A W3W square is 3m x 3m - it's quite accurate if used correctly. (+/- 5m GPS error on top of this) The mapping is not what we want. We want a location. We don't even use OS maps for searching sometimes, other things available. W3W is easy for a punter to use for a location. But it's not fool proof....

My issues with W3W are that if your asked for a W3W location you'll have to have previously downloaded the app or have a data signal so you can download it. As such why couldn't you just download a grid reference app. Which leads me on to people who say it easier to use W3W than providing a grid ref...

Reminds me of the 1990s Oakley Goggle advertising phrase 'Chicks dig scars, not the hole where your eye use to be'

Get well soon Sam.

Turns out Sugru was to flexible when it cured. I've went for some epoxy putty and moulded it this afternoon. Needs a wee sanding in places to smooth it out.

Good effort. I started out making stem cells and was surprised as to how easy and quick they are to make once you've got the pattern and the steps in the right order. I like the drainage hole. For some reason I immediately thought of the Great Escape and you cycling round depositing the soil from To...

Ideas for you... I hemmed light shock cord into the base. It made sitting on on the side ground sheet easy and prevented it 'ballooning. ' 2-3mm would do. Getting in/out wasn't a problem. I also sewed the stuff sack on to a seam edge so it wouldn't get lost/blow away. It also has a cord tail to cli...

Oh no... now the doubt sets in. I'll order a few pieces of sugru and go from there. If it's not hard enough I'll look at epoxy putty.

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sat Feb 06, 2021 6:00 pm Should be fine. Ideal for jobs like that. You could also use epoxy putty - that'll set rock hard and can be sanded, drilled etc.

Thanks i'll order some and see how I get on

Looking at making an alteration to the gear thumb lever of my daughters bike. She's almost 6 and can press the small button with her index finger to go up a gear but the thumb lever is to reachy and she doesn't quite have the strength to fully press it. I was thinking of making an extender piece to ...

Finally got round to making a lightweight 4 person bothy shelter. I probably won't use it for biking as i have a 2 person one (https://www.summitgear.co.uk/product/supalite-bothy-bag-2-person/) but I needed a 4 person one for hillwalking and mountaineering when out in bigger groups (when restriction...

I read in another forum somewhere of a guy making pogies and he used a magnet behind the bar end cap and stitch another magnet to the lining of the pogie to keep it in place yet still easy to remove. I think he sandwiched the lining magnet between to squares of corduroy first then stitched that in p...

pistonbroke wrote: ↑Sun Jan 31, 2021 12:50 pm it took 42 tonnes of sand, cement and gravel, all of which had to be barrowed the 50m from the nearest access point for the lorry.

Good effort

Handle bar harness: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50890180168_008b14b4c9_z.jpg 20210130_145555 by Martin Brown , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50891007892_3ff49c6ab3_z.jpg 20210130_145602 by Martin Brown , on Flickr What did you use for stiffener/support stays inside. I used 2...

That's the one Dean

RIP wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 5:59 pm The jackets-bivvy-bag is ace!

I hereby declare it to be called the Jivvy bag.
I can remember seeing a bivi bag similar to it before, but can't remember where. I don't think it had pockets to keep all the essential items that my daughter will bring though

I've got some Shed-envy going on having been following this post. With two young children i have very little time to devote to big projects and over the various lockdowns have devoted myself to my Singer sewing machine in the evenings and made some bags. Lockdown mk1 two stem cells (one a drawcord a...

I've not even looked at Di2, the 'finance manager' would not approve such lavish spending. I think I'll go for 2x11 as a standard setup. I was just in Evan's and they have a few Canondale gravel bikes with FSA 46T-30T chainrings with GRX shifters/deraileurs. Beginning to wonder why Sonder aren't doi...

Thanks for all the replies. Lots of good info for me to mull over and research a lot more into. At some point my head might explode. No doubt I'll make my decision and I'll be 95% happy with the gearing but i know that there'll always be a compromise between gearing and what I'm using the bike for o...

Thanks Ton, I've also found 1x11 to be on the delicate side. Had my first chain break on me at the start of the summer. On replacing it I found a crack in another link. Overall it's probably not an uncommon occurrence but it was to me and got me thinking about how light things can go before durabili...

So my better half has authorised me to get a new bike for my 40th birthday next year. I'm looking to replace my road bike with something a bit more relaxed for touring (road, cycle path, canal path, light off road), weekend blast and commuting. I've had a look at the Sonder Camino Ti (I've already g...

Cheeky Monkey wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 4:04 pm There has been a thread about it on here previously.

Edit: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=14636&p=191142&hilit=refill#p191142

Thanks Cheeky Monkey, I'll check the thread out.

I have been wondering about refilling empty 100 screw on gas canister from a large 500 canister using something like this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/392915516873

Don't know how effective it would be or the dangers.

There appears to be a gas shortage in Glasgow. In the last week or 2 I've been in Decathlon, GoOutdoors and Cotswold and they are all sold out of screw connection gas canisters.

Hi all, I don't think anyone on here needs educated on wild camping ettiquette but one of my friends was involved in this video and I thought if I shared it out and then others did likewise, then even if one person was educated on what to do and not do then it would be worth it. https://youtu.be/9Xs...

I stay in Milngavie. I wouldn't worry about parking my car anywhere in the town. It's one of the most affluent areas of Greater Glasgow. You can park in the train station car park for free and there is CCTV there. Another good place is on the main road directly across from the police station (there'...