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- Wed Dec 18, 2019 1:02 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Winter boots
- Replies: 28
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Re: Winter boots
There's definitely a gap in the market for someone to make some rugged streamlined cycling gaiters to pair with waterproof shoes. there's lots of running ones, but they are all just water resistant. I use these with my Giro Alpineduro boots for road/offroad rides and they are great: https://www.giro...
- Wed Dec 18, 2019 2:13 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Winter bivy comp: How cold can you go!
- Replies: 73
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Re: Winter bivy comp: How cold can you go!
Was mostly pain free as long as I didn't ride too fast and generate windchill or too slow to generate enough heat - I can take freezing and dry a lot better than cold and wet! It's amazing how 1 degree at Kessock felt like a summer's day in comparison.
- Wed Dec 18, 2019 2:01 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2019
- Replies: 1141
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Re: Bivvy a month 2019
A belated post as usual from me for November. I decided to do something a little more exciting last month - rather than my usual rides from the front door, I went for a ride to my front door. So, an early finish on Friday found me at the train station and on my way to Kyle of Lochalsh. I'd had a 200...
- Tue Dec 17, 2019 2:00 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Winter bivy comp: How cold can you go!
- Replies: 73
- Views: 14344
Re: Winter bivy comp: How cold can you go!
It was definitely a bit too hardcore for my right knee - am still struggling on my commute at the moment!
- Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:50 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Winter bivy comp: How cold can you go!
- Replies: 73
- Views: 14344
Re: Winter bivy comp: How cold can you go!
Haven't posted it in the BAM thread yet, but my November bivy was pretty wintery. After a crap couple of weeks in work and an invitation from my lovely wife to get away from it all, I decided to jump a train to the West coast after work on Friday and then ride home to Aberdeen. I set off from Kyle a...
- Thu Nov 07, 2019 11:52 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Tour Divide Write Up
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7039
Re: Tour Divide Write Up
Have finally managed to read the whole lot after rationing it out! Thanks for sharing it Dave - I've been obsessively reading people's accounts of riding the divide for the last 15 years and yours has jumped to the top of the pile as my favourite by far! Really well written, brutally honest and a lo...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 4:06 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2019
- Replies: 1141
- Views: 239540
Re: Bivvy a month 2019
Cheers, you two would be fine up there - you've got the same bag as me! Possibly a bit colder and wetter at the moment though...
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 10:14 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2019
- Replies: 1141
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Re: Bivvy a month 2019
Thanks - that whole week was pretty good for weather. Nothing beats riding by moonlight!
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 12:49 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2019
- Replies: 1141
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Re: Bivvy a month 2019
October was done with time to spare for a change, heading out from our home for the week in Nethybridge on a Wednesday night about 10pm and making a beeline for Bynack More. It was a lovely cold clear night, so much so that I turned off my light once I started climbing up from the bridge, as the moo...
- Mon Nov 04, 2019 2:18 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2019
- Replies: 1141
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Re: Bivvy a month 2019
Time for my usual belated catch up on bivy reports! September was squeezed in at the tail end of the month by heading out locally about 10pm and finding myself a nice hammock spot by the river Dee. Leaving late had the advantage of letting the day's constant rain peter out, so I still haven't needed...
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:30 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Cairngorm Loops 300
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8290
Re: Cairngorm Loops 300
Great job Colin and excellent timing for the weather too - enjoyed the write-up.
- Thu Sep 26, 2019 11:24 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Full Mudgaurds?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 9420
Re: Full Mudgaurds?
I had to use p-clips for the rear guard on my Marin commuter due to the sliding dropouts having no mount point. I just got some generic plastic coated ones off the internet which have held perfectly so far.
- Wed Sep 25, 2019 2:59 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Tour Divide Part 3.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1999
Re: Tour Divide Part 3.
Really enjoyed those, thanks Rich. Seems like a real coming of age moment for you both and very honestly described.
- Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:31 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Full Mudgaurds?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 9420
Re: Full Mudgaurds?
My gravelly bike spends most of the year with these SKS Bluemels 45mm guards on and some 35mm Marathon Winters or 38mm Vittoria Hypers.
Hard to imagine winter riding without them, to be honest.
Hard to imagine winter riding without them, to be honest.
- Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:00 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Cairngorms loop sept?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 23426
Re: Cairngorms loop sept?
Good luck - conditions look good again!
- Thu Sep 19, 2019 4:18 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tell me about plastic pedals
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2158
Re: Tell me about plastic pedals
I went for RaceFace Chesters as my plastic pedals. Got me round the Cairngorms Loop, HT550 and many other big rides without issue. I definitely think that SPD cleats are a factor in getting cold feet when I do big winter road rides, though I stick with them on road.
- Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:37 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2019
- Replies: 1141
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Re: Bivvy a month 2019
Just throwing in my August bivy to get me up to date. Was a last minute quicky on the 31st, combining some VVE square captures with a comfy hammock kip in a wee forest out West of Aberdeen. http://highlanddrifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_6342-1280.jpg http://highlanddrifter.com/wp-content/...
- Sun Sep 08, 2019 11:56 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Cairngorms loop sept?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 23426
Re: Cairngorms loop sept?
Great ride Karl, have been watching the two of you over the weekend and you flew round - did you fit in a power nap? I'm willing Jon to the finish, whilst secretly hoping he doesn't do it quicker than me, as I have a feeling I'll never hear the end of it!
- Sun Sep 08, 2019 11:39 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2019
- Replies: 1141
- Views: 239540
Re: Bivvy a month 2019
Thanks, was one of those overnighters that just came together nicely, apart from nodding off at my desk in the afternoon!
- Fri Sep 06, 2019 11:30 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Cairngorms loop sept?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 23426
Re: Cairngorms loop sept?
What do you mean "Hopefully"? You've got a top IT pro working on your tracking team!
- Fri Sep 06, 2019 12:47 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2019
- Replies: 1141
- Views: 239540
Re: Bivvy a month 2019
Yet another late catch up post! July's effort for 7/7 was a work night bivy where I actually headed out before 8pm for a pleasant change. My aim was to leave myself with about a 50km ride to work for the morning, so I wouldn't have to set out too early. The nights were still long, so I had plenty of...
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 4:00 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Cairngorm Loops 300
- Replies: 29
- Views: 8290
Re: Cairngorm Loops 300
At the very least, you all provided me with some entertainment, as I was avidly watching your trackers to see if anyone was going to get across! I initially though Jon was being a muppet and heading up the wrong glen, until I checked yours too and figured it was water woes...
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 3:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 800 miles, 98% off road - anyone?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 11136
Re: 800 miles, 98% off road - anyone?
Nae bother, should be a nice section of your ride - I love that bit of the North!
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 800 miles, 98% off road - anyone?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 11136
Re: 800 miles, 98% off road - anyone?
They've chosen a track East from the Crask Inn that I've been wondering about trying to fit into a Flow Country tour. I'll likely be trying it out next month. It wasn't too bad when I passed through in a dry summer - bit of a carry at the Bealach and probably a nice descent down to the loch from th...
- Sat Aug 31, 2019 4:46 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Cairngorms loop sept?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 23426
Re: Cairngorms loop sept?
Sounds like a sensible call. I think the rain is due to ease later, but the Fords of Avon will still be very dicey too, I'd imagine. Looks like Howard got across, but Jon is on his way back too.