I’m pretty particular about the kit and things I like so I prefer to buy them for myself.

I’ve asked for time instead this year to head off on some adventures.

Good idea: January: https://scontent-ort2-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/15802988_1881106535498136_5497336625941708800_n.jpg February: https://scontent-ort2-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/16583186_1823246584593677_8913300978908790784_n.jpg March: https://scontent-ort2-1.cdninstagram.com/t51....

I got the axis for a few more grams and a bit more lumens. Mainly because I only wanted a single helmet light, nothing on the bars.

That rain hurt...

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Cheap maxxis!!!

http://shop.maxxis.co.uk/products.aspx? ... f,1RimSize

Go to the alps.its closer...

A very good point made was how many lumins do you actually need, far fewer than you most likely think, but terrain and other people change the numbers. Also do you want a bar light, lighting where the bike is going or do you also want to see where you are looking? a couple of hundred more than the ...

sigmasport have 30% off most exposure lights at the moment.

I'm with Stu on this. Wifi kettle - a solution looking for a problem to solve. Now, do I need to invent a Wifi toaster? An aside, but the internet’s first webcam was invented by researchers at Cambridge, to save themselves the disappointment of walking all the way to the coffee machine to find the ...

new light time...

art or revenge?

I borrowed my cousins in Canada this summer. Once I got my head around it, it was a wicked fast bike. If I could afford it I’d have one in the shed for those head down, flat out xc blasts.

The brain got a bit of getting used to, feels like something is loose at first.

How far from a bike shop are you likely to be?

last month heading up the north shore of Loch Etive.

Montane minimus mitt is another option, pack down tiny. Fully waterproof.

They are a mitt though so less control. I found it fine on shimano shifter as you can thumbshift down as well as up now.

ScotRoutes wrote:If you are already on 10 speed and want to ditch your front mech but retain a large range then the new Deore cassette might be enough for you. It goes up to 46T

I believe sunrace do one too.

it the original tiger which I think is equivalent the the drover now. Used for one ten day trip to iceland and sat in a cupboard since.

plus a yellow alpkit tapered drybag.

£50 posted.

not sure. they only made the one model when I bought it.

used for a 10 day trip to iceland and then sat in a draw since. Got a alpkit tapered drybag to go with it as well.

I've got a wildcat tiger i was planning on selling soon.

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

Somebody needs to learn how to spell 'design'.

To be fair, I wouldn't know where to begin trying to spell 'design' in Chinese

try starting with the word for copy...

As it happens I had to slap one into my bike a couple of weeks ago after the front tyre parted company with the rest of the bike in the middle of nowhere. There didn't seem to be any adverse effects from the sealant for the next 2-3 days, after which I stripped the wheel down anyway when I got home...

5 days later and I don't appear to have come out in any super itchy bites so I'm guessing I didn't actually get bitten. but they seemed to enjoy flying into my eyes, jettisoning their wings and hanging on for dear life. given the amount of rain that morning I think they would have been under 6"...

makes us sound way cooler than we were.... .

ScotRoutes wrote: As mentioned in a rather light-hearted manner previously, maybe there is a place for a non-competitive group start using the same route and at a different time of year.

the Highland trail sportive? will there be feed stations and route markers?

GregMay wrote:One of those "oh dear, I'm going to get soaked" moments.

again.