Never had a problem with my Hexamid. Would occasionally suffer from condensation if I pitched poorly and didn't allow for airflow.
Greetz
S. : )
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- Mon Jan 01, 2024 3:59 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Single skin tents: do they work in British conditions?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 537
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:30 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Tour de France 2023: Injuries, disaster bivies, failure to complete the ride - a great time all round
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1952
Re: Tour de France 2023: Injuries, disaster bivies, failure to complete the ride - a great time all round
Thanks James. The grotty green cup, chocolate sandwich and sneaky bivvies reminded me of good times in the Alps.
Greetz
S : )
Greetz
S : )
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Wheel building
- Replies: 8
- Views: 539
Re: Wheel building
I read this a few years ago on recommendation from a friend who builds his own wheels. The lacing part I found interesting...I just never knew : )
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/733 ... ycle_Wheel
Greetz
S : )
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/733 ... ycle_Wheel
Greetz
S : )
- Fri Dec 15, 2023 2:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3975
- Views: 501879
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
It's now a cheery Friday...as I've just clocked off at 23:20. Time for a dram...some Jura kindly sent by a customer for fixing their networks. Gotta love free whisky eh? : )
Greetz
S.
Greetz
S.
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 12:16 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Are you analogue?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 21801
Re: Are you analogue?
My work is 100% digital. At play it's a mashup.
I'll read maps at home but use GPS in the field.
No eeb...just a bunch of analogue bikes...and I'll take XTR cabled gears over electric all day, every day.
My oscillator modules are analogue...but I sequence in digital realm.
Greetz
S. : )
I'll read maps at home but use GPS in the field.
No eeb...just a bunch of analogue bikes...and I'll take XTR cabled gears over electric all day, every day.
My oscillator modules are analogue...but I sequence in digital realm.
Greetz
S. : )
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 10:26 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Winter Bivvy?
- Replies: 53
- Views: 38547
Re: Winter Bivvy?
...some of the best experiences of my life on past Winter Bivvies - the various Long Mynd ones springing to mind, especially the notorious 'ice skating' one..... R'amen to that! Winter Bivvy is the best of the year. This one was particularly memorable. https://vimeo.com/148850259 Greetz S : )
- Sun Nov 12, 2023 10:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: I seem to have lost my cursor...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2129
Re: I seem to have lost my cursor...
Have you tried switching it off and back on again? ; ) Too much Guinness, Sir? *grins* In all honesty...it's more likely your device and its updates munging things than the website code. Reboot it. Browser caches also suck - as per PaulB2's comment, dump your caches; I say dump them often. Oh yeah -...
- Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:29 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1129
- Views: 192978
Re: What are you listening to now?
Cardiacs - A Little Man And A House And The Whole World Window
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke7dmA0qOLI
Greetz
S : )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke7dmA0qOLI
Greetz
S : )
- Mon Jul 03, 2023 2:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The Tour Divide 2023 thread
- Replies: 82
- Views: 7347
Re: The Tour Divide 2023 thread
This. I think we left AC at 2am...got to Rawlins at 5pm and ate like animals.
The Basin is a beautiful ride...when it's dry and the wind is in your favour.
The Basin with mud would be testing.
Greetz
S : )
- Sat Jul 01, 2023 9:37 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Ludlow
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1740
Re: Ludlow
Plenty of good cycling in that area. I lived in the Corvedale for a while. Many nights spent up on Brown Clee as well as Long Mynd...both within easy reach of Ludlow.
Greetz
S : )
Greetz
S : )
- Sat Jul 01, 2023 12:48 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Songs to play at your funeral
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1888
Re: Songs to play at your funeral
@ fatbikephil - +1 for ND. Short 'n sweet.
They can play what they want when I go...I won't be around to hear it. I wouldn't subject them to Pulse Demon or Space Metalizer...they'd want to die too. ; )
Greetz
S : )
They can play what they want when I go...I won't be around to hear it. I wouldn't subject them to Pulse Demon or Space Metalizer...they'd want to die too. ; )
Greetz
S : )
- Thu May 11, 2023 3:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: All night lights
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2799
Re: All night lights
Another happy Joystick owner....Mk7, Mk10 and Mk12. One on the bars, one on the helmet and if out for a few days, one as backup. Mk7 on the helmet usually due to less focused beam pattern than the later models. Cheaper than the bigger ones from Exposure...great run time...lightweight...decent enough...
- Wed Apr 05, 2023 2:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you drinking now?
- Replies: 704
- Views: 71868
Re: What are you drinking now?
Being naughty....having a finger of Glen Keith 21 y/o.
Greetz
S.
Greetz
S.
- Sat Apr 01, 2023 12:19 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1129
- Views: 192978
Re: What are you listening to now?
My brother was trawling for first press Cardiacs a few weeks ago and I spotted this wee beastie. Turns out the seller used to play guitar for the band and this is the copy given to him on joining. The first punk album I heard as a kid in Oz. I shall enjoy this with a strong coffee shortly as I've th...
- Wed Mar 01, 2023 8:46 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1129
- Views: 192978
Re: What are you listening to now?
We don't pull this one out often but it would be rude not to today.
Greetz
S. : )
Greetz
S. : )
- Wed Jan 11, 2023 2:17 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1129
- Views: 192978
Re: What are you listening to now?
The Chats - Pub Feed. Not as good as The Saints, but some solid 'shed rock' from some lads on the Sunny Coast just north of here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LGM82uPuvA
Greetz
S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LGM82uPuvA
Greetz
S.
- Fri Jan 06, 2023 5:20 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How to.... Take your bike on a plane
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1814
Re: How to.... Take your bike on a plane
Cable ties are a faff if you don't have cutters at the other end...and folks question pulling out a knife to cut them. Go with a roll of 1/2" velcro and cut long strips. Useful outbound, during the trip and on the return....for multiple trips. Forks/cranks stay on fitted. I try to stop things f...
- Thu Jan 05, 2023 3:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How to.... Take your bike on a plane
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1814
Re: How to.... Take your bike on a plane
Have flown bikes around the world a few times. Mostly in boxes acquired from local bike shops. I got brazen at one point and did the heavy plastic wrap between UK and Spain/UK and Italy. Small form factor/lots of tape is your friend. Unwrap and rebuild at destination. Carry the wrap (fits in a harne...
- Fri Dec 30, 2022 1:31 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11450
- Views: 1927410
Re: The post man's been ...
...and dropped off a spanky green BB tee. Ta Stu...'tis a good 'un.
Greetz
S : )
Greetz
S : )
- Sat Dec 10, 2022 2:58 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Winter bivi ‘22 POSTPONED
- Replies: 63
- Views: 4856
Re: Winter bivi ‘22 POSTPONED
That looks ace Stu...reminds me of the first Twixmas ride.
Greetz
S : )
Greetz
S : )
- Fri Dec 09, 2022 11:05 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Rigid MTB tyre size..?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1005
Re: Rigid MTB tyre size..?
RaceKing 2.2s with Shield Wall all year round here. Swore by Nanos, NineLines and Wolverines for years...all in the 2.0-2.25 range.
Greetz
S.
Greetz
S.
- Thu Sep 08, 2022 11:15 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What are you listening to now?
- Replies: 1129
- Views: 192978
Re: What are you listening to now?
Woke up to Lizzie passing....Never Mind The Bollox went straight on. Good innings girl.
Greetz
S.
Greetz
S.
- Sun Jun 12, 2022 9:44 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The 2022 Tour Divide watchers thread.
- Replies: 449
- Views: 27521
Re: The 2022 Tour Divide watchers thread.
"Think both Galton and Red Meadow passes are hike-a-bike" - shades of 2014. We had a short hike over Galton, long hike over Whitefish Divide resplendent with its broken trees/avalanche deposits and a long hike over Red Meadow. Next snow we hit was Richmond Peak (very interesting when you c...
- Tue Apr 19, 2022 10:44 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2022
- Replies: 828
- Views: 219066
Re: Bivvy a month 2022
@ phil - about the size of my hand....body ~ 1". https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisban ... den_OW.htm
Not the bird spider you may be thinking of.
Greetz
S.
Not the bird spider you may be thinking of.
Greetz
S.
- Tue Apr 19, 2022 2:26 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2022
- Replies: 828
- Views: 219066
Re: Bivvy a month 2022
@ Reg - yup...it couldn't be any worse than winter bivvy 2018 eh? Well maybe BB200 that year...or Braunton a few years before that...or the infamous 2015 winter bivvy. https://vimeo.com/148850259
Greetz
S.
Greetz
S.