I believe the key for the trike was being able to pedal at super duper low speeds, rather than aero. Although I could be mistaken for another similar record attempt.

I have my Osprey Raptor. Buckles are a bit knackered so could do with renewing ... Hi mate, How much capacity does it have? Could it fit a laptop?(small roughly A4 paper sized or regular 13") I have an osprey talon 10 and when I decide to use it, I'm always wanting for slightly more space. Mai...

I've got a 15 degrees comfort rated synthetic sleeping bag that I believe weighs 650g and packs pretty small. Possibly a bit too thin, for the UK, most of the time. I'd love you to get some use out of it, and selecting overnighters based on the weather forecast you definately could, so if you fancy ...

I've got a Rab vapour rise that has a kinda a micro fleece liner instead of the thick pile, with windproof outer. Been thinking of moving it on if you're interested? I fit medium usually and it was bottom end of fitting me, now I've bulked out a tad. Other thing to consider may be this running kit? ...

I'm hoping for a cheeky Monday school night as have other weekend plans. Storms quashed initial BaM plans

Afternoon all, So my current resemblance of a bikepacking plan is to get a train into the depths of Wales, roam some nice tracks, then warm myself in a bothy (probably Nant Syddion). I would like to have a fire (and responsibly bring my own fuel for it) but not carry the wood/coal for my entire trip...

Could I have it? Will message you

Linkpin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 1:27 pm February done and still enjoying the challenge of a new thing!...


...Did lots of daft noob things as I'm new to bivvying, bloody loved it and looking forward to a March adventure already!

YAY and YAY!! Good going there. Fantastic attitude for things to go daft and you still enjoy it.

I struggled in the past and it took so long applying sleep health practices before they came to anything. Definitely got worse before it got better. We're talking about a month, but it's super personal and situational. I had this elaborate sleep health routine, same playlist, hot chocolate, candles,...

Just Eat Out So the idea for this bivi has been lingering in my dreambox for like forever. It was simple; take my just eat bike and box out bikepacking. Plan was bulked out as I waited between pick ups. Finish a shift at work, swing by home, chuck bivi gear together, mop up as many takeaways as I c...

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...

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...

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

https://bearbonesbikepacking.blogspot.c ... o+friendly

It's not said nearly enough, but you share some top draw knowledge with us. Appreciated

Interested in this. Will message you

I have a gunmetal one. Will dig it out for photos and more spec

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.

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...

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

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...