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by Trail-rat
Thu Oct 04, 2018 6:18 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Got a friend doing the Rovaniemi 150 in Feb but he has ....
Replies: 10
Views: 2026

Re: Got a friend doing the Rovaniemi 150 in Feb but he has .

What sort of things is he looking for rich ?

What size is he ?
by Trail-rat
Mon Oct 01, 2018 2:08 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Dyno Hub Rotating In Forks
Replies: 9
Views: 2050

Re: Dyno Hub Rotating In Forks

What hub is it . I had this issue with a 15mm sp hub.

Scotroutes also had it iirc.

The fix was to file down the qr adaptor so that the fork legs clamped the hub body rather than onto the adaptor.
by Trail-rat
Sat Sep 29, 2018 7:55 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4931
Views: 1207653

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

Cheers Whitestone.

Mrs t-r will have warm feet at the puffer .... Either buy wearing her wolvhammers or by the fact the temperature will now be +20 because we have a pair of wolvhammers in the van .
by Trail-rat
Fri Sep 28, 2018 2:47 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Surly leaving no trace...
Replies: 8
Views: 2016

Re: Surly leaving no trace...

https://image.ibb.co/bKKqp9/IMG_20161007_WA0000.jpg this is our ute. kona sutra with krampus forks , xtracycle freeradical with a 1/10 deore and sturmey archer 3 speed internal hub. using a bafang bbs motor.... silly oversized battery is gone though using a jumbo shark case now. got bored testing o...
by Trail-rat
Thu Sep 27, 2018 1:59 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Mike Hall's inquest - Guardian report
Replies: 48
Views: 6595

Re: Mike Hall's inquest - Guardian report

there was some arguements about what was said on a post on my facebook and i nearly wrote a post there but CBA with the idiots. but i figured id post it here since your all reasonable and intelligent folks. " Patricia's post is very thought provoking on many levels. Shes right , anger wont brin...
by Trail-rat
Thu Sep 27, 2018 11:27 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Get yourself seen
Replies: 66
Views: 13484

Re: Get yourself seen

i should add , my opinion above is for out of town country roads.

in town blind the fuckers - its fair game its the only way to be sure they have seen you amongst the noise.
by Trail-rat
Thu Sep 27, 2018 10:59 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bikes leaning against random stuff thread.
Replies: 83
Views: 18036

Re: Bikes leaning against random stuff thread.

Image

Mines leaning against the entire world !
by Trail-rat
Thu Sep 27, 2018 10:47 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Get yourself seen
Replies: 66
Views: 13484

Re: Get yourself seen

"I think it may have more to do with the fact that, what looks like a car light is moving in an erratic way (I.e. not like a car) Bit like when you see a big tractor or combine coming towards you, looks like an approaching ufo" as a sometime car driver and also someone who cycles on wards ...
by Trail-rat
Thu Sep 27, 2018 6:57 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Get yourself seen
Replies: 66
Views: 13484

Re: Get yourself seen

I use xt touring pedals and TUV approved beam road lights front and back on my commute. Give them no excuse
by Trail-rat
Wed Sep 26, 2018 10:43 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Get yourself seen
Replies: 66
Views: 13484

Re: Get yourself seen

if their not looking you wont be seen regardless. only time I've been hit by a car i was like an XMAS tree with 3 front lights mixed between flashing and solid on the bike and the helmet ,a fixed and flashing rear lights , high vis builders vest , reflective spoke clip things , reflective tape , ped...
by Trail-rat
Tue Sep 25, 2018 3:37 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Exposure Lights
Replies: 14
Views: 2444

Re: Exposure Lights

"don't imagine it's the case with newer Exposure lights but 'back in the day' with their earlier kit it was necessary to put the lights on charge once a month every month, whether used or not, to keep them 'topped up'. If they were left to drain to empty they wouldn't start charging again (unle...
by Trail-rat
Mon Sep 24, 2018 1:36 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bamboo T shirts ... orders CLOSING tonight.
Replies: 39
Views: 6505

Re: Bamboo T shirts ... order yours now.

looks good that , i like graphics on a Tee rather than big shouty branding

pay day tomorrow. Will get order in then.
by Trail-rat
Sun Sep 23, 2018 8:35 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Sinevave revolution, Igaro or k-lite usb?
Replies: 6
Views: 1575

Re: Sinevave revolution, Igaro or k-lite usb?

Igaro all plugs together as well with waterproof connectors and they do a specific revo cable with the revo plug on one end and a waterproof connector on the other end. The igaro has been designed to live in a bag for latest gen. Only thing id say is get the switch version and have light or charging...
by Trail-rat
Sat Sep 22, 2018 9:57 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Dynamo charging
Replies: 15
Views: 2517

Re: Dynamo charging

My cycle2charge were junk - all three of them.

Killed my gen 1 igaro by running it open circuit and hitting 70kph off the Rockies for extended periods.

Igaro d5 going strong still
by Trail-rat
Sat Sep 22, 2018 9:10 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Midge report
Replies: 13
Views: 2426

Re: Midge report

We leave our van in the carpark by the toilets in braemar often. Never any issues. Doesn't the deeside trail start in banchory though ? Beware the rivers ...they ain't too high( we followed the Dee up to ballater yet looks like normal levels have been resumed on the Dee after a very low summer but i...
by Trail-rat
Fri Sep 21, 2018 2:13 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Wildcat Lion - Additional Drybag Stability?
Replies: 29
Views: 4021

Re: Wildcat Lion - Additional Drybag Stability?

what are you sticking in the bag ? i find that things that have a certain squish work better than hard things so stick my bed roll in - that lets the straps compress the area they are tightened and compressing the stuff in the bag rather than hard stuff . I use Expeds (not ultralight) and alpkit air...
by Trail-rat
Thu Sep 20, 2018 9:26 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Wildcat Lion - Additional Drybag Stability?
Replies: 29
Views: 4021

Re: Wildcat Lion - Additional Drybag Stability?

As do I

The other thing I do is I tie the remaining ends of the straps up so they can't slip through the clips. Ergo cannot come loose.
by Trail-rat
Thu Sep 20, 2018 5:48 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Wildcat Lion - Additional Drybag Stability?
Replies: 29
Views: 4021

Re: Wildcat Lion - Additional Drybag Stability?

I guess your not using the tongue ? Never had an issue with this happening
by Trail-rat
Mon Sep 10, 2018 9:40 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3962
Views: 497721

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

*and I'm too ill to go riding tomorrow because of man flu. *

Must have been something in the water last week in he cairngorms. my mate i started with was laid up all week with the man flu , i felt it trying to come and dosed up on the vits and rest.
by Trail-rat
Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:48 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3962
Views: 497721

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

wont be much riding much this weekend . last weekends ride on a box fresh cambium C13 wasnt clever. It seemed a nice shape and comfy from the box but after 25hrs i could tell it was maybe needing a little breaking in. may Parkrun tomorrow morning before house warming in Forres on sat night before he...
by Trail-rat
Thu Sep 06, 2018 8:41 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Get ready for adventure with cycling weekly.
Replies: 12
Views: 2510

Re: Get ready for adventure with cycling weekly.

I've never understood the need for a cup.

One surely has a water bottle already !
by Trail-rat
Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:20 am
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bottom bracket drag
Replies: 8
Views: 1861

Re: Bottom bracket drag

"Did you make sure you applied grease/copper paste or carbon paste around the interface where the bottom bracket was pressed into the frame??" Number 1 reason most pressfit creak I find. I use loctite after the wife's Praxis on her mamasita kept creaking every 2 months with various grease/...
by Trail-rat
Wed Sep 05, 2018 11:29 am
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: cairngormloop 1st september?
Replies: 47
Views: 9192

Re: cairngormloop 1st september?

That the English bloke on the trek . We met him at fords of Avon. You really can't have been far behind us. I forgot to say. I snapped a chain at the head of feshie. Hadn't changed gear or anything was just riding and it went ping/snap. Didn't have a spare link in my bag. I must have given them all ...
by Trail-rat
Wed Sep 05, 2018 8:57 am
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: cairngormloop 1st september?
Replies: 47
Views: 9192

Re: cairngormloop 1st september?

Inner loops riding as good as your going to get it. The geldie /feshie sections pretty much dry. And through the middles pretty dry too. The downhills are riding sweet and the Derry rollercoaster single-track has been tidied up to repair the wash out damage so you can fly down there. Feshie bridge t...
by Trail-rat
Tue Sep 04, 2018 10:35 am
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: cairngormloop 1st september?
Replies: 47
Views: 9192

Re: cairngormloop 1st september?

A couple of photos . I rode with another guy till Derry Lodge. he decided he had had enough and was heading to Braemar to get the bus which was probably for the best as he was feeling the effects of an ironman a couple weeks ago which meant that any slight effort meant his HR was hitting 160-170BPM ...