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by sean_iow
Sat Aug 26, 2023 6:57 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Today's Run
Replies: 886
Views: 102831

Re: Today's Run

What's the budget? I replaced my Garmin with a Coros Pace 2, very impressed, as well as for running I wear it all the time as a smart(ish) watch - notifications of texts, calls etc, fitness tracker and I also use it on the bike. Really good battery life as well.
by sean_iow
Fri Aug 25, 2023 10:24 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183467

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

Usual school-night bivi. Decided to ride further as the evenings are so nice, not too far or I'd be off the other side of the Island and into the sea. Kept to the south-ish side but my destination was on the north coast. On the Island unless you go through Newport all trips going south>north or vice...
by sean_iow
Fri Aug 18, 2023 9:32 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Contemplating a change of air mattress...
Replies: 20
Views: 1004

Re: Contemplating a change of air mattress...

RIP wrote: Fri Aug 18, 2023 8:16 am What's an "ultrasonic cat" by the way? Is it just one that can run very very fast?
Ultrasonic cats are only very fast... a very very fast one is hypersonic :lol:
by sean_iow
Thu Aug 17, 2023 8:58 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Contemplating a change of air mattress...
Replies: 20
Views: 1004

Re: Contemplating a change of air mattress...

Surely the cat repeller is to keep cats away? If only they made an ultrasonic slug repeller I'd buy one :lol:
by sean_iow
Wed Aug 16, 2023 11:04 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Contemplating a change of air mattress...
Replies: 20
Views: 1004

Re: Contemplating a change of air mattress...

The one that popped the seal between the baffles was replaced by exped - but the replacement has done the same. I don't blow them up hard so I'm not sure what has happened there. My Neoair Unberlite did this as well, replaced under warranty and the new one did exactly the same second use. It also h...
by sean_iow
Wed Aug 16, 2023 10:05 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Ali Express issuses
Replies: 9
Views: 720

Re: Ali Express issuses

This ^ I have changed my attitude to cheap imports, I'm just not happy with the moral position. I saw feature about a factory where a worker has to reach in and remove an item in time with the process whilst the machine is still moving, almost weekly someone is killed or loses both arms. The locals ...
by sean_iow
Thu Aug 10, 2023 5:22 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Replies: 952
Views: 115659

Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...

I have 3 single speed bikes. Their drivetrain may need less attention, but they're not maintenance free. They're maintenance free if you don't maintain them*, see my winter comutter for example :lol: The trade off is when I do some maintenance it's usually replacing all of it. Does occasionally oil...
by sean_iow
Thu Aug 10, 2023 12:24 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Replies: 952
Views: 115659

Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...

It seems pointless to me, I always say if you're going to have gears - have lots.

If you want, reliable, maintenance free (but never in the right gear :wink: ) go singlespeed. Once you add the complexity of changeable gears then have enough to make it worthwhile.
by sean_iow
Thu Aug 10, 2023 11:58 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Lockable dry bag ? :-S ?
Replies: 1
Views: 161

Re: Lockable dry bag ? :-S ?

Are you a day early, surely this a Cheery Friday post? :lol:

Wouldn't anyone who wanted the contents of the dry bag just cut it open :???: If they're a real bikepacker they'll have an axe attached to the gravel bike they can use to get into it :wink:
by sean_iow
Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:29 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Widening wildcamping
Replies: 32
Views: 1691

Re: Widening wildcamping

Yeah interesting point on open data, Dave (likewise a huge fan). I can see that getting revenue from arranging and conveying that knowledge (intellectual capital, if you like) makes sense from a commercial perspective though. The other version describe themselves as The Nearly Wild Camping Club is ...
by sean_iow
Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:59 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Widening wildcamping
Replies: 32
Views: 1691

Re: Widening wildcamping

I'm confused here, is it the same as this one that's been going a while https://nearlywildcamping.org/ Seem to have the same photo on the home page. I think the new one is for punters and the one you linked is for suppliers, the loop is now closed The one I linked to is for both, you can join as a ...
by sean_iow
Fri Jul 28, 2023 10:49 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Widening wildcamping
Replies: 32
Views: 1691

Re: Widening wildcamping

I'm confused here, is it the same as this one that's been going a while

https://nearlywildcamping.org/

Seem to have the same photo on the home page.
by sean_iow
Wed Jul 26, 2023 6:14 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Shimano caliper - micro leaks
Replies: 21
Views: 825

Re: Shimano caliper - micro leaks

Can you mix and match Shimano and Hope? Hope use DOT fluid and Shimano use mineral oil so the seals of one may not be compatible with the fluid you choose?
by sean_iow
Tue Jul 25, 2023 6:19 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Today's Run
Replies: 886
Views: 102831

Re: Today's Run

Usual post work Tuesday for me, sunshine all day and clouded over as soon as I left the office, but it did knock the edge off the heat. Went at it harder than normal last week which felt good (afterwards) as I'd realised I was taking it easy every week. No plan this week and wasn't really feeling it...
by sean_iow
Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:43 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Cloth patches
Replies: 14
Views: 948

Re: Cloth patches

jameso wrote: Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:20 am I need to change my patches now and then to keep up with what's cool.. :grin:
How about sewing velcro on the bags and and the back of the patches like they are on military uniforms these days? You can then swap the patches to match the event you're at :grin:
by sean_iow
Sat Jul 22, 2023 10:21 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183467

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

My first in the streak was March 2020. I wasn't doing BAM but had a new (to me) bike and it's now a tradition that the very first ride for a new bike is a bivi. I allow myself a 100m spin in the road outside my house to make sure it pedals but that's it. I realised that if I didn't get out that mont...
by sean_iow
Fri Jul 21, 2023 9:23 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183467

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

Another local school-night bivi. In fact it was at the exact same location as last months, although this was deliberate as I had a new bit of kit to try and wanted all the other variables to be the same, so I'm claiming it was for scientific accuracy and not just because I couldn't be bothered to lo...
by sean_iow
Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:20 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WANTED - UNDERQUILT FOR HAMMOCK
Replies: 10
Views: 586

Re: WANTED - UNDERQUILT FOR HAMMOCK

Any use? https://www.mountainwarehouse.com/extreme-lightweight-down-blanket-p30945.aspx/Black/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=FB_UK_Catalog_Prospecting_Always-On_2&utm_content=FB_UK_Catalog_Prospecting_Always-On+-+Dynamic That's spooky, I went to my local Mountain Wareh...
by sean_iow
Wed Jul 05, 2023 7:19 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WANTED - UNDERQUILT FOR HAMMOCK
Replies: 10
Views: 586

Re: WANTED - UNDERQUILT FOR HAMMOCK

Cheers guys. I'd been looking on eBay and FB marketplace and noticed they don't seem to come up for sale very often/at all.

Perhaps I'll have a look at synthetic. I've got an old synthetic sleeping bag that might be a good basis for a myog one as a trial.
by sean_iow
Tue Jul 04, 2023 9:00 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WANTED - UNDERQUILT FOR HAMMOCK
Replies: 10
Views: 586

WANTED - UNDERQUILT FOR HAMMOCK

I slept in my hammock at the weekend and unlike the previous occasion I didn't end up with motion sickness so maybe I've got used to it. Using a mat as the lower insulation is a faff and I feel like I'm missing out on some of the comfort a hammock should provide so looking for an underquilt. I'll be...
by sean_iow
Sat Jul 01, 2023 8:49 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: What down tube bag…
Replies: 11
Views: 873

Re: What down tube bag…

If it's for tools I think a tool bottle on the underside of the downtube is better, if you can mount a cage there. I'd also use a strap just to make sure the bottle stays in place. I've got a downtube bag but I only use it in the summer or if it's dry on the trails. If it's muddy and you need to get...
by sean_iow
Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:58 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Decent lock for bikepacking
Replies: 22
Views: 1492

Re: Decent lock for bikepacking

I use a little 6mm cable lock, I think I was given it by a friend, they use them at Centreparks maybe? I look at it this way, a proper bike thief can defeat any lock, but, they generally operate where there is more choice (railway stations, bike parking areas in big towns) and aren't waiting for som...
by sean_iow
Fri Jun 23, 2023 11:21 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183467

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

I know :???: How are we supposed to know that day we need to get up to see the sunrise? Next year I'll have to befriend a hippy in the run up to get the inside info. Yeah man, like get up and see the sun man, cool man, yeah like, what day? Oooh, don't know man, don't crush me with these rules about ...
by sean_iow
Fri Jun 23, 2023 10:09 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
Replies: 1037
Views: 183467

Re: Bivvy a month 2023.

Back in December (at the winter bivi) we discussed a solstice bivi, but work commitments meant this was out of the question for me :cry: I did plan to get out locally for the solstice, the actual solstice was Wednesday at 15:58 so I had planned to bivi on the Wednesday night as that's the closest to...