OK - so I commute to work in Norway by bicycle and we have proper winters here, but also have more clod and wet days than full on cold and dry. As you all know, cold and wet is the worst possible combination for gloves to have to protect again. So what do I use for winter: My go to gloves (the ones ...

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Hello, as title - One One Midge handlebars in the sliver or I think it was called Titanium finish.

Prefer 31.8 but the smaller one are an option.

Thanks

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Is Pont-erwydd BP garage the one we all stopped at last year going the opposite way. They did amazing microwave food I remember! For the 200. Pont-erwydd (c.60km): BP/Premier store Llangurig (c.107km): Post Office & Bluebell Inn Llandiloes (c.155km): Spar open until 11pm & Welcome take-away...

Just google "ghetto tubeless fatbike" and you have all the information you need. Gaffer/gorilla tape or split tube, or even keep it tubed but go with 26 x 2.6inch DH tubes (my preferred option as its lighter). Most folk will be gaffer/gorilla tape, some will use the split tube..... I have ...

My experience of the O.R. Helium - as long as its windy its OK but as soon as its only a light breeze, the condensation takes over. Yes its light, yes its very compact, yes it works, but its a long way from perfect in Welsh "real world" conditions.

BBB_0003 by Norway Calling, on Flickr

MSR Dromedary 4 litre bladder Please.

I assume that first line is standard women's sizes? The top line is the manufacturers size code. The second line is their equivalent sizing for the standard unisex jerseys ... ignore it unless you have one of these to compare against. Line 3 us the actual chest size of the ladies jersey. So which s...

My I suggest the following change to the print... you know... just to make it more relevant to the masses

Capture_c by Norway Calling, on Flickr

Having already covered most of the route, the roads are nice, the route itself is very "Norwegian" (you will get to see a bunch of the tourist associated images of Norway), and the price seems good value seeing as you get a tracker and beer at the end (remember this is Norway). The only th...

05.01.2018 - 85.9 kg
19.01.2018 - 86.0 kg
01.02.2018 - 85.9 Kg
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Can I have the dry bags please?

and the size of the frame?

Another stunning Norwegian sunrise over the Fjords this morning.

20180717_045727 by Norway Calling, on Flickr

20180717_050933 by Norway Calling, on Flickr

Ben98 wrote:Looking for something to build into a flat bar disc road bike, but with 35c tires (a style I am yet to come up with a name for ).

Many thanks
Ben

That would be a hybrid then... you know, like they have making for years - so you are looking for a hybrid bike frame...

Just the commute to work, but the 4 am sunrise (the sun rising in the North this time of year....) is one of my favorite things.

20180712_042704 by Norway Calling, on Flickr

Firstly you will need to "unlearn" your clipped in bad-habits (of pulling up on the peddle with the cleat on the "up stroke") if you want to utilize flats to their best effect. You have developed your riding technique over the last 20+ years the depends on you being able to "...

01.01.2018 - 85.7 kg
05.01.2018 - 85.9 kg
19.01.2018 - 86.0 kg
01.02.2018 - 85.9 Kg
15.02.2018 - 85.5 Kg
25.03.2018 - 85.4 Kg
05.04.2018 - 85.0 Kg
18.04.2018 - 85.4 Kg
03.05.2018 - 84.6 kg
09.05.2018 - 84.5 kg
17.05.2018 - 83.9 kg
23.05.2018 - 83.8 kg
07.06:2018 - 84.6 kg
12.07-2018 - 84.7 kg

simon72 wrote:
How long ago did you discover bikepacking?

Coming up to my 30th year of bikepacking. First mountain bike bought 10th September 1988 - first trip (with sleeping bag and mat by bike - no panniers - off-road) November 1988 to "wildcamp" as the term is used now, in Ynyslas dunes.

ton wrote:looking for a pair of 29 x 3 chronicles.

I have a pair, brand new and never used. Will have to go check the exact spec.

How much do you want to pay for the pair (as I don't remember how much they cost).

OK just checked they are 120tpi, folding with exo protection

Looks like I have an average tool kit after all. Just bought a Tubolito which had lopped a whopping 220g from my total. 29+ tubes weigh a ton. A bit of a cull of some other stuff should help too. I'm toting a digi pressure gauge and a fairly massive Lezyne mini floor pump thing currently. Surely I ...

Have a look here too: http://www.bikepacking.com/plan/five-bi ... tool-kits/

I have only one comment on this from my limited experience. I find I can have the same freehub body for years and years with either 2x or 3x setups. Since getting a 1x setup, I am getting through freehub bodies at a rate of one every 500km. Maybe I am just unlucky or my hub body itself is "out...