My sister has a Pashley trike. I borrowed it once, for a laugh, to go on our 'Gallon Ride' with mates from work, (8 pubs, 8 pints 18 miles). It's a horrible thing - there aren't even any proper bearings in the wheels, just nylon bushes and a Sturmey- Archer 3 speed. Boy was that ever a mistake. Ridi...

1/1. Last monday My wife thought/thinks I was/am mad, but on Monday I started my attempt at BAM 2015. I cycled up to my chosen bivvy spot near (but not in) Llandegla forest, thinking she may actually be right. (Actually, she's always right, but that's true of all wives). This is not my first cycle c...

2015 Trek Farley 6, medium frame, 14.4 kg.

First bike was a Raleigh Jack-of-Clubs, 4 speed derailleur, for passing the Eleven+ exam back in 1965. One of the first (if not THE first) rides ended with me going OTB in the middle of Wrexham and landing upside down on the boot of the brand new mini that had stopped without me noticing. Knocked th...

Garmin discoverer maps whole country from ioffer. Just need to find out how to load routes etc.

like the eVent bags

Bu&&er, I've just re-invented the wheel.

You know those bags that people use to store soft stuff in? That you put your clothes/blankets/quilts in, then seal up then suck out with the hoover? How about something like that for putting your soft bikepacking stuff in (sleeping bag/spare clothes) that you can pump out with a bike pump. (With th...

I wonder if this old trick would work with a bike tyre. I have in the past inflated tubeless car tyres using a foot pump. This is how :- Fit the tyre to the rim. Wrap a strap around the circumference of the tyre and find some way to tighten it up. As the tension is applied to the strap, the sides of...

Hi chaps, first post here. I've been trying to get details of the Transcambrian Way from the IMBA website but all I get is an error message. There used to be links to maps and such but no more. (Well not for me, anyway). I can find the pdf guide, but no maps. So, if not IMBA, where can I get maps an...