be very good Most of my walking troos are from Haglofs, I find their long is a genuine long unlike many, helped by Scandi folks generally being fairly tall. I have 2 pairs of rugged mountain pants and they are unbe...

Nice trip report, Andy. Looks like a fantastic trip

The exposure in the pic on day 4 would have me absolutely bricking myself riding my bike. I could walk that no problem, but I wouldn't be thrilled on a bike. It's like a very high stakes boardwalk!

If those nanos don't get taken, i'll have them for my sons bike please

Huge Brynje fan here. I have both the short and long sleeve super thermo varieties. I sometimes wear two baselayers with the Brynje underneath, particularly if I know it's going to be wet I think I'd combust / dry out to the shrivelled-scrotum level Stu mentioned elsewhere with 2 baselayers :shock:...

Huge Brynje fan here. I have both the short and long sleeve super thermo varieties.

I sometimes wear two baselayers with the Brynje underneath, particularly if I know it's going to be wet

I had grand plans to do this. I bought a rigid fork for my Cotic and planned to swap the sus fork in and out as wanted. It was fairly easy to swap, but it's still a faff. In the end I kept it as fully rigid and have a full suss to complement it

Nice one Rich. Can bag the slot in the diary before all the family stuff goes in!

Enjoyed the write up. Green chalk is horrendous stuff

I remember that pub from a Chilterns event. We were comfortably the smelliest and dirtiest folks in there, food was very good on quality but a bit lacking on quantity

Cracking write up

You could try some clear gorilla tape?

Sorry Stu, was all set to do it and then went into a meeting!

Shout if you need any more

Yep, anything in particular?

Sounds like father Xmas having a day off

two chains for my cargo bike. It's a Big Dummy so needs two as it's so long. Hoping they're the right ones!

Winter boots in size EU47 - https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/p/n ... nter-boots

You haven't put a price

I literally do exactly as per fatbikephil - clean area, key it to help with adhesion, normal rubber glue for inner tube patches, mushroom plugs with the metal spike on the end Has held up very well I did try that but it started to push out and I didn't want to risk the split becoming bigger. When y...

** I would use my 3/4 Thermarest Uberlight but is has a slow puncture and despite submerging it in the bath repeatably until my hands went numb (too tight to use hot water) I cannot find the hole to be able to patch it :roll: If it helps, Thermarest will probably find it for you. They say they char...

I literally do exactly as per fatbikephil - clean area, key it to help with adhesion, normal rubber glue for inner tube patches, mushroom plugs with the metal spike on the end

Has held up very well

I had a Jetboil and now have the Primus version. I actually reckon it might be ok for this trip It only boils water, but it sounds like that’s all you want. It is heavier than a meths or lightweight gas stove set up but it’s also far more windproof and if you’re stuck in a tent porch in windy condit...

Sun is shining and it's blooming hot. Van is mostly packed (including a fridge full of drinks and food) and ready for some camping with my son at Thruxton to watch some racing

Wow, is that really the combo? Horse racing and Faithless. Banging out Insomnia after a day at the races...?!

To be honest, if it was closer to home I might have taken you up on it!

Abus combination cafe lock here, best balance of weight and protection

I have 4 retractable cable locks, as well as various other locks (spiral, long cable, D locks etc), but the abus is my favourite

Fits inside my tool bottle with my tools in so another bonus

Same. Everything my area (QECP/Kingley Vale) is running absolutely lovely at the moment but the nettles have gone nuts, arm and leg still stinging from last night's ride. Brambles not exactly great either