Great info, thanks all

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2019 5:50 pm Dont think its this one but lets have it anyway...

https://readymag.com/u16005985/1375842/22/

Thanks for that

time for a coffee and a read me thinks

Hi :-bd Joined a couple of weeks ago and have been reading through the previous posts and absorbing lots of good info and enjoying the bants I've recently bought a bike (2nd hand Genesis Caribou) having not really ridden for over twenty five years, I can feel the pain already and I've only done a c...

Noob question #1 :roll: I'm just getting my kit together for my first foray into bikepacking, I'm okay with the camping gear and clothing but what bike spares/tools do folk think are necessary to carry? Does length or location of trip have any bearing on what you take? I'll be plodding around the UK...

As much as I like good coffee I usually take 3-in-1's, unless I'm in the kayak, canoe or hauling a pulk in the snow then it's too much faff and bulk for me with milk powder and sugar, the little sachets get me through for a bit of warm and wet. Cowboy coffee is the way to go but I like to keep my po...

On a beach? Good effort. Maybe they were some sort of salt-water slug? A sea-slug in fact! Which aren't really slugs though. They can't be 'cos salt kills land slugs. Or maybe the water prevents dehydration. Hmm, this needs further investigation. It was those big black horrible looking things, it w...

I once got well and truly slugged on a beach bivvy near St Abbs, I would’ve thought the sand would put them off but the bag was covered in slime trails the next morning, I may have inhaled a few too but I guess I’ll never know

Oh dear, what have I let myself in for lol

Thanks for the warm welcome folks

Escape Goat wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:34 pm Also, this is what we do at winter:

https://youtu.be/1RvyFtXS8cE

Looks good, until that steep hike-a-bike section, what with my 17kg fatty and a similar load weight on top, I reckon I’ll be blowing

Is there a ski lift nearby?

Hello Shewie... don't forget I'm just down the road from you if evee you planned to start BAM (bivvy a month) and wanted some (non public house veering) company :-bd I also have a few nice routes straight from mine but we could always meet up somewhere mutually close. I'm at Dewsbury :-bd That's go...

That's what the winter event is for. That was my very first event this year. Before then I've only slept by the beach. Its a gentle plod and Waffle talk. Plus beer at the Starr Inn.... It does sound like fun and probably a nice introduction, I'll see how the training goes in the meantime :smile:

Escape Goat wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2019 10:43 am Welcome!!

It was well worth proof reading the forum to check we are not all insane.
... We are.


Hope to see you at the winter event in Jan!!

Thanks for the welcome

I'm not sure I'm quite ready for any events just yet, I'll most likely be plodding along on the granny ring for a while

Hi :-bd Joined a couple of weeks ago and have been reading through the previous posts and absorbing lots of good info and enjoying the bants I've recently bought a bike (2nd hand Genesis Caribou) having not really ridden for over twenty five years, I can feel the pain already and I've only done a co...