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by benconnolli
Sun Jan 09, 2022 9:27 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: FS - Bag Clearout
Replies: 2
Views: 485

Re: FS - Bag Clearout

Could I get the alpkit hiking rucksack? I'm undecided on the osprey hip pack as well. It's been on my wishlist for like forever, but a Terra Nova one has pretty much plugged that hole. If you could hold on posting the rucksack for a couple of days for me to decide? But anyone else is welcome to swoo...
by benconnolli
Sun Jan 02, 2022 6:48 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2022
Replies: 828
Views: 202393

Re: Bivvy a month 2022

After illness thwarted my 2020 attempt in November then carried on well into 2021, this is it. Transitioned further towards the hobby side of the sport divide, and moved to a big city so all will be interesting. Gonna throw my hat into the ring. Hopefully once I've told some strangers and strange fr...
by benconnolli
Fri Dec 17, 2021 8:48 pm
Forum: MYOG
Topic: Hobo stove
Replies: 16
Views: 2513

Re: Hobo stove

Bearbonesnorm wrote: Thu Dec 09, 2021 9:10 am As Dave rightly says at the beginning, here's a better one :wink:

https://bearbonesbikepacking.blogspot.c ... o+friendly
It's not said nearly enough, but you share some top draw knowledge with us. Appreciated
by benconnolli
Fri Nov 26, 2021 5:03 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Iphone 6 16GB VVGC - Sold
Replies: 1
Views: 337

Re: Iphone 6 16GB VVGC

Interested in this. Will message you
by benconnolli
Wed Nov 24, 2021 6:17 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTD: Hope rear hub - SORTED NOW
Replies: 3
Views: 440

Re: WTD: Hope rear hub

I have a gunmetal one. Will dig it out for photos and more spec
by benconnolli
Sun Nov 14, 2021 10:59 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Mind blown
Replies: 15
Views: 1658

Re: Mind blown

RIP wrote: Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:29 pm Think I read somewhere once that it's actually physically impossible to fold a piece of paper **in half **more than 7 times no matter how big it is, even if it's the size of the universe.
Seeing as this is maths chat pedantry is necessary.
by benconnolli
Fri Mar 26, 2021 4:00 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: If there was a BB App ...
Replies: 51
Views: 4220

Re: If there was a BB App ...

In a rogue move back on topic... There are two scenarios that I feel a bikepacking app could be useful, pre ride prep and during ride info. Pre ride prep a snazzy feature could be to look at the weather forecast and tell you what stuff to pack for a trip. I feel this would require lots of user input...
by benconnolli
Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:24 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Living a meagre existence so you dont have to work ?
Replies: 177
Views: 19560

Re: Living a meagre existence so you dont have to work ?

Lazarus wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:03 pm
Wish I could opt out of pensions
you can

https://www.gov.uk/workplace-pensions/i ... ion-scheme
Nice one! Ta
by benconnolli
Tue Feb 02, 2021 1:49 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Living a meagre existence so you dont have to work ?
Replies: 177
Views: 19560

Re: Living a meagre existence so you dont have to work ?

To add balance to this argument, I've had tasters of retirement in six months of furlough, then again in this knockout tiredness having no energy. Both are a hard pass. Retirement just isn't for me. Purpose and giving time value by limiting it are massive bonuses of work for me. I value my work outs...
by benconnolli
Sat Jan 02, 2021 10:23 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2020.
Replies: 923
Views: 129598

Re: Bivvy a month 2020.

Been really tired since November 12th. Walking round the block was my biggest challenge of the year. Shame I couldn't complete it. 11/12 ain't bad. Some neat stories in there.

Hoping for a ride to sleep as well as a sleep to ride style BaM each month once I recover.
by benconnolli
Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:47 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Pin-pointing pointlessness is the pinnacle of pleasure
Replies: 23
Views: 2600

Re: Pin-pointing pointlessness is the pinnacle of pleasure

I enjoyed that :-bd riding all the chevrons is a genius Idea, I think I'll do that for the Island, I needed some inspiration to get out. Nice. Super glad I could be of assistance. 'Guacamole and brownie wrap' - Heston eat your heart out! (*) It's got the killer combo of chilli and chocolate, with t...
by benconnolli
Sun Dec 20, 2020 9:44 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Pin-pointing pointlessness is the pinnacle of pleasure
Replies: 23
Views: 2600

Pin-pointing pointlessness is the pinnacle of pleasure

I have an obsessive love for problem solving that I take to the ridiculous extreme of creating problems precisely in order to solve them. Back when exercise restrictions were eased from once a day for an hour to unlimited, I set myself something big. I was to cycle all of the chevrons on my local OS...
by benconnolli
Sun Dec 20, 2020 9:34 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Ben Connolly Chasing Chevrons Article
Replies: 5
Views: 710

Re: Ben Connolly Chasing Chevrons Article

I believe it is possible to get the Ariveé magazine if you are a non member. Dig around on the audax website and pay them a couple of quid by some method. I know they print more copies than they send to members as I got two copies of my first published article for the spring issue.
by benconnolli
Sun Dec 20, 2020 9:31 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Ben Connolly Chasing Chevrons Article
Replies: 5
Views: 710

Re: Ben Connolly Chasing Chevrons Article

You have seen throught my disguise *mock shock* Glad it was appreciated. I feel I wrote an incredibly similar post up on here with less editorial flair. I'll look it up, but the pictures and flair quotes do make the article better. Not sure if the image compression would make reading it from a poste...
by benconnolli
Mon Nov 30, 2020 7:37 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2020.
Replies: 923
Views: 129598

Re: Bivvy a month 2020.

With the month coming rapidly to an end and me still zonked with some other illness for 18 days and counting I have a confession to make... The write up I did on Bonfire Night Bimble was in fact not a lie. I actually did it. On my own out in the splashy hills. Well, most of it, some of it, I definit...
by benconnolli
Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:00 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Bonfire weekend bimble?
Replies: 30
Views: 4497

Re: Bonfire weekend bimble?

So along with the rest of England I'm grounded so can't go out to play. Obviously it would be silly for me to not only break the rules, but then tell on myself about them. Therefore here is a completely fictitious story of what I would have done*. *Turns out writing in this weird conditional tense i...
by benconnolli
Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:45 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Hope pro 2 single speed on Stan's Crest
Replies: 2
Views: 549

Re: Hope pro 2 single speed on Stan's Crest

No worries Tony. Shame the SS didn't work out, but saves you the hassle of moving the wheel on at least.
by benconnolli
Thu Nov 12, 2020 7:21 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Hope pro 2 single speed on Stan's Crest
Replies: 2
Views: 549

Hope pro 2 single speed on Stan's Crest

Black hope pro 2 hub with bolt through ends on Stan's Crest rims 21 internal diameter.
Call it £120 posted.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/gzDMnPgS8bqe1UMK9
by benconnolli
Wed Nov 11, 2020 10:07 pm
Forum: MYOG
Topic: Mobile modular sleep system
Replies: 4
Views: 1566

Re: Mobile modular sleep system

I've ended up using it to extend other sleep systems, rather than on its own. Do appreciate being warmer bumbling around before bed so pleased with it. The skirt is elasticated so moves around well with me. Admittedly I couldn't starfish, but not as if you could do that in a sleeping bag either. The...
by benconnolli
Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:58 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: My biggest worry about doing a French stage race.
Replies: 23
Views: 2521

Re: My biggest worry about doing a French stage race.

I had always considered myself bad at facts, therefore languages, but in this last year took a online test to see what sort of learner I was and came back kinesthetic. Ben, what test was that? It was a few months ago, but I searched "what kind of learner am" I and then took a sample from ...
by benconnolli
Mon Nov 09, 2020 7:49 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: My biggest worry about doing a French stage race.
Replies: 23
Views: 2521

Re: My biggest worry about doing a French stage race.

I had always considered myself bad at facts, therefore languages, but in this last year took a online test to see what sort of learner I was and came back kinesthetic. Made sense as I could remember nearly every tackle I made on the rugby pitch when others would only know the result. Have had some s...
by benconnolli
Thu Nov 05, 2020 8:14 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Bonfire weekend bimble?
Replies: 30
Views: 4497

Re: Bonfire weekend bimble?

So are we still doing this? Tonight? Saturday? Both? Not at all? I feel any physical social interaction is off the cards. Personally I will write up a report of what I would have done, with some artistic impressions on the ubiquitous ms paint of the pictures I would take. Feel there is a distinctio...
by benconnolli
Tue Nov 03, 2020 7:32 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: what you wearing on your feet this winter ?
Replies: 17
Views: 1631

Re: what you wearing on your feet this winter ?

In the harsh testing ground of my commute (work requires machines that do not exist at home), I have discovered that it is more than shoes that determine cold feet. Keeping the core warm and the blood in the pipeline (legs) on the way to my feet has a massive impact. This has its limit of course, bu...
by benconnolli
Sat Oct 31, 2020 12:11 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: wtd, single speed 29'' rear wheel
Replies: 4
Views: 558

Re: wtd, single speed 29'' rear wheel

If the venture is a success then I have a Hope Hoop Pro2 SP singlespeed on Stans Crest. Bolt In connector. Call it £100?
by benconnolli
Mon Oct 26, 2020 8:39 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Bivvy a month 2020.
Replies: 923
Views: 129598

Re: Bivvy a month 2020.

So with big birthday plans out of the window like a rockstars TV, even mediocre ones got squished like a bug by this bug going round, I was left to entertain myself. New appropriately sized plan; sleep on a hill, eat cake. Decided that waking up outside is better than falling asleep there so set off...