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- Thu Dec 15, 2022 8:24 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Zero drop (barefoot) winter insoles?
- Replies: 18
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Re: Zero drop (barefoot) winter insoles?
something like this should work fine - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Knixmax-Insole ... ref=sr_1_5?
- Thu Dec 15, 2022 3:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Layering for cold weather riding
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1171
Re: Layering for cold weather riding
I carry gilets on nearly all my rides, they work really well and pack down small. Normal windproof in normal conditions and then an insulated one when it's cooler. Really liking my OMM Rotor vest. It's the lightest insulated gilet I own, and easily as warm as some of the heavier ones I have I was to...
- Thu Dec 15, 2022 2:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Zero drop (barefoot) winter insoles?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 666
Re: Zero drop (barefoot) winter insoles?
I got some wool felt inners to add a bit of warmth to my boots when I was in Lapland for a week. Wife and kids were in proper Sorels. I was in a pair of Scarpa SLs with the inner and was fine. Including for a good few hours standing still waiting for the northern lights
They were pretty cheap too
They were pretty cheap too
- Fri Dec 09, 2022 10:22 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Rigid MTB tyre size..?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1029
Re: Rigid MTB tyre size..?
I was running a 2.4" on the front of mine, usually a Maxxis HR2 or Ardent. Although I had 2.1" Nanos and they were great But about a year ago I went for a plus wheel/tyre up front. I'd had it for a while and not got around to fitting it. It's a straight swap between both wheels but since p...
- Sat Dec 03, 2022 6:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bamboo Ts are back.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2406
Re: Bamboo Ts are back.
Mine arrived (I think) but it's gone in the Xmas pile as a pressie from the kids
- Wed Nov 30, 2022 11:44 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2022
- Replies: 828
- Views: 222062
Re: Bivvy a month 2022
I bagged my November bivvy on Friday night Combination of work and other stuff on means I haven't ridden much for the last few weeks. I'd planned to do a club ride and then bivvy out afterwards but I didn't have time to sort myself out to leave at the right time so changed plans. Stayed home to watc...
- Sun Nov 27, 2022 7:24 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Suggest a jacket with good discount?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 574
Re: Suggest a jacket with good discount?
It'll still be warm, but weight for weight not as warm as normal non-active insulation
- Sat Nov 26, 2022 11:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Suggest a jacket with good discount?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 574
Re: Suggest a jacket with good discount?
That has active insulation, it's designed to be worn on the move. You want the non active version for static use. Active is not as warm but much more breathable, which is great while in motion but not in camp or stopped
- Thu Nov 10, 2022 2:14 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What do you cook and what on when out bikepacking
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2435
Re: What do you cook and what on when out bikepacking
Ti conducts heat too fast and food sticks to the pan. Sorry to be a pedant, but it's the other way around. It conducts heat poorly, so you get a hotspot where the flame is while the heat doesn't disperse well across the base. So your food tends to burn unlike ally pots where the heat from a narrow ...
- Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What do you cook and what on when out bikepacking
- Replies: 49
- Views: 2435
Re: What do you cook and what on when out bikepacking
Eating is mainly in the pub/cafe. On most trips I'll have a dehydrated meal with me just in case
These days my stove is, at most, used for boiling water for brews or hot water based meals. CBA with anything more complicated. Mainly for the faff and the cleaning up afterwards
These days my stove is, at most, used for boiling water for brews or hot water based meals. CBA with anything more complicated. Mainly for the faff and the cleaning up afterwards
- Wed Nov 09, 2022 2:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11453
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Re: The post man's been ...
Grrr- double post
- Wed Nov 09, 2022 2:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11453
- Views: 1965722
Re: The post man's been ...
Dropped off some XL bike hooks the other. Means I can fit my 29+ tyre/rim into it, which wouldn't play nicely with normal hooks. It's the only part I've purchased for my new bike rack. The rest is made some wood from pallets and some bits I had knocking about. Holds 2 bikes (plus spare wheels) and t...
- Wed Nov 09, 2022 10:54 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: what is a bikepacking bike?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 3050
Re: what is a bikepacking bike?
Ask most on this forum and they'll say any bike you own. Still need to do some bikepacking on my brompton though, have bikepacked on all the others. I think most will default to a rigid 29er but hardtails making up most of the remainder Ask anyone vaguely interested in this area and they'll say an a...
- Fri Nov 04, 2022 11:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11453
- Views: 1965722
Re: The post man's been ...
Another seat post clamp. The bolt up one on my full sus just randomly broke! Very strange, must have been stressed but hadn’t been adjusted in absolutely ages. Was fine when I put it away and not when I went to ride it
- Mon Oct 31, 2022 12:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Box 9 groupset any good
- Replies: 15
- Views: 760
Re: Box 9 groupset any good
Think Allen/Escape Goat is using one of these?
- Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:36 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Zip Repair
- Replies: 8
- Views: 922
Re: Zip Repair
Scottish Mountain Gear are the folks often recommended, although I haven't used them personally
- Wed Oct 26, 2022 9:42 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
- Replies: 983
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Re: New Bike Gear Out And Due Out...
I have one on my cargo bike
I found the wheel flopped when I put it on the centre stand - if there's cargo on the back then the front wheel gets lifted up. I put one of those on and it fixed it, although doesn't work very well if there's heavyish cargo on the front rack
I found the wheel flopped when I put it on the centre stand - if there's cargo on the back then the front wheel gets lifted up. I put one of those on and it fixed it, although doesn't work very well if there's heavyish cargo on the front rack
- Wed Oct 26, 2022 9:38 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Heat retention from "reflective" fabrics.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2217
Re: Heat retention from "reflective" fabrics.
Berghaus also doing this in some of their jackets
The theory is sound, there must be some help in real life, particularly if you can do it with no weight penalty
The theory is sound, there must be some help in real life, particularly if you can do it with no weight penalty
- Tue Oct 25, 2022 10:03 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Dam it!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 731
Re: Dam it!
That is cracker, Verena. Nice work
- Mon Oct 24, 2022 11:11 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2022
- Replies: 828
- Views: 222062
Re: Bivvy a month 2022
Nice work, Sean
I bagged my October bivi at the Chilterns Spring Thing so I'm 10/10 so far
I bagged my October bivi at the Chilterns Spring Thing so I'm 10/10 so far
- Sun Oct 23, 2022 6:40 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Chilterns Spring (sic) Thing
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1490
Re: Chilterns Spring (sic) Thing
This was a cracking little trip. Thanks all for the company and the banter. There was a lot of laughter in the pub :grin: My favourite bit of the trip was the full bore belly laugh the woman outside the cafe let out when she got the answer to her question of where we slept and what in, it was hilari...
- Thu Oct 20, 2022 2:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Ventile - Alpkit Jump the Wagon
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1523
Re: Ventile - Alpkit Jump the Wagon
They've been available from Alpkit from a while now Didn't know Fjallraven did a ventile jacket. G1000, epic cotton or some other naturalish fibre but not ventile. They do have a very expensive smock available I like ventile but don't use it for cycling. As a former bushcrafter I have a double venti...
- Wed Oct 19, 2022 9:24 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: It's a slippery slope.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 687
Re: It's a slippery slope.
When my thermarest neoair pump dies i'll probably get one of these. The neoair pump is actually lighter, incl batteries, that the inflating sack I used to use for it. Plus it's totally faff free, although I usually put a couple of extra breaths in to get it up to pressure
- Thu Oct 13, 2022 9:29 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What powerbank
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1064
Re: What powerbank
My bikepacking powerbank is an Exposure Sixpack. Bought it so I don't need to take a separate powerbank. If it was a longer trip or I think I'm going to use the light a lot, then I'd bring something else. Usually a Nitecore F1 running a single 18650 cell, I then bring as many separate 18650s as I th...
- Wed Oct 12, 2022 11:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What lights?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2189
Re: What lights?
Went out for a night ride earlier. Four riders, bar and helmet lights all exposure.
I’ve had a few lights now and still have a few different ones, but the exposure ones really are good. Excellent mounts too
I’ve had a few lights now and still have a few different ones, but the exposure ones really are good. Excellent mounts too