Right, so the souvenirs are here in my kitchen. No peaking .... it's a surprise.

Looks good Jase but is that £200 for the whole bike or just the frame?

Morning team My daughter sat on her bike for the first time in a year and unsurprisingly the small frame no longer fits her. So I'm on the scrounge for a medium size (17-18 inch I imagine) hardtail frame. Needs to take 26in wheels, discs, straight steerer and ye olde 135mm rear end. A steel Inbred w...

Right. I'm back after a lengthy absence during which I seem to have ballooned to 101.5kg at my peak. That scared me. So I made some changes a few weeks ago, added more motion to my day and this morning tipped the scales at 98kg flat. Back. On. Track. 01.01.19 - 98.2kg 04.01.19 - 98.1kg. 11.01.19 - 9...

I just took a moment to fix a puncture on the front tyre of my OO Fatty to discover that pretty much every spoke at that end was loose and the wheel a saggy mess. I don't know how it was still standing. Anyhoo, 15 mins with the spoke key and she's back to as roundish as I can be bothered to make it ...

I really have to draw attention to my lie-ins pun.

That was quite clever. I missed it, me, but seem to have a 'roo loose in the top paddock today.

Sam's also bailed then has he?

Gah ... no. He's still in. How could I forget the Old Alien?

Oh poop. As well as looking forward to your company I was gonna bring that seat bag. Will get it in the post this weekend. Thus, we are three, I think: Reg, Pickers and me.

Nope nope nope nope nope nope .............. My abiding recollection of one of the winter bivvy routes Reg led us on was a figure 8 around Ashridge taking in some of the more deeply mudded patches on the Ridgeway and surrounds. It was a merry frolic, and I didn't realise it until we pass through the...

Sooooooooo ,,, I emailed Lyon and turns out they're not the MSR distributors, but they put me onto Cascade Designs customer service folks. Emailed them, they replied 12hrs later and have popped a replacement in the post FOC. Can't fault that. :-bd :-bd And in doing all this, I've been looking at the...

That looks a right dandy bivvy spot there Reg. I think I might give the whole TLS idea a go for this one, depending on the weather, and leave my chair, reading material, extra water bottle, pile of snacks and full change of clothes at home. Maybe.. And I'm actually working on a souvenir of the ride....

Bit of muslin and an elastic band Tim?

That;s actually what I was thinking, to be fair. Will try contacting Lyon in the meantime.

I think that's what it's called anyway. It's the red cap thing at the end of the hose which I presume takes care of chunky stuff. It came unscrewed and disappeared in a stream on the WRT. I've spent some quality time googling for a replacement, but can only find the cartridge filter replacement kits...

Reg, that sounds like a plan. And only a month away .......

Brilliant Pickers. We're getting the band back together. Now we just need BigDummySteve to read his emails/private messages/WhatApp texts and we might have a quorum. I think a lunchtime start would be better, but will deign to Reg's knowledge of the topography and route. I know the bits between Duns...

Sam, you old lurker. Jane Mary is a saint ... actually, that's two saints.

Reg, I think this needs to be Saturday 15th to do it justice. (Sorry Rich) It has the makings of another annual Chilterns pilgrimage so we need to get it right.

I had planned for ages to swap the frame for a vagabond frame, but now know I can't use my almost new 100mm forks as its a straight steerer. You can get headset bottom cup assemblies that let you do this. I put one of these (linky below) into an OO Inbred to fit a RS Rev with a tapered steerer. Wor...

Inbox is full on account of how come I'm so very popular ....... no, not really. I can't see how to delete the buggers to get to the new ones. Can someone send me step by step instructions that could be understood by my 98 year old gran please. Ta.

benp1 wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2019 6:22 am Sadly I can't make this, my 3rd child is due right around then.

Blimey that time has flown by hasn't it? Best of luck with it all.

Ben have a look at the Eagle Creek Fast Inflate jobbie. It's huge, weighs not much and packs down very small. Ive had mine for two years and think it's the dog's. Not cheap mind. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eagle-Creek-Inflate-Travel-Pillow/dp/B010AZURTS/ref=sr_1_11?adgrpid=50627861222&gclid=Cj0KCQ...

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47760019892_62441e57b3_m.jpg This jape was dreamt up at the bottom of the sixth pint on a local trip with MuddyPete and Rich3rd earlier this year. Can we find three pubs named the Red Lion, the Black Lion and the White Lion and link them up for a wobbly overnight...

Spend the next few months developing a positive relationship with misery

By The Baby Jeebuz that is erudite. Stu, you obviously know my ex-wife.

I ride flats. Just find them more comfortable and easy to get on with. Sometimes though ......

IIRC I weighed in at 47 pounds. Back home now, and taking stock, I reckon I can drop that to 35 easy. No chair, only a change of socks, can probably do without a book and three different light sources and dont get me started on that stupid big ass bum bag I lugged about, constantly drooping over my ...

May done with WRT but thinking a cheeky Friday next week may be done.