Meh.

An overnighter will usually be one ride. Multi-day will be multiple single-day rides,usually.

I think I'm inclined to "restart" a ride once I've had a decent night's sleep/wash/feed.

Worth keeping an eye on Planet X sales around xmas/NY for stupidly good deals in their sales. I know I'm not the only rider of this parish that's picked up a Titus Fireline frame off there for a hefty discount. It's a lovely bit of metal to ride. edit - and as if by magic... https://www.planetx.co.u...

Think my XLite's 5 years old now. It's probably the only piece of my kit that's been on every single one of my bikepacking/hiking/whatever trips over that period.

Light, compact and always seems to be warm enough (in a British winter at least).

The Therm-a-rest NeoAir XLite

Good lathering of antiseptic hand sanitiser before you set off and at a couple of intervals through the day.

or

Spare pair of gloves.

or

Just don't give a hoot what people think about your glove smell. Like anyone cares about that.

That's such a lovely idea Dave. pm/email me some details mate.

psling wrote:The only time I get to see my girlfriend is when her partner is away pursuing the great outdoors...

The look that Guy Pierce gives at the end of the film . err Vigo Mortenssen? Nope, he's *spoiler* by then. It's deffo Guy Pearce. Strikes me that if I was under a tarp in the p1ssing rain in the darkness probably the last thing I'd want to be reading would be about someone else sitting under a tarp...

I've converted a couple of old bikes without putting a great deal of science into it - bought the front ring, played about with the rear mech and it was fine in both cases. Both Shimano, one XLS and one XT but I wouldn't think the Deore will fare any worse. Worst case you'll need to put a drive-side...

Nordisk down slippers, £19.95. The perfect bothy attire. https://rockrun.com/products/nordisk-mos-down-slippers?utm_source=Rock+%2B+Run+Newsletter&utm_campaign=f09da693a0-bestsellers-171117&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_aab826b63c-f09da693a0-155796925&mc_cid=f09da693a0&mc_eid=648f...

slackman99 wrote:Kettle also appears to allow you to post onto social media when it's done boiling?!!! Make for some interesting Facebook updates :)

EXACTLY! Thanks for pointing this out, slackman99. How many of you losers have your kettle integrated to Twitter?

Going to grab a wifi kettle on Amazon hopefully this year. Had no idea this ^ was a thing but having looked, it really is a thing. Here's a list of benefits as claimed by iKettle ... Save time and remote boil from anywhere in the house Set wake up alarms and gain an extra 5 minutes in bed Arrive ho...

Mbnut wrote:At last... I have managed to enter a BB event.

Time will tell if that is something I'll regret.

:-l

Nice one Nige, will be good to see you.

Friday night at The Star then yeah?

The Decathlon one's decent. Some good ones on ebay from Hong Kong too.

Based on the absolute state mine's been in a few times after bivvys it's definitely worth having one to keep your bag/quilt clean.

Asda's doing some cheap tellies I think.

Going to grab a wifi kettle on Amazon hopefully this year.

Worth noting the new 2018 Deore stuff includes a wide range 10spd cassette now 11-42 is £35 delivered http://www.highonbikes.com/shimano-deore-hg500-10-speed-mtb-cassette.html 435g (if that matters) Edit: (Sorry just worked out you're looking at 11spd stuff, sorry as you were) :-bd This is relevant...

Only the actual orifice.

Just a sheepskin loincloth and a liberal coating of goose fat to each leg usually does me. This also helps to mitigate any risk of chafing between my thighs and my suede saddle cover. It's important to keep your "engine" warm too so I always have a Thermos full of piping hot Heinz tomato s...

Cheers. It's a familiar story.

I'm on the cusp as I've frequently only one client at once and I'm just billing for hours. Had contracts etc looked over and I'm pretty sure I pass all the tests but it's still a concern.

Can you elaborate on how they were found to be inside IR35 Dave, without going into specifics?

Get some proper advice on it Matt. If you fck it up it will literally cost you thousands of not tens of thousands. The HMRC have been aggressive in pursuing a lot of cases. It largely boils down to your contract/terms of work - does it clearly define you as a contractor (there are a number of "...

Hope the weather is as good as last year. Agreed. :-bd If I recall correctly the saturday started like this: https://i.imgur.com/HC1m5Pi.jpg then it started raining which got progressively harder over the course of about 8 hours, bouncing down by 6pm (which necessitated a hefty pub stop in Llanuwch...

I've had a pair of MW700's for the last two winters. Lovely boots, keep your feet proper dry and toasty warm, but the sole's split from the upper on one. Haven't worn them that much either. Been out today in summer shoes, went knee deep in a stream, then couldn't move my toes when I got back to the ...

slarge wrote:Looks like the beginnings of a gimp suit.....

Or the final piece of the jigsaw for the gimping bikepacker...

I'm a big fan of the Nobby Nic for the front.

Bit of chat in here: http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB ... 15#p133915

Still out of stock at CRC. Might be worth asking around.

what you have to take into account is that you are actually taller when you lay down as the angle of your feet point forward at a 45 degree angle,im 190cm stood upright and 210 laid down on my back :mrgreen: Is that the same for women? I was told all women were the same size lay down. I believe som...