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by thenorthwind
Fri Mar 01, 2024 4:54 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

RIP wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:26 pm It amuses me that people frequently denigrate 'environmental' initiatives. What? You don't want better air and water quality? More pleasant living spaces? Streets where kids can play like we used to? etc etc.
Brings to mind:
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by thenorthwind
Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:42 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

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by thenorthwind
Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:49 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn
Replies: 101
Views: 2732

Re: Proposed Wind Farm near Glaslyn

I love how this thread is full of reasoned argument and polite disagreement between people with wildly different views... Except one person who compared it to the other place and flounced out :lol: oh the irony
by thenorthwind
Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:59 pm
Forum: MYOG
Topic: Massive top tube bag
Replies: 6
Views: 338

Re: Massive top tube bag

Looks great! :-bd

I've not got a rotary cutter, but may well try one - the cutting out bit takes a lot more time than you think.
by thenorthwind
Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:49 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19375

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

Reported previously, but raided the SD card from my now defunct phone for this photo from last weekend's pre-Jennride bivvy:

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by thenorthwind
Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:08 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Recommend me a decent stills camera
Replies: 18
Views: 704

Re: Recommend me a decent stills camera

Re. old lenses, I liked the idea that I could use some of my old Pentax lenses on an inexpensive M4/3 adapter, since my previous camera was a Pentax dSLR - in fact the main reason I bought into the Pentax system. But in reality, I rarely use them. The light weight and bulk of the modern M4/3 lenses ...
by thenorthwind
Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:06 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Recommend me a decent stills camera
Replies: 18
Views: 704

Re: Recommend me a decent stills camera

Just to provide one experience... I've got an Olympus M4/3 mirrorless (E-M10 MK3) which I've been very happy with - probably 4 or 5 years old now. It, or a similar, newer model probably meets most of your spec: Useable manual focus Depends on the lens focus ring to an extent, but the focus peaking i...
by thenorthwind
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:42 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Flttingford bothy
Replies: 16
Views: 606

Re: Flttingford bothy

Cheers for the info 👍🏻
by thenorthwind
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:40 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: High mount bottle cage?
Replies: 10
Views: 305

Re: High mount bottle cage?

samwise wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:12 pm Widefoot jist released their new StoutCage....

https://widefoot.com/product/stoutcage/
Does it hold a can of Guinness?
by thenorthwind
Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:24 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: An interesting bikerafting route up in the Highlands
Replies: 11
Views: 297

Re: An interesting bikerafting route up in the Highlands

:-bd
That looks well researched and generally great.
by thenorthwind
Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:26 am
Forum: MYOG
Topic: Frame bag number 2
Replies: 8
Views: 369

Re: Frame bag number 2

trob6 wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:43 am Looks good Dave, is that the bike you will use on The Tor Divide?
Cheers Tim. Most likely, yeah, though I'll probably change my mind back and forth a few times in the week before :lol:
by thenorthwind
Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:35 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Winter Jennride
Replies: 59
Views: 7120

Re: Winter Jennride

I was in an orange jacket with a Kendal CC logo on the back. Should be asking on the WJ thread, but was it you riding with Jamie Hyppy? Moving conversation from the BAM thread: Nah, I rode solo. I saw Jamie early on in Ambleside then in the ODG in the evening, but not Sunday. Ah, so maybe it was yo...
by thenorthwind
Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:07 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Winter Jennride
Replies: 59
Views: 7120

Re: Winter Jennride

I was in an orange jacket with a Kendal CC logo on the back. Should be asking on the WJ thread, but was it you riding with Jamie Hyppy? Moving conversation from the BAM thread: Nah, I rode solo. I saw Jamie early on in Ambleside then in the ODG in the evening, but not Sunday. Ah, so maybe it was yo...
by thenorthwind
Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:04 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19375

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

fatbikephil wrote: Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:26 pm slightly iffy bivvy
A Biffy?

Not to be confused with a Biffa, which most people would probably consider more than slightly iffy, though maybe not Reg.
by thenorthwind
Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:10 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Tubeless question
Replies: 11
Views: 342

Re: Tubeless question

I've used a few sets of the cheap Joe's branded valves off CRC/Wiggle. They're brass rather than aluminium and work as well as, or better, than any others I've used. Won't match your rims though, presumably. I prefer Gorilla tape to Tesa tape, but that's a personal thing. Always used Stan's because ...
by thenorthwind
Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:30 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you reading now?
Replies: 398
Views: 42234

Re: What are you reading now?

Cairngorm John Wrote by a chap from a chap from caingorm mountain rescue. Quite an insight to the runnings of mountain rescue from day to day stuff to how they operate out on the hill. Fascinating reading especially some of the rescues, really is an eye opener and plenty of lessons can be learnt fr...
by thenorthwind
Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:04 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Which chain lube?
Replies: 13
Views: 597

Re: Which chain lube?

Alpinum wrote: Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:49 am Worst of all lubes is any of MucOff's liquids. You'd be better off rubbing your chain with an old rancid salami.
Admittedly I've not tried rancid salami, but I don't doubt you'd be right.
by thenorthwind
Mon Feb 19, 2024 1:01 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Which chain lube?
Replies: 13
Views: 597

Re: Which chain lube?

I try not to, ahem, wax lyrical about it too much, but I'm a big fan of hot wax. I put a freshly waxed chain on before this weekend's winter Jennride and even after a pretty solid 48 hours of rain, fords and mud of all varieties, it was still running fairly smoothly. Previously used Putoline but cur...
by thenorthwind
Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:29 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
Replies: 405
Views: 19375

Re: Bivvy a Month 2024

February done here too - pre-Jennride bivvy near Kentmere with Andy. Probably no photographic evidence because my phone's currently in a bowl of rice: that probably tells it's own story :shock: Well done Bob and Cath for heading back out after the pub... It was hard enough going back to an already e...
by thenorthwind
Sun Feb 18, 2024 10:20 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What are you reading now?
Replies: 398
Views: 42234

Re: What are you reading now?

Interested to hear what you make of the coffee books. I've flicked through The World Atlas of Coffee in a couple of (clearly the better sort of :wink: ) coffee shops, and it was interesting, but perhaps not enough for me to go and seek out a copy. I like the sound of the other two though. I'm glad ...
by thenorthwind
Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:59 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Technique for Packing a Handlebar Roll
Replies: 5
Views: 243

Re: Technique for Packing a Handlebar Roll

Thanks all. I was thinking I needed the compression sack for the sleeping bag at least to keep it compact, but even doing away with that and stuffing it around mat and poles/tyvek is filling the space better. With all the stuff pictured above in and squashed, there was still room for top-to-toe bas...
by thenorthwind
Fri Feb 16, 2024 4:57 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Winter Jennride
Replies: 59
Views: 7120

Re: Winter Jennride

It's my fault, I got excited about spring and packed the fun bike due to needing less carrying capacity, and even put my "summer" wheels on :shock: (well-worn Rocket Ron for the long road bits). Bloody lovely here in the north east today. Shame I've spent most of it in the garage fettling ...
by thenorthwind
Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:58 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Technique for Packing a Handlebar Roll
Replies: 5
Views: 243

Re: Technique for Packing a Handlebar Roll

Yup, do away with the individual stuff sacks and let stuff fill the space better, will make a big difference. Put more rigid things in first, like a rolled up sleeping mat, then stuff softer things like sleeping bags in around them. If you need to separate things with dry bags, it can be helpful to ...
by thenorthwind
Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:51 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3943
Views: 482378

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Spring vibes with the mild weather. I know it's the first of many false springs, but the slightly longer days and higher sun have been making it feel less like the dead of winter for a couple if weeks now, even though it's been largely grey and wet. Leisurely packing for a couple of nights out :grin...