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Decided to head out and try and locate the Wicken Fen Back to Basics camping spot that I missed on Friday nights bivvy. Rather than going through the stile and then following the drain, which leads to the site, I ended up heading off across the field to the right, following a RoW footpath. http://m...

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Hadn't thought about carrying an empty bladder.

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ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2020 12:00 am Out of curiosity - what event mandates 1.5L of water?

The Dirty Reiver 200 and the Frontier 300.

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It's not much of an issue for one of the events, as I can put all my tools, and what not, in a saddle bag; so the main triangle will be free for bigger bottles. The other event I'll have a full bikepacking setup, so I'll need something to help me carry more liquid regardless. I might buy one of the ...

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With my Restrap half frame bag, I can only carry one large water bottle on my frame. While I can squeeze a small one under the bag, but as I found out on Friday evening, it's a bit of a fight to get it in when the frame bag is full. I'm doing a couple of events this year that stipulate the ability t...

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Thanks all!

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While out on the bike last week, I picked up three rear wheel punctures and this cut to my front tyre: http://media.bobarnott.com/gravel/2020-01-23-front-tyre.jpeg Even with two patches on the inside, the inner tube is still causing a bulge. So I thought I might attempt to repair it with a needle an...

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Alpinum wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:40 pm A mix of both.
Sun from the south, snow from the north.

Off topic I know, but wow, makes me want to go to Iceland even more than I already do...

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Or the Danube Cycleway, deffo good beer to be had. https://www.danube-cycle-path.com/ That looks good, and reminded me of EuroVelo 13 , the Iron Curtain Trail , it is 9,950km long though. Tim Moore wrote a book about it too -> The Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold: Adventures Along the Iron Curtain ...

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At 22:10 on Friday night, I rolled out of the driveway and into the unknown. Thirteen hours twenty six minutes later, after one hundred and two kilometres , I rolled back up the driveway after my first bikepacking bivvy adventure. I've written a blog about it -> January BaM . Here's a condensed vers...

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Really liking my mechanical 1x11 GRX 800 setup so far...

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Thanks for everyone's helpful words of advice. See you all on the other side!

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I reside in one of South Cambridgeshire's highest villages, the altitude is debilitating...

On more of a BAM Buddies vibe, the Icknield Way riders route is about half a mile from the village, if anyone riding it needs a comfort break / service centre / night in the shed.

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Some tougher, more 'gravel' oriented tyres will help. These 32mm road tyres were to keep my 40mm gravel tyres good for when it dries out! Turns out that it was actually a second puncture on the rear, which I discovered when putting the inner tube into the sink. Fixed all the punctures and henria's ...

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whitestone wrote: ↑Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:41 am A multi stage approach is required I'm assuming you are right handed here.

I'll give it a go, and see how we get on!

sean_iow wrote: ↑Fri Jan 24, 2020 10:53 am I'd have said the answer to that is to convert to singlespeed then you don't need to change gear

I'm not hard enough for singlespeed!

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Escape Goat wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:40 pm Can anyone remind me how to get rid of the description or info from this

Extract the img tag, so delete everything except:

Code: Select all

[img]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49378639143_ca124bcac4.jpg[/img]

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Ditched all the luggage after discovering I couldn't change gear, and went for an unloaded bimble round some back roads . Stopped due to a puncture about three quarters of the way round, dug this bit of flint out of the tyre... http://media.bobarnott.com/gravel/2020-01-23-flint.jpeg My rear tyre now...

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Switched around the packing and headed out on another test ride this morning. Got about 200m down the High St only to discover that I could no longer change gear. So the sleeping bag has to go in the seatpack... http://media.bobarnott.com/gravel/2020-01-23-handlebar-roll-1.jpeg Also tried using the ...

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I have Tektro cable disc brakes that came off my Calibre Dune that you can have. In fact, I've pretty much got everything that came off it, stem, bars, seatpost saddle, etc. If it fits, you're welcome to it all. I'll have to have a dig around in the shed to get it all out and take photos for you etc...

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I may have to find some waffer thin mints to finish off this evenings dinner. Plus six crates of brown ale...

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Still not got my head around posting pictures. I've given you some pointers in the image posting test thread... Is it possible to link to Strava activities? I always pop photos on there to act as a memory cue when looking back. Yes. Click on the icon that looks like a chain link, just above the tex...

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https://flic.kr/p/2iiowxa You're posting the wrong bit from Flickr. Click the share arrow: http://media.bobarnott.com/gravel/01-flickr.png Then choose BBCode : http://media.bobarnott.com/gravel/02-flickr.png What you paste into your post should look something like: http://media.bobarnott.com/gravel...

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ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 9:41 pm
K1100T wrote: ↑Tue Jan 21, 2020 8:52 pm I do most of my riding on the tops,
Careful. Some folk on here will be suggesting you only have curly bars for fashion reasons

Drops are essential for riding in the fens, block headwind no matter which direction you go in...

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I'd also try packing all your sleeping kit (not shelter) together in one bundle, that way, you needn't touch it until you stop, so less chance of it getting wet. I initially thought about trying to get everything sleep related into the handlebar harness dry bag. It became obvious that this wasn't g...

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Strapped all the luggage to the bike and went for a test ride this morning. Bivvy bag and Thermarest in the handlebr harness, sleeping bag and waterproof jacket in the saddle bag, tools in the frame bag (mostly empty) and some grub in the top tube bag. http://media.bobarnott.com/gravel/2020-01-21-te...

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