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by TheBrownDog
Fri Dec 30, 2022 4:32 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.
Replies: 1455
Views: 385853

Re: Photos you have taken in the last month of which you like.

Ok, so not the last month, but since March this year I've taken a pic of my back yard on the first of every month just for the heck of it and because I have way too much free time on my hands. I forgot one month (cant remember which) but I got most of them and I just love the way the seasons meld an...
by TheBrownDog
Sun Dec 04, 2022 6:41 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: GFBD
Replies: 8
Views: 777

Re: GFBD

Goodness, that is just brilliant. Slinging a tarp over a zillion year old stone hut thingy (I'm sure that is the proper name) and eating a proper meal on a slab of slate. Well done, you.
by TheBrownDog
Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:50 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Winter Event - Final chance to enter
Replies: 30
Views: 2090

Re: Winter Event - entries open

Hey Reg ... if you promise to be gentle, you reckon I might join you? I know I hold the record for the shortest ever WRT distance, but don't hold that against me. That was mostly Steve's fault. And Stu's fault. Totally not my fault. I wasn't navigating. But just thinking, I'm feeling fitter and fitt...
by TheBrownDog
Mon Oct 31, 2022 4:45 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Montanas Vacias in winter
Replies: 2
Views: 278

Re: Montanas Vacias in winter

Bloody hell ... quite a journey. I will do MV one day, but it won't be in the winter.
by TheBrownDog
Sat Oct 29, 2022 3:22 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Next weekends BB200
Replies: 63
Views: 4002

Re: Next weekends BB200

God. I’ve just downloaded the bb300 …. Holyfuckintyshitbumscarywhatthefuck. In two day? Really? Type 5 fun I reckon.

Best of luck to everyone taking part. Weather should be on your side
by TheBrownDog
Sat Oct 29, 2022 3:11 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Cable discs: advise me
Replies: 15
Views: 857

Re: Cable discs: advise me

Yeah that’s it, isn’t it? A road lever has such a long throw compared with a mtb lever and coupled the long lever arm in the calibre, it’s always going be pants. Dull. Vague. Urgh. I’m gonna try a bb7 calliper and a bigger disc and experiment with stuff. We’ll see where we get. Thanks for the input ...
by TheBrownDog
Sat Oct 29, 2022 1:55 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Next weekends BB200
Replies: 63
Views: 4002

Re: Next weekends BB200

Stu can I puuuleeeease get the gpx file again this year? I doubt I’ll ever ride a BB200 but I do enjoy pouring over the route and imaging the pain.
by TheBrownDog
Sat Oct 29, 2022 1:46 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Cable discs: advise me
Replies: 15
Views: 857

Cable discs: advise me

I’ve just bought a Genny CDF and it’s a really lovely bike, with the exception of the TRP Sprye brakes. They are awful. No power, no modulation, squeaky shouty …. I could forgive the lack of power but they just feel dead. Admittedly, hauling up my chunky arse is a challenge for any brake set, but I’...
by TheBrownDog
Fri Oct 28, 2022 5:16 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Yay, it's cheery Friday.
Replies: 3946
Views: 483607

Re: Yay, it's cheery Friday.

Even though I think I am finally succumbing to the cold that young Miss Z has been generously carrying around the house for what feels like two weeks at least, cheery Friday, as I have been feeling really rather happy all week :smile: And I am looking forward to hopefully passing on the love for cy...
by TheBrownDog
Fri Oct 28, 2022 2:52 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Aggression from others spoil your ride?
Replies: 31
Views: 2270

Re: Aggression from others spoil your ride?

Name and shame the pub Adventurer.... Yep. I go up there once a year or so. Be good to know where I can park my bike and deliberately annoy a Karen. Meanwhile, down here in The Chalfonts, cycling is the new golf. Honestly, two wheels are welcome anywhere. I locked my bike to the leg of a homeless p...
by TheBrownDog
Thu Oct 27, 2022 6:53 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Chilterns Spring (sic) Thing
Replies: 18
Views: 1391

Re: Chilterns Spring (sic) Thing

Blimey, that was some read... Glad to see you are all in fine form. Hopefully a catch up under a bush sometime soon, you know, like in the next 6 months or so. Crikey. Nigel, man. You can come to the 2022 Chilterns Leaf Blower in March 2023 if you promise to be fat and slow. Hang on a mite …. We ne...
by TheBrownDog
Sun Oct 23, 2022 6:29 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Chilterns Spring (sic) Thing
Replies: 18
Views: 1391

Re: Chilterns Spring (sic) Thing

Nick mate yep for sure. Someone will add you to the group chat. You still riding that Airnimal?
by TheBrownDog
Sun Oct 23, 2022 6:29 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Chilterns Spring (sic) Thing
Replies: 18
Views: 1391

Re: Chilterns Spring (sic) Thing

Nick mate yep for sure. Someone will add you to the group chat. You still riding that Airnimal?
by TheBrownDog
Sun Oct 23, 2022 6:12 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Chilterns Spring (sic) Thing
Replies: 18
Views: 1391

Re: Chilterns Spring (sic) Thing

:-bd Looks a good trip, hammock fall sounds a bit painful though... think I'll stick tot he ground.... Yep. Got a big bump on the back of my noggin and a branch shaped bruise over my back. I spent an hour or so faffing about in the dark, making a brew and moaning loudly but no one came to give me a...
by TheBrownDog
Sun Oct 23, 2022 1:45 pm
Forum: Your Trips & Adventures
Topic: Chilterns Spring (sic) Thing
Replies: 18
Views: 1391

Re: Chilterns Spring (sic) Thing

The wettest Chilly Springy Thingy since records began. And the most painful thanks to a hammock fail which dumped me onto the ground with a mega thud. I've done a rotor cuff, I just know it.

Super brilliant to get The Band Back Together.
by TheBrownDog
Thu Oct 20, 2022 3:14 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Bargain Alert Thread
Replies: 4900
Views: 1191678

Re: Bargain Alert Thread

10% off at Planet x with the code OCTX10 .... just in case
by TheBrownDog
Sun Oct 16, 2022 6:14 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: OT: door mats
Replies: 5
Views: 330

Re: OT: door mats

That simply won’t do in the Chalfonts. Oddly, I’ve just been counting back on the folk who have rung my bell in the past year. Discounting Mei The Post and other deliveries, it’s been the Baptists and the coppers. So a feck off door mat seems quite appropriate. And ffs why is the alarm going off on ...
by TheBrownDog
Sun Oct 16, 2022 4:29 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: OT: door mats
Replies: 5
Views: 330

OT: door mats

I’ve just had my driveway relaid and the numbsters chucked my door mat in the skip. Sillies.

Googling worlds best door mat leaves me dazed and confused.

Any thoughts? I’d really like a coir mat but it’ll get wet? Does that matter?
by TheBrownDog
Fri Oct 14, 2022 3:33 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: SOLD: Evoc Capture Hip Pack 7l
Replies: 4
Views: 374

Re: FS: Evoc Capture Hip Pack 7l

Ok I'll have that thanks. Never been a fan of big bum bags as my bum is too big to bag (sorry children) but I like the look of that and it might help in my endless quest to never ever where a backpack while riding ever again. Ever. PM coming your way, Madam/Sir
by TheBrownDog
Fri Oct 14, 2022 10:16 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTD: old style Wildcat Ocelot framebag
Replies: 2
Views: 226

Re: WTD: old style Wildcat Ocelot framebag

RIP wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:13 pm Thought you were about to ask for volunteers to ask VAG for it back on your behalf there Tim :smile:
You're the man for the job Reg mate. You could charm the shoes of a galloping horse. :grin:
by TheBrownDog
Thu Oct 13, 2022 5:39 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTD: old style Wildcat Ocelot framebag
Replies: 2
Views: 226

WTD: old style Wildcat Ocelot framebag

A few years ago I loaned my old XL Ocelot bag to my Very Active Girlfriend. Now we're not a thing, I want it back as it used to sit on top of my OO Fatty's twin top tubes and was the perfect place for my hammock stuff. And I can't make the Fatty work with the bags I have. And I want to use my Fatty ...
by TheBrownDog
Thu Oct 13, 2022 5:14 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: What lights?
Replies: 37
Views: 2083

Re: What lights?

If you want value for money, I’d avoid exposure. I’ve tried an Axxis and Diablo and both were massively underwhelming for the price (I got the Diablo in a sale for £130 which I still thought was poor VFM) I'll agree on the Diablo. It throws a really nice light for the size/weight of it, but has not...
by TheBrownDog
Sun Oct 09, 2022 12:36 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Salsa Fargo for sale £1350!
Replies: 10
Views: 1747

Re: Salsa Fargo for sale £1350!

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by TheBrownDog
Thu Oct 06, 2022 1:24 pm
Forum: General banter
Topic: Flying Easy Jet with gas cannister/CO2/meths in hold bag
Replies: 25
Views: 1639

Re: Flying Easy Jet with gas cannister/CO2/meths in hold bag

Reg, mate, the face on the security bloke as he removed the Promite from my bag. He was obviously a fellow Promiter and knew how much this meant to me, especially when I explained the background. I was so disappointed I forgot to collect my boots from the x-ray and wandered off in my socks. It's sil...
by TheBrownDog
Sun Oct 02, 2022 4:24 pm
Forum: Anyone playing out?
Topic: Organised bikepacking trips? Or anyone interested in small group ride
Replies: 18
Views: 1567

Re: Organised bikepacking trips? Or anyone interested in small group ride

Not sure the WRT would be the best option for a first trip. You need to get some gear together and just get out: seriously, you are the scariest thing in the woods and, as Laz says, even if discovered folk will give you a wide berth. Unless they have two big black labs. If they have two big black la...