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- Wed Aug 03, 2011 9:52 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Flat pedals ... anyone else?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2157
Re: Flat pedals ... anyone else?
V12's for me and I ride with a pair of five tens impact lows they are super grippy, occassioanly I wear a pair of five ten camp4's-same again super grippy
- Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:10 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What bike stand??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2112
Re: What bike stand??
Ok here my view&review on the park pcs9 home mech stand. Very sturdy and simple to use, it has a Plastic swivel hand at the back which seems strong but I think I might break it if not careful. Jaw clamps are good but wood benifit from a thicker softer rubber as it left a imprint in the frame pro...
- Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:38 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What bike stand??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2112
Re: What bike stand??
Thanks for the info valleydaddy, I got the park pcs9 at £75 and the chap gave me a small tub of White lighting grease to try f.o.c : )
I think for tonight's entertainment it's a strip and rebuild service :)
I think for tonight's entertainment it's a strip and rebuild service :)
- Sun Jul 31, 2011 3:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: What bike stand??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2112
What bike stand??
I'm just on my way to my lbs to get a work stand I'm thinking the park psc9.
What has if you have any one else got and what is there views on there's and the psc9 stand??
What has if you have any one else got and what is there views on there's and the psc9 stand??
- Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:24 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Packs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4516
Re: Packs
My bad it's a macpac rapaki 26
- Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:21 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Packs
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4516
Re: Packs
Good time to post a pack post... I just bought a macpac rakipaki 26 3 hours ago after trying a few and finding the same prob too small for back
I paid £45 on a price match at snow and rock the bag is packed full of features and definitely worth a look at
I paid £45 on a price match at snow and rock the bag is packed full of features and definitely worth a look at
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 9:16 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: How old are you?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5115
Re: How old are you?
30 but you would never guess, for me its not a mid life crisis its resuming my love for the out doors and enjoying life after a few year off well about 15 years off lol
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 8:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: any one based in Essex or East anglia for info
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3218
Re: any one based in Essex or East anglia for info
sounds good - I've emailed you already for further details, Friday after 7pm is best for me and then to get some riding in Saturday morning/afternoon...? How does that fit in with your plans?
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 6:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: any one based in Essex or East anglia for info
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3218
Re: any one based in Essex or East anglia for info
@fatsimon mk 2, that sounds like a good idea to me I will email you later tonight once iv put my boy to bed how many miles and hills do you have planned??
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 1:24 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: any one based in Essex or East anglia for info
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3218
Re: any one based in Essex or East anglia for info
I have found this route which also takes me past the holiday site where my son is staying with his nanna so I can pop in for a surprise visit. http://www.cycle-route.com/routes/Colchester_to_Walton_on_the_Naze_seaside_route-Cycle-Route-687.html please comment and has any one got any beach bivi exper...
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:14 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Your last or next purchase?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 10640
Re: Your last or next purchase?
My last was a DD tarp and hammock Tuesday night and if this is counted then next will be some self heating Wayfayrer food rations for a nights bivi this or the following weekend If not I just put a deposit down on a trek x caliber to try for size assuming if it fits and I like (I don't see why I wou...
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:04 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: any one based in Essex or East anglia for info
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3218
any one based in Essex or East anglia for info
Hi guys and girls, I want to do a nights bivi this weekend or the next one which will be a full moon (13th august) so I can test my new dd tarp out and possibly my hammock if it arrives, only I want to do it as cheap as possible in Essex or East Anglia I mean real cheap I will travel as all ways to ...
- Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:39 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Would it be ok to request bike radar to review this forum
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2515
Re: Would it be ok to request bike radar to review this foru
I saw that link too on page 105.
here is a photo of my request to bike rader via there face book site and the comment has not been taken down yet which is good
here is a photo of my request to bike rader via there face book site and the comment has not been taken down yet which is good
- Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:09 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Would it be ok to request bike radar to review this forum
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2515
Re: Would it be ok to request bike radar to review this foru
Forgot to say the idea is to bring in more members from free publicity
- Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Would it be ok to request bike radar to review this forum
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2515
Would it be ok to request bike radar to review this forum
Hi guys I like this forum very much so and have been in need of one like this for over 18 months so I would like to ask publicly on bike raders Facebook site for the to do a review on this forum!
Does any one have any objection especailly the boss and administrators ??
Does any one have any objection especailly the boss and administrators ??
- Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bivvy bag of choice.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3966
Re: Bivvy bag of choice.
i use rab storm it is more of a emergency bivvy but I like it and have used it a a ground sheet, padding bag and lots of other things its so light & small packed down that i can carry it on a belt hope I have consider changing it but every time I look at some thing else I get lost with bigger, b...
- Tue Jul 19, 2011 3:08 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Do you use a synthetic bag?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2193
Re: Do you use a synthetic bag?
I use as synthetic mt hardware lamina 20 mainly because I am a hot sweaty sleeper and find it the right size when packed down. I used down a lot when I was younger and hated the the cold & lumpy spots although down has come along way in the last ten years I still prefer synths even for my home d...
- Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:03 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Do people really get scared?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5278
Re: Do people really get scared
Last october whilst bikepacking in the forest of Dean I heard really strange noises whilst riding through noises that seem to be stalking me and I couldn't place them, I had little knowledge of the wild life in that forest so I couldn't work out what it was to dismiss it, it sound like there was a a...