Returned to an old haunt near Carlops with the bike relatively light by way of prep for Ride to the Sun next weekend. https://i.postimg.cc/m2FQ4Zc9/PXL-20230618-053221963.jpg Felt pleasingly quick. Snack bag was full of tools but tool bottle bereft of snacks because I didn't like the look of the ned...

It wasn't the seatpost. In fact a hard twist of the saddle moved the entire seat tube a couple of mm, so clearly the araldite hadn't done the trick. Further brute force proved it. https://i.postimg.cc/R0ZkFXg9/20230603-112545.jpg Never mind, got the whole thing out (being glad I'd gone for the thick...

Fitted some nice wheels courtesy of Escape Goat of this parish, and some slicks for the run to work. https://i.postimg.cc/XvTRMKpY/20230602-091949.jpg Unfortunately there is some creaking after last month's surgery which I'm hoping is just the seatpost wanting a bit of carbon paste, because if it's ...

A proper bivvy has a decent ride and a cooked meal before bed, and another good ride to follow

I need to up my game in that case. Thinks...

That. Is. Brilliant.

Both finger and bike now pretty much healed completely, it's good to be back into things properly. Took off around 9 yesterday evening with stove and dangly mug this time just because. https://i.postimg.cc/gkVvKs5N/20230527-212249.jpg Need to sort my navigation because ended up switching between thr...

Hiya, are these still available?

Fitted and glued, and no ominous creaks or cracks.


Bottle mounts can wait for another day.

@voodoo_simon https://bamboobikebuild.livejournal.com/

Added lightness

And then took some of it away again

Tools used: all of them.

Needs glued and sealed, then just waiting on a seatpost shim. Pondering adding bottle mounts.

...and dropped off a cf tube to replace the cracked seat tube on the bamboo bike, which has been wrapped in an unflattering FibreFix bandage for the last 12 months or so. Assuming I can figure out how to do it, the chances of my dying with shards of carbon fibre embedded in my arse just increased co...

Ah, good to know, thanks.

Couple of reasons for not wanting to be very far from home so, having cleared up the litter earlier in the day, put what all was needed in the pannier of the work bike and pitched up in the sluice pond of the local mill (disused). https://i.postimg.cc/DyFqn0S6/20230430-054953.jpg It rained from abou...

Success, after a fashion. Emailed adventureexpert.com and got a speedy reply from Kajo in Slovenia confirming no UK sales but suggesting Etsy (no joy) and ebay (neither), so decided to take a punt on one of these, which turned out to be massive https://i.postimg.cc/3rt4VbNz/Screenshot-20230427-08003...

Waiting for a broken finger to heal, so it's next weekend or never for me. Fingers crossed (not that finger).

Thanks. I did wonder about those. Not sure of the best way to fit one but will order a few and have a think.

Yeah it might just be a matter of technique. Problem of the down compressing and trapping air can probably be sorted by going slower, but a valve would make it better. This looks ideal, but they don't ship to the UK.
https://www.adventurexpert.com/product/ ... tpu-valve/

It's probably not as much of a problem as I'm making out, just a frustration really. The drybag is a podsacs one from Planet-X and impressively tough. The winter bag is a Rab 700 Ascent and very warm, and it does fit, just. https://i.postimg.cc/g0RVst20/20230318-214729.jpg The trick is getting the d...

Sorry if this has been done before, but stuffing a sleeping bag into a handlebar drybag, how do you not trap air? I'm thinking of fitting a one way valve, perhaps similar to that on my Vango aotrom mat (recommended btw), to let air out but keep water out.

Easily done? Any suggestions?

I reckon if you're away from water with views it counts, and Google maps says it's a Mountain Peak so there's that. Looks like a nice part of the country.

Nice one. Did a summit camp (not on bikes) a couple of weeks back and it was cracking. Got me thinking about local trig points now.

Do they eat ticks? Caught one climbing up the shower curtain earlier

BAM3 was about 200m from February's, but on the other side of the wall of the Duke of Buccleuch's Dalkeith estate and in woodland as opposed to the middle of a field. Woodland by a burn, with an off camber pitch which led to worries of sliding off into said burn (the Dead Burn), the coefficient of f...

https://i.postimg.cc/s2L4bTz6/20230215-062936.jpg If you squint you can hear the bypass. Arrived about 11 after much faffing with straps and a snapped chain. Still new to all this; took a tent in case of cold/wet but didn't need it. Slept fitfully until 2 then pulled hat over ears and didn't wake a...

A short one from home to check out a potential bivi spot.



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Shooting may be in progress; hopefully not this evening.