Touring with nowt but a saddlebag?!? now that’s lightweight!

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If you want down, you can’t really beat the Alpkit bags for price.

I have an old Rab Summit 300 Alpine which is pretty light, but I guess now costs about 50% over your budget, and Rab quality seems to have gone downhill. Good bag though. Having said that, If it were to die, I would be replacing it with a Pipedream.

Someone else spotted him then too!

Cove hustler

denied!

Not a DT teacher, but did A-level DT and have just finished a Design degree…

it is rather simple really,

Permanent fixing methods (eg. welding) cannot be undone without damaging the parent material.

Semi-permanent methods (eg riveting) can be undone usually by destroying the fixing method (in this case by drilling out the rivet), but the parent material is left intact.

Non-permanent (eg. nuts and bolts) can be undone and redone a number of times without damaging either the parent material or the fixing.

This is not a ‘text-book’ answer, rather one off the top of my head, but as far as I’m aware it should suffice.

I have annual cover with the BMC (British Mountaineering Council) with their Alpine cover.

Not cheap but very comprehensive. Recommended.

I have some 08 (i think) BG Comp’s that are one ride old that I need to get rid of – they are just a bit too big for me to be comfortable.

I think they are 43’s but maybe 42’s.

IMHO the are a total gimmick and not worth the cash unless its for kipping in your back garden when you are 8.

They take an engineering degree to get back into their sack which, as others have said is a large flat disc about 60cm diameter – only any good if you have a car.

A ‘normal’ tent will take a bit long to erect, but will be far quicker to strike and pack away and will pack up in a much more ‘pannier-able’ way.

Go-Outdoors were selling some OK tents for around £30 last time I popped in. May be worth a look. Like this.

I was in Reykjavik in 2003 and was lucky to see an amazing show in the sky.

I’m sorry, but i don’t fully understand.

You don’t need any additional extractor, just use an alan key in the 8mm socket and unscrew.

Basically when installing the cranks you use the 8mm to attach the crank to the axle by turning in a clockwise direction, to take the crank off use the same 8mm but turn anticlockwise.

Sorry if that make no sense… i’m not good with words!

I have the previous model, They have a built in self extractor IIRC, just slot an 8mm alan key in the centre and turn anticlockwise until the crank drops off. You will notice resistance all they way, but especially at the start.

Surly Steamroller builds up into a very nice SS/Fixed road bike

Good saddles for the touring type riding i do on mine. felt like wood initially, but soon got shaped by my bum into a great comfort saddle. Wouldn’t use on a cross bike – way to heavy and as Sam said quite wide. I have a B17.

IIRC that what Shimano suggest in their paperwork that comes with mechs etc. Ive always just run it through the mechs and when in big ring/big sprocket the rear mech should be at around a 45 degree angle.

i’ve already hit the whiskey

Personally, I think as far as pop goes, she’s up there with the the best in the talent realms.

Have a look at Old Man Mountain racks, they do proper racks that will fit to most frames, inc. full sus. Have a look to see if they will work on the NRS.

Second vote for OMM racks.

Im running 40-16 on mine and find this a good compromise, still fairly speedy but can spin out going downhill, uphills are fine.

For a bit of a further trek there is always the cheese stones on Bodmin Moor…

Climbing!!

some of the best sea cliffs in the UK.

not sure about this and too lazy to look myself, but what about bike with modular dropouts like P7 and explosif/unit?

Ellsworth Moment?

Not owned one, but worked on a few as a camper van converter and can say that if I needed a large vehicle other than a van (i.e. if i had kids) it would be the only people carrier I would look at.

I guess it depends on age and all that, but the T4 shaped ‘velles (90’s and early 00’s) are what i’m used to – very nice. the newer T5’s just look even better. They are really well made and have good residuals if looked after. If the price is right….

Ill be round those neck of the woods this summer…

I’m on the MONGOL RALLY!! yippee!!

http://www.thewrongwayround.org.uk

VMware’s cheating!!

I’ve got Memory Map on that though, so I guess i’m a cheat too!

I have a Surly Steamroller custom build that I may be selling in a month or 2’s time.

Great frame.

Cheers guys,

RocketDog, do you think I could pass those homebrew bikes as “foreseeable miss-use” under the General Products Safety Regulations 2005 that my temporary bike parking projects needs to meet?!?

hard luck.

keep an eye on ebay – it’ll be far from Preston by now.

much obliged TJ.

Any more lanky folk out there?

no idea, but im sure Mojo or TFTuned could help… only a phone call away…

I don’t understand.

What?

Also Monster T’s on a Sub 5??? silly.

the shelter at the top is ok for kipping in. I spent a night on the benches, the worse bit being the wind howling through the gaps in the stone work.

There is a good camping spot on the side of the A487 at the spot height 285 on OS 1:50,000 maps.

http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=cadair%20idris&countryCode=GB#map=52.71097,-3.86701|15|4&dp=os&bd=useful_information&loc=GB:52.70993:-3.84264:15|cadair%20idris|

It is sometimes used by the Outward Bound groups from Aberdovey and is nice and flat and well sheltered. It is in a hollow well below the road and not as obvious from the carriageway as it looks.

I’m pretty sure its just SRAM kit that works…

when i did the Lon Las Cyrmu (Hollyhead to Chepstow) we stayed in a B&B in Rhayader with secure bike storage and the owners were very understanding about bikers. I can’t remebr what it was called, but it was on the main road, opposite a rather good Indian.

I had this problem on some juicy 7’s,

I took the pads out and squeezed the lever til the pistons protruded a bit then cleaned with a cotton bud and dot fluid.

Surly Karate Monkey?

Mine’s ACE!

Can any of the Edge units (205,305,605,705) give you a read out of your OS grid coordinates?

sorry for hijack.