AKA the Darth Vader helmet - there was some apocrypha in the '80's that they used a Simpson bandit as the basis for Vader's lid....
Jealous, but would look a bit daft riding a '60's Triumph.
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- Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
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- Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
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- Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
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Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Went to Halfords today after yet another lost rear light. Me being in black clothing I wasn't gonna risk a blind driver. The Viz150, 300 and 100 were £30, £40 and £21 respectively. Quick check on the website and they'd obviously been price matching others. Prices of £21, £30 and £16. Aero post frie...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hap.... no, I'm saying nowt :)
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Re: Hap.... no, I'm saying nowt :)
Happy birthday Stu, being in your 50's is much worse than being 50
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:36 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
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- Views: 28300
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Sorry to hear that Jimmy, glad you are recovering. Seems to be a few mishaps going on this year... The pic of your specs reminds me of those old safety films you got shown at school telling you not play on building sites etc - the shots always switched from a youth with a look of horror on his face ...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:30 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
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Re: The post man's been ...
...and brought a new GRX mech to replace the 105 one that exploded spectacularly the other day. Thought while I was replacing it, I might as well get something that will cope with a larger cassette without swapping the goat link in and out, shift better, and... be more clutchy. But I can't escape t...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:02 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 525
- Views: 28300
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
https://meagaidhblog.sais.gov.uk/2024/0 ... snow-rain/
See images of Met Office forecast over March - looks like we need to head to NW Scotland. Similar parallels to 2012 when The NW got roasted and the rest of the UK nearly drowned, for the whole of spring and summer.
See images of Met Office forecast over March - looks like we need to head to NW Scotland. Similar parallels to 2012 when The NW got roasted and the rest of the UK nearly drowned, for the whole of spring and summer.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:22 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 525
- Views: 28300
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Right you lot, it's time for the first quarterly tally! I currently have the following as still in the game after a horribly wet and miserable winter.... RIP Muddypete Mrs Polisherman Blackhound Raggedstone Frog Gecko76 Verena NeilA Sean_iow Javatime jimmy G Samwise FBPhil Doresetshirelad Boab vegan...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
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Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Liking the look of them given my ever advancing age seems to be equating to ever rising bars.
£135 though....
£135 though....
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:06 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 3083
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
We've got BaM Rules/rules and a gover... well, Phil anyway :grin: . (Has he got a body or is he just a virtual chimera on the forum I wonder? :grin: ) I'm still a real person for now Reg. Hopefully when I eventually get replaced with an 'AI' I will be one of those that you read about, you know, the...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 3083
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
I suspect Stu is along the right lines... Interestingly, over on that Bikepacking.com, all the young dudes are strapping saddle packs, bar rolls, front pouches, frame bags, multiple stem cells / gas tanks / other wee bags, fork bags on there bikes and also carrying bum bags (I'm looking at you North...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 525
- Views: 28300
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Looks meaningfully at watch. cough, cough. Any more for any more??
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 3083
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
No bogs, no tussocks, no cowering under a thin sheet of nylon in the rain, no slugs. Where is the fun in that? :grin: A better version is to carry proper bikepacking stuff (cue further argument :grin: ) but stay in hotels / B&B's hostels / bothies. I did my first Highland trail like that and I w...
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 7:42 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WRT GR's
- Replies: 52
- Views: 1784
Re: WRT GR's
I noticed that. The OS app in bike mode took you up the track to with 100m of it. But I wouldn't trust the OS app to tell me the time of day....
Couple of potential cheeky short cuts up north!
Couple of potential cheeky short cuts up north!
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Trans cambrian way improvements.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 385
Re: Trans cambrian way improvements.
Forgot it was April fools, very good Stuart, you've missed your vocation in life
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 1:47 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WRT GR's
- Replies: 52
- Views: 1784
Re: WRT GR's
Cheers Stu, now trying to plot on a map (digital Reg, sorry)
So the utterly rubbish OS app doesn't allow you to add GR's to a route - does anyone know of something that allows me to plot all the GR's then create a GPX pf them all and straight lines between them, which I can edit?
So the utterly rubbish OS app doesn't allow you to add GR's to a route - does anyone know of something that allows me to plot all the GR's then create a GPX pf them all and straight lines between them, which I can edit?
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:39 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 525
- Views: 28300
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Another for the last minute rush... Been down to Mum and Dads a fair bit this month as Dad is having a very hard time recovering from a knee opp. "The last one wasn't like this!" he said. You were 56 then Dad, not 83... Anyway, he is currently safely in a respite care home and should be ho...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 12:10 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
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Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Howwwww much???
Think I'll stick to my 5 quid efforts...
Think I'll stick to my 5 quid efforts...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:12 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 525
- Views: 28300
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Good stuff Jeff- last time I was in glen affric it was 25 degrees! Currently under tarp - no wind no rain. Very odd....
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: So this is who lights fires ...
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- Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Monks trod - wtf
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2695
Re: Monks trod - wtf
Seems to be a large amount of irony over this as it was the UK govt that introduced the CROW act which restricted a lot of byways to non-motorised use and prevented historical claims to creating more byways (and other ROW's which unfortunately back-fired) I actually wonder if the journo has got it w...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
- Replies: 109
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Re: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
Whenever you pull something like that off, It's always nice to know you are ahead of the game!
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Barkley Marathons chitchat
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Re: Barkley Marathons chitchat
Just twigged thats her that won the spine race back in 2019. Makes what we get up to look a bit lightweight
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:41 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: GB Duro Entries open
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1971
Re: GB Duro Entries open
I've ducked out of the group start as I'm keeping hols free to help mum and dad. I think I will just do a ride up the route one time but probably not this year.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
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Re: Off Topic - siezed, rusted, possibly double threaded, sheared bolt extraction advice!
Look at it this way Shaff - if you manage to sort this, bike related fixing will seem easy, ever after! That said stainless bottle cage bolts corrosion welded into ally frames can be much harder as there is less to hack away at!