After my BAM 1/12 a couple of weeks ago, I was telling my mates in work about it - well bragging actually, when one of them asked "What if you'd died of cold?"
Now, I reckon if I'd got that cold I would have woken up before I froze, but I don't know.
But I bet one of you lot does?
Lu.
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- Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:04 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Could I die?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 6566
- Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:43 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Death of my bikepacking kit - Vermin
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2262
Re: Death of my bikepacking kit - Vermin
Many years ago, one of our neighbours had a secret (from his wife) stash of cash, about 40 quid, hidden behind a brick in his shed wall. Now £40 doesn't sound much, but forty-odd years ago it was about two weeks wages, say £500 now. Buuut, one day, on checking his hidey-hole, he found a mouse had ch...
- Sat Jan 31, 2015 9:02 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Bivi bags
- Replies: 95
- Views: 16558
Re: Bivi bags
Bah! I didn't see this 'til next day and thought it'd be too late and they'd all gone by then. Now I see the list is still growing. So if there are any left, please can one be for me?
Lu
Lu
- Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:00 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Long Shot - Adult Trikes?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 8892
Re: Long Shot - Adult Trikes?
My sister has a Pashley trike. I borrowed it once, for a laugh, to go on our 'Gallon Ride' with mates from work, (8 pubs, 8 pints 18 miles). It's a horrible thing - there aren't even any proper bearings in the wheels, just nylon bushes and a Sturmey- Archer 3 speed. Boy was that ever a mistake. Ridi...
- Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:42 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2015
- Replies: 281
- Views: 64703
Re: Bivvy a month 2015
1/1. Last monday My wife thought/thinks I was/am mad, but on Monday I started my attempt at BAM 2015. I cycled up to my chosen bivvy spot near (but not in) Llandegla forest, thinking she may actually be right. (Actually, she's always right, but that's true of all wives). This is not my first cycle c...
- Sat Nov 29, 2014 9:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What weight is a fat bike?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6741
Re: What weight is a fat bike?
2015 Trek Farley 6, medium frame, 14.4 kg.
- Mon Nov 24, 2014 9:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How did you get into riding?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6820
Re: How did you get into riding?
First bike was a Raleigh Jack-of-Clubs, 4 speed derailleur, for passing the Eleven+ exam back in 1965. One of the first (if not THE first) rides ended with me going OTB in the middle of Wrexham and landing upside down on the boot of the brand new mini that had stopped without me noticing. Knocked th...
- Tue Nov 18, 2014 10:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11453
- Views: 1956587
Re: The post man's been ...
Garmin discoverer maps whole country from ioffer. Just need to find out how to load routes etc.
- Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:56 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What else should I be working on?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6580
Re: What else should I be working on?
Bu&&er, I've just re-invented the wheel.like the eVent bags
- Thu Nov 06, 2014 9:24 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What else should I be working on?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6580
Re: What else should I be working on?
You know those bags that people use to store soft stuff in? That you put your clothes/blankets/quilts in, then seal up then suck out with the hoover? How about something like that for putting your soft bikepacking stuff in (sleeping bag/spare clothes) that you can pump out with a bike pump. (With th...
- Thu Oct 30, 2014 8:46 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: want to go tubeless
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2619
Re: want to go tubeless
I wonder if this old trick would work with a bike tyre. I have in the past inflated tubeless car tyres using a foot pump. This is how :- Fit the tyre to the rim. Wrap a strap around the circumference of the tyre and find some way to tighten it up. As the tension is applied to the strap, the sides of...
- Wed Oct 15, 2014 9:43 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Imba broken?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1103
Imba broken?
Hi chaps, first post here. I've been trying to get details of the Transcambrian Way from the IMBA website but all I get is an error message. There used to be links to maps and such but no more. (Well not for me, anyway). I can find the pdf guide, but no maps. So, if not IMBA, where can I get maps an...