whitestone wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 10:31 am *Where* did you get cold? On top? From underneath? Head end, feet?

I'll start a new thread in General to avoid bogging this down with hammock talk, I know how we like to stay on-topic around these parts

We have an actual wind turbine blade manufacturer on The Island so I might be able to get some cheap factory seconds, they're quite, umm, big :lol: Stu, how many sections will a 150m tall carbon pole be? PS, this isn't actually a BAM, that was Thursday during the weather warning for rain. I'm trying...

Decided not to leave it until the last minute this month. The forecast was a yellow warning for rain but that wasn't until 06:00 Thursday so if I went Wednesday night I would be able to get out and set-up in the dry. There was only light winds forecast so that was the important part. Left home earli...

I think the trick with gaiters is to have short-ish ones and put your waterproof trousers over the top. The water running down the trousers runs over the gaiters and over the boots. If you put them on the outside of your trousers, like the ramblers, then the water running down your leg will tend to ...

Just checked and my closest was 1.4km each way so 2.8km total.

Edit, mine was 800 metres away as the crow flies

Last minute and super local on Saturday, felt like box ticking but does keep my streak going. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53297090364_8bef6ca3b7_c.jpg Took a proper shelter given the forecast. Left home in the dark and rain after dinner and luckily got set up before the real rain started. I'...

A can of Glowing Embers red IPA, which I'm drinking sat on a log with my fire in front of me and the hammock behind me in Mum's garden* :grin: I like to try appropriately named beers when I'm here :grin: * Mum's garden is an acre of woodland not a lawn, it would be weird to sit on the lawn drinking ...

DAY 7 CROFT CASTE BACK TO BROMSGROVE The bivi spot was as good as predicted, quiet, sheltered and the trees kept any damp away. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53212681505_96dbeb0127_c.jpg Coffee consumed we knew exactly where we would be having breakfast and even knew what we would be having. I...

I'd like to say I'd been building the suspense but the reality is it's been flat out at work since I got back and that's where I have the laptop. However, I'm WFH this morning....

There's something good about running in terrible conditions with an overly cheerful persona

I've rested my achilles for a few weeks now and my knee seems to be better after last week's road accident so I'm going to try an easy run next week.

Ace that. Nice report and pix. One more thrilling installment to go? Spoiler alert, we could have stayed out for another night but we did make it back to Mike's the next day. Aptly, I think that's a monkey puzzle tree. We have one in the park on our estate that's a left over from the Victorian era ...

DAY 6 HAY BLUF TO CROFT WOOD – BACK INTO ENGLAND This bivi was 1700 feet higher than the previous night and the weather and temperature had been markedly different to the night before. The thermometer showed it had dropped to 8 degrees overnight and Mike complained of having been cold. I’d put my do...

I'd assume the forks are identical and the question is whether having holes in them for the mounts has weakened them?

Are there any weights for the forks to see if extra material has been added to the ones with the mounts?

...I was knocked off by a car on the way home... Gah. No significant harm done I hope? The bike looks ok so that's the important thing :grin: I've ripped open my knee, the one that had just healed from my crash on the trip with Mike, a graze and bruises but I was lucky. She pulled out as I was cros...

... so as not to break the steak That'll be the gourmet camp food bivvy, yes? :lol: should have gone to Specsavers In my defense I was knocked off by a car on the way home so I'll say it was that which has affected my vision, or was it the driver with the bad eyesight? Apparently they didn't see me...

Hello and welcome to the lunacy

You can start any month you want so if you start now you'll have done a year by next September's bivi

By then you'll have 12 months in a row and will want to keep going so as not to break the steak Good luck.

GXP BB cup bearings and tool to suit. Was hoping the BB would come with a wavy washer that the setup requires but got short changed by Sram :roll: (was a boxed part too!). Oh well, got a wavy washer on its way now, hopefully it will arrive at the weekend… I've found the wavy washer usually comes wi...

DAY 5 – CALDICOT TO HAY BLUF We woke to an overcast morning but the forecast rain had been early and only light. Last night’s issue with finding a bivi spot, and having to ride on later to find one, had actually resulted in a first class location. We were in agreement that this was the best spot yet...

Chapeau Boab

You know the 200 in BB200 stands for 200 km? You rode 55 km more on Saturday and only 20 km less on the Sunday, so no need for BB200 anxiety

I ran Barzo front and Mezcal rear for both of my BB300s, seemed to be ok.

There's not really the mud we get down south. As long as they're durable with some tread you'll be fine.

Mine was on my big trip with Mike (see report) but there's 6 nights to choose from and the one I'm counting* is in the next installment which I'll not get round to posting until Monday.

* Chosen out of the 6 as it was the highest

I think (by my friend's experience of them) that Dub are just rubbish, sorry. You'll need new cranks to get away from them. The longest lasting BB I've ever had came on my Planet X London Road, it's done 3500 road miles and 1500 mixed miles when I put gravel tyres on it, that's over 7 years and stil...

We went a bit freestyle and off-piste at times as the signage was tricky to follow. I'm sure we went under a car park at one point, all concrete columns and graffiti. The closed section was somewhere out of town in the run down to the bridge, cutting through industrial estates. Looked like they were...

In the prison when Jane worked there they had to remove the hand sanitiser as the inmates were drinking it. Assuming yours is alcohol based as well then I'd recommenced that, plus you'll have fresh breath afterwards

DAY 4 – HONEY STREET TO CALDICOT Having had pizza for breakfast 1 there would be no rush to look for food this morning. The campsite was right next to the canal so once packed away we were straight back on route. We were now going to follow the Kennet and Avon canal through to Bath some 30 miles awa...