Reported previously, but raided the SD card from my now defunct phone for this photo from last weekend's pre-Jennride bivvy:

Re. old lenses, I liked the idea that I could use some of my old Pentax lenses on an inexpensive M4/3 adapter, since my previous camera was a Pentax dSLR - in fact the main reason I bought into the Pentax system. But in reality, I rarely use them. The light weight and bulk of the modern M4/3 lenses ...

Just to provide one experience... I've got an Olympus M4/3 mirrorless (E-M10 MK3) which I've been very happy with - probably 4 or 5 years old now. It, or a similar, newer model probably meets most of your spec: Useable manual focus Depends on the lens focus ring to an extent, but the focus peaking i...

Cheers for the info

samwise wrote: ↑Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:12 pm Widefoot jist released their new StoutCage....

https://widefoot.com/product/stoutcage/

Does it hold a can of Guinness?

That looks well researched and generally great.

trob6 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:43 am Looks good Dave, is that the bike you will use on The Tor Divide?

Cheers Tim. Most likely, yeah, though I'll probably change my mind back and forth a few times in the week before

I was in an orange jacket with a Kendal CC logo on the back. Should be asking on the WJ thread, but was it you riding with Jamie Hyppy? Moving conversation from the BAM thread: Nah, I rode solo. I saw Jamie early on in Ambleside then in the ODG in the evening, but not Sunday. Ah, so maybe it was yo...

I was in an orange jacket with a Kendal CC logo on the back. Should be asking on the WJ thread, but was it you riding with Jamie Hyppy? Moving conversation from the BAM thread: Nah, I rode solo. I saw Jamie early on in Ambleside then in the ODG in the evening, but not Sunday. Ah, so maybe it was yo...

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Tue Feb 20, 2024 6:26 pm slightly iffy bivvy

A Biffy?

Not to be confused with a Biffa, which most people would probably consider more than slightly iffy, though maybe not Reg.

I've used a few sets of the cheap Joe's branded valves off CRC/Wiggle. They're brass rather than aluminium and work as well as, or better, than any others I've used. Won't match your rims though, presumably. I prefer Gorilla tape to Tesa tape, but that's a personal thing. Always used Stan's because ...

Cairngorm John Wrote by a chap from a chap from caingorm mountain rescue. Quite an insight to the runnings of mountain rescue from day to day stuff to how they operate out on the hill. Fascinating reading especially some of the rescues, really is an eye opener and plenty of lessons can be learnt fr...

Alpinum wrote: ↑Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:49 am Worst of all lubes is any of MucOff's liquids. You'd be better off rubbing your chain with an old rancid salami.

Admittedly I've not tried rancid salami, but I don't doubt you'd be right.

I try not to, ahem, wax lyrical about it too much, but I'm a big fan of hot wax. I put a freshly waxed chain on before this weekend's winter Jennride and even after a pretty solid 48 hours of rain, fords and mud of all varieties, it was still running fairly smoothly. Previously used Putoline but cur...

February done here too - pre-Jennride bivvy near Kentmere with Andy. Probably no photographic evidence because my phone's currently in a bowl of rice: that probably tells it's own story :shock: Well done Bob and Cath for heading back out after the pub... It was hard enough going back to an already e...

Interested to hear what you make of the coffee books. I've flicked through The World Atlas of Coffee in a couple of (clearly the better sort of :wink: ) coffee shops, and it was interesting, but perhaps not enough for me to go and seek out a copy. I like the sound of the other two though. I'm glad ...

Thanks all. I was thinking I needed the compression sack for the sleeping bag at least to keep it compact, but even doing away with that and stuffing it around mat and poles/tyvek is filling the space better. With all the stuff pictured above in and squashed, there was still room for top-to-toe bas...

It's my fault, I got excited about spring and packed the fun bike due to needing less carrying capacity, and even put my "summer" wheels on :shock: (well-worn Rocket Ron for the long road bits). Bloody lovely here in the north east today. Shame I've spent most of it in the garage fettling ...

Yup, do away with the individual stuff sacks and let stuff fill the space better, will make a big difference. Put more rigid things in first, like a rolled up sleeping mat, then stuff softer things like sleeping bags in around them. If you need to separate things with dry bags, it can be helpful to ...

Spring vibes with the mild weather. I know it's the first of many false springs, but the slightly longer days and higher sun have been making it feel less like the dead of winter for a couple if weeks now, even though it's been largely grey and wet. Leisurely packing for a couple of nights out :grin...

That's probably what I'd be doing had I not got dragged into this BAM thing... Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing!

Hyppy wrote: ↑Thu Feb 15, 2024 10:26 am Don't forget your mudguards!

Never off the bikes!

Great news, even for someone who's never been. I must correct this!

Any BAMers, or anyone else, want to join for a Friday night bivvy near Staveley after sampling the brewery's wares? I was thinking of somewhere nearby, maybe Craggy Wood, but having seen the route, might just start early and head up to Kentmere reservoir.

Fell races are often very informal and cheap to enter. Different distances but you'll probably find one close enough to 13 miles.

Or just go for a 13 mile run?

... literally as I was posting on another thread, while I was having some lunch and a break from amateur tree surgery, and brought a new cooking pot, a Soto Thermolite. 750ml to give me a smaller option than my 1l Alpkit pot. Anodised aluminium, which I prefer to titanium. Seems a nicely thought out...