Oil change 101, full 25ml of flush in, cycle through all the gears for a few mins with longer periods spent in the direct drive gears, ...... .......For the record I am the Rohloff mechanic at SJS/Thorn. Interesting, how does your method of cycling through all gears with longer periods in direct dr...

Malt loaf, yes.
Malt whisky, no.

Some Alpkit tents on sale just now, including the Aeronaut 1 down to £149.99
https://alpkit.com/collections/tents

It's great that they are providing more space for bikes etc, but the actual design of the racks is pretty strange, impractical, and an ineffficient use of the space.

I have the Alpkit Drop Bear bag which I got for my Confucius bars but have now put Geoff bars on and the bag still fits fine, in fact there is a bit more space now.

Looks similar to the Velogical rim dynamo that has been around for a few years.
http://www.velogical-engineering.com/ve ... -efficient

Corsica.
Best cycling destination I've ever been to for mixture of weather, scenery, food, mountains, forests, coastline, beaches, etc.
Been there four times, and would still go back for more.

I have one of these universal ones from Joe's shop in my toolkit for emergencies: https://www.weirdosonbikes.com/product/emergency-mech-hanger/ Reminds me I need to try it and see if it works on each of my bikes, just in case - better to find out in advance. Not particularly universal if it only wo...

Ok thanks.
But I've often experienced condensation (on al my tents) dripping from the flysheet onto the inner fabric and had it been mesh, I'm sure it would have continued through the mesh and down onto my sleeping bag.
Not to mention that mesh lets the draughts through and reduces warmth.

From the Alpkit website photos it looks like the roof of the inner is mesh, is that correct?
This puts me off it as it would mean condensation dripping through the mesh onto sleeping bag etc..
It also seems an odd choice given that mesh is generally heavier than normal inner tent fabric.

Bike touring over the channel, the holiday for the average man.. or was. I think that 120 a day fund is for visa >90 days without accommodation though, average man doesn't get that much time off anyway. Nope, that page is where you end up if you say you are staying for less than 90 days. And the 'a...

More concerning than the staying with friends and family thing is the requrement to be able to show funds covering 120€ per day if you are not staying in pre-booked accommodation. So if you want to go for a three week camping tour you need to have €2520 in your bank account, even though you might on...

What about staying with Warmshowers/Couchsurfing/Homecamper hosts etc?

Also, there have been plenty Aussies, Kiwis, Americans, etc, cycle touring in France for years, how have they been managing?

What pressure does the air beam get inflated to?
Presumably only a few psi?

I picked up these https://www.therange.co.uk/technology-and-appliances/music-and-audio/headphones-and-earphones/black-wireless-sports-pods/ in The Range recently, didn't really expect much from them at a tenner, but they are actually remarkably good. Battery life is much better than many more expens...

Had occasional knee issues all my cycling life (past 30 years),usually mild tendonitis or patella tracking syndrome, that cleared up with a short period of rest and some exercises. I had a bad phase of knee problems (tendonitis, and/or plica syndrome, and/or patella tracking syndrome, it was never q...

If at all possible it is worth seeing a decent physio, preferably a sports oriented one. They can do a lot more than just give you exercises, i.e. ultrasound treatment, laser, ems.
Failing that, kinesiology tape can help. Google for application techniques, can be a bit trial and error though.

Print your own? Waterslide decal paper for inkjet printers e.g. https://www.craftastik.co.uk/clear-white-a4-inkjet-water-slide-decal-paper/ Just bought some myself from Amazon but not used it yet. Several videos on youtube showing the process. Basically you print your design either on clear or white...

Very similar to the Vango F10 Hydrogen tents but a third of the price. The Vangos also use schrader valves. Interesting thought, would it be feasible to use the air in your tyres to inflate the tent beam at night with some kind of interconnector, then vice versa in the morning? Obviously some toppin...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:51 pm Do they have a breather of some sort? Could water contamination be condensation if a breather were blocked (assuming there is one).

Rohloffs breathe through the axle I believe.

Doesn't help that we can't buy stuff from a lot of the European retailers anymore.

Not cheap but you could possibly mount standard bar end shifters with friction mode to these mounts https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/gear-spares/paul-mountain-thumbies-bar-end-gear-lever-shifter-mounts-318-mm-band-on-shimano-version-black/ But shifting across an 11 speed cassette in friction mode would m...

I've had a Frontier for nearly 3 years now. Very good bike. I got the mk1 verison with suspension fork and 27.5+ wheels/tyres with 2.8" tyres. Used it for three weeks bikepacking in Scotland in 2018, plus various shorter trips since. Recently got a set of 29er wheels for it as well and have bee...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 12:44 pm What is the world coming to. I've just seen the makers of Weetabix offer up cold baked beans on top of weetabix as a serving suggestion for breakfast. What is going on? Is it the fault of lockdown?

How do you know they're cold?
There's no indication in the photo I've seen that they are cold.

I'd think it would be too flexible for that purpose.