Today I headed out from home on a 15 mile road trip to my nearest legal wild camp spot. I’m lucky enough to live just 6 miles from Dartmoor National Park and Hound Tor near the village of Lustleigh is the nearest wild camp spot to me. It’s also conveniently on the way to work so I’m looking at facto...

A gravel wan*er bike

Vitus Substance CRX

Just poke the wd40 straw down and squirt It says not to use lubricant otherwise I would’ve done this. Wasn’t sure how I could remove the WD after to stop them Slipping once refitted. I fitted my esi grips with GT85 last time I had them off as the hand sanitiser I normally use was worth more than go...

Just poke the wd40 straw down and squirt It says not to use lubricant otherwise I would’ve done this. Wasn’t sure how I could remove the WD after to stop them Slipping once refitted. Kebab skewer maybe a shout if i cut the sharp end off. These grips do seem fairly soft, not entirely sure why I orde...

Had some issues with my hydraulic disc set up so these grips have been on and off a few times. I’ve used alcohol spray to lube them up to get them on and off which has worked great but I struggle to jam a flat blade screw driver down them without damaging them. I’ve now split one of them wide open :...

sean_iow wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 9:14 pm

JimH wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 9:08 pm I’m after one of these. Did you get a good deal anywhere?

They're on offer on the gopro website, £100 off, it was the cheapest I could find.

Thanks Stu, that is a bit of a bargain. I’ve bought one

sean_iow wrote: ↑Wed May 20, 2020 12:15 pm A GoPro Hero 7 Black I'll now be able to make a full 4K video of my Prolex and Aeropress on my next bivi which I know will please Reg

I’m after one of these. Did you get a good deal anywhere?

Thanks

Any wheel builders on here? There’s plenty of DIY videos on YouTube that make it look pretty straight forward but wandered what the likelihood is of me turning out a strong and true wheel with no previous experience. Looking at building a front wheel on a dynamo hub and Think it could be quite rewar...

More of a gloat than an alert ...... Picked up a brand new Specialized Burra Burra handlebar harness and 23 litre Cordura dry bag for £55 posted new this would be £130+ so pretty happy

Millets have them with an extra 20% off at the mo

In relation to this, do you mean the design of the windshield itself or the fact I’d left a gaping hole in the side of it? This was only to take a photo and closed it back up after. The design really Jim. With a smaller and ideally tapered windshield, much of the heat that now escapes could be dire...

Thanks for all the comments and encouragement. Already planning the next one :grin: BTW, you could improve the efficiency of the stove with a better windshield. In relation to this, do you mean the design of the windshield itself or the fact I’d left a gaping hole in the side of it? This was only to...

Shewie wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:03 pm What was the fuel heavy stove, was it the Evernew?

Just a cheapie EBay. small round tin with a screw top. Nothing fancy, was about £3 I think. Had a metal gauze over the top with some cotton wool looking stuff inside

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Set out on my first bivvy bikepacking adventure yesterday. Lots of lessons learnt in a very short space of time! Loaded up the Lidl specials with as much as they could take only to realise my eBay special bike only came with one bottle holder which was rendered useless by the frame bag. Queue a fran...

I’m planning an overnighter either 18th or 19th March. Ride out from my home in Exeter, 30ish miles to Bellever, bivvy overnight and ride back. It’ll be my first ever bivvy so an opportunity to test my gear although I will test in the garden before. If anyone’s keen in joining me they’re more than w...

I’m afraid I did partake in the offer. These will take me on my first foray into bikepacking and whilst I appreciate the quality isn’t going to be great, if they last me one overnighter or two, and I get the bug and want to carry on, then they’ve done their job. I’ll look to upgrade. If I find it’s ...

They currently have 10% off so just over £35 at the mo. I’ve ordered one

SportPursuit have a range of discounted Multimats at 50% off

I’ve tried to pm you re this but it’s not clear it’s sent as it doesn’t appear in my sent box

Has anyone attended this before? Run by Woods Cyclery in the new forest, appears to be a series of off road trails with camping, beer and live music.

Funnily enough was looking at Fernworthy just last night when my cycling map of,Dartmoor arrived. I saw the bridleway heading south from the woods and thought that it’d be easily rideable. Seems that isn’t the case! :sad: Has anyone bivvied just south of Bellever? I thinking about stopping there aft...

Welcome on board Jim. I’m Exeter(ish) and there’s plenty of SW folk who are regulars on here. I wouldn’t necessarily rush into tarp camping on Dartmoor in February as your first go out. It might break you :lol: Hope to see around some time though buddy. Maybe a bit keen :lol: Cheers for the warm we...

BigdummySteve wrote: ↑Fri Jan 03, 2020 10:10 pm ......but not if you say ‘yo’ again

Please excuse my millennial style use of the “year old” acronym