^ Well looks like the BBB women have put the blokes to shame here then - well ahead of the curve, or at least on the curve!

Same here next, but like you B I shall wait until the scrapman beckons... wasteful binning something that still (just about) works...

In some instances, it would appear that the 'culprit' would actually be much better served by rack and panniers. I couldn't agree more. You see some bike with bags absolutely everywhere yet they are road or gravel riding. They must be highly disciplined at packing as well, either that or they spend...

I haven't commented on this or part 1 yet, but that's not because I haven't thoroughly enjoyed this, but more because I just don't know what to say. It sums up everything that's great about this place. It's almost enough to make one proud to be British, which is quite an achievement. Lump in throat...

Reg, that's right about the access - as long as you are responsible about what you are doing then you are able to go pretty much anywhere with some exceptions like private residences, growing crops, quarries, etc. It's ideal for your kind of escapades! :YMDAYDREAM: :YMDAYDREAM: :jealous: :smile:

sean_iow wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:56 am

RIP wrote: ↑Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:44 am Forgive my ignorance of things up there, but does the right to camp 'anywhere' also apply to walking/biking then? I get a bit old and confused with the rules.

Oh no, you'll start them all off again on how much better their access rights are than ours

Yes, really excellent that. Although I was expecting some sort of riff on pairs of biking neighbours showing us their well-practised dance-style riding skills :wink: . What's brilliant is how you just let stuff happen, found answers to contrived problems, maybe go left here or maybe right but either...

Dave Barter wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 8:59 pm Reg You can help me proof read it if you want an extra special copy

Yay

Hah!

Yeah, please can I have Barter's tome (signed copy is it? :grin: ).... many thanks.... Do I get secondary commission? Pint? :smile: ps. In the final edit of a new book. Hopefully out in next two months Ooh, goodie! That's TWO new ones from Here to look forward to then. The race is on :grin: .

Say what you like, but the moment the curtains open in a bar in the Philly on a quiet-Tuesday to reveal the titan himself bashing out the hits to a stunned bunch of punters is quite something .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjvzCTqkBDQ&t=295s

Happy to wait if you don't mind the envelope cluttering up your mantelpiece.....

BigdummySteve wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 6:32 pm One bike reg? What about Mr T
Pity the fool who’s embarrassed by gold anodising

Special Ops only

Yeah, please can I have Barter's tome (signed copy is it? ).... many thanks....

Could also do with more SBS stickers meself for new bags plus some ditch ones. Any Sweary Daves left? Don't want the w@nker ones though thanks . SAE incoming.

JoseMcTavish wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 4:29 pm Loved it again, especially the foresight to lug along some waders in order to capture the exact grid ref!

Thanks Jose. I must admit I've had a few things perched on my bars in my time but never a pair of waders .

Yes it does . I did mis-read "wonky" there at first and thought you were insulting my wonderful MYOG .

Dunno why manufacturers can't do their jobs properly in the first place though.

Landslide wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 3:38 pm run every road in my OS grid square

Another good hare-brained lockdown scheme . Both sides of each road? Both sides in both directions?

First made one of these a while ago and posted it up. It's lasted quite a long time but I caught it on something and it pinged off. So I made a new one and took the opportunity of making it larger - it works even better. Bit of plakky milk-bottle cut out and superglued to the the zip fastener. As sa...

Despite have multiple versions of just about everything, I tend to nearly always use the same stuff. It's rarely anything flash and tends to comprise the simple things that just 'work'. That can be anything from a sleeping mat to a stove through to a harness. Things like tools are usually kept in a...

Sean old sparrow, you wanted to see the Ti windshield. Here's the one for the 400ml pot. Weighs 9g. As you can see it's less conical than Stu's probably much better ones :smile: . Note the teeny-weeny 15ml fuel bottle (*). (*) you could probably convert one of those, or a slightly bigger one, into a...

The "two-nighter" setup swaps out the 400ml 75g pot for a 550ml 72g one (lighter!), the 8g stove for a 22g, 13ml 19g of fuel for 36ml 43g, 8g bowl for 15g, 50g porage for 100g, and 10g ovaltine for 20g, total: 317.7g

Right then, might as well put this here as anywhere. Have finally acquired the Ti for my new windshields and some tiny fuel bottles (15ml, 20ml, 30ml, 60ml), so I've rebuilt my "overnighter" and "two-nighter" kitchens. This all stems from buying my new Wildcat seat harness and fr...

thenorthwind wrote: ↑Tue Feb 16, 2021 10:48 pm I was being flippant

Yep, I twigged .

"1 person" isn't quite specific enough unfortunately - head+body coverage, full coverage in drizzle, totally weatherproof? Want to 'live' under it or just kip under it? For totally weatherproof and liveable and super light - Trekkertent cuben 8x10 I reckon. Also doesn't wet out so excellen...

Utter bollocks. Utterly insensitive of the fact that many people can't afford to take holidays abroad too. The normalisation of air travel is pretty crappy also. Well I personally agree with your air travel sentiments but I think one will find that comparable holidays can be a hell of a lot more ex...