After quite a few attempts I have eventually made a pop can stove (well, beer can really) that I am happy with so I thought i'd show you my complete cookset. The pot stand you have seen before but is now just a stand and not a windshield as well, this meant I could cut bits out to lighten it further...

Go outdoors are doing North Ridge Col for £80. 1.9kg

I have a gelert solo and I think for £30 they are OK, however, size is not great. You can't cook in it and getting dressed in it is almost impossible. Don't know if upgrading poles/pegs would be worth it.

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And i'll sleep better knowing your sorting out your headset, don't want seriously injured/dead Gairy's do we.

The bike is looking good though :) .

PS. I never knew front/back brakes were different, in what way?

sillybigfella wrote: when I told the missus I was going on the same day she had to rescue me on the WRT, it didn't go down well :?

Oops , another time maybe.

Re disc, my 180mm disc rubbed and I just added a washer as a spacer.
Re stem, not advisable/risky.

s8tannorm wrote:
Quite a large number of no shows

Stu, how many would that be and how many turned up?

, in the past, I've turned up to, and completed long Audaxes with flu and sh*t Your right to have skipped it if you are so unwell, doing high intensity exercise when you are unwell is one of the worst things you can do, it puts your already under stress immune system under even more stress allowing...

Not the post man, went to the shops and left with one pair Ergon G1 ergonomic grips and one Frontier Pro water filter. Grips are comfy, filter yet to be tested.

Gone very quiet on here, anyone else feeling lonely?

You can't beat a cup of hot tea with sugar, oddly enough I never take sugar normally.

Good luck to you all, have fun, I shall look forward to write up's and photo's. :D

Not nervous................. jealous as hell cos i'm not going!!!

Put one Stu in, Take one Stu out, Put a Stu in again, Then cycle roundabout, Oh, Do the biking bivi, Do the biking bivi, Do the biking bivi, That's what it's all about. Any better than "hard house jungle hardcore dance mix" Stu? We could sing it round the campfire ;) My research on these g...

Hi folks, charge spoon saddle arrived today and dimpled it is, :) ,just hope it doesn't destroy lycra, :( . 3 hour ride and seems ok so far but only a full day in the saddle will tell me if it's comfy. Thanks for the advice everyone.

Great vid and story Gairy, that heat would have killed me. I have enough trouble just stopping to take a photo so your running back and forward to do video shots is highly commedable, keep up the good work. 8-)

OK, will just have to see what arrives, thanks.

Flatfishy, when you say dimples do you mean holes?

The add says 2011 model but picture shows dimples, will keep my fingers crossed and see what arrives.

Hold that, wiggle is doing them for £14.99 post free, now ordered. :)

I have found Charge Spoon's advertised at the same price so think i'll opt for one of them.

Go for it Gairy.......... PS How's the 29er coming along?

I had a pair of the cheaper CB pedals and they needed constant attention. Previous shimano's were fit and forget. I now use flatties.

Thinking of buying an on one bignose saddle for distance work as my current saddle is not the best. £20 at the moment, any comments? Cost is a priority .

Here's mine, had it for about 15 years. Works fine (can be fiddly to fit in place) but I did put a dint in an aluminium chainstay with it once so I now put something under it to spread the load. Never had to use it in the wilds apart from tightening spokes. 37.5g on my cheapo scales. http://farm9.st...