From the first post on the "Bivy a Month 2016" thread: Here we are again, another new year and another bivvy a month. The rules are simple - you must spend one night out per calendar month, it can be in a bivvy bag, under a tarp, in a tent or bothy but not a B&B or hotel. You can go as...

Ruigh Aiteachean in Glen Feshie
Ryvoan
Fords of A'an refuge hut
Bob Scott's

I must admit I'd not looked at the Sunrace cassettes partly because they weren't around when I went 1x so I've stuck with what I know. I might well consider the 11-42 cassette for an upcoming build. I only tend to change the chainring when I get chain suck. With the number I've got lying around at t...

If you run with an extender cog (like I do) then you are limited in which cassettes you can use as you need to be able to "lose" one of the existing cogs so you can replace it with the extender. The XT cassette that I thus use is £35 as opposed to £22 for the Deore. I don't object to that ...

Opinion seems divided on this: some do the swap/replace chain methodology; some do the let everything wear out together. Doesn't seem like there's much in it really. I'm on a 1x10 setup and do the replace chain then cassette then chainring method but the extender cog is now on its third cassette as ...

Not me - missed April due to work

Cheers Stu, checked the end caps and they had worked loose.

For £2.99 a pop it's worth having a set of the bearings lying around.

I've got a bit of lateral play (about 2 - 3mm) in my free-hub. Is this due to the bearings going? If so what bearings (and tools) do I need to service them? If not, what's the likely cause? I know from the "Tell me about B+" thread that a couple of folk have had to replace the bearings.

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and there was mention of 2nd Oct for the route being sent out.

Sometime round then. You don't want it too early, it'd spoil the surprise

I think it'd just give my wife more time to worry

ianfitz wrote:I have looked on the event page but couldn't see when Stuart will be sending us the route...

I was looking through the various emails to check if I'd ordered a T-shirt or not and there was mention of 2nd Oct for the route being sent out.

They are small bags ( similar to a climber's chalk bag) that attach to the side of your stem and behind the handlebar. https://www.alpkit.com/products/stem-cell

The "problem" with the aluminium free-hub is that some cassettes bite into the soft metal which can make getting them off a bit tricky. XT cassettes are fine BTW. Depending on how your single cog is done it could dig in to the free-hub in a similar manner. Weight at the hub isn't that much...

Is it the wheel or the tyre? Hold a pencil at right angles to the fork and just away from the rim and spin the wheel to see if it's the rim. Do the same for the tyre.

You're getting the bug for this Everesting malarkey aren't you?

I take it that it's the one from the 100 climbs book - https://www.strava.com/segments/6670984 ?

Am I right in thinking that to add an event you create one in your own calendar then invite the BB calendar? I'm unable to create an event directly in the calendar on the web page - there's no event entry screen I can get to that applies to the BB calendar as it is listed in "other calendars&qu...

That's a lovely classic looking steel framed bike, my finger would be twitching over the buy button! Not keen on the mudguards or the chainring guard but those are easy fixes.

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whitestone wrote:I'll never think about Lieutenant Hoolahan the same again

She was a Major...

Not when I knew her

That long ago since I've seen MASH that I've forgotten most of the characters names and ranks.

Some shots from a rather cloudy Iceland. http://www.bobwightman.co.uk/pictures/bikepacking/iceland-3.jpg One of many "is this real" moments we had http://www.bobwightman.co.uk/pictures/bikepacking/iceland.jpg This is a marked track on the map, not even one of the "F-roads". After...

Not so much the postman but feel the need to share... Found these at a local outdoor shop (Taunton Leisure @ Exeter) http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj85/Robbokayak/DSCF6209.jpg Could be a useful idea. Put it on the lip of the mug after it's been on the stove. Happy Hot Lips everyone! I'll never...

As A Dales local(ish) I'm currently located a bit further away waiting for a flight back from Iceland :grin: The Nidderdale side of Sandy Gate is apparently rideable. Not sure which estate has the land but it's not a BW. The estate on the Wharfedale side have put up no cycling signs on the land rove...

Looks nice Tyre pressures, I've seen 1psi per stone of laden weight (you + kit) then -1 for front and +2 for rear as a starting point. Worth getting a decent low pressure gauge as well - 1psi makes a big difference at these sorts of pressures.

If by "tracking" you mean recording where you've been then you need a dedicated app for that. The basic GPS functionality on a phone is aimed at telling you where you are and optionally telling you where the nearest Spar is. Generally with phones the fewer things you have running the bette...

My wife and I did the group start, I rode through whilst she bivvied around the "Water Cut" art feature. Overnight it rained, rather a lot, and the becks that I crossed almost without getting my feet wet for her were in one case thigh deep and a bit scary. There was enough rain ten days ag...

Our kit house :wink: has quite a bit of stuff from my days climbing but currently the bikepacking oriented kit consists of a couple of mats each for myself and my wife. My wife has a Karrimor air mattress recommended by Stu on here (R-value = ??). Fine for summer but no insulation so not brilliant f...

My forks died earlier this year so I ended up with a Travers Prong carbon fork http://www.traversbikes.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html#!/Carbon-Prong-29/p/57879869/category=15761046 It took a little while to get used to it but for the majority of riding that I do it's fine. Works well with, and ...