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- Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tubeless or Tubes
- Replies: 8
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Re: Tubeless or Tubes
Sorry DNF ... folding bead.
- Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tubeless or Tubes
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2622
Re: Tubeless or Tubes
I've a couple of bikes set up tubeless. Both are ghetto cobbles, the first one I did used 20" tubes and latex. The second one just used insulation tape and a valve I cut out of an old tube + 200ml of latex ... never caused any problems. It's also cheaper than buying a tube ;) I've not tried ust...
- Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:43 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Radnor Ring.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 27871
Re: Radnor Ring.
Hadn't really thought about dates ... being a work shy lay about means it's possibly easier for me to work around others. It also means that weekdays are easier for me than weekends. If we're looking at a weekend then it appears I'm stuck until the start of Sep. If weekdays appeal then I'm much easi...
- Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:00 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Condensation and bivvy bags?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4475
Condensation and bivvy bags?
Anyone else suffer with small amounts of condensation in bivvy bags? I've used various bags over the years from the cheap to the very expensive but 90% of the time there'll always be a small amount of condensation inside by morning ... even with an eVent or Goretex bag. It's nearly always down towar...
- Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Keeping in touch.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4597
Re: Keeping in touch.
Hoora ... a kindred spirit
- Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:44 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Keeping in touch.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4597
Keeping in touch.
How bothered are you about the ability to keep in touch when you're out and about riding? Is sticking a mobile in your bag for emergency use enough or do you feel the need to receive/send emails and possibly get on-line? Not being able to contact anyone for a couple of days or so (unless I can find ...
- Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:09 am
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Radnor Ring.
- Replies: 43
- Views: 27871
Radnor Ring.
Has anyone ridden the Radnor Ring? From what I can tell it's 80-odd miles from Rhayader - Kington - Knighton - Rhayader. There seems to be off road alteratives for large sections of the route.
Anyone possibly up for giving it a go sometime? I'm thinking 2 days, 1 night at a pretty gentle pace.
Anyone possibly up for giving it a go sometime? I'm thinking 2 days, 1 night at a pretty gentle pace.
- Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:01 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Go on then ... what tyres?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3272
Re: Go on then ... what tyres?
I quite fancy a play with Nano Raptors but they seem a little difficult to track down at the moment.
I've a WTB Weirwolf LT on the front of one bike - 29" x 2.55, massive but very quick and not stupidly heavy given the size. I belive WTB have stopped making them
I've a WTB Weirwolf LT on the front of one bike - 29" x 2.55, massive but very quick and not stupidly heavy given the size. I belive WTB have stopped making them
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:41 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Go on then ... what tyres?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3272
Go on then ... what tyres?
At the moment I'm really liking Conti' Race King 2.2s on my 29er. Fairly light, very fast rolling, not too expensive and plenty grippy enough. On 26" wheels I seem to have settled on WTB SS Prowlers ... 2.3 on the back and a whopping 2.5 on the front to cushion the rigid forks a touch. Although...
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone only cook with solid fuel?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5571
Re: Anyone only cook with solid fuel?
I was surprised in the past just how well solid fuel can work ... given the right conditions and a little care.
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Ti frames?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5557
Re: Ti frames?
And what kind of Salsa would that be then DNF?
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:08 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone only cook with solid fuel?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5571
Re: Anyone only cook with solid fuel?
@ DNF I had thought about a Ti Esbit or perhaps something along the lines of the thing I made on the WRT blog ... 3g of solid fuel goodness!
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:26 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Waterproof sleeping bags?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1873
Re: Waterproof sleeping bags?
I've discovered another ... Mountain Hardwear SL series. Cheapest one's £430 though
Anymore?
Anymore?
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Waterproof sleeping bags?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1873
Waterproof sleeping bags?
It's always seemed like a very good idea to me but there's not many out there. The only ones I can think of are the Crux Torpedo and the Ajungilak Shield. Neither of them are cheap but they would take the worry out of using a down bag in bad weather ... you also wouldn't require a seperate bivvy bag...
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:24 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Share your spots!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1949
Share your spots!
Ok, I'm sure we've all got a few overnight spots that we love so I thought we could spread the love and share a few locations. I don't expect anyone to post anywhere 'sensitive' or top secret ;) Here's your starter for 10. SN792879 ... pretty exposed. Best suited to spring / summer. Water source clo...
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:05 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: The Pennine Bridleway
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8920
Re: The Pennine Bridleway
If those dates are the ones your thinking of then I reckon I could be up for it ... there's nowt booked in. :D
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:11 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Highest number of consecutive nights out?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2806
Highest number of consecutive nights out?
This isn't a willy waving contest before anyone starts. Purely out of interest, how many nights have you spent out back to back? ... Think mine is 4, although I recall it feeling like much, much more!
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:05 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone only cook with solid fuel?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5571
Re: Anyone only cook with solid fuel?
I know the type you mean, think there's one laid about here somewhere.
I'm thinking something stupidly light, maybe carried as a backup for whatever else is used. Possibly even use both at the same time, gas / meths etc for brewing or boiling water and solid fuel for simmering ... we'll see
I'm thinking something stupidly light, maybe carried as a backup for whatever else is used. Possibly even use both at the same time, gas / meths etc for brewing or boiling water and solid fuel for simmering ... we'll see
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:18 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: Cambrian Mountains
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8867
Re: Cambrian Mountains
Oh yes, an area that's been called my playground! Loads of options depending how much time you've got. Here's one idea. Park at SN798841 and head west, you should end up at SN758847. Now head north on tarmac until you reach SN768874 where you'll pick up a double track on your right. Follow this unti...
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:54 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Ti frames?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5557
Re: Ti frames?
I did see a comment on the web saying that Ti was fine for something like the TD because Aidan was able to get his repaired. In the back of my mind, I'm wondering if steel would have cracked in the first place?
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tarp configurations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3775
Re: Tarp configurations
@ Bigface ... DNF is right, the groundsheet is formed by folding the tarp. The whole thing is constructed from a single 3m x 3m square tarp ... no cutting or sewing, just folding.
@ DNF ... I'll have a play around with a smaller tarp and see what shapes can be made.
@ DNF ... I'll have a play around with a smaller tarp and see what shapes can be made.
- Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:48 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Food of the Gods
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3116
Re: Food of the Gods
Obviously deluded ^
- Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Backpack wearers ... choice or necessity?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2660
Backpack wearers ... choice or necessity?
Do you choose to wear a backpack in preference to carrying your gear some other way or is it just a matter of using what you have? I noticed that this months WMB has an 'adventure cycling' feature and the only carrying options they mention are backpacks. There's no mention of frame bags, bar harness...
- Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Ti frames?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5557
Ti frames?
Is it just me or does there seem to be an awful lot of Ti frames developing cracks? I never recall Ti stuff cracking in the past. Perhaps it's just the recent upsurge in the number of Ti frames out there ... so as a percentage it's no worse than it ever was. It was reading about Aidans cracking whil...
- Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Tarp configurations
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3775
Re: Tarp configurations
I tend to take a pole with me. Don't always use it but it does give you lots of options. Here's a 3m x 3m DD tarp set up with a single pole. You end up covered on 3 sides plus you get a built in groundsheet ... you can also 'drop' the nose of the tarp for extra protection when the weather turns prop...