No tarps as well on a few of those set ups - Alan is requiring some form of shelter over and above a bivvy bag..... Stove for me. Stove plus meths plus dried food weighs less than none dried food and I'm fretting about food availability..... Plus If I can't make a brew, I get very unhappy :grin: I ...

htrider wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 2:28 pm My money's on the goat.
Wonder if Josh Ibbet is going to try and wreck another SC tallboy?

sounds like TCR all over again. Ginna be exciting. Anyway to keep updated from Dotwatcher without a twitter feed...

Tomwoodbury wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 1:42 pm James Hayden not giving much away!

Wow... Is James Hayden back for some more. Well done him. I notice Karl hasn't shown his 'bicycle' this time either...

I’ve thought about sewing in a new seat area into a few sets of worn ones that I own. Maybe get some cordura and experiment to see what works best for them. If they’re going in the bin anyway… Good point. But I use my STs so regularly that literally look like a baboons bottom from behind. I believe...

Full length. In size medium or large (I'll make em work). My last ones gotten off Colin seem to be finally starting to shred at the buttock... My budget is around £30 give or take some. Hopefully something thats just sat neglected but has plenty life left as otherwise I'll just have to try and splas...

PaulB2 wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 11:26 am No stove is a brave option.

That's a recipe for a right good old chest infection IMO... What'd you say Paul

ssnowman wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 11:31 am

PaulB2 wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 11:26 am No stove is a brave option.

No mat is even braver

You forgot to qualify that Graham... no mat with a quilt on top. Must've been reading the many discussions on down being squished and not doing job properly. Hope they manage it well (like seriously) and don't regret...

Landslide wrote: ↑Thu May 20, 2021 9:09 am FKT = Fastest Known Time

I wonder if the thumbs down is from Metheven Bond?

Lol... that might explain it and I suppose you can't blame him/her. The amount of prep and effort just to have it broken again

Nice frame Shaf, is it the angle of the photos or is it missing a rear derailleur hanger? Sorted... I dug a little and turns out they also included a DT thru axle aswell as 2 hangers. Looks like they're testing might have concluded this area to be a weak point as they interface for the hanger to go...

Finally managed to watch the vid. Thanks for taking the goPro and sharing the journey with all. Really pleased to be able to see that route and the commentary fantastic...

What's FKT?

Regards the one person who gave a thumbs down, wonder whats up with people like that

ledburner wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 10:57 pm

pistonbroke wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 10:50 pm Nice frame Shaf, is it the angle of the photos or is it missing a rear derailleur hanger?

That why it was a bargain?

it now a single speed... or get a Rohly!

Luke told me how much a modern day Rohly is. Worth same as the frame (almost) so probably not for me...

Nice frame Shaf, is it the angle of the photos or is it missing a rear derailleur hanger? Thanks Duncan. Oh shucks. Yes, I thought the back end looked too neat. Waited well over a month for this. I wonder if the hanger is in the box or coming separately. Thanks for spotting and I'll email em tomorr...

Thanks all. Looks like I'm sorted for now (roadie friend Glenn from Landon donated me one :lol: ... I really need to get him some of them Darn Tough socks). It's a roadie helmet so I might well be back here and until it arrives I'll use the one donated me from Specialist Rockhopper with my beautiful...

https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-news/2021/05/11/uk-must-stop-shameful-arms-sales-to-israel-after-26-killed-in-gaza-airstrikes/ Colin... thankfully for the social media channels the BBC (who refused to report on any of the aparthied goings on or that Israel was actually opressing... in fact Sk...

faustus wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 4:54 pm But where's the camp fire! (Kelly kettle may not count).

Looks a good article/campaign and at least it includes LNT. So they've basically made BAM a marketing/Social media thing? Yikes

I don't get how there seems to be fire coming out of the kettle. Has it been doctored?

Crash replacement not available from your LBS? :lol: Wasn't a crash and over a year old. I've obviously hit it or just standard wear and tear. Just noticed it when I got out of the car in Dartmoor. It's given me good service over the last few years and earned it's right to fall apart and bin... Bes...

BAM. OS must be having a hard time selling their maps (especially since other people might also have exp losing all the tiles you buy periodically).

Would be very difficult to build something entirely with non-Chinese-made (not to mention not really being a solution to the problem) parts or subparts, Agreed... but we gotta start from somewhere. Years ago in the kaiser sozay movie (was it Usual Suspects) I think the saying went, "all it tak...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 4:08 pm Think you forgot summat Shaf.

Lol... I didn't wanna add a beautiful frame to an otherwise misearable topic Stu. Hence I've added it in the happy thread

NB. It's gonna ve interesting trying to build it on a budget and with my criteria before the next BB200 (if i get in)...

It arrived and - aside from the Made in China sticker which I've appropriately removed - it's a thing of beauty. Besides, I'm sure it wasn't layered by one of the rapist and/or ellectrcuting bar-steward soldiers Whacked it on the scales and in L it's coming in at 1190g includng the 23g seatpin and o...

May BAM done and my first multi nighter. Pics can be seen here and thanks to Luke for organising it...

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=19895

I did say before that 5 of 12 in progress...

But now, 5 of 12 done. Just 7 months left. Surely it can't be that hard right!

The other day after seeing the report from CJ Werleman . In which he pays tribute to the Uigher population of China and highlighted the 4 types of electrocution used on em - 4th being electrocution using an anal device - and then seeing the report (which I'll not link but available on Youtube) about...

Thanks Dave. Probs a bit above my price bracket for the mo...

sean_iow wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 11:06 am I'm surprised by how little rain you had, in some of the pictures it looks like the sun is out, are you sure you were on Dartmoor

Yes. Rather surprising and disappointing Sean. Maybe on the actual group start there'll be proper rain a constant stream of it...

lune ranger wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 9:41 pm Great pics Shaf. Except you weren’t supposed to include the one of me pretending to warm my hands by the fire ring that we didn’t make or camp by....
Had a great time.

Heehee... sorry