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- Tue Jun 20, 2023 2:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11457
- Views: 1984562
Re: The post man's been ...
Good god you people are scrawny freaks :lol: :lol: Lucky you, Tim, you don't have to buy clothes are far too wide for you, just to get sleeves that reach to your wrists and to cover your lower back! I'm also warmer at night Dave (soooooo well insulated). My life really is a win-win :lol: :lol: :lol...
- Tue Jun 20, 2023 10:10 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
- Replies: 11457
- Views: 1984562
Re: The post man's been ...
Good god you people are scrawny freaks :lol: My XL is a fine. It fits but would seem to have little spare room in the shoulders or chest area for significant layers (given it's warmth that seems fine) and fits snuggly at waist (c'mon, lets be honest, gut :roll:) level. Compared to a Patagonia nanopu...
- Mon Jun 19, 2023 9:32 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Todays paddle...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 319
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 9:48 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: SOLD - Alpacka Caribou bike carrying packraft
- Replies: 5
- Views: 428
Re: SOLD - Alpacka Caribou bike carrying packraft
That's a bargain. Enjoy!!
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 12:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What other sports/fitness/exercise do you do?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1769
Re: What other sports/fitness/exercise do you do?
Frequently - squash and TKD - at least once a week for each. Alternatively - packrafting, walking (dogs, hills, whatever), indoor rowing (great when I do it but struggle to establish a habit), kettlebells, climbing (in and out but oh so very rarely), yoga. As an exercise-induced asthmatic I always s...
- Sat Jun 10, 2023 10:18 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4945
- Views: 1255535
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
A few Rab borealis windproof jackets for £40 ish on Sportshoes.com
They also have a discount code (RAB15) on th8s season's Rab stuff.
They also have a discount code (RAB15) on th8s season's Rab stuff.
- Tue Jun 06, 2023 6:27 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Suncream in a pouch?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1564
Re: Suncream in a pouch?
I picked up a couple of these on sale a while ago: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lifesystems-Mountain-SPF50-Protection-Cream/dp/B06VVL12FL?th=1&psc=1 https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/711ZL0yxygL._AC_SX679_.jpg It's much smaller in real life (50ml) :lol: Worth bearing in mind (and IIRC) but sunscre...
- Mon Jun 05, 2023 2:43 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Durston x-mid tent?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2792
Re: Durston x-mid tent?
True datyourguitarhero wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 2:17 pm ....
And, sometimes when you're out for a while the £££s are forgotten about if all the kit is working well
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 4:33 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Longshot, anyone have a CAT and signal generator I can borrow in the Manchester/ East Lancs area
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1451
Re: Longshot, anyone have a CAT and signal generator I can borrow in the Manchester/ East Lancs area
Are you on a private supply? If not shirley the water company is the man / woman / person for the job?
If you really want to trace it I've seen them use divining rods, easily fashioned from wire coathanger Otherwise most plant hire shops do CAT&G (for a price).
If you really want to trace it I've seen them use divining rods, easily fashioned from wire coathanger Otherwise most plant hire shops do CAT&G (for a price).
- Fri May 26, 2023 7:45 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: HT550 2023
- Replies: 303
- Views: 68072
Re: HT550 2023
Great list of big name riders, and really good bike list. Most interesting is Isla Rowntree and her great looking custom bike: https://bikepacking.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rowntree-2023-ht550-rigs_1-960x640.jpg Beauty in the eye of the beholder and all that. I'm wavering between :| and :YMSICK:
- Mon May 22, 2023 3:44 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What summer mat is flavour of the year?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1077
Re: What summer mat is flavour of the year?
I'm with Bob about the Hyperlight or whatever they are now called. Stu reviewed one (not sure if it isn't the one I actually have now):
https://www.bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/ ... as-a-rest/
Good kit
https://www.bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/ ... as-a-rest/
Good kit
- Fri May 19, 2023 9:20 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: E-bikes - Bad for your health
- Replies: 57
- Views: 4314
- Thu May 18, 2023 9:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: E-bikes - Bad for your health
- Replies: 57
- Views: 4314
Re: E-bikes - Bad for your health
Phuk me i only posted it for a bit of light-hearted relief and look what's happened . This place and its bloody tangential-thread-trajectories
- Sat May 13, 2023 1:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Best bike for WRT for under 1k (second hand)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1907
Re: Best bike for WRT for under 1k (second hand)
I was just thinking Scandal too, though not sure if the latest incarnation (Mk3?) has gone all "long-low-slack". Someone with one could probably say. TBH at that budget you could do worse than watch Planet X and see what comes up in their erratic pricing schemes. There are likely to be sev...
- Tue May 09, 2023 9:59 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: All night lights
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2876
Re: All night lights
I used to baulk at Exposure due to the cost and I didn't get the fuss about it being a single unit. Then I bought one and was, to my chagrin*, convinced. Their after-sales have been great as the odd unit has needed attention (e.g. carbon joystick came unstuck at metal / carbon joints) and, whilst us...
- Fri May 05, 2023 2:58 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Anyone got any experiences with Planet X Sleeping bags?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1533
Re: Anyone got any experiences with Planet X Sleeping bags?
There's quilts (Cumulus, Enlightened Equipment, Thermarest, Sea2Summit etc) and then there's Alpkit's Cloudcover, IMO :roll: Pretty much any of the others will do you something effective. The Cloudcover is (or at least mine) was a poor size, stitched through and not all that great. I've chuntered ab...
- Tue May 02, 2023 3:31 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: E-bikes - Bad for your health
- Replies: 57
- Views: 4314
Re: E-bikes - Bad for your health
Reading the article that does indeed seem to be part of the problem (sub standard cells, sub standard chargers). I suspect it's compounded by the high level of bike theft so these things are usually indoors and that's where charging also occurs. When it goes wrong that means fire and noxious smoke i...
- Tue May 02, 2023 2:45 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: E-bikes - Bad for your health
- Replies: 57
- Views: 4314
E-bikes - Bad for your health
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/m ... es-uk-data
Blimey
Respect with regards to the tragic incidences and some perspective needed to the other causes of fires. I was surprised how many incidences there seemed to be and growing.
Blimey
Respect with regards to the tragic incidences and some perspective needed to the other causes of fires. I was surprised how many incidences there seemed to be and growing.
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 2:51 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Talk Otley 5th May 7pm
- Replies: 4
- Views: 344
Re: Talk Otley 5th May 7pm
De nada
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:11 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Talk Otley 5th May 7pm
- Replies: 4
- Views: 344
- Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:01 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Gravel porn
- Replies: 142
- Views: 20499
Re: Gravel porn
While it's built for speed, so says Reilly, this is very much practical and fast gravel rather than US-style, minimal aero gravel, as the Reflex can run a dropper post and dynamo lights with fully integrated cabling and has huge 55mm tyre clearance. This bit I don't understand, it's "practical...
- Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:55 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Convert 2 x 10 to 1 x10?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2120
Re: Convert 2 x 10 to 1 x10?
I used one of these Sunrace extenders (cheap) instead of a Goat link (pricey) when I needed to get a shimano mech to work with a bigger cassette: https://www.merlincycles.com/sunrace-rear-derailleur-extender-link-134836.html?utm_source=PHG&utm_medium=AffiliateMarketing&utm_campaign=p...
- Mon Apr 24, 2023 9:43 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: An unusual Lunar Solo pitch.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 646
Re: An unusual Lunar Solo pitch.
It might not work or it might just be an incredibly smart-arse thing to say after the event :wink: Push pegging loop of guy line through a chain link, larks foot onto a peg. Should hold the peg if tension is off/on plus minimal changes to or knots in guy lines. 10/10 for the pitch in the end though ...
- Fri Apr 21, 2023 10:10 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
- Replies: 4022
- Views: 536108
Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
A situation I covet and envy
Gig tonight in town. In the grand scheme that's enough to be content.
- Thu Apr 20, 2023 10:18 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Well OT: Cashlessness
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1723
Re: Well OT: Cashlessness
They haven't managed to kill cheques yet (despite what some might think) so I suspect cash still has some life left in it.
One day I'm going to have to get my head round bitcoin because from my (uninformed) viewpoint it just seems to be an absolute con.
One day I'm going to have to get my head round bitcoin because from my (uninformed) viewpoint it just seems to be an absolute con.