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by RIP
Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:44 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1122
Views: 181383

Re: What are you listening to now?

I was listening to the cricket until recently. It's over now though :-bd Arf! Cricket on t'wireless is great. Especially if you switch on part way through when it can be anything up to an hour before you can hear any sound or voice at all. Even then it'd probably just be something like a murmured &...
by RIP
Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:42 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4898
Views: 1190540

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

Lazarus wrote: Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:27 am How much do they weigh?

For clarity I mean the thermals not the House of lords
:grin:

Dunno. Probably fairly hefty. I shall try and remember to check when they arrive. TBH they're intended for Today's Ride or walking etc. For bikepacking no doubt I'd just suffer without as usual.
by RIP
Tue Feb 09, 2021 10:40 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4898
Views: 1190540

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

ledburner wrote: Tue Feb 09, 2021 12:07 am You've shown and an unhealthy in thermal undergarments.😁
Reg is always happy to perform an undergarment inspection upon request
by RIP
Mon Feb 08, 2021 10:30 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4898
Views: 1190540

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

Yes I was intrigued by that too. The old duffers in the HoL need them because they're so ancient I guess.

Anyway they can add BBB to the list now as well! (to the list of users not the list of old duffers...)
by RIP
Mon Feb 08, 2021 9:01 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608616

Re: Todays ride

redefined_cycles wrote: Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:46 pm You're mental :lol:
Eh? Don't say that, I'm supposed to be riding with him on Wednesday!
by RIP
Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:57 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4898
Views: 1190540

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

Not sure these qualify as a "bargain" as per thread title, but I needed some thermals and bought them from this place. Made in Britain, amazingly perhaps, so I think £15 leggings & £17 tops is a bargain in that context.

https://www.britishthermals.com/
by RIP
Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:30 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Today's Run
Replies: 886
Views: 102489

Re: Today's Run

lovely crunchy surface, not too hard either, like running on pastry :grin: You're a better pastry chef than me then Sean! Actually I'm not that bad, but recently my shortcrust hasn't been cooking properly inside. Tried blind baking first etc but can't seem to rectify it. Maybe the oven's bu88ered.
by RIP
Mon Feb 08, 2021 5:35 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: 13l front bag options
Replies: 30
Views: 2629

Re: 13l front bag options

PaulE wrote: Mon Feb 08, 2021 5:30 pm Lomo ones are only £8 each, although they are 12l?
.....and weigh 300g :wink: . They say they are for strapping to handlebars but don't have strap slots? Apart from that, yes, not bad value at all (£8 for double-ended 12L, not incl P&P though)!
by RIP
Mon Feb 08, 2021 4:09 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: 13l front bag options
Replies: 30
Views: 2629

Re: 13l front bag options

Note that AK didn't supply the special strap slot widening tubes, I had to make those from a milk bottle (gonna stop having those plakky milkbottles soon so need to stash a few away). They add 0.5g to the weight but work superbly - much easier to feed the straps through in a hurry.
by RIP
Mon Feb 08, 2021 4:05 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: 13l front bag options
Replies: 30
Views: 2629

Re: 13l front bag options

£40 incl P&P for 2 of them a year ago.... I was able to specify dimensions and position of strap patches and everything... very good service really....
by RIP
Mon Feb 08, 2021 2:46 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: 13l front bag options
Replies: 30
Views: 2629

Re: 13l front bag options

Sorry, couldn't resist another advert for RegPak(TM) Front Luggage System(*) - harness 10g, S2S straps 18g, 10L drybag 61g, total 89g (**): (*) "System" might be pushing it a bit far TBH. (**) mudguard not included. A few quid from any Halfords. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50922309...
by RIP
Mon Feb 08, 2021 2:11 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Poll - Open in new window Yes or No
Replies: 38
Views: 2074

Re: Poll - Open in new window Yes or No

In Reverse wrote: Mon Feb 08, 2021 1:23 pm Will the new window be funded by oil?
Fit the best - fit Everest
by RIP
Mon Feb 08, 2021 2:04 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: 13l front bag options
Replies: 30
Views: 2629

Re: 13l front bag options

No we don't use harnesses at all And I thought it was just me. Good for you :smile: . Have you tried contacting AK? When I needed a new front bag I requested a 10L custom one made from LS07. Only weighs 60g, plus the S2S lightweight straps round the bars. PS. March? Can't you just use some binliner...
by RIP
Mon Feb 08, 2021 1:59 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482510

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

:lol:
by RIP
Mon Feb 08, 2021 11:57 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays walk
Replies: 49
Views: 13027

Re: Todays walk

If I'm going to have a walk anywhere I like to make it a productive one if I can. So today: through the town, down the canal, round the old railway - and guerilla-planted the rest of the acorns that I haven't already potted up. 42 of them, all sprouting already. If just one of them makes the 1000 ye...
by RIP
Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:52 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Really?
Replies: 55
Views: 4657

Re: Really?

woodsmith wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:29 pm In Jetboil's own promo video they are making the " lightest" claim .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUv-uFz ... e=emb_logo
Sigh, you're right. So it IS their bad after all then.

What do I care anyway, 8g stove + 400ml + fuel = < 100g.
by RIP
Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:46 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Poll - Open in new window Yes or No
Replies: 38
Views: 2074

Re: Poll - Open in new window Yes or No

whitestone wrote: Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:10 pm Orrrrr ......


Right click and choose "Open in new tab" or "Open in new window"?
Snap :wink:
by RIP
Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:07 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Stu - Open in new window - pleeeeease...
Replies: 20
Views: 1030

Re: Stu - Open in new window - pleeeeease...

^ ditto tbh
by RIP
Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:04 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Stu - Open in new window - pleeeeease...
Replies: 20
Views: 1030

Re: Stu - Open in new window - pleeeeease...

Don't you just press and hold on the link then a menu offers 'open in new tab' or 'open in new window'? Works on this box of tricks in my hand anyroad. Presumably a right click does same on desk/laptop?
by RIP
Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:01 pm
Forum: Routes
Topic: Iceland from the East to the West?
Replies: 58
Views: 7082

Re: Iceland from the East to the West?

It does feel like a decadent sort of bath with amazing views. All you need is a cocktail on a floating tray. I remember at Myvatn there was an underground hot spring called Grjotagja that you could climb down into and swim around the deep pools and passages. I think it became too hot some while afte...
by RIP
Sat Feb 06, 2021 12:00 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Todays ride
Replies: 3322
Views: 608616

Re: Todays ride

psling wrote: Sat Feb 06, 2021 11:34 am
A bit of time on the bike and I felt like a new woman!
You know, it's surprising how often I get that thought too.... :lol:
:lol: :lol:
by RIP
Sat Feb 06, 2021 11:05 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Replies: 1122
Views: 181383

Re: What are you listening to now?

BigdummySteve wrote: Fri Feb 05, 2021 11:06 pm John Entwhistle
Possibly the most sane of The Who. Are bass players noted for their sanity d'you think Steve? :grin:
by RIP
Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:54 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Really?
Replies: 55
Views: 4657

Re: Really?

Also, looking at their Web page confirms Sweary Dave's comment, lots of mentions that it's the lightest jetboil, not lightest ever. Yes Nige. The quote came from Outdoors Magic. Oh. So our whole debate should instead [have been / be] about whether OM have misquoted or not then?! Well that was a was...
by RIP
Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:30 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Really?
Replies: 55
Views: 4657

Re: Really?

Oops! I took so long to type that, and go shopping half way through, that there's a few "dittos" in before me already :grin: .
by RIP
Sat Feb 06, 2021 10:27 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Really?
Replies: 55
Views: 4657

Re: Really?

:-bd Finally some adress the whole picture. A fair point I've stated this many times before and here I go again: As someone with some of the greatest experience in This Place, Gian, particularly expedition-wise, we luckily gain masses from that, and one genuinely salutes you, go again and again :-b...