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- Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:54 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Travelling across Europe quickly - how?
- Replies: 19
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Re: Travelling across Europe quickly - how?
Just ride there Beat me to it :wink: . But?: "disassembled bike goes as hand luggage on all [French] TGV trains so long as bag is less than 130x90cm". Doesn't mention the width though! And?: "bicycle can be taken on board [German] ICE trains if it is packed in a cover less than 120x9...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:19 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The next Eclipse
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3179
Re: The next Eclipse
Entirely coincidentally, I've just bought some E-Clips. Quite impressed. They automatically self-disengage when they detect a crash occurring so I can dismount easily. Whatever will they E- next I wonder.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 1:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The next Eclipse
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3179
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:57 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Happy 'International Beaver Day'
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1779
Re: Happy 'International Beaver Day'
... but just where does one obtain a pair of beavers from? Salt Lake City....although it has been known that one can acquire more than a pair, if required, to get the job done. Greetz S. Interesting. So I searched for "Mormon beavers". That was quite an eye-opener :smile: . I tried again:...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:54 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Happy 'International Beaver Day'
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1779
Re: Happy 'International Beaver Day'
Any on the Twymyn or Dyfi? That'd be interesting to see.
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:50 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Happy 'International Beaver Day'
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1779
Re: Happy 'International Beaver Day'
Well that's killed the thread stone dead then .
Aye, cute though.
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:59 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Cranktank 3 vs cages on fork + smartwater bottles
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1112
Re: Cranktank 3 vs cages on fork + smartwater bottles
Next trip will be 3 days, then 4-6, and then hopefully, Iceland Divide. Oh, as Alpinum will no doubt be along to elaborate, Iceland would be a different kettle of (fermented) fish. You'd think with all that melted glacier water you'd have no problem, but the times I went (decades ago now) I was adv...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:46 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Cranktank 3 vs cages on fork + smartwater bottles
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1112
Re: Cranktank 3 vs cages on fork + smartwater bottles
So is it common for churches and graveyards to have taps to refill? good to know Very common. Village halls another good one in my experience. Maybe turned off in winter though. There was a suggestion on Here a while ago that we all chipped in to create a map of them. I prefer the fun of finding th...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Cranktank 3 vs cages on fork + smartwater bottles
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1112
Re: Cranktank 3 vs cages on fork + smartwater bottles
Firstly, hope you enjoyed your trip :smile: I've never carried more than 500ml and a filter. 3 litres of water would far and away be the single heaviest thing you carried. Every time you filter and fill your 500ml bottle, drink it straightaway then filter another 500ml to take with you. My 500ml bot...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:51 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hap.... no, I'm saying nowt :)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1596
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:36 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hap.... no, I'm saying nowt :)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1596
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:09 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Hap.... no, I'm saying nowt :)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1596
Hap.... no, I'm saying nowt :)
.... but a good opportunity to say thank you for everything. "Thanks" is lame and inadequate but there we go that's all I can manage in the time allowed .
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:57 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: packable fleece?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1457
Re: packable fleece?
Maybe I misread the product description in a review which said it had "zero" windproofness and all heat would be whipped away in a wind. 20mph on a bike is pretty windy. I'm just rebelling against something that doesn't sound perfect for £100 and needs a top layer (negating the weight savi...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4933
- Views: 1246895
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
I'm 9-9.5 Paul.... the L's are pretty snug.. so yes would think they would be your best bet? I think they're a bit naughty claiming 9.5-12.5....
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:51 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 546
- Views: 39705
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Aye, commiserations . One salutes your fortitude and dedication to the game!
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:38 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: packable fleece?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1457
Re: packable fleece?
If you always have to wear the shell to make sure you don't lose all the heat kept in by the mid layer, then that doesn't sound like a very flexible system. A layer should be removable if the conditions don't need it. My cheapo base and fleece(s) are warm and I add a U/L rain top if it rains or is v...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:51 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: packable fleece?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1457
Re: packable fleece?
My Core Hoodies are half the weight and volume of classic fleeces offering comparable warmth. Always interested in looking at lighter fleeces, so had a nosy. https://www.facewest.co.uk/OMM-Core-Fleece-Jacket.html?Product_Attributes%5B1%5D:value=GreyM&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwn7mwBhCiARIsA...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:27 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
- Replies: 4933
- Views: 1246895
Re: Bargain Alert Thread
https://www.polaris-bikewear.com/polaris-bikewear-breathable-cascade-waterproof-socks-various-colours-and-sizes.html Waterproof socks from as little as £8/pr. Turned up. Will see if as good as my ArcticDrys and Dexshells. Never been impressed with SSkins stuff I'm afraid. Waterproof socks and sanda...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 9:39 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: packable fleece?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1457
Re: packable fleece?
Hah! I remember everyone extracting the Michael about my fleeces . Have worn 'em for pretty much all of my outings. Bamboo baselayer then one or two Berghaus fleeces (325g each) plus rain top. Nowt fancy. As said, warm enough when damp, easy to layer.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:48 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 6694
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
Very good Jack
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:42 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: WRT GR's
- Replies: 64
- Views: 5460
Re: WRT GR's
^ yes the randomly-bumping-into-other-crackpots but then bouncing off in another direction is a huge part of the WRT event (arg) I think. If you devise a route (arg) in a totally different direction I think you miss out on a big part of the experience (arg). You may as well have just 'done a solo tr...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:33 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 6694
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
I've always thought bikepacking ≠ racing anyway but I know a lot of people are interested in bikepacking races so each to their own Agreed, man after my own heart but we'll get shouted at in a minute :smile: hotel booking Nah, paid for ≠ bikepacking :grin:. Then again, food/drink bought en-route (*...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:16 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 6694
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
nothing living is self supported Good point, albeit reductive :smile: . Hence why I don't think food and drink (and breathing/weeing/pooing?) are part of the 'bikepacking' definition. I'll STFU Nah, keep going, we're getting down to the esoteric nitpicking silly stuff now :smile: . Mrs P is waving ...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:59 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Is this 'bikepacking'?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 6694
Re: Is this 'bikepacking'?
Football and tennis have rules written down and governing bodies. Bikepacking just has pitchforks We've got BaM Rules/rules and a gover... well, Phil anyway :grin: . (Has he got a body or is he just a virtual chimera on the forum I wonder? :grin: ). BB2/300 even has a few. WRT... hmm.. dunno.. hope...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:11 pm
- Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
- Topic: Bivvy a Month 2024
- Replies: 546
- Views: 39705
Re: Bivvy a Month 2024
Time for the quarter-time round up then?
Quite a few bonkers enterprises this Winter.
A number of fallen comrades too .
Quite a few bonkers enterprises this Winter.
A number of fallen comrades too .