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by Alpinum
Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:01 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: packable fleece?
Replies: 27
Views: 748

Re: packable fleece?

I'm not quite sure of the point Very obvious; modular insulation. You might have heard on the layering principle :wink: The Core stuff in size L (tight fit for me) is more like 135 g. I've a tee made of Core+ stuff, weighs 90 g and is bloody amazing. Like putting on a thin puffy. Half the weight an...
by Alpinum
Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:38 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: packable fleece?
Replies: 27
Views: 748

Re: packable fleece?

OMM Core stuff packs down really well and is functional as midlayer, not so much as outer layer like a more regular grid type, powerstretch fleece, Polartec Windpro etc. My Core Hoodies are half the weight and volume of classic fleeces offering comparable warmth. Tears easier than regular Polartec s...
by Alpinum
Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: HT550 - 2024
Replies: 37
Views: 10694

Re: HT550 - 2024

Ive done bugger all in the way of long training rides - the most ive done/ doing is about 3hrs on a sunday, but im managing to get 1-1.5hours daily, allbeit on the turbo using Trainer Road as a guide. My first HT (inaugural with ~430 miles) was done after about 1000 km of mostly 2 - 3 hrs rides, on...
by Alpinum
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:07 pm
Forum: MYOG
Topic: Massive top tube bag
Replies: 7
Views: 431

Re: Massive top tube bag

Nice job :-bd
thenorthwind wrote: Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:59 pm Looks great! :-bd

I've not got a rotary cutter, but may well try one - the cutting out bit takes a lot more time than you think.
Oh yes. A rotary cutter makes a huge difference. I use it with a tailor ruler (about 15 x 60 cm) and cutting mat (60 x 60 cm or so).
by Alpinum
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:02 pm
Forum: MYOG
Topic: Frame bag number 2
Replies: 9
Views: 439

Re: Frame bag number 2

:-bd

thenorthwind wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 11:01 pm Cheers! It's a satisfying project, and might be easier than you think.
Framebags are superb to get into making soft goods yourself.
by Alpinum
Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:59 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Cleaning tyre sealant off a frame
Replies: 2
Views: 153

Re: Cleaning tyre sealant off a frame

Usually I get mine (OKO HighFibre, probably same as Milk It stuff) off the carbon frames quite easily with isopropyl alcohol and/or WD40 and a cloth. I have some sealant spots on my bead blasted titanium fatbike frame I can't get off with above solutions and a cloth. Didn't clean it when it happened...
by Alpinum
Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:36 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Monks trod - wtf
Replies: 30
Views: 1032

Re: Monks trod - wtf

ton wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 11:23 am Typical UK mentality now though....... appeasing the masses
You'll find this mentality all over the world...
by Alpinum
Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:09 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: This chap has turned up at our local gravel ride
Replies: 15
Views: 627

Re: This chap has turned up at our local gravel ride

Cheers folks :-bd

I'm sure there's some info in your answers Google or Chatbots don't know about.

Well now it kind of should know since it's on here, but that wasn't my intention.
by Alpinum
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:47 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: This chap has turned up at our local gravel ride
Replies: 15
Views: 627

Re: This chap has turned up at our local gravel ride

Sean Yates ? I know Simon Yates - the rope cutter :lol: (Touching the Void made him "famous"). But Sean Yates? Before I look him up myself, ask a chatbot search engine, I'd prefer a Bearboner explain him to me... please? Thanks :YMHUG: I'm not surprised the Marin hoody threw you, it's &qu...
by Alpinum
Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:04 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Crashing....
Replies: 7
Views: 298

Re: Crashing....

[...]Lying on the floor my head felt wet, felt it and thought my brain had leaked out but it was only a large amount of rabbit inards.. [...] Had to read it thrice. Really wasn't sure if you were trying to describe to us the inside of your head or the parts of the buzzard's prey. Now I realise it's...
by Alpinum
Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:23 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: New (carbon?) wheels
Replies: 24
Views: 652

Re: New (carbon?) wheels

I'm looking to upgrade my monstergravel bike and I'm looking at wheels first. I'm a clumsy 90kg(14+stones) rider and use my bike on a bit of everything from tarmac to singletrack, including some gnarly Peak District trails. Tyre widths I use go from 45mm to 2.3". I have 2 cheap 29" alloy ...
by Alpinum
Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:43 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Recommend me a decent stills camera
Replies: 18
Views: 711

Re: Recommend me a decent stills camera

Thanks very much for the further detailed replies and your experiences, all really valuable to know. :-bd Thanks for reading it all :lol: I need to think how i'm going to process pictures, so any insight into how others use their camera photos would also be useful. I only have a work laptop now, wh...
by Alpinum
Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:52 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Narrow-wide chainrings
Replies: 9
Views: 364

Re: Narrow-wide chainrings

I had so much wear in the chain of an all new set-up in under 150 miles that the chain was so slack I had a dropped chain sprinting for a traffic light, less than ideal in the morning traffic :o In my case the issues came after about 500 km. On my ssp bikes I run RaceFace/Easton and Absolute Black ...
by Alpinum
Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Narrow-wide chainrings
Replies: 9
Views: 364

Re: Narrow-wide chainrings

Hot tip for ssp mtb riders: If you use a n/w ring, I suggest to use a 11 spd chain and a n/w cog. I'm writing this 'cause I had issues with dropping chains and surprisingly lots of wear running n/w rings, wide ssp cogs (in my case Surly) and any 8 or 9 spd chain I could find (whichever would work wi...
by Alpinum
Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:34 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Recommend me a decent stills camera
Replies: 18
Views: 711

Re: Recommend me a decent stills camera

As stated fuji has the retro user interface of an old film camera. Fuji is not full frame, just in case the FF “look” matters to you. What Fuji? Are you meaning the compacts? Not long ago I used a GFX 50S II. Biggest digital sensor I ever took photos with. Basically the first ever camera that's med...
by Alpinum
Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:15 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Recommend me a decent stills camera
Replies: 18
Views: 711

Re: Recommend me a decent stills camera

Long time (11 or 12 yrs) Oly MFT user here. Coming from mostly Nikon's burly APS-C (DX) and full frame (FX) DSLRs (and never quite quit using them for certain stuff) I was waiting for compact mirrorless camera with bomb proof weather sealing and interchangeable lenses. Oly OM-D E-M5 (I) came out as ...
by Alpinum
Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:12 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Which chain lube?
Replies: 13
Views: 610

Re: Which chain lube?

Ah, good. Not just me then (the MucOff experience).
by Alpinum
Fri Feb 23, 2024 11:10 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3962
Views: 497567

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

[...] Aren't bikes brilliant. Indeed! :-bd Was on a nice long ride with loads of new off and on road bits. Crispy cold up top (with fresh snow), warm lover down. Sunny, but not the boring - all blue - kind of sunny. Lovely clouds out and body felt fantastic :-bd After 10 months of tests, scans and ...
by Alpinum
Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:49 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Which chain lube?
Replies: 13
Views: 610

Re: Which chain lube?

After nearly 30 years with different lubes, starting off as a teenager with the "universal chain lube" from the hardware shop, I went full circle and have been using it again for the last couple of years. I don't find the bike specific stuff to be any better, just much more expensive. Wors...
by Alpinum
Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:17 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: One for Reg - The Slate of Tintergel
Replies: 11
Views: 314

Re: One for Reg - The Slate of Tintergel

RIP wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:24 am Cue entertaining discussion of where the best slate comes from
Clearly Ballachulish :wink:
Was impressed by the age and state of the tomb stones on Eilean Munde - the isle of the dead - when visited during a stormy kayaking trip, from which Loch Leven gave a bit of a shelter.
by Alpinum
Thu Feb 15, 2024 6:39 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
Replies: 88
Views: 5649

Re: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE

Aww, chuffing grand :-bd So happy for you (both) and dog and owl (anything else?). If you had to move, I'm sure you'd have found some other lovely place and took it with your irrepressible positive attitude towards challenges. But of course glad you didn't have to. To a future at Ceulan as long as y...
by Alpinum
Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:27 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What to do about this tubeless sealant
Replies: 7
Views: 293

Re: What to do about this tubeless sealant

frogatthefarriers wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 4:36 pm [...]So, Group Mind, what’s best to do? [...]
I'd probably just ride and keep the pressure in check. I guess after a couple of days the sealant may dry a little on the inside, covering the tyre and sealing it for good.
by Alpinum
Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:22 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Lowest useable gear
Replies: 38
Views: 1049

Re: Lowest useable gear

So along with this ... does anyone else zig-zag up steep climbs [...] When ssp'ing certainly. When I start to struggle with traction when hanging over the bars and pushing & pulling the hell out of the cranks on wide enough off road tracks switchbacking often does the trick. Also roads but just...
by Alpinum
Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:37 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: How much water do you carry? (inline tricycle content)
Replies: 4
Views: 210

Re: How much water do you carry? (inline tricycle content)

Thanks for sharing. I should try to get hold of his book. It never fails to amaze me seeing people wander off, or ride in this case, often driven by pure lust for adventure and trying to do what most find impossible. It never fails to amaze me what willpower, determination and a bicycle can do. Ther...
by Alpinum
Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:05 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Lowest useable gear
Replies: 38
Views: 1049

Re: Lowest useable gear

I really like to be able to read out my speed at a given cadence (I just tend to count revolutions per a certain time frame - only a rough estimate, but works well in practise) to figure how slow/fast I can go with certain gears. https://www.bikecalc.com/archives/speeds-at-cadence.html For those who...