Do remember we all started somewhere ...... But also remember that certain things should be learnt before you leave the house like - respect. (How much like my grandad do i sound !!!) Leave it as you found it. If you hauled it in,you eat it or haul it back out Tell folk where your going and check in...

Snow hasnt really hit yet , was up there 2 weeks ago trails were riding well , midges still out in force . heading up again this weekend - not to do the CL mind , Me n the Mrs are going on holiday to aviemore , but only driving as far as braemar - doing the geldie/feshie link folowed by feshie singl...

to be fair the SP hubs are pretty bullet proof - you only have to look at the number of them being used on RTW/ PBP/other audaxes an of course a number of folk on here using them for long distance trips. ..... its just the the puffer does seem to just laugh at bearings when your soloing - I've never...

Thats for the clarification on expectations Alan.

That puts a little less pressure on trying to do an ITT at short notice in the next 5 weeks.

Not that it will stop me trying to get it past the fun police !

Yeah im trying to fit in a capital trail between now and nov 28th .... It just moved up the priority list.... I was gonna do it the weekend of the group ride on dec 5th .... No dice. Should have known this sooner , me being dumb , would have done one of the routes of self supporteduk.net instead of ...

Quick one....

What are these qualifying events you speak of? Been out the uk most of this year so not to speed on this.

Do you have to do group starts to or could i do one of them as an ITT to qualify ?

My 50 pence having done it a few times and supported the mrs a couple times Would be maxx d on bars and joy stick on the head with a couple of mtb batteries piggybacks. I had a 3 cell piggyback hooked up to my maxx d and i had 2 joysticks (one borrowed) that i rotated out every few laps and rode the...

Oops , prices on handtec were -vat. Gits.

How ever Bergfreunde.co.uk doing them for 147 inc vat and delivery and have raving reviews for service compared to hand tec.

sorry to be clear it is the 20x and 30x im swithering over.



http://www.gpscompared.net/garmin-etrex-20x-vs-30x/

Handy website for anyone else looking.

seems i missed the barometric altitude.

from what I've read and witnessed it will not charge from usb but it will run direct from usb power. - how ever you probably would be needing a buffer battery in your system if using a dynamo. Also not sure if you need a garmin" on the go" lead like you do with the edges - to stop them goi...

aye , perhaps its just that they have already destroyed the easy targets and are moving onto my favorites as the next easiest to get too..... was impressed at melgarve recently - the estate game keeper checked in at night , had a news - where had i come from where was i going and then the next morni...

oh yes rich i dont disagree with that - bothy trashing dates back to long before any of us were roaming the earth - when they put the once lovely interiors "up the lum" - baring in mind where many of the bothys came from. How ever its becoming quite common nee expected to find a group of d...

ach they are only strangers till you have met them :D

im on the fence with this one. Bothies when i grew up were either - your a member of the MBA and knew about them , word of mouth or blind luck stumbling across them. Often they werent in good shape. Certainly in scotland the bothies of late have been in the best shape ive seen them in years - wind/w...

Zippy The low price of the 20 in your link was probably when they were clearing stocks them out to make way for the 20X model. the 20 and 20x are currently the same price on amazon.... and more so amazon and their resellers dont seem to be very reliable on differentiating between a 20 and a 20x. Can...

bit of rubber and a pair of big jubalee clips.....More solid than a solid thing. bottle stayed in well and was easy to access while doing a skye to montrose coast to coast. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2N3MuffCsaI/Vf22nhPrrMI/AAAAAAAAJRQ/EmBfKIt_TVg/s400-Ic42/CIMG2710.JPG Top tube mounted bott...