Not a team event but no reason you can’t roll round with your mate(s)

http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/pages/El-anBack.html

Can’t think of anything in the Peak.

That’s pretty light for a full length mat.

Wow. Just wow. I was wondering whether to do it in 2 or 3 days on my own and staying in a B and B. It seems that your lad has raised the bar – if I don’t do it in 2 I should be ashamed!

Thanks. 3 days would allow for lunch at a cafe and maybe an afternoon beer stop. 2 days this time of year doesn’t allow for much other than riding.

A bump for the daytime crowd. 🙂

About a day then?

That’d be some going.

The extra 100 miles on the route will need plenty of research to figure where to resupply.

Looks like there’s a good 120 miles without shops. 🙂

https://buy.garmin.com/en-GB/GB/sports/cycling/edge-touring/prod134596.html

Click on the specs tab.

It looks like it does the nav and route recording but no power cadence HRM functions.

Nothing worse than ones crying child. Feel for you.

I reckon she’ll come round. She didn’t come home at first when she wanted to.

Didn’t mean anything by it rich.

I know, I was being a smart arse.

There is no easy answer though.

I know lots of communities that generate little electricity. Often called cities.

A golden star for you.

Here’s an idea.

If your community doesn’t generate electricity or gather water, then you pay lots extra, or even better you can’t have any. 😈

£100 pcm 3 bed, two adults two kids.

Letter through the box other day saying it’ll be £110 soon.

I read you can get waterproofed down these day. I’d get that or primaloft.

I know of a couple of small ones up this way. They’re quite well hidden.

Rideable from Coniston except a for a couple of steep bits. Once over the top it’s good riding, though gets interesting towards Seathwaite unless you have skill and or suspension.

Decathlon, Polaris, Muddy Fox all do them we have one of each.

How can you tell how many places are left?

There are other forums than STW. 😉

http://www.bikepacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,4482.100.html

There are 15 places left, come on, you know you want to. 😉

Age 8. Riding alone at times in the dark on unfamiliar roads. Hilly 83-milers with kit. His smiley face at the bunkhouse. He’s awesome and you must be so chuffed

His drive an detrmination are quite amazing. There is no retreat or surrender. I am trying to adopt his ways. 🙂

that hill from stanhope to the quarry is an absolute killer!

Too right. I thought there might have to be some bike pushing involved and one point.

Thanks folks. Glad you enjoyed our adventure. 🙂

Did you try to copy a current design (i.e wildcat tiger’) or just wing it?

I took the pattern for mine from the link below, but my translation was not thought through properly.

My current set up has no harness just 4 webbing straps. 🙂

http://www.bikepacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,2611.0.html

TBH for the work involved in thinking it all through and maybe making a prototype or two I would say it’s worth in this instance just buying one.

Another consideration is, unless your machine will handle a thick thread is that the harness unlike the framebag has a good deal more stress on the stitching. I exploded my harness stitching quite easily cinching it all down nice and tight even though it had all been double stitched.

🙂

I stash my LX3 in my jersey pocket. More modern versions exist.

mon rich 😉 you know you want too !

I’d like to, though I’ve got a couple of things up that way planned already next year. HT550 and the Worlds 24.

Marital harmony suggests I don’t spend all of our disposable income on trips away.

The off road C2C has a number of longish bits of hike a bike and technical riding.

The PBW may has a few bits which you might have to push but I would say more of it is rideable. Very little tech.

I’ve got the full PBW on my list for next year.

I’ve done it before. It’s a great event, but a long way from here.

A £10 entry and £120 on diesel.

Good work DrP. In my experience making a seat pack is a good bit more tricky.

@cvilla

They are Integral Designs Cocoons which Rab have rebranded as the Ridge Raider. http://www.needlesports.com/ have them on a 1/2 price sale atm.

You can pick upp XTR vs on the bay for under £40 which don’t have the weight penalty of the maguras and stop well.

We went out last night to test out our bivy bags in the wind and rain.

All good 🙂

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@stumpy_m4 I use an 8 litre one, I found a 13 too unstable.

Can anyone enter the WEMBO Worlds 24 hr solo event?

Do I need to have done a 24 solo before?

Spook says yes ^^^^^

I’d suggest doing one in summer first though.

Expensive Swissstop pads I have on my road bike.

Not so expensive Aztec pads on my V-brakes.

Both work.

Surely his mate could have made a kitchenaid out of the bike thereby sidestepping ebay?

Interesting, but two words: no standlight.

True, the other thing is you have to be going very fast to max the lights. Still a good concept, and a I understand it their first mass production model.

I don’t struggle with maps, but thanks. ;0)

“You” wasn’t directed at you but any mountain biker.

Question(s).

What can you offer me as a guide for your day rate that I can’t get from a) asking on here for route advice, b) Going on strava, gpsies and downloading a .gpx file. c) buying a guidebook or map?

Presuming you are already a mountain biker, there are numerous guidebooks with suggested routes if you struggle with a map alone, eg I have a Dark Peak one on the shelf that cost £15.

How much guiding time will £15 buy?

I did the SMBLA ones some years back. I did quite a bit of skills stuff but iirc did “guiding” 3 times.

The guiding mostly involved people who could hardly ride a bike.

I recall most of the people who were on the courses were already involved in outdoor education.

Here’s a curve ball for you.

No dynamo hub required.

http://www.magniclight.com/%5B/url%5D

I’ve just been chatting with someone who reckons he can make me a dual head light that will run of the dynamo at night, and charge a battery by day. At slow speeds you can then switch to the battery.

So basically the dynamo is always being useful, and there aren’t the drawbacks of the dynamo at low speed.