What do you mean reg , I still have dripping on toast ,only the white on toast though ,the black jelly is kept for doorstep sandwiches ,can't beat what mi nanna raised me on ,not to keen on the sheep's brains on toast though what was our Saturday morning staple

No worries Stu just keep hold of mine and I'll get it in Jan like I said

Just looked at mike's photos on Strava ,looks like a feckin mint couple of days

...and delivered my "luxury item" for D̶e̶s̶e̶r̶t̶ ̶I̶s̶l̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶D̶i̶s̶c̶s̶ nights with a bivvy. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mfXDtrh_8Vr858IpaFewPMBmpmO8eP1-GfqG4SmL7x3kIdjEy2DEBZQxag5G24hhEGU9ImRI8-eBtKJ8vFIK3v35mXWxRdLFGgiPMCY-Q5xebR7a4mzVT7HgixzNfl40HwZ-Z4vdmjIwHmoK6VHehA_VyVpF8...

Don't forget the factor 50 you've got pasty all that time over here

Scattamah wrote:...and dropped off some very orange 'Boner jerseys. Ta Stu. Looking forward to sun fading those puppies.

Greetz

S.

At least you get to wear yours without arm warmers

Haven't got a clue mate ,you know me I just plod along and happy with any changes or meet ups ,would be good if we met up ,got food booked in ragleth but I'm up for pints anywhere along the routes and maybe a little whisky ,but just a little :wink: still gotta get back to little stretton for food an...

If yous all pm me your email address then sometime tomorrow I'll send you a copy of the route I've proposed to reg ,Ben it's not to disimilar to the one you done in the summer with scattamah just a bit shorter
Cheers
Stuart

I'll play it by ear - it's a trade off between lower gears and wider tyres vs a much lighter bike. If I do need to cycle home, I'm aiming at Newport to be able to pick up NCN 55 all the way back to Stafford so want to be the other wide of telford to Shifnal - the route I looked at would be all coun...

I'm just going to get an off-peak ticket so that I can wing it on Sunday depending on when we get back. It's only 40 miles from Little Stretton to home (Nearly 50p a mile for the return rail ticket!) if all else fails. I presume a mountain bike would be a better bet than a gravel bike? Gravel bike ...

Looking forward to it - got me bike ticket for MK-Crewe, still awaiting for Crewe-Stretton. Wonder how long to ride from Crewe to Stretton in an emergency ;-). Just been out fettling my tarp and had to explain the whole thing to a nice lady walking her dog. You may find there's no booking of bikes ...

Train tickets booked yesterday so I'll be in church stretton at 10.00 ,I'll wait at the station for Scot of the woods and then meet you guys about 1230 at the ragleth after a bit of breaky

With a nice shiny calender ,cheers stu

They are one of the best sets I've bought (&cheapest) for being useful if you have a large circlip mate 100+mm then hold the jaws l Evelyn as you open them otherwise they start to twist a little
Edit - evenly, feckin predictive text

There's always one more tool you need, always!!! I'm currently collecting circlip pliers at a rate of knots...small ones, 4 pack Teng set, then the long reach ones for the brake piston, now need some heavy duty ones for car wheel bearings :roll: 02830000 Sykes pickavant ones mate ,been using them o...

I've tried quite a few Paul ,the sealskins wet out after about 2hrs and as said can't get them off without them turning inside out , now I just settle for wet but warm hands in some mountain equipment belay gloves as soon as it's starts to drop to around zero ,anything below that it's normal gloves ...

Or for us shorter people a tomahawk ,my first bike

...and dropped off some more tools...master link pliers and piston press. And a VP1 kit as I've been half arsing things in this dept. for too long - I can feel you staring at me BRG. :) At this rate I might be able to build a bike with minimal swearing. Greetz S. No Scott ,any kind of spanner wanke...

To be fair Scott he was in great humour the whole of the weekend ,that must have been taken either after his puncture or one of the many times he was waiting for me to catch up

Don't like look of seatpack or bar roll but as I'm in the market for a full frame bag the custom one fits the bill ,it's not the normal vx21 material anybody got any experience how it wears ,I'm presuming their rucksacks are made of the same material

As Stu says Bob, but if natural cooling doesn't work drop some water on it when it's heated up the sudden temp change does shock it or so I found when trying to remove stuck hubs on the trucks at work , the only thing I'd do is put some wet rags around the frame so that it stays at a lower temp than...

...and dropped off a Kestrel (thanks RG)...and the returned bibs that I sent back to Sports Pursuit. They've rebagged the same offending item and sent it back. Crazy kids. The loveliness of the Kestrel overshadowed the SP ballsup...so it wasn't so bad. Greetz S. Will it be getting a outing on 24th ...

To be fair Bob the bags I'm looking at ,there's only £10/15 in the difference , measured the triangle yesterday on the longitude and can get the large ortlieb in ,sits about 5cm from the head tube gussets and about 7cm off the BB so should fit fine ,not really looking at above £100 and those 2 I sai...

I've slimmed down my kit a bit over my first year and find I don't like riding with a heavyish bar bag ,I've also found my alpkit possum is a bit useless ,been looking at this since rtts when Stu had his kit spread between seat pack and frame bag ,I know I can get bivy bag ,ground sheet, cook set an...

Anyone know how a fork should be best stored off bike? Upside down, upright or does it not matter?? Im wondering if the seals may dry out if not being used for awhile thats all Hadn't used the bouncy bike for about 5 months ,thought I'd better give it a blast the other day and everything worked fin...