I have the pannier rack version

It's great for switching between frames but is heavy, it slipped once loaded asymmetrically but that could be down to not rechecking the tightness of the bolts

Some failures allegedly on carbon frames, I'm fine with it on my steel and alloy frames

Alpkit have an new 900g tent, the Ultra 1.

Looks the same as https://www.sportpursuit.com/catalog/pr ... id/2679553

But with carbon fibre poles

Axle spacing?

Only thing not pictured is the bike storage

Fair enough, but just thought I'd add some balance. I've met Mark and Chipps and they were at neither end of the knobhead>>legend continuum. In my experience one comes across as disengaged and the other definitely occupies one end of that spectrum, he's probably offered to fight as seems his style

cheap

I have something very cheap, XL frame, steel frame and forks, brazings for cable discs, QR, very tatty

and then there’s people defending the group in the comments

Because they do the same

If that means putting wind farms on top of every hill in the country then that's what we have to do. I cycled through what was at the time of construction the largest land based windfarm in England today and it wasn't turning nor were all the other wind farms I saw on the skyline Wind isn't reliabl...

The biomass/wood power stations are particularly bad, as I think they rely heavily on imported fuel from North America. One in Cumbria I am aware of from a few years ago was trying to be reliant on their waste and local short rotation coppiced willow, the willow having significant positive side eff...

I forget exactly but I'm sure it's something like 8000 tonnes of concrete per base.

At 2.4 tonnes per M3 that's a lot of concrete

due to capitalism we want everything cheap Pretty certain the average person in a communist country wants everything cheap as well It's a sad reality that infrastructure projects like wind farms, reservoirs, incinerators, nuclear power stations etc do little for the people who live in the areas tha...

Just saw this as well. Wonder if Alpkit are struggling? They did seem to go all in with Sonder, I wonder if they've been caught out by the great bicycle bubble burst?

Possibly clearing stock and managing cash flow to fund egravel bike stock? It's the mtb's that are on SP

Go on, I'll have it

Let me know how to pay

Old school hexamine solid fuel is quite good and performs well

However it covers the pan in soot (wipe off with a tea bag) and is toxic indoors

The modern solid fuel used by esbit etc doesn't really compare

I was yo-yoing with them on a lot of it, the Dads made some smart decisions on later sections of day one to cut out some of the more "interesting" bits in the woods etc

Good effort and glad to see they did it fund raising for their rugby club

Mebbes one to do at dark O'clock then.... Day or night locals ride it so it's not controversial cheeky, emx, Mx and quad bikes are the big problem, if you ride it you'll spot where they have been as they don't care about the damage Thankfully it's not at all bleak there so the views will make up fo...

On this years BB200, all riders will be required to send in a postcard from the furthest point on route. Nice scenic ones will be encouraged

Have you seen the price of stamps these days?

I've the current route GPX and I didn't see anything that wasn't legal - will be looking closely at the route if I get that far! It's the section off Rochdale Road at Fecit Lane/ Coal Road and the run along the wind turbines. There's a locked gate because it's footpath only. After a short run on th...

what exactly are you getting, in a self supported ITT, that warrants that? Selection of participants Arbiter of rules Some insurance to protect the organisation Timing Film crew with drones, including travel, accommodation, subsistence Website update Organisation accommodation, travel and subsisten...

Not a race but you get "ranked"

Sections that are "cheeky"

But seen as the premier UK backpacking event

No fly, no plastic, fires OK

Olympus XZ-1?

before the GPX feck up/Interesting steep forest singletrack,

I regarded it as a small tribute to BB200, a steep downhill push through the woods along a wall was the gpx route which I followed

Has the axle actually snapped?

The dark part of the fracture was during the ride, caused a bend to the axle, the silver bit is where it pulled apart when I dissembled

Broken on Garburn Pass, then ridden the rest of the way to Dungeon Gill