A nice 1/4 zip l/s Isobaa merino top from Sport Pursuit. Looks to be good quality on first inspection. And a 60mm stem very kindly donated by Phil of this Parish. And two sets of sintered Avid Juicy BB7 pads off fleabay for a bargain price.

The time for dragging these f#ckers out of their ivory towers and hacking their heads off is long overdue.

F I_I C K the law (and forum rules) Ooh, you're very naughty. I keep reading stuff ont' internet with people using the word 'illegal', my understanding is that after today, Dartmoor is on the same footing as the rest of England / Wales which means wildcamping is a civil rather than criminal act and...

We live in a country run by w*nkers, for w*nkers... BB spring bivvy in Dartmoor anyone? Yon twally turns up to chuck us off. We reply "GTF" - he phones Police, they say "we'll assign it a priority to enforce commensurate with it's impacts" i.e. zero. Stooshie ensues but we are l...

Isobaa merino at sport persuit 50% off. No idea on the quality but just picked up a l/s top for 35 quid, about one third of the equivalent Smartwool.

I've found fabsil gold to be pretty good. Rubble sacks from screwfix make very durable pack liners rather than faffing with individual dry bags.

If you can be bothered to carry the punp sack its worth it. My Xlite has lots of black mould inside visible through the yellow material. Probably not detremental to the durability or R-value but when inflating it by mouth when its getting close to full there is always that bit of blowback and it doe...

+1 on Ton's recommendation.

Maybe you could improvise with a length of old inner tube to begin with.

Looks like the ideal project to get you started on MYOG

In and out of the US has been mostly ok but TSA do love to open boxes and mess things up. The biggest issue I can recall...getting a hold of my bike box in Seattle ex Manchester...with many holes from forks and cranks (tie them to the frame tightly!)...anything fluid in toolkit missing but skeletoo...

There's definitely an element of luck of the draw with check-in staff and scanner operators.

If its not a major rip I've had good results with Tenacious Tape in the past.

I think we are misunderstanding one another. The key word in that sentence is "and" - "Stoves that have been used or are new and have their fuel attached". A typical modern gas stove burner is simply a lump of metal that attaches to the cylinder, the fuel is so volatile that jus...

Be careful not to pack CO2 I've often seen this repeated but it would appear to be a myth. According to the Civil Aviation Authority they are allowed in checked, carry-on, and on the person but need airline approval. They do appear to by banned by the TSA in the USA though. https://www.caa.co.uk/pa...

Be careful not to pack CO2 I've often seen this repeated but it would appear to be a myth. According to the Civil Aviation Authority they are allowed in checked, carry-on, and on the person but need airline approval. They do appear to by banned by the TSA in the USA though. https://www.caa.co.uk/pa...

Dave Barter wrote: ↑Wed Jan 04, 2023 5:54 pm Look at the Southern Way which covers the Hampshire to Exeter bit

Care to post a link / gpx to the route? I've seen it mentioned on here before and have never been able to find any details

Up to the Kennet and Avon canal between Devizes and Bath, into Bath then the EV2 rail trail to Bristol for the GB divide route To Bridgewater and the Quantocks.

KAW to Winchester. Winchester to Southampton ( bit of a main road blast but not too bad) across the water and into the New Forest, Bournemouth, Purbeck, bit of Dorset Ridgeway or pick up the Old Chalk Way to Lyme Regis, East Devon Trail to Exeter and cut across to the Westcountry Way ( or even ride ...

All the usual things, pedals off, bars turned ( or even off if wide flat bars) front wheel off. Deflate tyres if using tubes. If tubeless just let them down to a bit lower than the lowest you would ride them on. Its a BS rule and it doesn't say deflate completely :) I've only used Turkish Airlines. ...

If they are basicly junk now is there anything to lose from welding up the hole, drilling and tapping?

Looking for a cheap 60mm x 31.8mm stem, straight or +/- single digit degrees. I'm trying to play around with my riding position and not looking to spend much before finding the right length. Anyone got anything loitering in the bottom of their spares box?

Certainly branding attached to an event raises the profile of that brand far more than sponsorship of an individual. Indeed some events become synonymous with, even inseparable from certain brands. The RAC rally will forever be conected in my mind with Lombard but it was years and years of watching ...

Could you change it to left hand operation? Or fit trigger shifters?

Hey peeps. Stu here. Managed to get a route sorted. It's a belter if I say so myself. 306km so I need to scrub off a few but what's 6km amongst friends? 660 meters of climbing so a tad testing. Same format as the YD300. Breakfast spread Saturday morning and some hot food is waiting for you when you...