Another vote for the Decathlon pack (although mine is a different design to the one in the link, possibly an older model as I've had it for a while). Tiny when packed, big enough opened up and very cheap.

^ thanks but it's just an 'imho/immo*'. *In my moderate experience. Don't forget the reason that 1 of the 3 Ti frames I've owned cracked is probably due to my design :oops: I thought I'd accounted for 'it' and it passed testing, but still... Yeah but that's what makes the insight so much more fasci...

I have the opposite problem with my ti salsa, the frame has a brushed/matt finish and the straps from my frame bag polish the ti. I've heard that non-stick scouring pads used lightly can be used to restore matt finish but I've not tried it. Odd, that's one of the things I really like about my Ti Fa...

I have a ti Sonder Camino. I bought it because I had an alu version of the same bike which I loved and rode a lot and I wanted to upgrade (mainly just out of curiosity as I'd never owned a ti bike before but it was the bike I rode the most and it was also my most budget bike which I thought didn't m...

When you get some coffee beans, you can try the coffee, honey and cheese thing. It sounds very odd, but it's delicious. Cut a strong cheese into approximately 1cm cubes (strong cheddar or parmesan work well) and skewer them on a cocktail stick. Dip the cheese in honey and top it off with a coffee b...

My coffee grinder arrived today, it looks to be quite decent quality although it has ceramic burrs which I believe is a give away as to it's budget heritage. I've just ordered some beans to grind in it, what have you lot done to me?

On a slightly more positive note, I've heard the term "fly camping" used on the radio a couple of times recently to describe these idiots so at least a differentiation is starting to be made between them and us in some parts of the media.

Toying with the idea too now, what grinder did you go for? I just google searched "best cheap coffee grinder" and read a few reviews and went for a Hario Skerton which is cheap and got decent reviews. It's a shot in the dark as I basically know nothing about them though (other than what I...

Thanks to this thread I've just bought a coffee grinder (mostly for use at home not while bikepacking).

I'd love to take credit Shaf but I genuinely think the brakes saved me today. I suppose all the years of riding off road with bikes sliding about underneath you does help a little bit when you get out of shape on the road but my overwhelming feeling was that I'd been lucky not that I'd been super sk...

htrider wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:58 pm Tsk, always be able to stop safely in the distance you can see...

No, you're absolutely correct. My fault.

Having adjusted my TRPs yet again today I’m definitely ditching mechanicals. That sounds like a close call Jurassic! Just skid marks on the road hopefully! It's not like things like this happen every day but boy I'm glad I had those brakes today. You know when you're in a crash (car, bike, motorbik...

Coincidentally my GRX brakes saved me from a certain crash today. I was riding down a singletrack tarmac lane on my way back from a gravel ride loop and came round a downhill corner to find a stationary transit van and car trying to get past each other and completely blocking the road (there was no ...

I've mostly been a tea drinker all my life but I do enjoy a "real" coffee now and again and I used Percol coffee bags when bikepacking and found them acceptable (certainly better than instant coffee). About six months ago I treated myself to an Aeropress and have now become a bit of a coff...

GRX are impressive. Lever shape is a big improvement and its the levers, rather than the calipers where all the good stuff happens. Different pivot point also makes braking from the hoods feel better. I used to have to get on the drops to get enough power to brake hard on my old cable set up. With ...

I was in a similar situation quite recently when I upgraded from an alu gravel bike to a ti build and carried my Spyres over. To be honest I always liked the Spyres and found them to be decent to use and maintain but I felt that the new ti frame warranted an upgrade to hydraulic brakes. I looked at ...

Three new BB jerseys of different types. All three are a great fit and design, thanks Stu.

I think you need to decide whether your priority lies on having a roadie set up that"ll work off-road okay or the other way round. I started off with a compact road chainset on my gravel bike and now have a 2x mountain bike chainset with tiny granny ring. My reasoning for this is that if you st...

SportPursuit have some Terra Nova stuff. Perhaps nothing too exciting but who am I to say what you find exciting? I am not buying from anywhere that requires me to have a membership. That's just silly. I thought the same thing but eventually relented and have bought a lot of stuff from them since a...

Pickers wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:49 am

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 10:39 am A strange envelope with a bit of sticky tape folding the end over...

And one of those arrived here as well!

Well this is exciting news, I may have to postpone my morning bike ride so as not to miss any potential deliveries!

I think the bag would need to be quite low for the light bracket to clear it. Here's the bracket on my bike anyway. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50170158556_c734bc23af_c.jpg IMG_20200730_160528790 by Jurassic690 , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50170159076_da5f613d4e_c.jpg IMG_...

Thanks, I have some Ritchey venturemax bars which also have very limited 'land' to mount stuff. I wondered if that mount might let the light 'see' over the top of a handlebar bag? I think it'd depend on your bar bag set up. I must admit when I fitted the light mount it did strike me that it might b...

A stem mount for my new Exposure light. Reassuringly expensive like the light! :roll: Interesting, which one? The one that bolts onto the front of the stem with replacement bolts. I have two of the normal Exposure handlebar mounts but my gravel bike now has weird riser drops on (Genetic Driser 16s)...

A stem mount for my new Exposure light. Reassuringly expensive like the light!

I'd love a medium for my wife and a large for myself if it's possible (it's such a cool design)? Name is Chris Wheeler. Thanks.