.33 oz is fine, I made dry bags out of it, don't sew it to increase the tarp size use the proper tape and double up with glue, I use aquaseal, tape line, glue line, second tape line works fine. For tie out points a couple of extra tabs stuck on and minimal stitching for small tie out loop. Look on S...

I'd forget the flex pillow, they give up too quickly, a thermarest stuff sack pillow is 57g, and the XLite pads really need the pump adding as without a high pressure they aren't too great. If you use a .33 oz/yd Cuben for the tarp you'll save more weight, it'll be around 60g, mix with 300lb breakin...

I'd gaffer tape a strip of inner tube under the straps, as for binning, let me know where the bin is!

My Spearfish has a PFBB30 setup, from what I can see it's fit a conversion kit and bolt in new setup. Anybody done this, what conversion kit did you use? Stuck between using bb30 bearings with problem solver adaptor, or sleeving the bb shell and using a Hope BB that is sat with the cranks. Then my n...

s8tannorm wrote:For me, the real issue wouldn't be getting my kit light enough, it'd be about getting the bike light enough to start with ...

Why he said, the kit is the easy part

Is the answer to the knee issue; supplement the training with more hike a bike and running to strengthen knees, then a supplement program based on fish oil, and liberal dosing with vitamin I? The training program I have here by Lynda Wallenfalls, includes a stack of hike a bike :? Was interesting vi...

Standard Shimano caused my road bike to chatter loads, changed to Mt Zoom aluminium with ceramic bearings and much better shifting, use them on my Spearfish and KCNC aluminium on my Ala Carte.

Yeah drifting through, few months off work to go play

Frog tape either side of seam and mix silnet with white spirit as it becomes paintable, fine paintbrush 1/2" is fine and paint seams.

What's the shortest folded tarp pole you've found? Total length needs to be around the metre.

Enjoy, wherever you may roam :)

But a ukulele is so much better! You can sit strumming along at camp waiting for the meths burner. My neighbours hate mine! :D

You now need the matching fat bike :)

You going somewhere cold or do you know something about our forthcoming winter

I have a down mat, great bit of gear, but if the temp is warranting a down mat I'll be using a suitable bag, used the quilt in autumn, but think a sleeping bag is better in winter, I like pulling the hood over. Cuben quilt, well if someone can point me in the direction of a down source I can knock o...

Quilts are better I think, but then I went and got a 900 fill Marmot bag which kinda became the go to bag over my GoLite quilt. The worst thing about a quilt is getting a sleeping mat that feels good, the Neo XLite is horrible IMO

Anybody got any experience of these Australian lights? Good, bad? Not looking at their bike lights though, need running setup :?

http://www.ayup-lights.com/systems/ligh ... -specific/

£50 for tyres compared to in excess of £500 for a 29er. Sounds a no brainer.

To be fair, no-one is going to get tired of the sight of something like this: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5127/5377194402_849ddec088.jpg Riding outfit by ♥ Kelsee ♥ , on Flickr Middle Age Men In Lycra on the other hand.... ;) Hope you noted the higher waist allowing her belt to sit higher ;)

Where can one get an outfit like that?

It 4 years of figuring it out on US Topo maps with the weight of the adventure cycling association working on it, then leg work on the ground! 4 years, now hopefully we may all have 4 years at least left on this planet, but personally I reckon you'll be needing more than a few wife points to figure ...

got one of them too in orange, may have to go into the loft and rummage through the gear

The Tour divide took 4 years to map, surely that job needs doing before you think of rules?

I have one here unused if you want one

Nitto, Stronglight and half link chains and a pair of 32kg kettlebells which made the courier ask if I minded getting my parcel off the van :D