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- Tue Mar 10, 2020 7:53 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD - Thomson 100mm 0deg, silver
- Replies: 2
- Views: 842
Re: WTD - Thomson 100mm 0deg, silver
Got a black one and some tin foil
- Sun Mar 08, 2020 10:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Why On Earth Can't I Eject My GPS 64 From Mac?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2376
Re: Why On Earth Can't I Eject My GPS 64 From Mac?
Had an instance of this earlier this evening; wouldn’t eject disc as it was “in use”. All apps were closed, but I opened up Activity Monitor and found Preview was running in the background. Quit that process, and bingo - disc ejected.
- Sun Mar 08, 2020 2:24 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Thule Thruride 565 bike carriers x3
- Replies: 0
- Views: 607
Thule Thruride 565 bike carriers x3
I’ve got three of these roof bar mounted racks for sale: https://www.thule.com/en-gb/bike-rack/roof-bike-racks/thule-thruride-_-565000 “Fork-mount bike rack designed to fit thru-axles without extra adapters.” 2 are brand new, unused but no longer in original packaging. £100 each + Hermes carriage at...
- Sat Mar 07, 2020 8:01 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What you done t' your bike today
- Replies: 1521
- Views: 247234
Re: What you done t' your bike today
Some long overdue love for the commuter; new cranks and BB, WI Freewheel strip down and regrease, new brake shoes, repair damaged wire on the dynamo. Reassembled the fat bike after Rovaniemi. Singlespeed next (new brakes to fit), then build up the other fat bike. Because one fat bike isn’t enough :w...
- Sat Mar 07, 2020 11:20 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Why On Earth Can't I Eject My GPS 64 From Mac?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2376
Re: Why On Earth Can't I Eject My GPS 64 From Mac?
When I connect my garmin, my Mac sees two drives; GPS and SD card, which is usually called “no name”. I eject both before disconnecting the device.
I have corrupted a card before now not ejecting properly. It doesn’t exactly take long to do.
I have corrupted a card before now not ejecting properly. It doesn’t exactly take long to do.
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The commoditisation of..... bikepacking... discuss
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1746
Re: The commoditisation of..... bikepacking... discuss
As illustrated by 317 pages on the postman’s been thread (vs 118 pages of bargain alerts)Bikepacking may only be another revenue stream for some corporate knober, but really what did we expect? There’s money to be made and who can blame them for taking advantage of a ready market?
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 1:22 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: International book day
- Replies: 51
- Views: 8603
Re: International book day
Aye, reading to kids is good fun when you can do a variety of accents. David Walliams books are particularly well written in that respect, as I find myself able to drop into a different regional accent for each character quite easily.
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:27 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: International book day
- Replies: 51
- Views: 8603
Re: International book day
How Did We Get Into This Mess? by George Monbiot. Shocking, thought provoking and depressing in equal measure. The Herald’s review says it far better than I could - ‘Controversial, clear but always rigorously argued, HDWGITM? assesses the state we are now in: the devastation of the natural world, t...
- Fri Mar 06, 2020 11:20 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: International book day
- Replies: 51
- Views: 8603
Re: International book day
Bruce Dickinson’s autobiography Got that here, look fwd to starting it. Good? Sorry but I hated it. It's not the best biography I've ever read, for sure. I've nearly finished it, and would say the first half is better than the second. I thought the account of his childhood was interesting, and funn...
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:10 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Even cheaper than Lidl.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2287
Re: Even cheaper than Lidl.
Pity it means giving money to Planet X.. :roll: Is Shady Dave still involved in the company? I might be willing to reconsider my boycott if I know he is no longer likely to benefit. There’s a David Loughran listed as Chief Exec on companies house: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/06535324...
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 11:06 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: International book day
- Replies: 51
- Views: 8603
Re: International book day
Got three on the go, depending on mood;
The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd
Bruce Dickinson’s autobiography
A book on dry stone walling
The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd
Bruce Dickinson’s autobiography
A book on dry stone walling
- Wed Mar 04, 2020 7:12 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Rovaniemi 300 Write Up & Video
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6065
Re: Rovaniemi 300 Write Up & Video
And you’d think I’d have been the fastest on that section, but that accolade goes to Sam Walsh. So it wasn’t entirely about tyresNow you know how most of us felt (on the HAB section of BB200/300) when we saw your fat tyre tracks where we were walking.
- Wed Mar 04, 2020 6:55 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Rovaniemi 300 Write Up & Video
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6065
Re: Rovaniemi 300 Write Up & Video
Steering dampers - check out hopey.org
ITI - Iditarod Trail Invitational. Race across Alaska, 350 and 1000 mile route options.
ITI - Iditarod Trail Invitational. Race across Alaska, 350 and 1000 mile route options.
- Wed Mar 04, 2020 5:15 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Rovaniemi 300 Write Up & Video
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6065
Re: Rovaniemi 300 Write Up & Video
Thanks for linking that article, Bob. This... What this means is that even when you manage to float atop it, your tires can't really get good traction because the snow isn't sticking to itself. There's nothing for the tires to hook into, because the snow just moves out of the way. Think critically a...
- Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:54 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11421
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Re: The post man's been ...
A StrapDeck and a stem plate for some beta testing from drj0n.
Got some ideas for a super lightweight setup.
Got some ideas for a super lightweight setup.
- Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:00 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Rovaniemi 300 Write Up & Video
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6065
Re: Rovaniemi 300 Write Up & Video
ITI next? Don't know. Maybe, but not immediately. You're right, Bob, about the level of concentration required. I'd forgotten that detail for the purposes of the write up, but when you said it, it came back to me. After my spill over the bars (in the video), it's implied by my "no margin for er...
- Tue Mar 03, 2020 2:25 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Rovaniemi 300 Write Up & Video
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6065
Re: Rovaniemi 300 Write Up & Video
Thanks chaps
And here's the video: https://wildcat.cc/blogs/news/rovaniemi-300-film
I made it just long enough for a cup of tea & a biscuit
And here's the video: https://wildcat.cc/blogs/news/rovaniemi-300-film
I made it just long enough for a cup of tea & a biscuit
- Mon Mar 02, 2020 11:33 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Rovaniemi 300 Write Up & Video
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6065
Rovaniemi 300 Write Up & Video
Finally wrapped some words around my completion of the Rovaniemi 300. I figured the words were better coming before the video, as they tell the most complete story.
The video will be along later this week, so stay tuned. In the meantime, enjoy
https://wildcat.cc/blogs/news/rovaniemi-300
The video will be along later this week, so stay tuned. In the meantime, enjoy
https://wildcat.cc/blogs/news/rovaniemi-300
- Sat Feb 29, 2020 6:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The story behind your BB name (and whats your usual form of address)
- Replies: 206
- Views: 30393
Re: The story behind your BB name (and whats your usual form of address)
I lacked the imagination to use anything other than my real name. It was my Mum’s choice originally, and I think she thought it wouldn’t get shortened, but it did. At school, and latterly in Wales (but nowhere else, strangely), people would call me “E”. Great thread though; two revelations for me: 1...
- Sat Feb 22, 2020 3:56 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: ROVANIEMI 300
- Replies: 54
- Views: 8607
Re: ROVANIEMI 300
I’ve just posted a little teaser trailer to the Wildcat Facebook and Instagram feeds.
Link here: https://www.instagram.com/p/B833aa7Fvdr/
Link here: https://www.instagram.com/p/B833aa7Fvdr/
- Thu Feb 20, 2020 6:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: ROVANIEMI 300
- Replies: 54
- Views: 8607
Re: ROVANIEMI 300
Yes, Hans Coolen and Magdalena Paschke finished 17 hours ago, but not on the results page yet.
- Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:37 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2020.
- Replies: 923
- Views: 129777
Re: Bivvy a month 2020.
Believe it or not, I’ve never completed this. However, after very sporadic Bivvy activities the past few years, I’ve ticked Jan and Feb so far; Jan: some birch woodland in Glen Avon, just south of Tomintoul Feb: 2x laavu’s on the Rovaniemi 300. As is typical for me, no photos as I typically arrive w...
- Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:39 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: ROVANIEMI 300
- Replies: 54
- Views: 8607
Re: ROVANIEMI 300
Nice one Ian and looking forward to the video I’ve taken some cues from your film making, but without the swearing as my two young kids will want to watch it. Also, came into town for some food. Browsed the menu, read the descriptions and ordered an Ilmari. As soon as the plate arrived, I thought I...
- Mon Feb 17, 2020 6:35 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: ROVANIEMI 300
- Replies: 54
- Views: 8607
Re: ROVANIEMI 300
Similar amount of pushing to the 2015 BB200Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:16 pm Well done Ian - I couldn't think of owt worse to do on a bike
- Mon Feb 17, 2020 3:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: ROVANIEMI 300
- Replies: 54
- Views: 8607
Re: ROVANIEMI 300
Chuff me, that was hard!
Headlines; 2 days 6 hours 7 mins. 3rd place. More than half the field DNF’d due to the conditions.
Longer version: you’ll have to wait a bit, but I kept a video diary so you can see first hand the gradual deterioration of self as the race evolves.
Headlines; 2 days 6 hours 7 mins. 3rd place. More than half the field DNF’d due to the conditions.
Longer version: you’ll have to wait a bit, but I kept a video diary so you can see first hand the gradual deterioration of self as the race evolves.