Excellent!
Been thinking of getting Alpkit framebags for my two's bikes now they've both swapped onto a bigger bike.
Anyone tried the Alpkit kids sleeping bags?
Should be getting them out properly this spring/summer now they are both old enough for shorter trips :) :)

Don't ask yourself why after half an hour and sick bag on hand at the finish line? ;) EDIT - maybe your not planning on racing Sundays? Mate rides a Cotic X http://www.cotic.co.uk/product/x which looks good - don't think he runs discs (he tells me you shouldn't be braking anyway!) - not sure of cost...

Brilliant Chew... both days looks great for catching a bit of moorland bivi action and some close up TdF too. Yorkshires a bit new to me for riding so your local knowledge is a winner, but sounds like you're dead right with the rough area. We'll have to keep it quiet or the entire tifosi will be the...

I'm still up for this... will have a look at the routes and likely routes/sites although I reckon you'd have much better local knowledge Matt.
Ione - might be bringing my two as well depending on distance etc. so we could let them all loose on the others :)

Ian - cheers for that - I saw you were out on drop bars and narrow tyres... would have loved to see a photo of your bike next to the fat bike Slugwash posted a pic of!

29er here (didn't make the weekend) and a Revelate Harness... either a long, slimmer dry bag or (my favourite with a tent) is an Alpkit Escape pod http://www.alpkit.com/shop/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16574&category_id=250 .... The straps around the bag mean you can really squish the...

Cheers Dan... I'll have a look here too at some point this week. Thanks for trying and posting up in the first instance.

Looks great and really sorry to miss this this year. Might be down later in the week for crack at my planned route... was it really icy on the roads 'cos it looks like it might get that was this week? Thanks for the photos - look's like some fantastic skies all weekend. Cheers, Mark

Right... I'll have to give this a go this year. Just missed the El'an Back due to work constraints but might have a go at my planned route later this week. How were the tracks? Has it got icy under wheel yet?
If I manage this I'll 2/2 so some catching up to do here! Cheers, Mark

I'll have a look on Monday for you and see if there are any more. Will let you know...

Nice one - commendation for services above and beyond duly noted!!

Dan... IF you have one spare there I'll take that off you (not sure if you got dibs on all 7). Cheers - no worries if I'm a bit late to the game. Ta, Mark EDIT: just totted up the 7. 'You snooze, you loose!' :) :) Will have a look in the local one and see if they've done the same reduction - thanks ...

Hi YM.. not spoken to the OH yet but sometime next week or the week after.... weather Wed/Thursday looks good at present. But might be the week after - I can be pretty flexible with days once away from work here. Weather dependant and some company might be nice - not race pace mind
Cheers, Mark

Yetiman... the track SW of Tarrenhendre summit was used in the WRT a couple of years ago (here for a video https://vimeo.com/32699863 of ascent and descent from 2.15). Final push/carry followed by a soggy ride down/along. I've missed this weekend too due to work dragging on but might be out later ne...

'yer tis....

http://veevr.com/videos/jcJg2csn

Don't shoot the messenger......

by slugwash on Thu Jan 10, 2013 3:52 pm Right, I've now got two of the three maps in front of me so I'll start marking the GRs and plotting the northerly section of the route. Hopefully, Jim, who has the OS200 map, will get to work on the Elan end this evening. Rich... I can't make this weekend due...

On sale in the UK too... sometimes this forum can make for expensive reading
http://www.bikefix.co.uk/shop/index.php ... _id=47#a27

These any good to you.... http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/WPS ... dium=email

I've been enjoying a bit of this http://nicksadventurepage.wordpress.com/ this evening.... not sure if it's been done before on here but make's for a good read

Gairy, up in Brittany/Normandie in summer... hopefully taking the boys (5 and 7) for a bike/camping trip on the Nantes/Brest canal for a few days but your link points to some great easy offroad opportunities too in the area we're staying so I can introduce the lads to some nice French VTT. Might be ...

Gairy,
Cheers for that link - that will be really useful on holiday next year in France! I was looking for somehting like that last year and drew a blank - loads of good routes on there.
Cheers, Mark

Matt,
Small fee for registration of full version but shareware with limited track sizes at http://www.gpsu.co.uk/ GPS Utility
HTH

johnnystorm wrote:Oh, and I've plotted a route today with my mate. 106k all in. Sounds like a good distance. I've had a brief look at the grid refs but I have no clue on the local trails (except ripping off what we rode on the BB200 so who knows what sort of random route I'll come up with. My mates...

I really liked the fact that the GRs helped in discovering the good local riding in an area I wasn't familiar with previously. Kind of got me out of any comfort zone and felt like a 'treasure' hunt of good riding. I liked the laid back 'challenge' nature of the thing - a re-introduction of something...

Hi Matt, Kevin's right - I have a 3 litre that I really like - 'wing' pockets are great for secure storage of stuff (wallets, cameras etc.) and the net pockets make great rubbish bins for food wrappers. On mine there is a large sleeve pocket down the whole sack that takes a full 2 - 3 litre Camelbak...

Looks like a great trip Ray - nice bothy.
Don't know that area at all but looks properly remote :)
Little bit of hike-a-bile too for added fun.
Cheers