2nd breakfast, Chiltern style ....

Vango Force 10 Helium UL 1. Wanted something more weatherproof than my mini DD tarp & quick to put up. Weighs 1150g all in, poles pack down to 400mm, fly sheet pitched 1st and takes ~7-8 mins to pitch. I can sit up in it and its very stable. Far less p!ssing around than my cheapo Chinese tent. £...

I'll be well for up joining this years winter sojourn, the dreaded 'Noro Bottom Burps' got the better of me last year, trust me, you wouldn't have wanted me around X_X X_X X_X !!! I know the trails quite well around Berko and out towards Princes Risborough so would be happy to help with a route near...

Might be a bit OTT, but very sturdy http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/tope ... -prod74876

I'd be up for that, I need a good excuse to build yet another niche bike

Bikehike.co.uk lets you save gpx files as either 'Track' or 'Route'. If you select Route, I think you'll get turn by turn navigation on the road (doesn't do this off road). Do a little trial route home / work perhaps?

Cheers, I'll give it a go.

1st time using new bivi bag last weekend, great little piece of kit, but the material’s really slippery on the inside. I’ve got an Exped inflatable mat inside the bag, but there was a tiny bit of slope to the left where I pitched, such that the mat effectively slid to the left inside the bag and the...

Stevemorg wrote:He's replied to me - says he's 6ft 2 and rides an 18 - I'm curious - it might fit me, it's only a few miles away and looks like a bargain ... But..................

Told me it was 17.5 . Stinks of kippers. I don't want to risk knock-off even if it is cheap.

JohnClimber wrote:.. North Yorkshire with the family and dog, Fish and Chips and Whitby....

Magpie Café, Birch Hall Inn at Beckhole and Red Lion at Blakey

and a schnozzle of course

Don't forget the Synmat HL wide version. I'm a fidgety side/front/back/upside down sleeper and the extra width is nice.

Fantastic stuff Wingnut, I'll be testing mine out on the WRT this weekend, see how it holds up

Reg, where ya heading for big chap? The MTB Berko Chiltern subsection are heading for Llangurig and Ponterwyd.

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

The cycling tops you showed as an example artwork.

With you. Probably no reason why we couldn't add jerseys to an order (we've done both long and short sleeved in the past) but not T shirts.

Nice one I'd like one of the short sleeve cycle tops (with pockets & front zip as an ideal).

Bearbonesnorm wrote: What T shirts?

The cycling tops you showed as an example artwork.

Are you doing any of those t-shirts, I'd be interested in one of them?

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ... one of the two possible tracks

I like your style Stu, make those miscreant barstewards do their home work, but ta, I'll keep it in my route.

A full 48 hours and no one's posted to say - "I've worked my route out, it takes in all the GR, is 170km long and contains 4322m of ascent". Standards appear to be slipping :wink: I also think we may have also managed to avoid any GR in the Irish sea this year :-bd ... well on said topic,...

... or some 'rather to posh for BB' bespoke ones: http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB ... =13&t=9449

Nice one, chuffed to see the design re-used Who did you get to print it ????

First off, cheers for a top banana little trip, slumming it with the BB chaps :d , splendid way to do your 1st bikepacking trip. No great big ride report, but here’s a few little thoughts from the trip: Great weather for some great photo shots, in-house photography pro, Pete ‘Dirt Box Brownie’ had u...

It'll be fine, no taller than a tarp http://s.aliexpress.com/Bvaay6fM , i just got a lush carbon pole from bare bones towers for it, doubled it in value

I'm defo in in this. RIP, do thou think I'll get away with putting a tent up under the gamekeepers nose (mmm straying into double entendre tertiary here) its reasonably dark green, nothing to luminous, or is it bivvy only (I do have a summer bivvy bag if needed)?

a bit out of my league though: http://www.a-crossthe5.be/

could extend this with a couple of days up on the moors, the heather is a stunning colour that time of the year: https://aggregate100k.uk/