You dont need a cache bank as you can just plug your garmin straight into a sinewave* even if the light is on, that said everyone is carrying a battery bank** anyway so its not additional weight Maybe it's my older Garmin Edge, but if there's no cache battery it powers down when the current stops. ...

I think the power out charge cable connection is shown on a display bar, I assumed it was their OE version of the magnetic connections available on ebay. Not replacing the dropout connection. But now you mention it.. a bike with the contact dropout connectors and this system would be so good. Those ...

I don't think it'll be cheap. Sinewave did look good but doesn't have the StVZO beam pattern which is the main drawback for me, I want it for long road rides at least as much as off-road. It lacks the the cache battery the SON will have also, so charging a Garmin needs an additional battery and in t...

https://nabendynamo.de/en/new-edelux-headlight-with-high-beam-function-2/ New SON light with power out and a high/low bean (edit/ beam, perhaps)? Sold :-bd (when it comes out in 2024) Magnetic connection is really smart. Just need a suitable connector for the Garmin and this would tidy up my SON dyn...

I've been meaning to memory-map our GR5 ride so I'll try to get as much of that as I can down and I'll post it up here if anyone's interested. A winter rainy Sunday project, I still have the tattered IGN maps we used on the shelf here.

Sorry James, just seen this. If you pm me an email address I can send gpx or if on komoot I can share Julians original plans. Your trip looked great - forgotten how much I love the Alps. Very tempted to go back next year and ride the Tour of the Ecrins over a week. Thanks - james.olsen.remote at ho...

Altura Thermocool is the best I've used. Really thin but warm, doesn't hold much moisture. Works across a quite wide temps range. Very light and packable too, I have the LS version and pretty much always take it on a trip.

An event that asks all sort of questions about ethnicity, skin colour, gender, sexuality and social media status to screen people out of it or into it (and then take some nice photos of participants as poster-persons to demonstrate the brand "inclusivity") isn't in my opinion even remotel...

You mean mansplaining?

No I mean just proactively making the offer or making some effort to consider other needs beyond the your own or the usual, that kind of thing.
You're right on someone groups relate to being influential making a difference, it helps.

Yeah it would depend on what the goal was, of course. There's plenty of reasons there are groups for certain people only, may be that they're happier without average bike blokes involved or need space for themselves.

I wasn't sure what was meant by the mention of lack of inclusion in the blog tbh, read it as 'maybe it's about the bb200?' but maybe a more general thing. Hadn't intended to take it on a tangent into general inclusivity if I misunderstood.

Back to the stickers if I have..

Ooh, stickers? I feel like a banter-pooper posting this now :lol: but normally you need the under represented groups to explain why they don't feel included But you'd be more than welcoming to everyone that shows an interest. That's about all you can do. I'm quoting two comments as a lead in because...

I don't just mean liability from a legal standpoint but also from something of a moral one.

I don't disagree, equally I'm not sure if there's a moral obligation beyond telling people what to expect. As you do already. I mean, there's enough of a rep surrounding BB200 to put me right off it : )

Could well be something in it, yes. I don't think Wiggle/CRC's brands are SD/Evans/FG's area personally whereas SportsCheck is much closer to what they do.

SD/Mike Ashley is always touted as a likely buyer at times like this for a retail business - perhaps it's a PR thing. If it was up for sale they'll probably look over the books just for the info value even if not interested in it.

Liability.. I know you have good counsel on that topic and from my own exp 'a little knowledge is a dangerous thing' there, anyway fwiw I was told as long as the nature of the event and the risks were reasonably explained in writing there was little chance of negligence sticking. More recently insur...

suggesting they perhaps download themselves a previous years route and attempt that over 2-3 days and see how they get on. While I understand why events have entry conditions, there are folks who just turn up at 'on your head be it' open events and get it done with no previous form or record at all...

With regard to 'here' ... 'here' is anonymous.

That's true - perhaps it's perception, or an average impression of topics and content, photos etc. idk.

Positive discrimination is only really practical if you are some way along the road to that "ideal" anyway - I'm thinking of this year's 50/50 male/female split in entries for the HT550 - Alan G could not have considered it unless there was a reasonable expectation that it would have work...

That you even have that as part of the broader BB offering just helps demonstrate that you're not elitist or exclusionary. +1 The WRT is as open and run what ya brung a format as it could be and it was there before pretty much anything else. I suppose the crowd it has and the image that presents is...

Last week, someone told me that, in certain circles Bear Bones is viewed as being ‘less than inclusive’. Might it be more about the demographic on here which has been discussed before, rather than the events? Sounded from the post as if you weren't sure if it was about the events or not but maybe I...

the odds on 5 days of dry weather in a row in Wales... probably never get a chance! Have faith, the planet is heating up! :???: Had 2 6 day trips in the 3 years with only one wet day over all 12.. the ride in 2021 was so hot I was having siestas early afternoon. Not that climate change is a good th...

Really enjoyed seeing this, some great shots too. 3 of us rode a fairly loose GR5 route in 2012 and I recognise some of the sections but not others. The Crete Gites was amazing and I remember a tough morning up to the Col Anterne! We rode pre GPS and used maps or followed VTT trails we saw along the...

I rode a good chunk of it as part of a tour last year. Started with the TCW then used the BB520 to loop up and around back to Knighton area via the Wayfarer's track. Really enjoyed it. Probably because I had a just under a week for the whole thing rather than it being any timed effort ; )

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