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what is the PS clone file then peeps??
It's the post script (.ps) file I used for creating my Caldera Clone, as detailed on the other thread
oh ok, I thought it was a gov't secret file on the black art of backpacking in mid Wales 😉
That Caldera looked great the other week, even though it melted a tad it certainly improved the performance of your stove
Yes, 0.15mm foil is too thin. Interesting that the genuine Caldera one is 0.25mm. If I could get hold of some, then I can make one with the fissures in it so it can be split into two pieces for easier storage, which is something that the Caldera ones don't do...
It's a week away, think positive.
I will taylor for sure 😉
Stu promised dry weather didn't he???
I'll try anything to have it 95% dry
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Yori, or whatever his name is said it would be sunny last year.
BLOODY LIAR.
I was stripping off on the petrol station forecourt in ponterwyd last year I was so cold and wet. Got quite a few dissaproving looks while semi naked.
ha now there's an image 😯
you won't be doing that this year with Sally in tow surely??
oops sorry 😳
It'll be like a willy but smaller. 😯
Quick question - if I wanted to attach a bottle cage to my fork legs that don't have specific bosses, what would I need and where can would I buy it from?
good news though I found my tube of Assos cream today 😀
My favorite memory from last year was wading waist deep through the bog at the end of the Monks Trod on Saturday evening, desperately trying to get to the pub at Ffair Rhos. Oh and the bit when the landlord said we could dry all our clothes in his tumble dryer wasn't bad either 🙂
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I have a couple you can borrow if you don't want to buy any, or try before you buy type thing.
some ideas above Ian
@IanB the mounts in the pic work great ... look like they shouldn't but do 😉
No complaints about the weather please ... I'll be out guiding today and am willing to take the full brunt of it for you, so it'll be nice next weekend. Surely there can only be so much rain 😀
Hmmm, think I've decided on what tyres. I put some fast rolling Specialized Fast Traks on the bike yesterday but they weren't as chunky as I remember them being when I rode them to and around the Picos de Europa a couple of years ago so I put the similar sized & more grippy Maxxis Ignitors back on.
So I've now moved onto my next WRT dilemma. 105mm or 120mm travel forks? 😕
Slugwash my thoughts with the bike loaded I wont be ragging the bike so depends if you want to win the heavyweight prize?? If so choose the heaviest 😉
Tyres I am going with the fast rolling Bonty's I have mininmal knobbly bits to give me all the assistance I can get.
I've got bored of weighing stuff, so just raided the gearboxes, assumed it Wales and it will be wetter than a crushed melon.
As wet as Otter's pocket
C'mon it will be as dry as a desert you know it will 😯
Saw an otter today at Bristol Zoo. It looked quite wet.
Met Office have issued extreme warning for Wales this week for the high winds, and thunder showers for Thursday 😆
The bike is loaded managed to get everything bar waterproofs stashed onboard, and god knows what the weight is as I've gone prepared for lousy weather. 😯 Now the postman needs to be a good guy and get my stuff to me!
There's a section of the forest here that got christened 'otters pocket' after my very first ride 😀
Edit: Forecast said very heavy rain and thunderstorms for today, instead we've had some wind and a little light rain 😉
yeah it's staying up there to rain doubly hard when we head off 😉
well Steve and I will be ok we've just off road proofed his camper 😉 so we don't have to leave the comfort behind.
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or there maybe a bit of channel grease being applied 😯
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how to make it:
Stu the competition looks appealing 😉
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/cambrian-bike-fest-next-weekend
WRT doesn't have competition ... it is a unique event for the hardcore, elite, fool hardy or just plain nerdy 😉
Breakfast buffet £5 😉
WRT doesn't have competition ... it is a unique event for the hardcore, elite, fool hardy or just plain nerdy
love it 😉
O yay O yay I get page 13 my lucky number 😆
the sun is going to shine next weekend on us Nerds 8)
Well done Pete, got there in the end.
I have a couple you can borrow if you don't want to buy any, or try before you buy type thing.
Thanks, that'd be very handy. Bring them along next Saturday and I'll have a go fitting them before I go 🙂
Cheers Ian I admit I was stalking for the page change 😳
So 4 days until the off any final hints and tips?
weather update - improving slightly 😉
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Que Sera Sera, it rains it rains! It's not about the goal it's about the journey, If it comes easy, if it doesn't require extraordinary effort, you're not pushing hard enough: It's supposed to hurt like hell!
agreed and I am expecting pain and discomfort in abundance but one can dream of perfect summer days/evenings bikepacking around one of the best countrysides in the world.
Ride bike, drink beer, sleep in hedge, repeat, what's so hard about that?
nowt Nick, but we're hardened bikers and don't tell anyone anything different 😉
what about obsessing over gear choices?
Ride bike, drink beer, sleep in hedge, repeat
You stole my plan!
It's my plan too if it happens though is another thing!!
Head down and do it in two days is my plan...
48 hours or sunday night?
what about obsessing over gear choices?
Somehow, I seem to be getting things together in strangely unobsessive manner.
Sorted out my togs this evening on the presumption that it'll be wet and chilly...
Wearing
Altura 3/4 length baggys
Endura MT500 lycra shorts
Smartwool Merino T-shirt
Uvex Helmet
Lidls trekking socks
Carrying (unless weather dictates wearing)
Montane Atomic waterproof jkt
Freestyle Goretex trosuers
Buff
Uniqlo micro down jacket (260g)
spare socks
Lidls thermal leggings (147g)
Primark polyester undies (for sleeping in. I don't want too many butt boils forming from living in dirty chamois 😉 )
DHB bamboo/polyester zip front baselayer
I slightly melted the bottom of my favourite Adidas El Moro SPDs today whilst drilling the old cleat bolts out so am having a minor dilemma over footwear. Sidi Dominators that are treacherous to walk in or an older, slightly buggered pair of El Moros 😕
Back by Sunday night, ideally. It's a hundred miles, so should be do-able in two days, though three would have been more leisurely. I could be mis-judging it though - wouldn't be the first time...