I have used in anger for a decent amount of time the following brakes: - Formula R1's [very very expensive, a little fiddly to setup, but once working absolutely amazing and flawless, never had to bleed them either] Considerably out of the price range mentioned! - Avid Juicy 3's [useless things] - A...

On the topic of gear with more than one use, I find a camelbak (particularly the consigliere in my experience) works brilliantly as a pillow too ;) I also have used drybags with some air in them, they work quite well until they inevitably deflate :roll: So far im liking the photos of the Pillow and ...

Ta, [s]Also, can anyone tell me the customs cost, or liklihood of getting caught in customs from the US. Just, by the time I've paid customs charge (hmrc website says anywhere between 5 and 85 percent out of the 140,000 different categories they have), and the VAT on everything including shipping, a...

are there any others that you reckon should be considered? There's also the Katabatic Gear Bristlecone Bivy. Very light and well made but a touch pricey. http://www.trekking-lite-store.com/trekkingshop/Zelte/Katabatic-Gear-Bristlecone-Bivy::353.html I reallly like that. However, the borah gear Bivv...

Cheers for the opinions guys, this is a handy little thread as I'm contemplating getting a decent bivvy too - and have been on and off researching a lot into them. Part of me wanted to make one out of pertex, then it politely got pointed out that these materials require some modest skill to put them...

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I'm watching you! (I shoud be revising my Foundation Design exam tomorrow, but I might have got distracted )

Anyway, to me it looks like F F has been hiding in a field for the last 4 hours :?

EDIT: I've just realised this is the main congregating point of the WRT

I have something by vango that looks near identical to that, I use it as my glamping setup with my super thick thermarest...only use this setup when I have the car :lol: Anyway, for £100 that's a bargain (it was cheaper for me coz I nicked it off my old man ;) ), I mean it is fibreglass poles and st...

What's that strange orange/yellow symbol!?

I like the sound of this!

flatfishy wrote:Got my Spoon with grips this morning.

The grips look like some kind of dildo!!!

Funny you should mention that. I was in a well known chain of pet shops the other day, and was looking at the dog toys. A lot of them really do look like Sex Toys!

Got a friend who is as far as I'm away happy with his alfine. He uses it for winter hack duties, and at the time I think he'd just done enough racing in expert cat. to move up to elite cat. to give you an idea of how much riding he does. I once had to take a nexus apart, and they were some noticeabl...

I would be tempted by the simple, but I'm a bit short of funds at the moment, have 2 frames waiting to be built up and 2 other bikes waiting to be repaired I'd also quite like to have some time to ride too, so no for now, but I might be interested in 8 months time

I must admit, my personal experience of conti's has been that I don't like the way they grip. I'm a schwalbe fan boy these days.

But horses for courses and all that.

I can't quite tell but will it work with a disc brake? ... in the pic it looks like it might not. From the kickstarter page: NOTE: Bicycles outfitted with disc brakes may have the option of installing the Atom on the non-disc side of the front wheel, provided that there is 20mm of space between the...

I found something that people on here might be interested in. It's a kickstarter project at the moment, so doesn't yet exist...but it's met it's funding target and I'd be interested in maybe pledging to the project... All looks very neat. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/332999904/the-siva-cycle-...

What size you after Chew? For the WRT i'll manage, but i'll probably need 2, 8 litre ones for summer. I tend to find i put holes in the standard Airlocks, but the Xtra's seem to take a lot more punishment. Might give the Exped ones a go. I've got some exped ones and would describe them as between t...

Analytical Techniques coursework for my Masters degree...

Flip the sticker round :D

Congrats Ian, good effort. I look forward to reading about it!

I posted a graph on this similar thread: http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1892&p=17416#p17416 Here's a graph stolen from candlepowerforums http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/ae245/Battery_Guy/AApartialragone2.jpg http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?...

Whatever it is - and if you're bike setup hasn't changed and you know works well for you. Then I'd guess that you've clearly done something to it (strained, torn, bruised something somewhere) and you need to do the old RICE thing, stretch appropriately, repair and recover. Then start building up slo...

Sorry to hear about that

I've no personal experience, bit I think superstar components have a reasonable wheel for good money as a consideration.

Surely you want the dog in front of you, pulling you along

Any tips on getting reasonable prices on the sleeper for a weekend in Scotland? Preferably with a bed rather than a seat. Cheapest I'm finding is just shy of £250 return London to Aviemore. :shock: By the time I figure in a train from Bristol to London, it's far cheaper and probably less time to dr...