The AlpKit Mytimug has been a favourite of cost conscious outdoor types for a good number of years. Since its introduction it’s undergone a couple of makeovers, the first was 2008 and the second was last week … the Mytimug is dead, long live the Mytimug. Numerous adventures – adventures to come. The first and […]
Having the ‘right’ tyres can make life a great deal easier and conversely rolling on the ‘wrong’ tyres can make life so much harder than it need be. Recent forays along the seemingly endless network of Welsh farm tracks and forest roads, would suggest that selecting the ‘wrong’ tyre for your crosser / gravel racer […]
We’ve all experienced the affects of ‘wind chill’ and it doesn’t need to be particularly windy before we feel them … just think how much colder you are at the bottom of a long descent than you were at the top. A windproof top can make the ideal ‘extra layer’ to stuff in your pocket […]
A while ago I posted something about cooking without a cooker but if you’re really wanting to push things, could you go further? Maybe there’s a way you could dispense with the pot / mug altogether and replace it with something much lighter, infinitely cheaper and available pretty much everywhere … the humble plastic bottle, […]
Close your eyes for a second and imagine yourself in Banff, sometime around the second week of June or maybe even mid-Wales in May or October. You’ll notice that although there’s a multitude of makes and models and every type of bike present, at least 90% of them will have something in common, aside from […]
Despite my best efforts over the last few years not everyone ‘gets’ tarps. For some people tarps seem to present the great outdoors with the ideal opportunity to make the hours of darkness wet, cold, windy and completely miserable … sound familiar? Trying to sleep under a tarp that’s flapping like a duck taking off […]
I spent 4 consecutive days trying out the Stooge, I wanted to get to know it a little before I put finger to keyboard … this is what I discovered. A last look over the edge, release the brakes, push down on the pedal and off we go … although this was the very first […]
Designing a rigid bike can’t be hard, can it? Bicycles are pretty simple things, once you strip away the whistles and bells, it’s just 2 triangles welded together with a wheel at each end and all the marketing and hype in the world can’t change that. The reality is that designing a rigid bike is a […]
Sometimes it’s not all about rocky descents and twisty singletrack, sometimes things smooth out and speed up. Maybe your tyres will be narrow and lightly treaded … heaven forbid they might even be slick! When off-road gives way to gravel or tarmac, there’s a chance your luggage requirements might also change … if they do […]
If you’re anything like me then you’ll find that when it comes to packing, the big stuff’s easy. Sleeping bag and mat in one place, bivvy bag and tarp in another. Food and cooking kit somewhere else. A place for everything and everything in its place … well, that’s how it works in my head. […]