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- Fri Feb 16, 2024 1:08 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 495
- Views: 22190
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Not as exciting as Reg's recent exploits but I did go on the correct day :wink: Another school-night bivi, I sleep as well (if not better) on the bivis as I do at home so no issue with going to work the next day. I left home just after 8 which even after all these times still feels a little bit naug...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 495
- Views: 22190
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Excellent work there Reg
The rain Gods may often be against you but the other deities seem to be on your side, like the God of being offered dry places to sleep and the God of unexpected breakfasts.
The rain Gods may often be against you but the other deities seem to be on your side, like the God of being offered dry places to sleep and the God of unexpected breakfasts.
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 1:53 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 1790
Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
Yet, if we'd like to save the planet, then eradicating the human race as quickly as possible would likely provide the best outcome. You've hit the nail on the head there Stu. I've said to my friends that my only hope is that we manage to make ourselves extinct before we damage the planet so much th...
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 1790
Re: Who'd have thunk it, an interesting article on Road.cc?
I once described a uk event that had a rule about 'no fly and having to use public transport' to get to the start as tokenism. This upset some on here who I assume know the organisers. My point was that myself (and I'm sure others too) live where the public transport links make it a pain to get to t...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Woods Rat Run
- Replies: 14
- Views: 832
Re: Woods Rat Run
I'm not local (Isle of Wight) but I can see it from Freshwater... which isn't much help. East of the pier there is a cliff-top road which I remember as being quiet but west of the pier it was much harder to pick my way through as the roads don't really align. I ended up on the main road going past t...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:06 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Woods Rat Run
- Replies: 14
- Views: 832
Re: Woods Rat Run
When I rode it early morning there was a 50mph headwind blasting sand into my face! Just ride round with your brakes on and tip some fine sand into your jersey to recreate the affectgodivatrailrider wrote: ↑Mon Feb 05, 2024 8:17 am I've done a rework inland , skirting the conurbation. Flippin shame though
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:09 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 495
- Views: 22190
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 4:37 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 495
- Views: 22190
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
My feet were really cold, so I put on my big winter Sealskins over the big socks I was already wearing, this didn't really improve matters. I've been trying to think what my favourite bit of kit for camping is for the other thread and you've helped me choose. I'd say it's my down sleeping socks/boo...
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 1:54 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 495
- Views: 22190
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 4:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Have tarps lost their popularity?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1724
Re: Have tarps lost their popularity?
Is it that there was a group of people who 'endured' tarps for the weight saving and now that tents have closed the gap they have switched?
If it's forecast to be dry I'll even forgo the tarp and use just a bivi bag or even the hammock these days... but I'm one of the 'weirdos on here'
If it's forecast to be dry I'll even forgo the tarp and use just a bivi bag or even the hammock these days... but I'm one of the 'weirdos on here'
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 9:42 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 495
- Views: 22190
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Nice work Jimmy, I got out last Thursday for exactly the same reasons. Given it's been raining here on and off since Saturday and has been torrential + storm force winds on occasions I made the right choice! Everyone who's yet to get a score on the board should pick the next night with a half reason...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Woods Rat Run
- Replies: 14
- Views: 832
Re: Woods Rat Run
I rode the seafront on the outward leg of this but avoided it on the way back, might be of help picking a way around.
https://www.strava.com/activities/2218045898
https://www.strava.com/activities/2218045898
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 1:47 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 495
- Views: 22190
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
It's a section of Parkhurst forest which is 395 hectares in area and the second largest forest on the Isle of Wight after Brighstone Forest - full disclosure - wiki helped with than bit :lol: It's on the 'wrong' side of the forest away from the car park, seemingly forgotten about for timber harvesti...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 495
- Views: 22190
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
You know you're not like normal people when you think to yourself 'better get my bivi in whilst the cold weather is still here' :lol: It looks like it's going to be warm and wet again down here next week and a busy weekend schedule means a school-night bivi. I put my thermometer outside on the recyc...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 4:42 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Woods Rat Run
- Replies: 14
- Views: 832
Re: Woods Rat Run
The route looks like it goes along Bourmouth promenade, there are restrictions to cycling there in July/August. https://www.bcpcouncil.gov.uk/leisure-culture-and-local-heritage/beaches-and-quays/cycling-skating-skateboarding-and-use-of-escooters-on-the-seafront Having ridden along there on a Saturda...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The magic roundabout ...
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1574
Re: The magic roundabout ...
It's more flat bar, and I'm leaning towards drops. Can't help with the rest of the question but I've just discovered these https://ritcheylogic.com/bike/handlebars/comp-corralitos-handlebar Described as drop bars for bikes not designed for drops. Biggest issue seems to be finding any for sale, I'd ...
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 10:47 am
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 495
- Views: 22190
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
That's pretty epic! I can't top that ride, that's quite a high benchmark. Fortunately you set quite a low bar for bivi spots so I'll aim for less impressive rides but better bivi locations.
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 10:49 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How much grief can I expect?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 2100
Re: How much grief can I expect?
I think in reality, they probably don't break much more than other vans, but there are loads of them and you know how people love it when then the popular kid has a break down. I thought that when I was buying my Caddy and everyone said the injectors would fail.... first breakdown was driving it ba...
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 7:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone ride exclusively singlespeed?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 927
Re: Anyine ride exclusively singlespeed?
Pretty much. I did take a geared bike to Jenride but mainly as I wanted suspension* and it's more sociable if riding with geared riders, although as Karl pointed out as I was generally climbing out of the saddle in a big gear, why did I bother having gears :lol: Did the big tour with Mike this year ...
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 4:47 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Tour de France 2023: Injuries, disaster bivies, failure to complete the ride - a great time all round
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1902
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 1:55 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2023.
- Replies: 1037
- Views: 196959
Re: Bivvy a month 2023.
I might get the chance to go out again in December but for now here's a placeholder - usual backup plan - Mum's woodland. Plus I had s few new bits of kit I wanted to try out. Left home after dinner Saturday after a busy day. Luckily my kit is organised enough that I can get it all sorted and packed...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 1:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 3971
- Views: 498691
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Blower is a Sprintex. They've unusual in that they're not a lobed Roots type but a 'twin screw'. This makes them much more efficient but they're very expensive to produce hence you rarely see them this side of Top Fuel. Used to see them on Rover V8 powered comp safari racers back in the day* * This...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 4:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 - 2024
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10694
Re: HT550 - 2024
Escape Goat is in
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:12 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Let's have a photo comp. VOTE NOW
- Replies: 43
- Views: 29086
Re: Let's have a photo comp;.
3/ Ideally it'll be a picture taken during 2023 ... but I'll not be going checking. This was taken last year but after the closing date for last years comp so that must be ok? otherwise there's a period when any photos taken can't ever be in the comp? South Wales Winter Bivi 22 https://live.staticf...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 9:39 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Winter Hammocking
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8352
Re: Winter Hammocking
The first thing I'd look at would be the cinched ends of the UQ: not an easy thing to get right especially if you are on your own. They want to be just snug enough to pull the material up against the hammock but not too snug. If there's a gap then it feels like there's a draught and you get Cold Bu...