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.

. You can't see it from the track which is uphill of what that shot is looking at plus it's a pretty fast bit of track so unless you had an idea of where it was you'd probably zip past any path leading to it without noticing it. Well I saw it from the track in 2018. Went down for a look at it, deci...

Dick Phillips?

RIP wrote: ↑Thu Feb 04, 2021 11:02 am. There and back by sea - none of that easy aeroplanes malarkey.

Ah, yeah, the Smyril Line ferry?
I flew from Glasgow, but always fancied going by boat from Shetland.

I'll get the rest of them scanned and put up on flickr sometime soon hopefully and will stick a link on here. The observant may have noticed that one of my rear panniers ended up being carried hung on my handlebars. This was because my rear rack broke down near the bottom of one leg and my emergency...

Some photos from my 1991 trip to Iceland https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50905817791_c1dc2ab88b_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50905112508_a1f371cab9_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50905813111_874ce66104_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50905113723_3da57edd62_b.jpg...

I cycled across Iceland (south to north, Sprengisandur route) in August 1991, then took a bus from Myvatn to Hofn and cycled from there back to Keflavik, all done in a two week holiday from work.
Fantastic trip, great country, always meant to go back but not made it yet.

mattpage wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 4:26 pm I prefer not to have a pillow, so I'm quite happy they are not included.

Same here.
Haven't slept using a pillow for the past 40 years, either at home or camping.

Cool Tool.
Been using mine for nearly 30 years and it still comes in handy on a regular basis.
An updated version would be a great idea.

These look like the exact same lights, but from Planet X, on sale just now.
https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/LIJOCANO/ ... able-light

You can't 're-proof' Goretex, the 'waterproofness' is in the ptfe membrane.
All you can do is keep it clean and keep applying DWR treatment to improve beading, but it rarely lasts more than a couple of rainy days before it needs done again.

The Adventure Syndicate (Lee Craigie and Jenny Graham, etc) film of their cargo bike ride from Edinburgh to Copenhagen in 4 days last New Year. £5 to view. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/resolutionrace They also have a packrafting trip film coming out but the trailer is on vimeo now https://vimeo.com/47...

Decathlon. Think they're in the Forclaz range. Available with whimsy travel adventure slogans too but they're subtle. Really good for the money - used one for a week straight in S France with just a few rinses in rivers or fountains. Edit - it's the one Woodsmith linked to :-bd A few rinses in a we...

, bearing in mind there are no working vaccines for any coronavirus.... Most coronaviruses cause minimal disease therefore there is limited imperative to develop a vaccine. MERS has a high fatality rate but does not transmit easily and the case numbers are relatively very low so again limited imper...

Listened to first one today, not too bad.

Ground Effect Storm Trooper
https://www.groundeffect.co.nz/products ... ing-jacket

Are these 'carbon' handlebar extenders not just actually plastic with a carbon fibre pattern printed on them?

This looks like an accident waiting to happen.

I would add some strong attachment points to the backpack to allow the bike to be strapped onto the backpack so the whole combo could be carried on your back

Fitted a Rohloff to my Surly ECR from new and have about 8000 miles on it with zero problems. Just did 2500 miles around Scotland and all I did was adjust the chain twice.. You shouldn't need to adjust your chain twice in 2500 miles, probably shouldn't need to adjust it at all in that distance. You...

To me, one of the advantages of bikepacking gear is that is kept well clear of the wheels and the potential to snag on vegetation on rough narrow tracks, so putting stuff on the fork legs seems to be a bad idea (might as well use panniers).

Spinnaker repair tape?
Not used it on tents but works well on clothes like pertex, etc, and air mats with a layer of seamgrip smeared over it to seal it.

Not a bar end shifter per se, but you can fit the standard Rohloff twist shifter to a bar end using a Hubbub adapter or a similar homemade adapter. https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/gear-spares/hubbub-drop-bar-adaptor-mount-for-twistgrip-73-mm/ I've had the Hubbub adapter on my touring bike with Rohloff f...