Allen key in the end of the axle?

I'd echo the bar roll and rucksack suggestions, but if you want something low faff blackburn's outpost bar roll, while a bit weighty and a bit expensive (we got ours cheap from wiggle) is a very easy way of attaching a fair bit of kit to the bars. Less faffing with straps for someone new to get frus...

Bit of a haul today! Second hand highball frame for singlespeed duties this winter, singlespeed dropouts for same, some of those boost sids that someone put up a psa for and a wtb kom rim because they're cheap at the moment! Tomorrow is bike build day, first run planned for monday's night ride. Quit...

Some nice wheels manufacturing drifts. Got tired of bodging some bearings in with sockets/old bearings. Happily, they fit my old cheap bearing press too

This sounds tempting. I'm not sure what's going on in December at the moment so may have to see a little closer to the time, but I am interested.

Haven't camped, let alone bivi'd, in winter in years!

No hijack intended but I'd be interested in the GPXs of that Mat, if you were ok with sharing them. I could send you some stuff I'd mapped out in return, between the Chilterns and the NF and the Purbecks using byways over Wiltshire and S of the Ridgeway. Was hoping to have a few days worth of UK ri...

Sounds interesring- my only quibble with that would be that the surrey hills may be sandy but the north downs certainly aren't! If you'd like some more miles in the north downs I can help with trails as far east as sevenoaks, or if you want to come up through Guildford to the north downs before goin...

I'll be interested to the route you've come up with. I'd mooted a couple that started out in my head as super one day loops and got bigger, but never quite got the routes to stick. One looping one way or another from the north downs, round through the surrey hills, hindhead, south downs and along th...

Ah, those forks are the same as mine- fine for forking and braking, awkward for dynamos.

Cheers though!

If the fork has the brake in the normal position(i.e. behind left leg) and is cheap I might be interested in that. Can't fit a dynamo to my current one with the 'other side' brake.

I managed that effect on a snakeskin thunder burt in not long at all this year, pretty sure it's a thin sidewall + lower pressure + decent miles thing rather than a plus tyre thing.

Enjoyed that. It actually managed to make me wistful about how little non-commute road riding I've done the last few years! That part the country really is lovely this time of year

I had to wrestle a gate open on today's ride - I was dangerously close to a jason bourne style flashback to things I've tried to forget!

Richard G wrote:Bastard hard is fine, just not all of it at once please.

/sense of humour failure

More or less this!

I think I'm getting old I've never been good at late nights! I haven't been nobbled as much as I'd expect- I managed a night ride monday (if you ever want your otherwise quite heavy full suss to feel sprightly, ride it straight after 19 hours on a loaded bike) but going to the pub after that and tr...

Single Speed George wrote:
ye go nuts, put them on here so people could have them

Ta!

Well, I think I've given it enough time to comment without getting emotional! I enjoyed the route for most of it. I was finding it far too enjoyable, and was getting increasingly fearful of the end. The first two ups and downs after Dylife were OK, good, lets do some trudging, but thanks to a bit of...

Mine are here- https://www.flickr.com/photos/80976333@N08/albums/72157673716737352 Just run out of time to link them properly (for some reason I've agreed to go for a night ride) but will see about it soon. George, would you mind if I had a copy of the one of me (climbing hill in the fog, glasses on...

I saw someone around there. I thought they were dressed as a mexican- sombrero and poncho. I was concentrating on going forwards though

The back half of my ride would certainly have been a lot less pleasant without them, it was absolutely brilliant

If i was packing my fears I'd need a trailer and some bear spray!

If you're doubling up (or even tripling) on this, what other stuff are you bringing "just in case"?

I think the only other thing I've doubled up on is rear lights to avoid being run over. I'd have the phone and gps anyway, paper weighs little, the watch is the backup really.

That is amazing!

Is this view from Cadir Idris, Mawddach in the distance

Aye, that was Monday. Really holding out for the same weather!

1. Garmin 510 breadcrumb
2. Phone with os mapping (free trial for the occasion!)
3. Suunto watch with breadcrumb
4. Need to print some paper maps

This is probably excessive redundancy but if i lose the ability to navigate i will be very unhappy!