That stingray looks smart It does. What did it cost? Cheers Taylor. Cost £80 (£65 standard stingray + £15 for the document wallet side thing). Document wallet standard is on the drive side, but I asked nicely and they put it non drive side. Only thing I would say is that I wish there was an option ...

waterproof close fitting base layer - sounds like latex pyjamas are going to be the next big thing for bivvying - like a whole new fetish in the making - and so very wrong! Think I shall avoid as much as possible and experiment with trying to move where the dew point is etc. Also have Stu's hammock...

Couple of things to get me started on some bikepacking... http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8075/8394105907_ba0b80de9f_z.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/zippyonline/8394105907/in/photostream Alpkit Stingray, asked for changes to the standard alpkit setup and they happily obliged :) http://farm9.staticf...

I was doing some in depth reading on the subject a while back (although I stopped before I worked a proper conclusion out for some reason...). Anyway, it's all down to the due point, moving where it is and a lot of other factors, most of which have been mentioned here. I also read about the use of a...

Mate of mine has the Cube Cross Race £999 so just sneaks in. I also have a friend with one of those, looks like a nice bit of kit on close inspection, good bike for the money. In fact, friends who are ex bike industry tell me that the mark up on the more expensive bikes (£1k+) is far less than the ...

InspiredRamblings wrote: A little bit of condensed dampness inside the Hunka on a couple of nights but not too bad.

Yeah, I get that too...

Trying to work out whether to experiment with a few things or whether that's just the norm on this bivi and a more breathable one would cure this...

s8tannorm wrote:Paypal's easiest for me Zippy, paypal address is: stuart@forestfreeride.co.uk

Let me know where you want them sending and I'll get it sorted.

Managed to get the works useless internet work enough to use paypal. I put my address in the notes.

Cheers Stu

I've built up a flat bar Kinesis Crosslight Pro6 (105groupset, with SLX shifters and hydraulic brakes) which I use for commuting and occasionally cut accross fields on (although it has road tyres on it, so it's a bt slippy :lol: ). Dead impressed with and very happy. Actually here's a timelapse of m...

Well I currently still have an academic subscription to edina digimap, so can make my own custom OS maps for wherever (if I have the time and inclination)

But otherwise, it's got to be your local area hasn't it :D ..not that I can remember what number that is

I like the sound of this

but it's far too organised amd forward planning for me!

I have a Lezyne pressure drive for road bike purposes (high pressure low volume)

and

for MTB purposes, a Lezyne something or other Drive - which is in anodised blue bling so I can differentiate it between my road pump. It's a high volume, low pressure jobby.

Top notch quality if a bit pricey

In that case, I'll take the DD hammock and the tarp please. I reckon that tarp will be handy @ Strathpuffer to protect the bikes outside whilst we huddle in the tent. :? How do you want payment? Can paypal or instant bank transfer (although I might not get round to that till the weekend); PM payment...

hammock sold (DD).

Let me check the size of my tarp before I think about that, or I was also considering getting a rig7...

Shall confirm full extents of order in the next couple of days ;-)

this is exactly the reason why I stopped using a tom tom in the car and use a paper map.

I like paper maps

I also find it quicker/easier to grab a map than plot a route on a computer and then load it on computer, although I have to say I do this sometimes !

it definitely appeals to me the idea of not being in a Bivvy bag busily filling with condensation!

I'll check these out later when not at work and if I decide to get that hammock

Do you like a bit of space, or are you happy with a snug fit? I'm 6'2", 13 stone, and am very happy with my pipedream 400. In fairness, I'm 5ft10 or 11 and have one of the fairly original pipedream 400s (back when they were made of pertex) and I can positively snuggle right inside it, I'd imag...

s8tannorm wrote:I'll do it this afternoon ... what would you like to see?

One of the hammocks please, googling quickly the consensus seems that the DD is better. So that one please?

I guess I'd need a tarp to keep dry in it?

Thanks Stu

s8tannorm wrote: I've noticed reasonable reductions in boil time when I've pre-heated my water a little ... stick the bottle, etc somewhere warm for half an hour before using it, rather than boiling water straight from source.

Surely that add's 30 minutes to it

could you weigh those per chance? Sure can. You could reduce the weight of both hammocks fairly cheaply/easily if you were to change the suspension set ups. DD hammock is 1207g complete. Tenth Wonder hammock is 1140g complete Tarp is 800g complete I'll brave the ice and snow and bicycle them up/tak...

could you weigh those per chance?

I haven't tried a hammock....

our only problem was the Mid Wales Inn at St Harmon. They took us hostage, made us eat, drink and be merry , kept us overnight and did not let us leave until they had fed us a full english breakfast in the morning. (sorry Stu ,they made us honest). That made me chuckle! Some stunning photos people.

Are you come too Zippy? Would like to, but need to save some pennies and sort the bike out for Strathpuffer later in the month...Wales is a bit of a mission to get to. PLanning on keeping an eye on the forums a bit more this year though ;) I shall also watch a few of the spots for some armchair vir...

Last time you did that, you bumped into some Students

I love Gore kit. Don't own much of it due to the price, but the few bits I have got I'm dead impressed with. I tried my first Gore waterproof jacket out at a Merida MTB marathon when ot was hammering it down amd I'd forgotten mine. Gore where there and FOC lent me a jacket for the 100k, it did the j...