Morocco is great friendly cheap interesting have been over christmas a few times and are doing 5 weeks this christmas. fly into marakesh with BA then go south
have a look at farawayvisions.com for some of our previous trips
we can give you some more tips if you're interested
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- Fri Oct 21, 2016 8:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Warm winter riding
- Replies: 5
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- Fri Jul 29, 2016 9:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hand and wrist pain on very long rides - what grips?
- Replies: 15
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Re: Hand and wrist pain on very long rides - what grips?
+2 for a coaching sesh Meraid was thinking of asking
- Mon Jul 04, 2016 7:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bearstock - Thanks
- Replies: 61
- Views: 12829
Re: Bearstock - Thanks
there was already 3 on the train from Barmouth and the 4 of us and they let us on
- Mon Jul 04, 2016 6:41 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bearstock - Thanks
- Replies: 61
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Re: Bearstock - Thanks
it was a great weekend many thanks Stuart and Dee. Food was superb, great company, great location, it was a good short route to Mach with new friends Mike and Graham. when we turned up at the station it was touch and go if any of us would be allowed on the train but all was good i hope to see everyo...
- Sun Jun 19, 2016 9:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bearstock tickets CLOSED
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4896
Re: Bearstock tickets close on Sunday.
so whats the final total?
- Wed May 11, 2016 10:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: A particular type of strap.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1430
Re: A particular type of strap.
be careful putting a strap around above the cage you can pull the bottle towards the frame and then the bottom of the bottle out of the monkey clip then the bottle is gone
- Fri Apr 15, 2016 8:00 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Winchester to new forest
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Re: Winchester to new forest
if you are heading south down the rsilway line then after wickham it passes through wickham golf course and there is a path on the right through a vinyard which brings you out on titchfield lane then left down funtley rd and back on the railwayline take a right just after going under the M27, go str...
- Fri Apr 01, 2016 8:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Belgian/Dutch Approved Bivi Sites
- Replies: 6
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Re: Belgian/Dutch Approved Bivi Sites
i remember reading aboug the dutch ones there are about 10 sites marked with a post and you can camp within 100m of it. notjing stvthem except space
- Sat Mar 19, 2016 10:13 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: advice on upgrading the underwear drawer!
- Replies: 21
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Re: advice on upgrading the underwear drawer!
+1 for the planet x thin merino socks wore them all round cuba
i have found 100% merino boxers go baggy and wear out quick and the better ones have some lycra in, my favourite ones are icebreaker from sportpursuit
i have found 100% merino boxers go baggy and wear out quick and the better ones have some lycra in, my favourite ones are icebreaker from sportpursuit
- Sat Mar 05, 2016 9:06 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: LOST: Enormous Pair Shimano Mountain Bike Shoes
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Re: LOST: Enormous Pair Shimano Mountain Bike Shoes
so it was a good excuse to order a new pair, they had a split in anyway. ordered a pair of shimano XM7s
- Fri Feb 19, 2016 8:57 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: to carry a backpack or not
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2961
Re: to carry a backpack or not
Review of backpacks on bikepacking.com
- Sat Feb 13, 2016 4:45 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bearstock the party - what do you want?
- Replies: 208
- Views: 29055
Re: Bearstock the party - what do you want?
Faraway and i have bought tickets
- Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Waterproof advise
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1319
Re: Waterproof advise
i love my rab gaiters.
- Fri Jan 22, 2016 8:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bearstock the party - what do you want?
- Replies: 208
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Re: Bearstock the party - what do you want?
Google maps says i can cycle in 20 hours from sunny southampton
might have to do some on a train, so where to get off the train for a good days ride off road?
might have to do some on a train, so where to get off the train for a good days ride off road?
- Mon Jan 11, 2016 9:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bike bags. . . . for the Italian Job
- Replies: 43
- Views: 6929
Re: Bike bags. . . . for the Italian Job
we've used ctc bags for all our trips away Morocco, Cuba, Holland easy to store, cheap and the idea is the baggage handlers can see what it is. we've never had any problems. just remove front wheel, pedals, hanger a bit of wrapping, tape and string. and they are plenty big enough for a 29er
- Mon Dec 07, 2015 8:04 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: make your bike sound like a horse
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1667
Re: make your bike sound like a horse
if you need help with wax
http://www.farawayvisions.com/diy-moustache-wax/
http://www.farawayvisions.com/diy-moustache-wax/
- Sun Dec 06, 2015 9:50 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: make your bike sound like a horse
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1667
- Fri Dec 04, 2015 10:11 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Photo comp' 2015 edition - Winner
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- Views: 10118
Re: Photo comp' 2015 edition - ENTER HERE
Morning Tea
- Fri Nov 27, 2015 8:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: phone mounting
- Replies: 1
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phone mounting
so work gave me a new iphone 6 the other week and the camera on it is so much better than my actual camera i will take it on our christmas trip to Cuba, so i want a tripod adapter for vids. so the screen and gps is much better than my garmin, so i want to put it on the handle bars. has anyone used a...
- Fri Nov 06, 2015 10:06 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Winter Trip
- Replies: 2
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Re: Winter Trip
southern morocco is a great place in January
we've done christmas trips there the last few years
cheap flights, cheap accommodation, cheap food, friendly people, wildcamping good
have a look athttp://www.farawayvisions.com/bikepacki ... n-morocco/
we've done christmas trips there the last few years
cheap flights, cheap accommodation, cheap food, friendly people, wildcamping good
have a look athttp://www.farawayvisions.com/bikepacki ... n-morocco/
- Sat Oct 31, 2015 6:53 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What dry bags for Gorilla/Anything cages?
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Re: What dry bags for Gorilla/Anything cages?
i'm just waiting for some gorrila cages from a bloke in a barn in wales and i was wondering the same thing, apart from alpkit (who don't have any 5litre extras in stock) which dry bags?
bikepacking.com has a review of dry bags for anything cages but mainly american products
bikepacking.com has a review of dry bags for anything cages but mainly american products
- Thu Oct 15, 2015 7:12 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Do you smell of bush?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4216
Re: Do you smell of bush?
maybe she smokes pot when she sleeps in the gardenRay Young wrote:Maybe she means bush as in grass or marijuana, that stuff stinks and smelling of that wouldn't go down well in the office. Lots of that in NZ, .
- Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Dynamo Hub options
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2510
Re: Dynamo Hub options
i see you can get schmidt son 28 in boost now have a look at sjs cycles
- Fri Sep 18, 2015 5:35 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: New for Loop bar users.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2496
- Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:25 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Spare tyre on longer trips?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2357
Re: Spare tyre on longer trips?
so when repairing a cut in the tyre wall do you sew the patch to the tyre or sew the cut together then patch over ?