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- Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:26 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: We live in a 'golden age' if your bike preferences aren't off the shelf
- Replies: 5
- Views: 410
Re: We live in a 'golden age' if your bike preferences aren't off the shelf
I tend to think the internet has opened a portal to a golden age for many hobbies / pastimes and interests and the more niche or obscure, then the greater that effect seems to be. It is the greatest library ever amassed, not all of it good but if you sought the wheat from the chaff, it makes many th...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
- Replies: 101
- Views: 2820
Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
If you're struggling to imagine 220m, this should help give you an idea of scale. Yes, that's Blackpool Tower on the left. https://scontent.fbhx4-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/424931687_10228989905625915_6560203775105014020_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=c42490&_nc_ohc=-mSTbgKggY4AX9p...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:15 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Another one
- Replies: 5
- Views: 337
Re: Another one
Yes, happy birthday fella
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:38 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tyvek groundsheet - how long do they last?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 462
Re: Tyvek groundsheet - how long do they last?
You can buy Tyvek tape but gaffa tape will work just as well.Any specific tape recommended?
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone own one of these stove/pot setups!?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 424
Re: Anyone own one of these stove/pot setups!?
If you're using solid fuel then you really don't need a stove at all. Search on the reviews section for 'cooking without a cooker'.
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tyvek groundsheet - how long do they last?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 462
Re: Tyvek groundsheet - how long do they last?
All depends on the ground it's laid on really. Nothing wrong with taping the hole / tear rather than disposing of it.
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 4:16 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: GB Duro Entries open
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1150
Re: GB Duro Entries open
On this years BB200, all riders will be required to send in a postcard from the furthest point on route. Nice scenic ones will be encouraged.
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 12:06 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
- Replies: 88
- Views: 5649
Re: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
I'll let you drive your car up our track - it's a similar experienceAn extra 3 hours drive if I want to do some rallying now.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3962
- Views: 497568
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Yay indeedAfter 10 months of tests, scans and biopsies looks like everything is more benign than was feared which is pretty damn cheery even if it isn't a Friday. Now I just need to get some fitness back.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 7:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: One for Reg - The Slate of Tintergel
- Replies: 11
- Views: 314
Re: One for Reg - The Slate of Tintergel
We all know that he was from Wales and no doubt a cheery story told by the Britons to cheer themselves up as the Romans advanced ever westward. Anyway, slate. I was told by a roofer recently that they expect Welsh slate to last around 100 years, Italian slates around 25 years and those imported from...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Ultrasonic Cleaner Suggestions
- Replies: 4
- Views: 389
Re: Ultrasonic Cleaner Suggestions
Size will largely be dictated by what you want to put in it. Something around 6l will give you more scope. As an example, if you wanted to clean a bank of 4 carbs as a single unit, you'd need something around 10l. These are worth a look. Perhaps not the cheapest but in my experience, cheap cleaners ...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Dave's Bikepack Maps
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1027
Re: Dave's Bikepack Maps
Good work there Dave. A well deserved
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 1789
Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
I think all long distance travel has the potential be be both costly and stressful if the stars don't align. In truth, we perhaps need to be encouraging more of this ... https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqxPsgIWd0VMqRD-MaVxYNd5JKmMmR1icsJ-3bW1_EeMTQzxwFhB7KXG4TJaX4j9vbm8Moj...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:55 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
- Replies: 88
- Views: 5649
Re: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
Thanks all. Those of you who have visited will know how quiet the place is which makes it something of a sanctuary and not just for us but the local population and obviously the wildlife - as testified by the Martens moving into the barn last spring. I'm certainly not anti-motorsport but there's a t...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 8:45 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
- Replies: 88
- Views: 5649
Re: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
Dumfries and Galloway is all I know Phil.
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:09 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
- Replies: 88
- Views: 5649
Re: End of an era - perhaps. UPDATE
The rally school have now relocated to Scotland. Ceulan will remain Bear Bones Towers.
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Pat Adams RIP
- Replies: 6
- Views: 357
Re: Pat Adams RIP
There was always a great buzz around the 24 hour races and that was down to Pat and crew. I felt the UK mtb scene really lost something when that light went out. RIP.
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:11 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 1789
Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
Recently, I read "you won't change the world by saving one dog but you'll change the world for that one dog".
Same attitude can be liberally applied elsewhere.
Same attitude can be liberally applied elsewhere.
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:08 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 820
Re: Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?
I think that might melt as I doubt it'll be flame proof. Ideally, silicone tubing.
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 820
Re: Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?
I've given this some thought and now believe the way forward is ... to use someone else's hat
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 1789
Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
There's no reason why one can't try to reduce output and produce green energy at the same time. Absolutely ... but my point is that we don't often do that. Very little is talked about reducing consumption when it could actually make a large and real difference. Huge amounts of energy to build, huge...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 1789
Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
why we did it. Money, greed. power, entitlement, stupidity ... am I close? Trouble is, even when under the guise of green, we continue to play the same games ... there's a new proposal to erect a windfarm (they now call them energy parks) on the hills opposite the Star Inn (a place many of you will...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 1789
Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
if you're thinking about this stuff then that's good. Perhaps it is to some degree but thinking doesn't really achieve anything unless it's a precursor to action ... I think about Carol Vorderman a lot, but ... In truth, any leisure activity that requires the manufacture and purchase of 'goods' isn...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 820
Re: Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?
Depends on the mug / pot but often they can be compressed just enough so they can be sprung free from the retainers they locate in.How do you get the tube onto the handles?
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 7:54 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 820
Re: Hot 1: hat 0 - what lightweight oven mitt?
Silicone tubing added to handles works well. Making sure the handles aren't touching each other when on the stove keeps them cooler too ... honestly it does. Me, I have a little square of silicone mat that I pick hot things up with, I also have a silicone band around the top of my mug, which I will ...