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- Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:56 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 2022 Plans (to go with the 2021 Reflections thread)
- Replies: 90
- Views: 8234
Re: 2022 Plans (to go with the 2021 Reflections thread)
I'm 50 next year and my eldest son's 18, and I want to mark it by either walking the Camino de Santiago or trekking in Morocco with him. It all depends on how much time I can get off work. I have a few routes in my head where I get on the train and cycle home that I want to do. I want to continue lo...
- Mon Dec 13, 2021 7:44 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 2021 reflections
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2726
Re: 2021 reflections
Favourite ride/trip/outing: Discovering the Howgills after driving past them literally hundreds of times, and a short ride on The Ridgeway visiting Wayland's Smithy and Uffington while down south with work. Favourite piece of kit: My new (to me) fully rigid Pinnacle Ramin. It just feels right. Piece...
- Thu Dec 09, 2021 7:18 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: GFBD 2021
- Replies: 5
- Views: 980
Re: GFBD 2021
Nice one Jeff, looks like a good weekend out.
I've seen that bothy and those ruins when walking down the other side of the valley and they're on my list of places to check out.
Cheers, Michael.
I've seen that bothy and those ruins when walking down the other side of the valley and they're on my list of places to check out.
Cheers, Michael.
- Wed Dec 08, 2021 5:36 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Longshot - Swift Zeitgeist or Wizardworks Shazam Handlebar Bag Wanted.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1012
Re: Longshot - Swift Zeitgeist or Wizardworks Shazam Handlebar Bag Wanted.
Thanks Ledburner, but there are some specific features that I'm looking for that these bags have but the Carradice style doesn't. I already have a Carradice style bag that's alright as a handlebar bag, but lacks the improvements of the Zeitgeist or Shazam.
Cheers, Michael.
Cheers, Michael.
- Tue Dec 07, 2021 10:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1547
- Views: 274914
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Fitted some TRP Spykes to the Ramin, so it's now fully rigid and fully mechanical. I just need to get rid of this cold now and give it a test ride.
- Wed Dec 01, 2021 5:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Practicing being rufty tufty!
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3046
Re: Practicing being rufty tufty!
Would you strip off and put your damp clothes inside your sleeping bag with you or outside your bag but still inside the bivy bag? Neither as both will promote condensation. I'd take them off and seal them in a bag and leave them outside. If it's below freezing, it's worth keeping that sealed bag o...
- Thu Nov 25, 2021 2:03 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Odd places to sleep
- Replies: 48
- Views: 2955
Re: Odd places to sleep
I don't want to overexcite anyone, but I worked on a couple of Bucyrus 680 W modular draglines in Jordan back in the 90s. I even have some candid photos of the filthy beasts.
- Wed Nov 24, 2021 2:19 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: FS: pair of Blackburn cargo cages SOLD
- Replies: 3
- Views: 462
- Wed Nov 24, 2021 11:29 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Odd places to sleep
- Replies: 48
- Views: 2955
Re: Odd places to sleep
1985. Took a whole month off work - a year's holiday in one go - and Interrailed around Scandinavia with just some spare socks and a hopeless Lichfield one-man tent. Variety of trampy sleeping situations, including a shed a few hundred yards from the Russian border in Finland in full sight of a gua...
- Wed Nov 24, 2021 9:36 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Odd places to sleep
- Replies: 48
- Views: 2955
Re: Odd places to sleep
My mate and I spent the night in a perfect little howff beneath Gardom's Edge in 1992. The experience was enlivened when my petrol stove squirted fuel over my rucsac just as I lit it, which resulted in two decent sized lads trying to put a fire out in a confined space while trying to keep our sleepi...
- Tue Nov 23, 2021 4:50 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Longshot - Swift Zeitgeist or Wizardworks Shazam Handlebar Bag Wanted.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1012
Re: Longshot - Swift Zeitgeist or Wizardworks Shazam Handlebar Bag Wanted.
Thanks Kvragu, but I'm looking for a synthetic bag.
- Tue Nov 23, 2021 11:15 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Longshot - Swift Zeitgeist or Wizardworks Shazam Handlebar Bag Wanted.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1012
- Wed Nov 17, 2021 8:02 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone follow a strict diet ?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3227
Re: Anyone follow a strict diet ?
I'd been trying to lose weight for years, and nothing worked. This year I've found that if I stick to around 1400 calories a day (I spread it over two meals, lunch and tea) during the week with no alcohol , I can eat what I want and have a few scoops at the weekend. I've been doing this since April ...
- Tue Nov 16, 2021 6:43 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Has Anyone Been On The Ridgeway Recently?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 345
Re: Has Anyone Been On The Ridgeway Recently?
I've been in the area but can't really answer your question :roll: I spent the weekend riding to the west of Salisbury. It had been drizzling most of last week and where water pools on the ridge drove roads it was mucky but rideable, terrain similar to the Ridgeway. The tracks off the ridges, espec...
- Mon Nov 15, 2021 6:42 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Has Anyone Been On The Ridgeway Recently?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 345
Has Anyone Been On The Ridgeway Recently?
Does anyone know what conditions are like on The Ridgeway at the moment, especially around Uffington?
Cheers, Michael.
Cheers, Michael.
- Sat Nov 13, 2021 1:38 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Some thoughts on gloves...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2730
Re: Some thoughts on gloves...
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Hot pogs are cheap but they've been out of stock for a while....
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Basic HotPogs can now be ordered, black only.
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Good call, I ordered some earlier. Hopefully this winter I'll only have cold feet.
Cheers, Michael.
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Hot pogs are cheap but they've been out of stock for a while....
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Basic HotPogs can now be ordered, black only.
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Good call, I ordered some earlier. Hopefully this winter I'll only have cold feet.
Cheers, Michael.
- Wed Nov 10, 2021 7:38 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Longshot - Swift Zeitgeist or Wizardworks Shazam Handlebar Bag Wanted.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1012
Longshot - Swift Zeitgeist or Wizardworks Shazam Handlebar Bag Wanted.
As per the title, if anyone has a Swift Zeitgeist or Wizardworks Shazam Handlebar Bag that they aren't using, give me a shout.
Cheers, Michael.
Cheers, Michael.
- Tue Nov 09, 2021 12:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: TRP Spyke Brakes Question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 364
Re: TRP Spyke Brakes Question
Thanks Mariner
- Mon Nov 08, 2021 7:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: TRP Spyke Brakes Question
- Replies: 2
- Views: 364
TRP Spyke Brakes Question
If any of you have bought some TRP Spykes, what comes in the box with the calipers? Do you get adaptors too, or are they aftermarket?
If anyone knows where they're in stock that would be useful too, there don't appear to be many left.
Cheers, Michael.
If anyone knows where they're in stock that would be useful too, there don't appear to be many left.
Cheers, Michael.
- Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:16 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Wanted - 29er or 700c QR Disc Brake Wheels
- Replies: 2
- Views: 381
Wanted - 29er or 700c QR Disc Brake Wheels
29er or 700c Disc brake Wheels wanted, 100 /135 QR.
I'm looking for cheap rather than fancy, strong rather than light, and suitable for a 40mm tyre.
I can easily collect in the northwest or around Leicester.
Cheers, Michael.
I'm looking for cheap rather than fancy, strong rather than light, and suitable for a 40mm tyre.
I can easily collect in the northwest or around Leicester.
Cheers, Michael.
- Wed Nov 03, 2021 11:39 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Blackburn Wayside Handlebar Bag - SOLD
- Replies: 2
- Views: 366
Re: Blackburn Wayside Handlebar Bag.
Updated with price...
- Wed Nov 03, 2021 9:46 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Blackburn Wayside Handlebar Bag - SOLD
- Replies: 2
- Views: 366
Blackburn Wayside Handlebar Bag - SOLD
Retro style wax cotton handlebar bag, excellent condition. Pics can be sent via email or WhatsApp. SOLD Some marketing blurb: Is it a musette, or is it a handlebar bag? Attached to your handlebar whilst riding and the Blackburn Wayside Handlebar Bag is a fine place to store devices, snacks and suppl...
- Tue Nov 02, 2021 2:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Which 3 to 4 Season Glove do you Recommend?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 991
Re: Which 3 to 4 Season Glove do you Recommend?
Nice one Stu, that's just saved me butchering my old footwarmers, and it'll look better than the sky blue Pertex they're made from.Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 1:39 pm If anyone wants to try pogies on the cheap, I was buying some stainless bends the other day and spotted these: https://www.ooracing.com/handle-bar-hand-muff.html
- Tue Nov 02, 2021 2:56 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Which 3 to 4 Season Glove do you Recommend?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 991
Re: Which 3 to 4 Season Glove do you Recommend?
Whilst I do love pogies, I also love pertex pile mitt combos. I've just ordered some MONTANE EXTREME MITT https://www.sportsshoes.com/product/mon1930/montane-extreme-mitt-~-aw21/#sku-mon1930 They look like an even warmer version of my favourite handwarmers that I've been using for years, Buffalo mi...
- Mon Nov 01, 2021 11:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Which 3 to 4 Season Glove do you Recommend?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 991
Re: Which 3 to 4 Season Glove do you Recommend?
I'm thinking about making some pogies for when it gets properly cold. I've got some old pertex and pile booties knocking about somewhere that should be fairly easy to convert.