Tonto wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 8:52 am I have fond memories of night riding in Epping forest with smart lights. The battery weighed a couple of pounds and the bulbs where as bright as a Christmas tree decoration.

Like the dim light of an unlit candle!!

yourguitarhero wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 11:31 am Yeah, they go off once you do a wee jump or drop off too. Designed for roadies methinks

And old farts like me who don't do jumps or drop-offs and can't lift his bike over a gate

Thread resurrection anyone?? I would really like to get into night riding, "just because", and also for possible future events that run into, or through, the night. Any thoughts, ideas, tips and suggestions, and also any inspiration maybe from those of you who enjoy riding at night, would...

Hand warmer?? You're nesh lads. Get a grip. This is Bear Bones Bikepacking, not The Other Place :grin: . Anyway, what's wrong with just shoving your hands down the front of your bike shorts to warm them like the rest of us? (*) (*) Absolutely nothing of course. However, it's probably inadvisable, a...

RIP wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 10:10 pm We'll have to ride our bikes up the hard shoulder of the M6 Pete....

No trains about?? You want one of these sir! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSL50S66Oe8

Hope you're recovered from the Covid! Interesting to read your post, I have just picked up a copy of The Road after a year of procrastination! Really enjoyed Dervla's Full Tilt and also thought that Deep Country was one of the best "Nature writing" books ever. Great minds! Thanks - covid ...

RIP wrote: ↑Fri Nov 04, 2022 6:18 pm Glances at letterbox in between chores.... jiggles leg in antici....pation.

likewise with similar ditto's

pistonbroke wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 1:47 pm Google "bicycle accessory mounting bracket " there's loads available, I'd send you a link to the ones on amazon but it's in Spanish. The plastic ones are a bit fragile, I'd pay a bit more and get an aluminium one with a proper hinge.

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Mon Nov 07, 2022 5:38 pm Well, bears'll have no trouble spotting him.

He should be fine, no bears in the Antarctic!!

short piece of tube held in 2 clamps above the main bar.. It's a 20g Co2 cannister for inflating a tubeless tyre if all else fails. I've made an adapter with a short length of rubber hose so once the wheel is removed from the bike, it can be re-inflated without dismantling the garmin mount. I love ...

pistonbroke wrote: ↑Sat Nov 05, 2022 10:16 pm
Bit clearer on this pic.

The short piece of tube held in 2 clamps above the main bar...looks like it has a Garmin mount on it? What is that called and where could I get one, or something similar please?

Alexpalacefan wrote: ↑Sat Oct 29, 2022 7:42 am C'mon, which pub?
I'm sure many of us will be visiting in the future, and we need to avoid it.

APF

Or on the next WRT the lonely hearts club could swing by and lock 15 bikes to his pole!!

Many of the Alpkit stores have a repair station in them, they repaired a bikepacking bag for me after a mouse chewed a hole i it and did an excellent job. If you don't have a store near you I'm sure you could post it?

Me, my sisters and my mum have finally started a family Book Club having realised non have us have read many books on any "100 Best Books" rr "100 Books to read before I die" type lists... My sister chose the first one ... something nice and easy .... Anna Karenina . It's a heck...

A couple of lengthy train journeys and covid (almost certainly a result of one massively over-crowded train) has given me a bit more time to read recently. I read a book called Greenland: The end of the world by a Slovenian guy called Damjan Koncnik, though ghost-written/translated by an American, ...

Cheery Friday in that we are off to the Black Mountains tomorrow for a week to ride bikes and walk up and down hills and sit in front of a log burner, drink beer and read. Remote cottage with no phone signal and no WiFi. The whole world can go to hell in a hand cart next week for all I'll care!! :gr...

https://aeroe.com/ I have no idea if they are any good, but one of the pics shows bags side loaded on the rear. But personally I'd look at two fork mounted bags, see PX, then a frame bag of sorts, stem cells, and a bar bag. I then use a bum bag such as the cheapy decathlon one if I am overflowing. ...

rivers wrote: ↑Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:39 am Altura do a 6 litre seat pack that might fit. I use it for commuting, though I have lot more saddle to wheel drop. I'll pop it onto my bike with it full tonight and take some measurement photos

Really appreciate the trouble thank you!

Thanks everyone for the feedback and recommendations, we'll be looking at all of those in detail and hopefully trying some out to see if they'll fit!

Thanks All for the responses and advice really appreciated!! We are looking at alternative options assuming a seatpack is not a go'er or is going to be really small. Custom frame bag and fork cages are options to look into. The current "plan" is I need a bigger seat pack for her stuff as w...

What's the resistance for a rear rack and drybag? I've been using a Tubus Vega with a Decathlon dry bag strapped to the top recentley following the demise of my home-made seatpack harness subframe and not having had time to remake it. Does the rack weigh a little more? Yes, by a couple of 100g. Doe...

Thanks all for the feedback! I have been informed in clear terms that a classic rack is not an option :wink: I did wonder about putting a small seat pack on top of the Alpkit rail thing or even bending the rail down to form a mini rack so a small seat pack could go on top of it and still be mostly ...

Cheeky Monkey wrote: ↑Thu Sep 22, 2022 9:40 am Inches?!?!?! Who are you, Jacob Rees Mogg

Salutations Mr Monkey

Thanks all for the feedback! I have been informed in clear terms that a classic rack is not an option :wink: I did wonder about putting a small seat pack on top of the Alpkit rail thing or even bending the rail down to form a mini rack so a small seat pack could go on top of it and still be mostly b...

Hi All My girlfriend has a new bike and would like to use it for bike packing but being a small frame and 29'er wheels there is not a lot of clearance as you can see from the photo. Looking for suggestions for a seat pack that might fit please. Appreciate that it will be pretty small if it fits at a...