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by TheBrownDog
Wed Sep 26, 2018 6:31 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2018.
Replies: 634
Views: 148839

Re: Bivvy a month 2018.

Maybe next time take a go-pro so we can view action shots of the actual bivvy
Reg-Cam :-bd :-bd This must be done.
by TheBrownDog
Wed Sep 26, 2018 1:20 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2018.
Replies: 634
Views: 148839

Re: Bivvy a month 2018.

Reg seriously, you are cementing legend status with that kip in an old hen house. I love using disused buildings. Nice one mate. As for me, I headed out rather late last night - just after 830pm as I was faffing about like a tool. Rode a gentle 15 or so miles to a spot in Weadon Hill woods that I'd ...
by TheBrownDog
Tue Sep 25, 2018 7:53 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Orlieb seat pack
Replies: 0
Views: 685

Orlieb seat pack

Bought on a whim when overcome by the need for retail therapy. Used only half a dozen times, and mostly by people I lent it to. Here's a pic of it fitted on a ride out in March last year. It's very sturdy, very stable and the bungy straps on the top are very useful. Its best feature is the air bleed...
by TheBrownDog
Tue Sep 25, 2018 3:01 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: On One Fatty fat bike £400
Replies: 14
Views: 4393

Re: On One Fatty fat bike £400

There's a Facebook group for Fatty owners you could stick it on if not already there.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/357651711288428/
by TheBrownDog
Tue Sep 25, 2018 6:26 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yet another damn fire
Replies: 49
Views: 8391

Re: Yet another damn fire

Bearbonesnorm wrote:If you love the IoW, do you want people scaring it or potentially setting parts of it on fire?
No, of course not. T'was said with t'tongue in t'cheek. Only place for a fire is a fireplace.
by TheBrownDog
Mon Sep 24, 2018 6:32 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yet another damn fire
Replies: 49
Views: 8391

Re: Yet another damn fire

And he poked a spider and rode through a herd of cows. Doesn't he know how scary spiders are, or that cows, after ticks, are the most dangerous animals in Britain? Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaark!!! Apart from the gratuitous camp fire idiocy (it's not like it was cold either) I really enjoyed the video, and his ...
by TheBrownDog
Sun Sep 23, 2018 10:49 am
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Another Winter Bivvy :)
Replies: 218
Views: 35430

Re: Another Winter Bivvy :)

BaM tramping in West Cumbria, Workington Ah, Workington - the place of my birth. Reg, do pop into the Workington Workingman's Club on Station Road. My mother was a barmaid in there in the mid 1960s. I visited in 2002. Just for a second. I still have the smell in my nostrils ............... Actually...
by TheBrownDog
Sat Sep 22, 2018 9:28 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2018.
Replies: 634
Views: 148839

Re: Bivvy a month 2018.

Just bailed tonight. :oops: Too wet. Too windy. Too close to home to bother. Will get Sept BAM during the week.
by TheBrownDog
Thu Sep 20, 2018 6:11 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Another Winter Bivvy :)
Replies: 218
Views: 35430

Re: Another Winter Bivvy :)

Reg, mate, trust me on this, you will tie yourself in a big old bow trying to sort out dinner orders if you do it on here. However, if the concept of self-flagellation floats yer boat, I'll be going with: STARTERS: Wild Mushroom Risotto with Parsnip Crisps and Walnut Oil MAINS: Roast Salop Turkey, P...
by TheBrownDog
Thu Sep 20, 2018 6:02 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Forget packrating.
Replies: 6
Views: 1742

Re: Forget packrating.

Nope nope nope nope nope nope ...
by TheBrownDog
Tue Sep 18, 2018 10:13 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Hammockers, who's tried the klymit hammock V pa
Replies: 3
Views: 681

Hammockers, who's tried the klymit hammock V pa

I've no idea how long it's been around, but I've not seen it before and I quite like the idea of it, if not the size and weight. Online reviews say it works better with a double layered hammock, which it would, yes.

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by TheBrownDog
Fri Sep 14, 2018 7:52 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: On One Fatty fat bike £400
Replies: 14
Views: 4393

Re: On One Fatty fat bike

I'd split that if I were you. Jones Bars? You'll get a million pounds for them. Not from me, of course, I think they're the Devils work, but would part with £100 for the wheels and tyres. Just saying ..... Edit: WHAAAAADAMINTUTE ..... what are those bars? Jones are all sweepy and they're angular but...
by TheBrownDog
Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:48 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Fly fishing Verdon Gorge
Replies: 1
Views: 1091

Re: Fly fishing Verdon Gorge

Lovin' it. Double down on the fun, Nice
by TheBrownDog
Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:29 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: need a good compact powerbank?
Replies: 18
Views: 3253

Re: need a good compact powerbank?

Looks like you've already pulled the trigger. I've used a few over the years Tony and most have lasted just a few months, fizzing out if they get wet or not taking much of a charge after 20 or 30 cycles. Ive settled on this one, the FosPower PowerActive charger thingy. It will recharge an iPhone fro...
by TheBrownDog
Sun Sep 09, 2018 7:17 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Another Winter Bivvy :)
Replies: 218
Views: 35430

Re: Another Winter Bivvy :)

Mbnut wrote:Popped this in my diary... Will confirm asap.
Nige if you need a lift lemme know
by TheBrownDog
Fri Sep 07, 2018 9:33 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yet another damn fire
Replies: 49
Views: 8391

Re: Yet another damn fire

Reg. You're gibbering. You. Need. A. Caravan. Admit it, and move on. It won't make you less of a bikepacker, a camper, or a man .......
by TheBrownDog
Fri Sep 07, 2018 7:09 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yet another damn fire
Replies: 49
Views: 8391

Re: Yet another damn fire

RIP wrote:"tenting palace" - what's one of those then I wonder? I'd quite like to try one. Purely for informational purposes.
Reg mate, you're welcome to borrow mine anytime you like ...


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by TheBrownDog
Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:04 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Get ready for adventure with cycling weekly.
Replies: 12
Views: 2509

Re: Get ready for adventure with cycling weekly.

Do you reckon my tweed trousers who be acceptable? Neve worn them bikepacking, but I once did a century in them (matched with a tweed coat and cap) round Regents Park in that there London on a fixie in the pissing rain. T'was horrid and I don't wear trousers much anymore. That's a tight pair of shor...
by TheBrownDog
Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:57 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yet another damn fire
Replies: 49
Views: 8391

Re: Yet another damn fire

Frankly the more the mainstream media publish stuff like this the less I have to explain to people when I tell them I sleep in the woods. No one I know who straps stuff to their bike does so because they read something in the Telegraph, so bring it on. Bikepacking is a fusion of mountain biking, cyc...
by TheBrownDog
Mon Sep 03, 2018 8:34 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Another Winter Bivvy :)
Replies: 218
Views: 35430

Re: Another Winter Bivvy :)

I'm in. It'll be cold eh?
by TheBrownDog
Sun Sep 02, 2018 7:47 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Do I need a bigger one?
Replies: 21
Views: 2528

Re: Do I need a bigger one?

Late in here. As above, 20mm bigger on the rear won't make much difference - Ive got 160mm on the back of all my bikes and it's plenty, as the front end does most of the braking. But 203mm on the front will make a big difference, especially if you've got 160mm there at the moment.
by TheBrownDog
Fri Aug 31, 2018 9:27 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: PSA:Mike Hall inquest fundraising
Replies: 3
Views: 1357

Re: PSA:Mike Hall inquest fundraising

Thanks for posting. Mike was a genuine hero and his death was an unspeakable tragedy. He deserves justice and the people he left behind deserve the support of those among us who admired him.
by TheBrownDog
Fri Aug 31, 2018 8:20 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2018.
Replies: 634
Views: 148839

Re: Bivvy a month 2018.

There's something quite satisfying in pulling off a stealthy semi-urban bivi as Tim found in Richmond Park.
Well, it's better than sticking your head in a pot of boiling chip fat, but I do crave something more adventurous. Long Mynd winter bivvy perhaps (cat out of the bag ...... ) :lol:
by TheBrownDog
Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:57 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Who's bailed?
Replies: 31
Views: 4914

Re: Who's bailed?

Jesus Gairy, you're blurring the lines between bikepacking and cycle touring with that kind of talk. Dangerous radical thinking there. Keep doing it. Anyone who thinks it matters needs to develop a sense of perspective ... or just feck off. I try to get out twice a month, manage once if Im lucky, an...
by TheBrownDog
Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:30 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Waterproof Overtrousers
Replies: 24
Views: 4075

Re: Waterproof Overtrousers

Once again Im voting for a pair of army goretex trousers cut down to 3/4s. Cheap, very light, totally waterproof and last forever. Mine are now six years old and I cant fault them.