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by Jurassic pusher
Sat Sep 09, 2017 3:08 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: When you can't / won't TLS
Replies: 23
Views: 3896

Re: When you can't / won't TLS

IMHO I think some are missing the point about this bike (looking at it with TLS eyes is not what its about). The bike is not for the TLS "adventure" market of riding 2500km in a week caring 4.2kg of stuff, having spent upwards of £400 on a bit of nylon and down to sleep under - no its squ...
by Jurassic pusher
Fri Sep 08, 2017 9:25 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Driven by stupidity.
Replies: 36
Views: 3847

Re: Driven by stupidity.

Do it!!
I sometimes plan what I think would be friggin awful route, actually try to make it worse if possible and when completed it feels great,, sort of?!
BB200 route planning I assume?
by Jurassic pusher
Thu Aug 31, 2017 7:25 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: More thoughts from up the ladders.
Replies: 29
Views: 11666

Re: More thoughts from up the ladders.

Always look on the bright side of Dylife.
Sorry couldn`t help it!
by Jurassic pusher
Sat Aug 26, 2017 8:03 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proper bikepacker ... yeah you.
Replies: 46
Views: 18062

Re: Proper bikepacker ... yeah you.

Backpatch club bikers , Hells Angels etc are known as 1%ers in the USA, does that mean we are the 1% ers of bikepacking? Do 4 panniered Dawes riders hide in bus shelters until it`s safe to come out in case a "Bearboneser lets their tyres down?? Thats so cool , I`ve always wanted to live on soci...
by Jurassic pusher
Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:02 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: The kit's got lighter ... but are we still touring?
Replies: 80
Views: 16844

Re: The kit's got lighter ... but are we still touring?

:oops: :oops: Sustrans 8 runs straight through it ... ... they all look utterly bolloxed. That weariness isn't simply a by-product of a heavy physical load but a mental one too ... Never mind the nomenclature or style of luggage, that's just anyone following a Sustran's route through Wales! Excuse t...
by Jurassic pusher
Sat Aug 05, 2017 11:29 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Pot noodle alternatives :)
Replies: 22
Views: 5436

Re: Pot noodle alternatives :)

With all this talk about noodles I wanted supernoodles for my tea tonight, anyway curry ones are a bit bland to a dolloped in 2 big glugs of hot sauce and took the top off the curry powder pot and shook some of that in and then some small whole scotch bonnet chillis and a few cherry tomatoes! It was...
by Jurassic pusher
Thu Aug 03, 2017 8:39 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Anyone read Countryfile Magazine?
Replies: 1
Views: 1026

Re: Anyone read Countryfile Magazine?

I give my Dad a subscription to countryfile mag every year for Christmas, I`ll be sure to check it out.
It is a good mag, but I think countryfilng bikepacking maybe a little tame?!
by Jurassic pusher
Mon Jul 24, 2017 7:43 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Is it an adventure bike....?
Replies: 164
Views: 51459

Re: Is it an adventure bike....?

The Cutthroat is possibly the most focused bike ever built for public sale as it was built and touted as a'Tour Divide' bike and made no pretence as to having any other role ... but obviously it does. In my mind, the Fargo is a drop barred mountainbike. It sounds to me, that something like a Surly ...
by Jurassic pusher
Sat Jul 15, 2017 8:14 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: New event in Portugal
Replies: 25
Views: 4742

Re: New event in Portugal

The web site now says "opening soon"
It looks very appealing , thanks for sharing.
by Jurassic pusher
Wed Jul 12, 2017 7:58 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Now this I like.
Replies: 38
Views: 5893

Re: Now this I like.

I think I would snap those skinny tubes. not for me!
by Jurassic pusher
Wed Jul 05, 2017 7:21 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: quote for a future t-shirt?
Replies: 27
Views: 6183

Re: quote for a future t-shirt?

Mariner wrote:
metalheart wrote:650 B+ isn't dead....
it always rode like that.

To borrow from HD tee shirt
- If I have to explain you wouldn't understand.
If we`re borrowing from HD tee shirts, how about " if you can read this this B*tch has fallen off "
by Jurassic pusher
Fri Jun 30, 2017 6:56 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Admitting in public to going bikepacking.....
Replies: 17
Views: 3584

Re: Admitting in public to going bikepacking.....

I just say I had a long bike ride with a bit of camping thrown in.
by Jurassic pusher
Wed Jun 28, 2017 5:28 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Your recommendation please
Replies: 21
Views: 2954

Re: Your recommendation please

Bearbonesnorm wrote:Generally, 32/16 was always considered 'normal' on 26" wheels. 32/18 will produce something similar with 29" wheels ... however, no matter what you pick, 95% of the time you'll be in the wrong gear :-bd
I think when singlespeeding that I am in the right gear 100% of the time!! :grin:
by Jurassic pusher
Tue Jun 20, 2017 7:04 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: What books are you reading?
Replies: 28
Views: 5647

Re: What books are you reading?

In Reverse wrote:Stoner's a beautiful book.

I've just finished a Barter - Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder. It was great :lol: :-bd

Now 3/4 through Deep Blue by Alan Judd. Grapes of Wrath next.
The grapes of wrath is my favourite book ever!
by Jurassic pusher
Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:01 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: TDR 2017
Replies: 288
Views: 87061

Re: TDR 2017

On trackleaders it`s very poinient to see Mike Hall`s 2016 record pace as a marker flag, Mike`s still out in front, where he belongs!
by Jurassic pusher
Wed May 31, 2017 10:04 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: When farm dogs get nasty!
Replies: 17
Views: 2963

Re: When farm dogs get nasty!

When my late father was a postman in the 90's he was issued with a pepper spray to use in defence of dogs, but it was a small can so you'd have to choose which looked most likely to bite you and spray that one :smile: I don't remember any packs of dogs being an issue, there was a single barking dog...
by Jurassic pusher
Wed May 31, 2017 9:10 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: When farm dogs get nasty!
Replies: 17
Views: 2963

Re: When farm dogs get nasty!

Richpips wrote:Shout STOP, if that doesn't work violence.

IME farm dogs aren't big dogs.
Their 7 sets of teeth looked pretty big at the time!! :shock:
by Jurassic pusher
Wed May 31, 2017 9:08 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: When farm dogs get nasty!
Replies: 17
Views: 2963

Re: When farm dogs get nasty!

I've generally found that they'll almost always respond to very loud commands like SIT / STAY etc. It can be f*ck*ng terrifying though. Do you know roughly where that was BTW? I did it recently and that's not ringing a bell. I don` know the name of the farm but I think it was a mile or so before Ch...
by Jurassic pusher
Wed May 31, 2017 8:00 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: When farm dogs get nasty!
Replies: 17
Views: 2963

When farm dogs get nasty!

Last weekend I completed the Braunton 150 route as an ITT (Yay), after about 3 hours I reached a farm via a section of hike a bike, the bridle path looked as though no horse had used it in a long while (the reason would soon become clear why!) as I neared the gate into the farm yard a pack of 7 or 8...
by Jurassic pusher
Tue May 23, 2017 9:25 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: ITT Protocol
Replies: 14
Views: 1745

Re: ITT Protocol

voodoo_simon wrote:Won't the GPS data be sufficient evidence?
I hope it would be enough, just wasn`t sure. :oops:
by Jurassic pusher
Tue May 23, 2017 9:10 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: ITT Protocol
Replies: 14
Views: 1745

ITT Protocol

I`ve downloaded a route which I intend to ride as an ITT, for my completion (hopefully ) time to be registered is it the done thing to inform the route/ course planner before attempting it? I don`t have a smart phone so if I complete, I can only give a photo of my gps screen and my sworn truth. The ...
by Jurassic pusher
Tue May 23, 2017 7:24 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Nicky Hayden RIP.
Replies: 2
Views: 683

Nicky Hayden RIP.

I know its not strictly bikepacking related but ex Moto GP and world superbike racer Nicky was killed whilst cycling in Italy, just another warning to be careful out there!
by Jurassic pusher
Tue May 16, 2017 8:49 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Soar Y Mynydd... popular destination?
Replies: 15
Views: 2129

Re: Soar Y Mynydd... popular destination?

Is dogging a popular hobby in Wales?? :oops:
by Jurassic pusher
Sat May 13, 2017 9:44 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Nausea and appetite loss
Replies: 12
Views: 2498

Re: Nausea and appetite loss

I too regularly feel nausea after long days in the saddle, the trick I use is to eat fruit when nothing else appeals that tends to kick start my appetite.