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- Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Remember when we were discussing ...
- Replies: 108
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Re: Remember when we were discussing ...
With regards to not knowing if sexuality is proportionally represented, I will summarise my experience with it on here. The expected state I have is that people would not be nice about it, or not understand then not try to. That is my life experience. When I realised how gapping the hole of represen...
- Fri Oct 09, 2020 11:29 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Do you still cycle tour "traditionally"?
- Replies: 31
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Re: Do you still cycle tour "traditionally"?
I still use panniers. Mainly for mini trips that I decide at the absolute last minute. Typically it is half an hour or less packing and planning, an hour riding, 8 hours sleeping, an hour riding, usually on a school night as a circuit breaker style thing. I can pack them fast where I keep my kit, an...
- Wed Oct 07, 2020 6:22 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: FS: Shimano bar end shifter mounts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 646
Re: FS: TRP Spyre Post mount calipers; Shimano bar end shifter mounts
Literally decided today that I wanted to get some TRP spyres. Will message you
- Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Improving Bikepacking
- Replies: 94
- Views: 6823
Re: Improving Bikepacking
The more I think about bikepacking in relation to other activities, it really misses out that grassroots community. Well, it is almost all amateur which is pretty grass level I guess, but you can't join a bikepacking club the same way say rugby, football, or even road cycling clubs exist. I massivel...
- Thu Oct 01, 2020 8:54 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2020.
- Replies: 923
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- Thu Oct 01, 2020 8:44 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Improving Bikepacking
- Replies: 94
- Views: 6823
Re: Improving Bikepacking
I won't go into the specifics but bikepacking has had a truly transformative affect on me. As well as an escape and coping mechanism it has fostered my problem solving attitude and awareness of nature which has impacted my eco lifestyle and activism. It would feel so selfish to not want other people...
- Wed Sep 23, 2020 8:49 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Swaps. New Gatewood cape Gore One Thermium jacket medium
- Replies: 0
- Views: 388
Swaps. New Gatewood cape Gore One Thermium jacket medium
So I fully appreciate that cash is a fantastic invention, but it is also boring. Swapsies is more fun. On the table are an unused Gatewood cape in grey and a used Gore thermium primaloft gold active warm jacket. Jacket is an impressive fabric that actually satisfies the warm, breathable, packable tr...
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 2:29 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Battery powered light recommendations?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 880
Re: Battery powered light recommendations?
Would a headtorch not satisfy most of these requirements? I have used my alpkit gamma with three AAA. It has rechargeable ones in for almost all the time from home short trips so is not just disposable batteries. Lasts a full night on low but also ok for teckie on full blast, admittedly it is mildly...
- Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:36 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2020.
- Replies: 923
- Views: 143509
Re: Bivvy a month 2020.
This bivi out was fair chuffed by the fire in my belly. The fuel was the blame and shame culture that is being currated by the media. I needed to escape this distopia and return to reality. After stuffing my face with mash and my bike with kit I left. I had no destination in mind. I did not care. Be...
- Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:36 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2020.
- Replies: 923
- Views: 143509
Re: Bivvy a month 2020.
As a placemarker for records sake, while I find time to match the appropriate words to give it justice alongside this rediscovered inconvenience of work, I went out in August for the WRT. Ate lots of good food. Had a fantastic weekend. Loved every second.
- Fri Sep 11, 2020 7:40 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: A question - everyone can play.
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4306
Re: A question - everyone can play.
Yeah. My main compromises with campsites are they are in a fixed location, and that location usually isn't as interesting as somewhere within range. I'd probably sack bikepacking off if I couldn't wild camp, and ride through the night a lot more. Camping would be a long weekend finding cool sticks, ...
- Sun Sep 06, 2020 2:26 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Pimp my breakfast
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4962
Re: Pimp my breakfast
Using the kit listed in the op, crumpets dry toasted on the pan as they have a small enough diameter with peanut butter (other toppins are available such as avocado, cheese, smoked salmon, dried meat). Another option would be jazzing even more bits into the oats. Chia seeds and strawberries(possible...
- Wed Sep 02, 2020 8:47 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: FS: Drybags, front hub, fenders, quilt
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1741
Re: FS: Drybags, front hub, fenders, quilt
Hi
Would I be able to get both dry bags and the front hub please?
Would I be able to get both dry bags and the front hub please?
- Wed Aug 19, 2020 12:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hammock underquilt advise please
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5949
Re: Hammock underquilt advise please
Has anyone tried a sleeping bag with a double ended zip with the hammock poked through the toe end? Essentially make the bottom half of the sleeping bag into your under quilt. I am sure there is a fundamental problem with this, draughty and the hammock wanting to be wider than the sleeping bag dimen...
Re: Off Cuts
From my experience a walking foot made most difference rather than bulkiness of a machine, although walking feet are hardly cheap. The feet lift up as the fabric is pulled though the machine then stamp back down, similar to a walk, so the slippy fabric and fluffy insulation do not bunch and jam. It'...
- Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:20 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD - Wildcat seatpack
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1538
Re: WTD - Wildcat seatpack
This did happen to me a morning into a weekend trip. Tied it together with guy lines as a temp bodge that was sturdy but did wear out the dyneema when I removed it. Unpicked the zig zag stitch and replaced with some similar webbing in less than 10 minutes. Happily add my hat into the repair ring beh...
- Fri Jul 24, 2020 6:25 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a month 2020.
- Replies: 923
- Views: 143509
Re: Bivvy a month 2020.
Back on that fourth of July, when the pubs reopened, me and Jack decided restrictions had been eased enough that riding bikes together all day and sleeping in adjacent ditches would be as acceptable as it had ever been. We had months of catching up to do, and a long easy bike ride was just the way t...
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 3:50 pm
- Forum: MYOG
- Topic: Mobile modular sleep system
- Replies: 4
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Mobile modular sleep system
This was mainly a project that I could sink plenty of daydream time into intricate niche specifications but it turns out to be surprisingly practical and may even be useful! The inspiration for this was the fear of getting out of the sleeping bag/quilt in the middle of night to go for a wee. Hence b...
- Thu Jul 09, 2020 11:04 am
- Forum: MYOG
- Topic: My first tarp project
- Replies: 1
- Views: 897
My first tarp project
Standard time rich purpose poor story of lockdown lead me down the path of fixing, designing, then making kit. Here is the tarp I did. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50093548672_5061b60ddd_c.jpg Waterproof from above if not below. Maybe a bathtub midge net combo is a project for the pipeline. 1...
- Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What do you think about when you are riding?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4453
Re: What do you think about when you are riding?
I had a ridiculously productive commute home by bike in those days gone by. So often I would be stumped at a problem all day only to solve it on the way home. Day rides depend massively how hard I am pushing, with the harder the emptier my mind becomes. I usually find the first four to six hours of ...
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 3:37 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTD Folding foam mat SORTED
- Replies: 2
- Views: 460
WTD Folding foam mat SORTED
Thetmarest z lite or similar. Mainly asking from a sustainability point of view than saving from the £40 price tag. Have found the fiver roll up one perfectly comfy for my continued back garden camping, but it is frustratingly bulky to pack on a bike. Appreciate the folding does not do much, but I h...
- Thu Jun 25, 2020 9:30 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: RTTS 2020.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4314
Re: RTTS 2020.
My ride was out to Shrewsbury to have a garden breakfast with Jack, then ride halfway back with him before he looped back. It was so great to see him face to face after months. I rarely remember as graphically the rides with other people, despite enjoying them more, so the rest of this report is on ...
- Wed Jun 24, 2020 6:10 pm
- Forum: Anyone playing out?
- Topic: RTTS 2020.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4314
Re: RTTS 2020.
I did get out. Been feeling floppy and had things on but working on giving the write up justice. Definitely more of a journey more than the start to finish should suggest
- Mon Jun 22, 2020 5:43 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Budget Bags
- Replies: 17
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Re: Budget Bags
...turned out to be driving rain, 2 metre visibility, and howling winds all night. Fortunately, It was about 10 degrees which I consider quite toasty in any normal situation, but I really struggled to keep warm around my hips and waist. My current bag is a Blacks Aerolight 1000, which has served me...
- Thu Jun 18, 2020 2:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Smallest usable tarp
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1796
Re: Smallest usable tarp
In a race to the bottom with consideration of wind direction I reckon a right angle triangle of 1.4 could do it, as the lower half of the square does not pull it's weight in protection per sq cm