BreninBeener wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 6:42 am Ginger and Ribena?! Wow, sounds fantastic

Cut up some ginger put it in the flask and leave it to soak over night , when I was first told about it I was wtf , but tried it and it’s lovely , also helps stop the “hot aches” in winter

That flask Stu has is brilliant I manage to get a good 19hrs of warmth in winter out of it , but it’s not coffe or tea but Ginger soaked in ribena, lovely taste and warms up the inside nicely

Liability insurance is next to nothing, I just got quoted 350 p/a upto 10million van insurance is totally different, my quote was 1850 but that’s insuring tools upto 10000 , bike tooling doesn’t come anywhere near that even if you have a full set of park ,the other thing to look at Tony is when thin...

After carefully reading this thread(for once) I believe there’s a big difference in those of us who have kids and those who doesn’t or have flew the nest , as I said in my first post I can comfortably go at 60 but if it’s left to me I won’t , our lives have now got to the position where the daughter...

Reg as Peter says speak for yourself , this morning’s post was at 430 just before I left the house , this one is on my lunch

I only ever used acf on the insides of my frame when I had the longitude and cdf , probably not needed but a little piece of mind , then repeated every September

You certainly need some self discipline. It's easy to become lost without a reason to get up. Losing any sense of accomplishment is also easy to do, so again, you need something. Weirdly, over the years I think I've had more people tell me that they couldn't live my life than those who said they co...

Something just struck me ... what if you don't have a landline? Are calls to a mobile somehow tracked via the phone's gps? No idea mate , but would it surprise you if they were as in theory track and trace pings your phone whenever your near someone else who’s either infected or been close to someo...

Memories like that makes a man, quite what, it remains to be seen, but it’s those memories which keep us(relatively) sane in these times. Roll on the next BB event, I need it. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50864521861_c1371ffcfb_c.jpg That is a glorious photo, well done that man! That really ...

Not had the play boat out since 2015 due to my bent leg not getting comfy in it , legs still bent but have got used to it now and have been thinking of getting back out but the ww skills will need a bit of a refresher, don’t know how the import would work as my step daughters grandad lives in the st...

I can feel a winter bivy 2019 type of mess happening here , can’t wait

Cheers. Gian , do you have the internal storage? Or is that just more faff , only ordering once so want to get everything I need , if I want grade 3+ then I’ll go back to my play boat, cheers everyone for replies , no body has either the mrs or the Alpacas in stock so another months o/t should cover...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:21 pm Yeah, I do fancy an MRS but no money for that.

Just been looking at those , quite like the micro raft xl and alligator s2 just need to renew my bcu licence , wait for lockdown to come to some sort of end and river seven here I come

What you got now Stu , still the longshore or something new?

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 11:41 am Andy at Backcountryscot is yer man Stu: https://backcountry.scot/product-category/packrafting/

I’m a knob Stu , had a look on there earlier and didn’t see them

If you do Facebook then head over to the Packrafting UK group. Not only will you find lots of hints ant tips, you'll find folk selling boats too. https://www.facebook.com/groups/PackraftingUK/ Don’t do any of that Facebook stuff or insta but my daughter does so will speak nicely to her to let me on

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 6:21 pm Ain't too many bothies between Conwy and Aberdyfie. Better make it Aberystwyth

Mike and myself had a discussion about this years RTTS. If we're able to pull it off then it should be a cracker.

If we’re allowed out mate , are we looking around end of June or beginning of July ?

Looking at ordering a pack raft for when the lock down is over , looked at alpaca either caribou or classic( leaning towards classic as it has a removable deck) but can’t seem to find any in uk , any other decent brands out there upto 4kg and coming in around £1000 , don’t really know if I can be bo...

Every day over the last 10 days I’ve had nhs ring me 3 times a day to check I was isolating as I tested positive, not a issue at all for me except one morning they rang at 7am , now apart from Christmas Day I’ve not had a rest day from work since April so to my shame it was me who got very arsey wit...

If your going to measure a chain with verniers you need to go center of pin to center of pin over 10 pins then divide by 9 , but you’ll need the original chain pitch to see how much is stretched , , maximum wear on lifting chains is 2% but on a bike chain I have no idea , the reason over 10 pins is ...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:32 pm Is that ^ Reg? Or maybe Mike, he's keen on shedding his kit outside

Must be Reg , Mike likes to keep his sports bra on

And now I have a slight bit of taste coming back after the “Rona” I have gone back to this slightly fruity lager

As Lazarus says ,they are a good bit away from the forks tony,but depending on how you pack the bags the roll over closure may rub a little

Thought the same about bar ends , bought some dia comps as the were on special, took about 4rides to get used to them but the next gravel bike will definitely be built with them , had a 24/34 front and 11-36 cassette with the original 9speed derailuer, it was the cheapest way I could find to get the...

Interested in getting one of these flasks for non faff overnighters but I'm a very long way from a Morrison's, is there any maker's info on the packaging ? I'd imagine it's sourced from the far east but it'd be handy if Amazon stocked it. Thanks I’m pretty sure a carrefour would have something simi...