if only I had the guts and stamina/knowhow to try and even contemplate making one of the entry criteria for that madness!!.... Maybe one day... Shafiq Even if you don’t have this currently you clearly DO have the mindset to acquire it. If you want it then go for it. Only you can do it but you know ...

Look at the nutritional information panel on the food items.

Fat has the most kcal per gram, but unless you are used to eating lots of it then

You should be able to get 4000kcals per kilo of weight.

With a stove? Dehydrated meals. Easy to home make these if your oven goes down to 50c.

Without: Snickers, cheese, pies, marzipan all pack the calories in

Incoming...

Apologies, I realise it's not yet Friday but I'm still cheery - decided that while the chainsaw and axes were out I'd split my big Yew log into staves. Yew can be a bit funny but this behaved and I'm gad to say there's probably 4 bows living in there ... and that's over £500 quids worth in the pict...

I heard Brant do a 20 minute talk about bike design. It was actually quite funny.

But I do remember one slide which was a page from very old handlebar catalogue. He said something along the lines of ‘and this is what I pick from and then claim it’s a new and shiny idea’

At least he was honest!

No worries. I’ve just had a similar time with 9 speed stuff building a bike for a friend

For flat bars or drops?

I’ve some for drops ....

Richard G wrote:

ianfitz wrote:I thought this was going to be another brexit-shambles based problem!

We'd really have to be going some to get ourselves excluded from GPS!

Given the staggering levels of incompetence in the current government I would not put this past them!

Quicker than its ever been. Based on subjective (non) measurement

Super quick this evening

I do find the early morning dog walkers way grumpier and less likely to return a greeting than the evening ones.

Alpinum wrote:

ianfitz wrote:discrete solar panel to provide a small amount of 12v power.

To power the devices through which more expensive bikes and other gear can be ordered.

Maybe to an extent, and given Dave’s insistent I’ll say yes.

But also a bit of lighting etc.

All you time hippys can get off my capitalist money grabbing thread right now. I’d also like multiple Gore Shakedry jackets so I could ride them near thorns and not care about holes. And maybe a full set of Revelate bags. Ok then if I must. I’ll take a private Bothy in Wales, Scotland, Cornwall and...

I thought this was going to be another brexit-shambles based problem!

Was fine at 8pm ish on iPhone.

Now it’s very slow and had logged me out.

Time for bed I think

I'm going along with the 'time' angle. Really, each new shiny bauble takes less time to pall than the previous one. I pick up the odd bit now and then but faaaarrrrrrrr and away TIME is the best currency I've ever spent. For example, 11 year old BP machine, does the job, and the pleasure is in the ...

I’ve got a set of the Shimano fully hydraulic ones. They are spot on and so far have needed less bleeding or attention than the Mtb versions.

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quimarche wrote:I've got a pair of TRP Spykes going spare, complete with cables, Avid levers and spare pads. How does £30 plus postage sound?

That sounds perfect

Let me know a PayPal address and I’ll gift some cash. Is £35 enough to cover postage too?

Bearbonesnorm wrote:You mean discs Ian or actual calipers?

I have plenty of rotors it’s everything between there and levers I need

I do. Lots of people seem to take themselves seriously though.

It’s just people init. Some of them are sound. Some of them are wankers.

I’m building up a bike for a skint friend from my embarrassingly large pile of spares. I’ve got pretty much everything apart from brake levers and calipers.

Going with flat or jones-a-like bars.

Does anyone have anything kicking about?

I don’t know about those rims but land cruiser tyres will go up tubeless and are very tough but still fairly quick rolling. I used a pair tubeless for the three peak cyclocross, along with a large proportion of the field too(!), and they were spot on. They will be going on my commuter once I decided...

Thanks Alisdair for your fantastic offer. If Ian hadn't replied below I'd have jumped at the chance. Ian, Please can I borrow yours? I'll be using it in a couple of weekends time if you don't mind. Will pay for postage, just let me know. No worries. It’s a summer pad for us so a few weeks without i...