Fiona Kolbinger was robbed last night as she slept and had a number of valuables stolen including her tracker. After a visit to the police station she is pushing on but untrackable until checkpoint 2. Previous leader Ulrich Bartholomoes is now suffering from significant knee pain and has slowed righ...

I think thats Tabanus sudeticus . The Giant Dark Horsefly. Bet that bugger would hurt!!

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:02 am I use the no nonsense stuff* from ScrewFix. Works as well as owt else and about a tenner for 5L. *may not actualy be called that but it's something similar. Used the same for a few years now. Works efficiently, so is probably destroying the planet :sh...

You have to question why anyone would (a) produce such things (b) consider buying such things. The answer to both questions is truly beyond me

To be quite honest I'm having trouble paying for normal pads the rate I seem to be going through them!

Full Tilt is indeed a great read. I think it's often been called the best travel book ever written.
Can you imagine taking a pistol with you on a bike trip to Europe and beyond? And using it to fight off wolves!

I'm doing a similar outing in June from my home in Wareham Dorset. We are calling it the three ferries tour as I've included Sandbanks, Hengistbury and the Link ferry in the ride. Following a route from this site:

https://www.lifeinthesaddle.cc/2019/07/ ... wight.html

I don't have Raynauds but have treated quite a few patients with it. Its a horrid painful thing. Some observations rather than recommendations. The thin silk liner with a looseish, windproof outer is a great combination. The Brisker and Dissent gloves mentioned are well liked. Make sure they are not...

Great images and read. Thank you.

I did this while Ironman training many years ago - https://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com/dart-10k/ It does have a current pushing you all the way! Outdoor Swimming https://www.outdoorswimmingsociety.com list a lot of the longer events. Lake District swims must be up your way. IMHO there are no usef...

"Theatre for Dreamers" by Polly Samson. A story about the expatriate colony on Hydra in the early '60's. I've enjoyed it although these artistic groups always seem to end up in drama and pain!

Eh? So they've sent you my bottle then?! This is all a bit much .

And mine!! I'm currently of the two filters no bottle brigade. They asked me to send the filters back via Freeport.

Just get some of these perhaps?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/381385053989 ... EB37550937&

Thank you. Thats a good shout.

I bought a bag from R**ha that had removable straps and just punched two holes in it to use on the bike with bolts and simply put the straps back on for the one that didn't.

Thanks Robbie

I'll be doing it on my Mason ISO with 55mm tyres so should be able to cope with a lot. How long did it take you to do the route?

Thanks Phil - much appreciated

Thanks Phil
Off hand do you know what days the hikeabike bits are as listed on the separate GPX?

Thinking of doing this Markus Stilz route as a 4 or 5 dayer in late May this year. I have no experience of this area so if anyone on here has done it or knows the route to give me any tips or advise I would be very grateful. One. slightly odd, question. Is there anywhere on the route that would prov...

An Turas Mor in late May

Dolomiti Ronda in July

A couple of weekend "gatherings" like Woods Cyclery's Grand Rando, or maybe Grinduro.

2023 already planned

Will pogies work with drop handlebar set ups? Are there specific drop bar pogies? Having spent all my cycling life suffering from cold extremities, I now find in my dottage that I can ride without gloves for most of the year. Keeping warm for me is about allowing sufficient peripheral perfusion and ...

Jobro - Yes, can see that, and it's looking superb! Good to see another bike still running old SLX cranks - Dyffers has some on his highball too...

When I bought it the bike had carbon cranks - didn't last long. The SLX where sitting in the parts bin and have been on and fine ever since.

Still riding my Trek 69er singlespeed, and still loving it! (with the DUC fork which I love) In fact we went over to the Purbeck only last week.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CUXUrDeMYhf/

Not sure if you can see that?

I use Maxxi Race TT's in 650b on my Vielo on occasions. Have done both the KAW and Kernow way using this set up and, although I could have easily used a narrower tyre, these roll really well and provided the flint protection I was after. I think the Maxxi Pace might be even quicker with a bit less g...

I joined this site a year or so ago to try and learn as much as I could about bike packing. Now I've learnt an awful lot about rights of way, land access and what can be done about it. Thank you.

His freehub siezed? Shorten the chain, ditch the derr and ride it fixed! Poor Angus. Perhaps he wishes he had taken your advise or somehow managed to get to a bike shop, because he's now been disqualified for using a dotwatchers bike to continue. At first this seemed to be ok as it fell into the re...

jobro wrote: ↑Mon Aug 09, 2021 4:30 pm Once you've done the Alpkit stores anything planned for the south coast Rich? Any likelyhood of an Alpkit store in the South for that matter? Bristol is the next one. I believe they are still looking for other sites down south. If you know of a venue that'd ho...