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- Thu Aug 10, 2023 7:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 971
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Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
They're maintenance free if you don't maintain them :lol: Love it. Has a Homer Simpson logic to it :-bd Does occasionally oiling the chain count as maintenance if you just splosh some more on when the noise gets too much? No need to bother; in Homer Simpson logic, you could deal with the noise by l...
- Thu Aug 10, 2023 4:05 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 971
- Views: 119941
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. I have 3 single speed bikes. Their ...
- Tue Aug 08, 2023 2:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Accuracy of elevation given in OS Maps app
- Replies: 20
- Views: 948
Re: Accuracy of elevation given in OS Maps app
Ta Mr B :-bd GPS altitude is the (potentially) least accurate part of the system. Typically the error in altitude is up to three times that for longitude and latitude. It's just down to how GPS works. You need at least four satellites to get altitude data and ideally one of those is close to overhe...
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: More confused after research!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1626
Re: More confused after research!
What have others done in the past when starting getting into it? Any experiences from hindsight? Either bivy with no protection but just a sleeping bag/mat or my former single wall mountaineering tent (very low dome). I still go with the cow boy camping method in stable weather, all seasons. Nothin...
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:08 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3962
- Views: 497474
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Cheery Saturday here as local lad Charlie Hatton takes Gold at Mens DH World Championships :-bd All those years of practice in a wet Forest of Dean :cool: :-bd Great stuff. Spent half the day watching the races unfold on varying channels (SRF, BBC, GCN). The reaction of Emilie Siegenthaler was love...
- Sat Aug 05, 2023 10:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Cleaning/Replacing Filter Bottle
- Replies: 2
- Views: 148
Re: Cleaning/Replacing Filter Bottle
Any suggestions of a cleaning trick that might work Thanks to the good description of your's, I'm sure the only way to deal with it is to bin it. I couldn't find any detailed specs of the filter module itself, despite following a few links on the manufacturer's website, but some filters actually ge...
- Tue Aug 01, 2023 1:53 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Not getting out there, wasting time (and my life) instead
- Replies: 54
- Views: 2654
Re: Not getting out there, wasting time (and my life) instead
Yeah, that's a tricky one. Whilst it doesn't quite seem as bad in my case, I recongnise myself in many of your words Rockbus. And yet... I manage to drag myself out regularly to still the deep rooted curiosity. Mostly alone. Sometimes spontaneous (even a Iceland traverse in wintry conditions), somet...
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 5:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3962
- Views: 497474
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Nobody had any CFs this week?? I was too busy at work to even think about it, will need to do a couple more hours this morning to catch up on absolute essentials, then very cheery as I have a week off :cool: Will be quite a varied one with an outdoorsy Snowdonia weekend starting later today, then a...
- Fri Jul 28, 2023 7:47 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Long live the Mukluk
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2243
Re: Long live the Mukluk
Assumginly Yeti has ever since been without any brand name complaints from the abominable snowman. Which in different regions of the Himalayas has different names anyways. Such an unorganised bunch... Eg. chumong, cheti, nyalmo (only those I can think of, but there will be at least 20 more names). M...
- Fri Jul 28, 2023 3:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Long live the Mukluk
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2243
Re: Long live the Mukluk
Yeti (cycle, CO, USA) had "an issue" coming from Change.org; they (change.org) 'petitioned' to force Yeti to stop using the term Yeti "tribe" (owners group).redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:13 pm Will if it's found that the Yeti feels offended. I'd be offended if I was a/the Yeti
- Fri Jul 28, 2023 1:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3045
Re: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove
Getting everything from Extremtextil the material costs where round about 110 €. Bear in mind I have to make two quilts, if I buy if from Spain, it's 380 eur (12 meters of 7D + 5 meters of Apex 200) including vat and delivery. I can save 21% by ordering from UK but then I have to pay uk vat plus cu...
- Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:46 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3045
Re: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove
Getting everything from Extremtextil the material costs where round about 110 €.
- Fri Jul 28, 2023 11:39 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Widening wildcamping
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1753
Re: Widening wildcamping
I don't pay to join Air BnB or booking.com, I just pay to book a campsite or room. Indeed and with that payment you pay fees. I just recently saw a 24.- CHF fee on AirBnB, was about 10 % of the total price. Givem 5 years to realise that they could offer two versions: annual membership with reduced ...
- Thu Jul 27, 2023 9:30 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 971
- Views: 119941
Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
Schwalbe Wicked Will new in Schwalbe's lightest mtb casing option - "Super Race", yet the second grippiest compound - "Soft".
Unpectacular for most. Quite exciting for me though
Given their latest releases followed suite by availability, this should be in shops soon.
Unpectacular for most. Quite exciting for me though
Given their latest releases followed suite by availability, this should be in shops soon.
- Thu Jul 27, 2023 8:26 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3045
Re: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove
You may not needed for Apex, but I suggest going with calendered fabrics. They tend to work better with humidity, wind and dirt.
I'd probably rather go with a calendered 10D than a non calendered 7D.
If you don't mind ordering from DE, check out Extremtextil.de. Fantastic shop.
I'd probably rather go with a calendered 10D than a non calendered 7D.
If you don't mind ordering from DE, check out Extremtextil.de. Fantastic shop.
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:45 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3045
Re: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove
Not only would I, but I did on all (3) quilts I made and said liner bag. My go to winter bag is also completely from 7D as are some of my and my girlfriends down clothing. So far so good. Except for that time (winter, probably 2018) when I didn't tighten the bar harness enough and the front, studded...
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:24 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Shimano caliper - micro leaks
- Replies: 21
- Views: 841
Re: Shimano caliper - micro leaks
Symptoms are howling brake with no power. It can be improved by cleaning the rotor and pad or burning it off on a a long down hill but deteriorates again in no time. Indeed seems to be getting contaminated by oil from a leaking. I had this on one Shimano brake once, was a BR M775 or M665. Instead o...
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 5:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3045
Re: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove
If you haven't bought any fabric yet and wondered if 7D (eg the one from extremtextil.de) is up to the task (sleeping bag/quilt/bag liner); yes it easily is. My oldest MYOG quilt is turning 10 in autumn, made a liner too. Especially the liner gets torn and pulled since I use it for almost all trips ...
- Mon Jul 24, 2023 11:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove
- Replies: 52
- Views: 3045
Re: Iceland Divide 2024: need advice on tent, sleeping mat and stove
Sounds alright to me (the Apex 200 choice). Between August and September the coldest nights of 5 trips always were around light freezing. Like 1 - 2 nights per trip across the Highlands. If you tend to use a light weight down or synthetic jacket anyways, you can use it for the coldest of nights to b...
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 8:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tyre Patches
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1687
Re: Tyre Patches
I feel for you. Last... probably 10 months were rather quiet. Had perhaps 2 punctures/cuts I could fix within a minute and forget. Then within 2 weeks 3 cuts, all bad enough they needed a spare tube or sewing (at home). Of course I had forgotten to pack patches since I rarely need them. On the flip ...
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 7:29 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: MTB up - an Everesting journey!
- Replies: 56
- Views: 4839
Re: MTB up - an Everesting journey!
Thanks for the updates Shaf. Why not just try and do as much as you can? No numbers whilst you're at it. Just the feeling. Once you feel sub standard, just dig deeper. Then again. And again. And again. And again. And again. And again. Etc. Until you can't hold yourself on the bike anymore. Just a th...
- Thu Jul 20, 2023 7:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tyre Patches
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1687
Re: Tyre Patches
Perhaps don't use it as a front tyre..?
If the cut was long, keep an eye on it. If it doesn't bulge on the first bunch of hours riding, I'd probably relax and keep on using it as if nothing ever happened.
I strongly recommend using the horizontal mattress stitch
If the cut was long, keep an eye on it. If it doesn't bulge on the first bunch of hours riding, I'd probably relax and keep on using it as if nothing ever happened.
I strongly recommend using the horizontal mattress stitch
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 9:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Thunderstorms
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1423
Re: Thunderstorms
So if no better options are available, how about standing it upside down so the metal will have contact with the ground and make a good earth, then make yourself lower than it (sit/lie down). It couldn’t hurt, could it? Same thinking pattern here. Used to do that (where possible) with the climbing ...
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 3:47 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Thunderstorms
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1423
Re: Thunderstorms
Probably about as much good as praying, I imagine, but it made me feel slightly better. What helps me most is to think how I'll be laughing about it in retrospective. This always makes me happy and puts me in a mindset to give not too many sh*ts. I guess with a sort of fatalism (you made the wrong ...
- Tue Jul 18, 2023 3:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Kayak Oar/Long Pole Carrying on a bike
- Replies: 5
- Views: 242
Re: Kayak Oar/Long Pole Carrying on a bike
Whenever I've had to transport something long I've just strapped it to the top tube in two places. Done this with garden tools, 3m lengths of conduit, etc. Put something between if you're bothered about frame/paddle. Same here. I do it with ski's. Lightweight and rather narrow (for powder ski stand...