From a couple of weeks back biking along the Walner Scar Road

how was it?

yeah go on then tell me how it rides

sorry, 26X4" fat bike tyre up front, 29xnormal rear tyre

like this -

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o312 ... G_3911.jpg

Anyone tried it? for general trail riding and bikepacking?

Looks like you need a 29er rear wheel to make it work so I'd be into a new bike anyway...

The descent into Peebles is called Gypsy Glen, I managed to hit 27mph down there with all my bikepaking gear on before common sense kicked in

What's the Minch Moor bothy like Ray? It's another option for the December Gala, we would ofcourse arrive by a very roundabout route

thanks, will have a look at home later, cant access flickr from here

Looks like a nice trip Ray. Do you have a gpx file of where you went at all?

yeah they aint exactly chunky more just normal

the hole is off centre in the grip too placing more of the padding against your palm

ESI chunky here too, very nice I recently switched to mary bars on my rigid bike to and they seem much better for my wrists than the easton ea70 that I had on it before...I have had to put up with lots of shopping basket and mary poppins slagging though Also 2.4 ardent front tyre (26" on mine) ...

should be fine :)

I'd rather drink my own piss than instant coffee :twisted: I'm gonna try the cowboy method as I've never found a bag that makes a coffee anywhere near strong enough to make it drinkable and not sure I can be bothered to carry anything extra. Usually just stick to Earl grey (or sunshine grey or lady ...

sounds good, though I can't do the weekend of the 27-28/10 as I am down south

Hello! I'm in Outer Melrose. Good to see more Border folk.

What route you doing Ray?

this could finally tempt me off of gas!

ideal pot size?

how easy is it to blow out?

spd pedals are actually perfect bottle openers, have done this many times :)

leggings 122g
long sleeve top with zip 160g

both mediumish

no worries will do when i get home and post up tonight

I got some of these and a matching top when in sportsdirect the other day

http://www.sportsdirect.com/campri-ther ... ens-402068

not tried them yet but they were cheap and weigh almost nothing

I really like the 2.4 ardent on the front at a nice low pressure 23psi ish, hums a bit on the road but when it comes to mud it's night and day better than a 2.25 ardent It's a pretty big volume tyre btw However, even the folding version is 815g, the wire one must be so heavy things will go into orbi...

It's a tenor so a fair bit ...wonders if it will fit in my alpkit gourdon 20...

"money into my account today but now Alpkit closes their order book for frame bags" this kept happening to me, sold some bits and bobs and was gonna order a bag but couldn't and ended up buying a waterproof instead then sold some more stuff and before I could get an alpkit order placed I g...

and Gourdon 20s

I've pretty much decided that with a few small change overs in equipment my 853 Inbred does pretty much anything rather well, even with 26" wheels. It's played at long travel hardtail with beefy wheels and 130mm forks (I now have a Kona Dawg for playing) goes bikepacking with faster tyres, rigi...

Longs in August? Weirdo pervert