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- Thu Sep 22, 2022 2:54 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Seat Pack advice please
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2214
Re: Seat Pack advice please
Thanks all for the feedback! I have been informed in clear terms that a classic rack is not an option :wink: I did wonder about putting a small seat pack on top of the Alpkit rail thing or even bending the rail down to form a mini rack so a small seat pack could go on top of it and still be mostly ...
- Thu Sep 22, 2022 10:41 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Seat Pack advice please
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2214
Re: Seat Pack advice please
Salutations Mr Monkey
- Thu Sep 22, 2022 9:33 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Seat Pack advice please
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2214
Re: Seat Pack advice please
Thanks all for the feedback! I have been informed in clear terms that a classic rack is not an option :wink: I did wonder about putting a small seat pack on top of the Alpkit rail thing or even bending the rail down to form a mini rack so a small seat pack could go on top of it and still be mostly b...
- Wed Sep 21, 2022 9:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Seat Pack advice please
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2214
Seat Pack advice please
Hi All My girlfriend has a new bike and would like to use it for bike packing but being a small frame and 29'er wheels there is not a lot of clearance as you can see from the photo. Looking for suggestions for a seat pack that might fit please. Appreciate that it will be pretty small if it fits at a...
- Wed Sep 21, 2022 2:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Point & Shoot Camera for Fat Fingered F...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 430
Re: Point & Shoot Camera for Fat Fingered F...
I have one of these and am very happy with it. Been on many trips, takes pretty good photos and is easy to use. Second hand available within your budget. There is a free phone App you can get that allows you to control the camera remotely from your phone and dead easy to transfer photos from the cam...
- Fri Sep 16, 2022 10:22 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Patagonia - Earth is now our only shareholder.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 647
Re: Patagonia - Earth is now our only shareholder.
Barring a miracle, (electrical generation using nuclear fusion maybe?) I think we are probably screwed. But it's worth pointing out that Yvon Chouinard is one of the good guys, he's been buying areas of Patagonia and making them into protected parks for years. He also lets his employees go surfing ...
- Thu Sep 15, 2022 1:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Riding on Monday?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 5255
Re: Riding on Monday?
Ranting and raving in a woodworkers forum? Surely they're the Vic n Bob Gone Fishing of the craft world. You'd imagine their blood pressures would be at the bottom end of the scale. I can certainly understand your rage Dave, I remember you sharing with us at the time, not nice at all. My own parent...
- Thu Sep 15, 2022 12:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 2022 Photo Comp'.We have a WINNER
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2498
- Thu Sep 15, 2022 10:03 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Riding on Monday?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 5255
Re: Riding on Monday?
I dont see anything brave in what they are doing if this was North Korea ,and it was dear leaders death, would those out wailing be the brave ones or the ones holding up signs? Its ironic you call people "nothing people" whilst telling us you dont like them and then tell us Questioning wh...
- Thu Sep 15, 2022 9:48 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Riding on Monday?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 5255
Re: Riding on Monday?
That letter sums up my feelings (bit of a nothing person tbh). I disagree Dave, I don't know you personally but from looking at your contributions on her you clearly have thoughtful points of view rather than a dogmatic my way or the high way point of view not all of which are going to be universal...
- Thu Sep 15, 2022 9:05 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Riding on Monday?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 5255
Re: Riding on Monday?
I'me enjoying this tread and the opinions/stances taken by the contributors. I don't feel the need to queue to be in the same place as a dead person but fully respect that some people do, and while there will be a load of spurious reasons for doing so I am sure that there are just as many valid pers...
- Wed Aug 24, 2022 1:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Garmin Edges
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2339
Re: Garmin Edges
Just as a follow up, I got impatient and bought an edge 530. Used it twice now with varying success. Spent a while ploughing through various menus to try to set it up like I want it. It's similar to the old edge 200 I have (well a bit) so less difficult than coming from the dakota so this was done ...
- Fri Aug 19, 2022 4:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Now we're deffo hipster - bikepacking with Waitrose!!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 768
- Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536516
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
"Cyclists are having a whale of a time on Liverpool Road because they can do more than 20mph on their bikes and we can't do more than 20mph in a car" Just re-read this bit. Where does she get the idea that cyclists "can" do more than 20mph. Presumably she means to say "allo...
- Fri Jul 08, 2022 9:04 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11458
- Views: 1985146
Re: The post man's been ...
...and delivered 2 very nice T-Shirts!! Result.
- Wed Jul 06, 2022 12:29 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Which side of the track are you?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1786
Re: Which side of the track are you?
Generally considered to be on and/or from the the wrong side of the tracks! Right hander. Usually ride on the right side of a track unless the terrain demands otherwise or there is other traffic and lead with my left foot. (possibly due to an accident to the right knee some years ago)
- Fri Jul 01, 2022 11:27 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Some T shirts ont' shop.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 470
Re: Some T shirts ont' shop.
Ordered, be rude not to!!
- Thu Jun 23, 2022 9:58 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: RWGPS fill in the map challange.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1313
Re: RWGPS fill in the map challange.
Difficult one. I find inspiration reading and following other peoples' rides and routes and enjoy researching my own routes around such information but, equally, I find myself (totally irrationally) annoyed when people expect to just download a route and follow the dots without any of their own inp...
- Tue Jun 14, 2022 11:25 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Garmin Solar
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2053
Re: Garmin Solar
I also think our lust for low price consumer electronics comes back to bite us. The engineering in these devices is astonishing when you look at it in detail. A tiny device that connects to satellites in seconds and performs complex mathematics on the fly… Yet we want to pay around about 2 tanks of...
- Thu May 12, 2022 2:44 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: May Monkey Brain
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2614
Re: May Monkey Brain
Waxing philosophical, contentment is just another word for happiness for the status quo. It’s no less illusory than the endless pursuit of a new joy. It can stem from ignorance or it can stem from apathy just as much as it can stem from genuine acceptance that life is good enough. Is too much conte...
- Wed May 04, 2022 1:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: A WRT on Bromptons.
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3613
Re: A WRT on Bromptons.
Excellent idea brilliantly executed, well done gents!!
- Tue May 03, 2022 11:09 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Thank you ...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1674
Re: Thank you ...
Also a big thanks from me Dee and Stuart, really enjoyed the event as usual and love the tee-shirt!! So nice to meet all the lovely people face to face!!
- Fri Apr 29, 2022 1:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536516
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
...because the bikes on the roof of the car and the bags are in the boot. Stop over with my partner tonight and off to the WRT first thing tomorrow!!!
- Mon Apr 25, 2022 11:02 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536516
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
In my youff spent most of a day in a hot barn on a welding project in shorts and found out you can get sunburn from an arc welder!!Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Apr 22, 2022 8:25 pm No brake bits so the day remained quite cheery ... the only slight hick-up was welding in shorts but it's a unique look.
- Fri Apr 22, 2022 8:37 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536516
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Thu Apr 21, 2022 8:51 amI used to write quite a bit for the custom / classic mage once upon a time ... much in the custom world appears to have changed and not all for the best sadly.Used to enjoy a bit of AWOL and Backstreet Heroes back in the day.