Used to have them on the back of my 26" SS. I liked them (have a few still in the garage looking for a home if you want to try them on the cheap, PM if so). Really fast but little cornering grip on anything damp or loose, to be expected really from a tread like that.

Hello.. ) I wish I'd got a WC Tiger earlier, well recommended. Really good design, adaptable and more secure than the other std stuff-bag type I have. Maybe not the best for a huge load, but it's not the best place for a huge load either.

Useful stuff.. thanks. I do have to get off and walk at times, either SS-defeated or to warm up the feet, it works. I think all the usual things like good base layers, eating well etc I do already (lessons learned from outdoor experience in general). I followed a few tips here and found buffalo / sh...

My frame bag, one of their early / pre-production try-out versions that's looking fresh after around 2000 miles of use and stood up to ham-fistedness that's wrecked a few rucksacs. MyTiMug - one for all, that and a popcan stove is all I use on short trips now. Their drybags also seem to be totally t...

Wet, cold hands/feet can be crippling. I know how bad it can start to get and that nothing can keep you dry indefinitely, but after being particularly badly frozen for most of an 8hr ride this winter and getting a reminder of how fast it can happen when unprepared today, I wonder what good 'in case'...

Need a split/hinged clamp barend shifter mount, single or pair, with or without shifter units, not too fussed. To buy or can swap / PX for some Forge-SJS thumbie mounts in black, BNIB.

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an 'open to offers' bump?

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Dunno what my steel Jones weighs.. it's 'reassuringly sturdy'. But the frame and forks aren't that heavy, 7.3lb. Spec varies and it weighs whatever the total is, I'm used to it and there's no pointless weight on it so I don't care / know. I guess 27lbs or so as a SS, 29lbs with gears at the back? My...

2.5 is big but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I go for the biggest tyres I can if it's relatively firm ground, only going down to 2.2 in the wet. A bigger tyre can be used at a lower pressure for more comfort and lower rolling resistance. Makes more difference n a loaded bike than unloaded. The...

Cereal / oat bars, whatever has lower fat, or flapjack. Soreen. Brown bread jam butties. Eccles cakes. Dried dates. Chocolate raisins. Jelly Babies. In rough order of long>short term energy. Savoury things for 1, 2x a day on a long ride seems to be good. Had cravings for fatty protein on multi-day t...

The highlight of the trip was at 01:30 this morning when I found myself up in a tree in my pants armed with only a headtorch and leatherman as a huge male boar nibbled on my handlebars :) Great post.. I was woken up by a boar in France once, didn't know what it was at first, I moved, something larg...

:) Could be worse Ray.. I went climbing in the Ecrin a few years ago. A simple, straight-forward route took us out of phone reception for a couple of days, as would most in that area. By the time we'd walked back to La Grave my mate's wife had called MR, French local police, the bureau de guides and...

Solo trips and a stressed GF means I'm after one for a ride this summer. Either a hire or S/H, just to see how it works as they're not cheap as a speculative buy.

Anyone got one unused to sell or loan at a fair rate (damaged=replaced of course)?

Thanks
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Terra Nova Moonlight or similar? Something lighter than my Rab Survival zone that's 320g.

james.olsen.remote at hotmail.co.uk, thanks

M985 double 28-40T, 175mm, used for a few 100 miles then went SS on a triple chainset. Some marks to LHS arm but pretty good cond overall. BNIB XTR front mech (top swing double) for it available. Got too much 9-speed kit to make it worth keeping the 10-spd XTR, thought I'd be nice on a road tour/cx ...

Nobby, (edit after post below - RoyAB) I have one of those posts spare, an older model. New postage rates may make it near worthless s/h but I'm not after much for it if it's of use to you. MIP.

Exactly.. especially useful when you notice where the drip fall-lines are forming in the early hours. Ordered a few - it's a good website, loads of handy stuff.

how did I miss that thread on here .. thanks.

Second bivi kit q of the night.. Midges and mosquito avoidance at minimal weight. If you're at risk of being eaten some nights but generally prefer a bivibag and minimal tarp set up, are there any 'midge sack' type products? I'm thinking of a sleeping-bag topper that's just a roomy mesh half-bag but...

Thanks.. they certainly will be )

And I may go for some of those others HUX, just to try the options.

I have 2 lightweight tarps, one uses a line-lock like this - http://www.arrowhead-equipment.com/uploads/6/6/5/1/6651357/9879460.jpg?218?1314328 They're great. I can do the right knots for tarp set up but when tired / cold I like my tarps to go up easily with minimal cases of Mr Tourettes the Tarp Ri...

nice quality 2mm guy cord here-

Thanks for the tip Anthony, just ordered a roll.

Hoses are 1m front, 1.7m rear.

We spec 95cm and 1.6m on 29ers as OE from Shimano so they're a bit longer than stock as pictured here http://www.evanscycles.com/product_imag ... n-bike.jpg

Hi, yes still got them, hoses are whatever stock ones are - I can unpack and check if needed?