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- Sat Feb 24, 2024 9:45 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you drinking now?
- Replies: 704
- Views: 71371
Re: What are you drinking now?
A mini Guinness (patrón xo and baileys) - spicy with a sweet background
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:14 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Today's Run
- Replies: 896
- Views: 108037
Re: Today's Run
Went out for the first run since Halloween at lunchtime - only 5k on pavement at a sedate pace but it felt good to be out even if it was drizzling. My plan was to just get used to running multiple times a week for a couple of weeks and then start building up the distance again
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3971
- Views: 500190
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
After 10 months of tests, scans and biopsies looks like everything is more benign than was feared which is pretty damn cheery even if it isn't a Friday. Now I just need to get some fitness back.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: One for Reg - The Slate of Tintergel
- Replies: 11
- Views: 317
Re: One for Reg - The Slate of Tintergel
What I want to know is if he was from Cornwall, why did he leave his seat in Scotland?
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:48 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: OT: Cheapest way to (entering) a trail half marathon!?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 776
Re: OT: Cheapest way to (entering) a trail half marathon!?
Train for a marathon and you’ll get a lot of half marathons for free during training
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:25 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you reading now?
- Replies: 404
- Views: 44567
Re: What are you reading now?
Finally got round to starting A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge - I've been meaning to read this for years but never quite got round to it.
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 12:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Lightweight touring rack | Tailfin? Other alternatives?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 405
Re: Lightweight touring rack | Tailfin? Other alternatives?
An ortlieb quick rack might work for you - you’d just need a set of adapters for each bike and then switching over is painless according to all the reviews
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 2:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bivvy curious
- Replies: 20
- Views: 890
Re: Bivvy curious
My Ti Goat Kestrel is very light but not waterproof on top, little more than a windproof layer. As I've discovered the fun way, it's dependent on a tarp in all but the driest weather.
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wildlife
- Replies: 691
- Views: 136849
Re: Wildlife
There’s some Scandinavian spruce trees that are nearly 10000 years old - I think they’re all a bit trigger’s broom though since just like yew trees they produce a new trunk when one dies off
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Have tarps lost their popularity?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1727
Re: Have tarps lost their popularity?
A tent is easy - it's heavier and less flexible but fairly idiot proof. I've tried using a flat tarp on a couple of trips and got wet both times due to pitching mistakes - I don't doubt if you use one often enough it'll become second nature but I'm only get out once or twice a year at the moment so ...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 11:28 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11449
- Views: 1924338
Re: The post man's been ...
A pair of trail cross xt cycling shoes so i don’t have to use my clip less pedal shoes even when I’m using flat pedals. At least it’ll distract me from the joys of dealing with a burst pipe in the kitchen overnight.
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 8:25 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The magic roundabout ...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1576
Re: The magic roundabout ...
Since you've got the budget, may be worth looking at the Fairlight Holt. Boutique prices but a very nice looking bike.
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 4:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Happy New Year, and plans for 2024
- Replies: 52
- Views: 2408
Re: Happy New Year, and plans for 2024
I assumed it was 20km
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 3:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Happy New Year, and plans for 2024
- Replies: 52
- Views: 2408
Re: Happy New Year, and plans for 2024
My plans are all contingent on the first one which I've got almost no control of: Get the health issues that derailed most of last years plans sorted. WRT - I need to plan my route and kit better this time. TBA - i've got 3 days pencilled in for June for a trip somewhere - Traws Eryri is tempting bu...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:07 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Tour de France 2023: Injuries, disaster bivies, failure to complete the ride - a great time all round
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1947
Re: Tour de France 2023: Injuries, disaster bivies, failure to complete the ride - a great time all round
I enjoyed that, makes me want to dust off my French and go ride a bike.
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 2:01 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Recommended me a tyre :)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 916
Re: Recommended me a tyre :)
I’d recommend resolutes as well, good grip in anything other than deep mud and not too draggy on the road. They’re overkill for pure road rides but I’m too lazy to switch them out.
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 1:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3971
- Views: 500190
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
He’s pretty stretched out and floofy in that pic. He’s going to be pretty big but nowhere near Maine Coon sized
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 9:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3971
- Views: 500190
- Sun Dec 10, 2023 8:18 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Recommend me a GPS
- Replies: 24
- Views: 9557
Re: Recommend me a GPS
A garmin 1040 solar might be your answer (big screen, very long battery life, lots of processing power) but it’s a big chunk of change and unless you’re a racer a lot of features are novelty value only. Personally, I’d go for the much cheaper 540 solar and get the phone out for those occasions you n...
- Sun Nov 19, 2023 7:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1210956
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
I think both refers to both the small and the large bar bag - alas it doesn’t seem to apply to the bar pack
- Sat Nov 18, 2023 2:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4932
- Views: 1210956
- Mon Nov 13, 2023 11:16 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: I seem to have lost my cursor...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2129
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 4:17 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Bobike child seat
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5871
Bobike child seat
I need to make some space in the garage so getting rid of some long disused child bits - the price reflects that it's bulky so collection only from Stafford. Bobike Exclusive Tour child seat £30 (bike not included :grin:) The seat has a built in blinky but the battery is long dead so may not work. A...
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 6:56 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: I seem to have lost my cursor...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2129
Re: I seem to have lost my cursor...
Have you tried in a different browser? Have you tried clearing your browser cache? If it’s a css issue and you’re on a windows desktop, there’s a convoluted workaround you can do to inject custom css into the control to give yourself a cursor again but it’s painful since you have to do it on the eve...
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 8:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
- Views: 121395
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
When looking for a saddle that’s good for the prostate that wasn’t quite what I had in mind.firestarter wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2023 5:59 pm It's not April is it ?
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