Ray Young, Did you see this in the 'WRT 2012 - open!' thread??? (link below) http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=474 I'm in, coming down from Scotland for it. Couldn't get any mates interested :( could be the answer to your travel woes??? i realise i may be sticking my n...

here you go:

http://www.outdoorgear4u.co.uk/category ... g-2011.php

as i've said elsewhere - so far i'm really impressed with this bag!

and.....if anything mine packs a little smaller than stated.

A frame bag can make a really big difference as you can keep quite a bit of weight centred ... which regardless of what I've just said can never be a bad thing that's good to hear as i recently placed my order for a wildcat gear 'leopard' full frame bag. The worst handling I've experienced (besides...

howdy, assuming a 'normal' amount of bikepacking kit (not crazy minimal nor overly burdened) and with the aim of minimising the impact on bike handling - how do you guys distribute the weight of your kit throughout the bike??? it seems that a lot of people carry more on their bars than i had planned...

the postman (woman actually) came this morning and delivered to me my shiny new meths stove (hand-crafted by s8tannorm) and silnylon tarp!!! i can't believe how well made or light it is - thanks so much fella! i'll post some pics of it in use when the weather improves a bit (it's -14 today and our w...

holy crap - it's beautiful!

i felt like a nerd when i started a simple spreadsheet to list/organise my kit but now i just feel inferior.

thanks!

now i'm gonna have to break out the excel books and see what i can come up with.....

the website says: "This filter does not remove dissolved solids, including chemicals and heavy metals." in my opinion Giardia ain't all that! in the UK i only ever really worry about industrial and agricultural contaminants (i.e. chemicals and heavy metals). we lived in Malawi for a year r...

There's only 2 black badges in circulation yeah.....the one thing i can usually do is keep going (at a snails pace) until i get where i need to go. to date - the furthest i've ridden in one go is 130km and the longest i've ridden in one go is 10 hours. bugger! i'm hoping that my upcoming 'training'...

s8tannorm wrote:You'll be fine, you can ride for 20 hours at race pace ... right? ;)

i can do neither!

hmmmm.....

maaaaan, why now just after i've bought all my new kit?????

that rab kit looks mighty tempting!

OMG!!! you seen how much train fares are :shock:. Gonna have to persuade a mate with a car that this would be a fun thing to do :twisted: . or.....find someone who's coming from somewhere close-ish to you (i.e. up north) who can give you a lift and then find a cheap(er) train to near them (or enrou...

Dyffers wrote:No such thing as bad weather, just the wrong kit.

agreed.

but.....i have very much the wrong kit for -18

that sleeping bag is mental - it's not even that heavy for what it can do (although possibly out of my price-range).

here's the weather where we are for the next 10 days:



i might not be sleeping out much until things warm up a little!

Gairym has just bought a Vango Venom 300 for about £60-70, might be worth asking him what he thinks of it. I think it's in the 'guidance on night temperature' thread. i've only spent one night out in it so far and it was toasty warm! the conditions were: - between 0 and 2 degrees the night i tested...

Sept may not work too well for me, but I'd be up for a PB trip if by chance it falls right I'm back in blighty in late-April/early-May and so if anyone was interested in doing something then (PBW or something/somewhere else) then I'd be well up for a ride with some of you fine folks (I need as many...

99percentchimp wrote:For the avoidance of doubt I meant as an extension to the groundsheet not as a substitute for Stu's excellent tarp.

it's all good!

I find using a short cage mech' can make quite a positive difference. dumb question but is there any difference with the mechs other than the actual length of the cage??? i ask as it's sometimes difficult to find an 2nd hand short-cage XT mech but i could buy a used XT mech (long-cage) and then a c...

thanks guys - lots to think about.

money-wise i'm thinking that i'll convert to 1x9 first and then (once the heat on my recent bike-spending dies down a bit) i'll convert it to a 69er.

should be fun!

s8tannorm wrote:Gairy ... how about £35 ?

done. sent by paypal a few minutes ago.

99percentchimp wrote:a good very light weight alternative is....

cheers for that - i'll take a look.

ok.....i'll take it! i like the minimalist look of it set-up like that (and it's half the weight of my existing tarp). if i find from testing that i really need more ground-sheet coverage then i can always just pack a little scrap of tarp for my feet - no? so.....how shall we do this? do you have a ...

Evening, I've got (as my 2nd/back-up mountain bike) an On-one Inbred which is currently set-up as a single-speed (using an old rear mech as a chain tensioner). But.....whilst I really enjoyed riding single-speed in the UK i'm now living in the Ardeche mountains and the single-speed is waaaaay too li...

cheers - just let me know.

stuart, do you think this tarp would be suitable for me??? it'd need to fit me in it (i'm 6'2"), be able to be supported by nothing but pegs and being strung to/from parts of my bike and, ideally, perform some kind of ground-sheet service. i wasn't going to bother looking for a new tarp but thi...

i'm hoping you'll excuse my ignorance of all things 29er/69er related but.....could someone list the benefits for me???

i keep seeing and reading about 'em but know nothing about the pros/cons and so any enlightenment would be welcome!

cheers, gairy.

cool - what is it?

seriously though - what's it called? who makes it? how much does it weigh? how much is it? etc...