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by Bearlegged
Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:17 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19378

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Swear filter.
Rig = bicycle.
by Bearlegged
Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:51 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19378

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

What's your state of mind this morming Bear? Mildly peeved at my mat deflating (I think it was a valve issue that was easily sorted once home, but less so in the cold and dark). Beautiful dawn chorus and sunrise though, a mug of hot chocolate in bed, and then down the hill to the Danish bakery. I s...
by Bearlegged
Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:23 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19378

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

New shelter arrived this morning, a second hand Deschutes.

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by Bearlegged
Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:31 am
Forum: MYOG
Topic: Massive top tube bag
Replies: 6
Views: 338

Re: Massive top tube bag

Nice one Ben!
by Bearlegged
Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:35 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: An interesting bikerafting route up in the Highlands
Replies: 11
Views: 297

Re: An interesting bikerafting route up in the Highlands

yourguitarhero wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:03 am At danger of being called a metric using whippersnapper...
The only acceptable non-SI units are the pint (drinks), London bus (distance), and football pitches or Wales (area).
by Bearlegged
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:42 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482448

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

I'd not realised you had that on your mind, but good to hear you're all clear!
by Bearlegged
Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:25 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19378

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Riding on rollers strikes me as sufficiently masochistic to qualify for BAM, but 🤷
by Bearlegged
Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:50 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bike Abuse, Am I bad?
Replies: 9
Views: 376

Re: Bike Abuse, Am I bad?

If you're regularly travelling to ride in different locations, it's worth considering the benefits of cleaning your bike to reduce the risk of transferring plant/animal diseases from one area of the country to another.
by Bearlegged
Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:03 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
Replies: 65
Views: 1754

Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?

fatbikephil wrote: Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:52 pm ,b) I don't have to get touched up by a stern person in a uniform
Some folks will pay good money for this.
by Bearlegged
Mon Feb 12, 2024 8:34 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19378

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Aye, looks very deluxe. Do you carry all the kit up every time, Jeff? Or does the hut now have some permanent fixtures (e.g. the grill)?
by Bearlegged
Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482448

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Rapideye wrote: Sat Feb 10, 2024 10:33 am Like that will stop 'em
Aye. Nice and soft, source of heat? Lovely.
by Bearlegged
Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:44 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482448

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Visions of Dave heading down to his allotment for a quiet morning indulging his new pipe smoking routine, only to be confronted by Reg and a merry band of BAMmers nestled in the potting shed.
by Bearlegged
Wed Feb 07, 2024 11:33 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTD: Ritchey Kyote bars or similar
Replies: 2
Views: 146

Re: WTD: Ritchey Kyote bars or similar

I've got some Kyotes going spare, say £15?. If you PM me your address I can look into postage costs.
by Bearlegged
Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:02 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: BeSpoked 2024 - Manchester
Replies: 8
Views: 403

Re: BeSpoked 2024 - Manchester

faustus wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:50 pm freebie stickers
In!
by Bearlegged
Wed Jan 31, 2024 5:41 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: The post man's been ...
Replies: 11421
Views: 1905677

Re: The post man's been ...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: Wed Jan 31, 2024 3:53 pm *I think it's possibly a crocodile ...
Or maybe an alloy-gator?
by Bearlegged
Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19378

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Good points: • A beautifully clear night, with stars and a gorgeous sunrise • Nice beer* • The bakery on the way home Less good points: • Forgetting my cheese • Sleeping mat has a slow puncture • It being frickin' freezing • Rime blowing off the tarp and onto me, my kit, my hot chocolate… Pics: http...
by Bearlegged
Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:32 am
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19378

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

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by Bearlegged
Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:02 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4898
Views: 1190476

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

The EPS turn into buckets as soon as any water gets in via the big hole at the top. I've got both Goretex and regular Trailcross. I use the regular ones with waterproof socks. The socks keep my feet dry, the shoes don't get waterlogged and dry out much quicker than the more freeridey 5.10s. Downside...
by Bearlegged
Tue Jan 30, 2024 11:05 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4898
Views: 1190476

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

I find them true to size, but went up a half size for winter boots.
by Bearlegged
Fri Jan 26, 2024 9:46 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482448

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

That's brilliant. Took kid 1 for a falconry experience just before Christmas, they had a great time. 👍
by Bearlegged
Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:51 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482448

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Have you taken up falconry Stu? Or just made friends with the local fauna?
by Bearlegged
Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:30 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you drinking now?
Replies: 704
Views: 69588

Re: What are you drinking now?

I think I might need to call in some professional help from, appropriately, Bearlegged or somebody. I'd love to help, I really would, but I'm currently dealing with this matter from Belgium. Apparently the bar only serves it by the half, but my companion found some sort of workaround. https://files...
by Bearlegged
Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:21 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Coed y brenin and Nant yr Arian to close?
Replies: 6
Views: 450

Re: Coed y brenin and Nant yr Arian to close?

the secondhand bike market will be flooded with lightly used 170mm travel ebikes
Dibs.
by Bearlegged
Tue Jan 23, 2024 6:22 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Have tarps lost their popularity?
Replies: 36
Views: 1713

Re: Have tarps lost their popularity?

I think there's something about being open to the world that I prefer over being completely enclosed in a tent. Quite happy with a mesh panelled bivvy to keep the teeth away. I should maybe look into a bigger, more versatile tarp ( a la Reg), but I've got a consistent set-up for now, that I find ver...
by Bearlegged
Tue Jan 23, 2024 5:41 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Have tarps lost their popularity?
Replies: 36
Views: 1713

Re: Have tarps lost their popularity?

Of my last 15 bivvies, I've not taken a tarp for 3 of them.

For those 3 bivvies, I've been snowed on, and rained on twice. And yes, I did check (and triple-check) the forecasts. FFS.