gear cables, shouldn't just *break*. However if you're riding off road your outers/cables take a hammering and your mech's get gunged up/sticky more quickly. Which equals more pressure/stress on cables trying to perform the shifting so therefore the likelihood of gear cables breaking increases*. Al...

Yeah good point I also carry some really thin dyneema cord now. Used to carry spare cord/straps in case a bag strap snapped.

Super glue, gaffa tape is also useful for when you get a hole in your mat.

I always focus on spares to keep me going until I can get to a bike shop.

e.g. chain breaker and quick link
Spare pads
Tube
Tyre boot
Puncture repair kit
Spare chain ring bolt

Probably should get one of those fibre fix spokes and a tubeless repair kit.

All doesn't add up to much weight/pack size.

A black bit of CNC'd metal with a goat on it.

£95 for both?

R value isn't quite as high but would this do the job?

https://www.toolstation.com/shop/Heatin ... ion/p16779

Edited. 3 euros per 10g

For information the response from Cumulus was that they can extend the quilts by 13cm or 22cm. The extra charge (currently) was 25 eur + 3 eur/10g for extra down.

Looking at the dealer manual* if you have a frame with a 92mm bb shell then you shouldn't need a bb or spindle spacer.

If you have a frame with a 89.5mm bb shell then you put a 2.5mm bb spacer on the drive side but still no spindle spacer.

*M8000 dealer manual fyi

I use Army surplus trigger finger mitts. I glued bits of the finger material from an old set of gloves to the trigger finger to give more grip on the brake lever.

142 chainline is the same as 135.

I haven't had one myself but used to sell them and commuted with a colleague who had one.

Bright, good beam pattern (enough light for fast road riding), well made, limited plastic and 5 year warranty.

However pricey compared to B&M lights.

This may have been covered but having used the search and read the quilt threads I'm not sure it has. What (summer) quilts are available for those of us that are over 6 foot 3? So far all that are on my radar are the large Sea to summit Ember 1 or an Elightenment Revelation both of which are pretty ...

ScotRoutes wrote:If you are already on 10 speed and want to ditch your front mech but retain a large range then the new Deore cassette might be enough for you. It goes up to 46T

Pretty sure Hg500 10 speed cassettes only go up to 11-42

I'm guessing the hole in a 'vented' bolt/screw isn't big enough?

https://www.accu.co.uk/en/vented-screws ... V-M5-12-A4

I just discovered the "there is no internet connection" dinosaur in Chrome is a game!

Clearly this is to do with the exchange rate (Brexit) but that's almost a £100 increase on 2 years ago!

Think mine will be staying de-activated/un-subscribed for a while. Anyone want to buy a Spot Gen 3?

Bike & kit: Custom 725 frame + Surly ECR forks, SON 28 w/ Blunt 35 & On one Chunky Monkey 2.4 front, DT swiss 350 w/ Blunt SS & Vittoria/Geax AKA 2.2 rear (both set up tubeless), Jones bars, Brooks Cambium B17 (never even really thought about my arse on the ride), Revo and red eye lights...

macinblack wrote:I only lost my sense of humour once after sinking up to the nads for the third time on Carnau.

Top tip: follow someone else across Carnau and then they fall in the bogs alerting you of where they are.

Sorry Richard, it wasn't a deliberate tactic at the time.

darbeze wrote:Phew!! The 200 lives on!!

Is there an agreed term for that thing where you finish the BB200 vowing never to do it again and then 24 hours later you're starting to think about next year and whether you can improve on your time?

Burty have you connected it to a PC and looked at the files? The rest of it may be in a folder labelled Archive under GPX.

My Oregon decided to save two sections of my track to this archive folder and then a final third section when I hit save at the end.

Feels vaguely apocalyptic.

Has the hurricane/storm brought sand/dust across the atlantic then?

Is this thread any help?

http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB ... 15&t=10580

Personally I think the GPX was fine (sorry for bringing it back up). A bit of common sense plus good equipment choices and generally it was all pretty obvious even in the dark.

Lessons I learnt: 1. Ride your bike around the car park before you leave. Getting 1/2 a mile up the road and then realising my saddle was wonky AND my multitool had disintegrated in my bag wasn't the best start. 2. Learn how your kit works. Joystick died at 2am because it wasn't on the setting I wan...