Hard-boiled eggs
Mixed nuts
Dried sausage
Flapjack with dates
Peanut butter and honey sandwiches/wraps
Chicken salad sandwiches
Chocolate milk as a recovery drink.
Kebab if available in the wild

https://youtu.be/01fixa4lgcE?si=g6uzlnkZBRV9k62g

I find this somewhat unaccountably christmassy.

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I've got a wildcat one. 2nd one actually, as the first one got eaten by a very large rat. Anyway, I love the fact the zip doesn't get strained however, the tt does need to be taped as I have a bit of a groove in the paint on the very end of front of the tt where the tape was 10mm or so too short.

Off the Bone
The Cramps

I'm keeping my genesis 853 26er
I'm planning on riding it when I inevitably start to shrink.

BAM before last, I'm lying in my bivvi. I'm propped up on one arm, somewhere between awake and the land of nod, tucked in behind a stone cross close to the summit of small, steep sided hill, on a triangular patch of flat ground next to a field of maize. The sounds of dusk in rural France permeate th...

I had a very brief chat with one of the riders who was loading up on carbs in the kebab shop at Josselin. I had a quick look at the route, it seemed to be mainly tarmac oriented. Good weather for it that week though. NIce and cool.
It's a lot warmer now, with high humidity.

I was using smoove.
Now using squirt as it is more readily available where I live.
They seem to be much of a muchness.
I generally reapply after every 3 rides, so, 250km is.

I use an exped dura 5
It's tough, warm, quiet, heavy and bulky.

This is the sort of bike that i love to see It does all seem to have come full circle though. Didn't gravel bikes come from this sort of cobbled together creation? Touring bikes with knobbly tyres, cross bikes with brown saddles and some lower gearing. Monster crossers, wool shirts.MTBs with super l...

January bivvi completed on Saturday night. Rendezvoused with my cycling buddy at St Malo des trois fountains. From there we rode to Loyat, then picked up the off road doubletrack route to Trehoronteuc. From there, a short sharp climb with hike a bike up to the bivvi spot- a recently scorched outcrop...

My first bikepacking trip was with a buddy in 1988 maybe 89. We spent a week or so riding rigid MTBs on the Cornish coast path from Bude to Falmouth, carrying very little and overnighting in youth hostels.
We survived on chips, coke, bananas and tracker bars.

I had to sleep 15km from the Arrive last time as fell asleep on the bike riding along a village, I sat down in the sun in a gateway and nodded off for 15 mins or so. I was awoken with a tap on the shoulder, the owner I thought wanted to open her gate so i apologised profusely, she said no, no I hav...

Just managed to get 12/12 in last night. Phew.
Woke up this morning and the manflu had all but evaporated.
It was a local one but they nearly all were last year.
Am really gonna try to post more details this year.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm3qwt7MpJF ... _copy_link

I ve been ill since sometime before Xmas.
I really miss riding the mtb and the......other one.

https://youtu.be/uqJHoZBJYxI

Currently enduring a major mojo slump.
The passing of the solstice usually puts the meaningless futility of existence in a slightly better light.
I may get a little bike ride in.
There will be a roasted something to eat.
There will probably be lego.

Some 700c disc wheeks/tyres for sale.

Not my wheels or workshop.

https://www.facebook.com/775347846/post ... sn=scwspmo

I plucked this out of the quantic at the discoteca 303 mix


https://youtu.be/ak--XbeJp0M

It's kinda funky.

https://ass-savers.com/collections/win-wings


No idea if these work or not.

Path of least resistance/best traction.
Right foot forward.
Centre Left.
It's all the same in the dark.

I'm always on the lookout for new to me tunes but haven't found much to scratch the itch lately.
Well maybe this one?

https://youtu.be/BTuF4HX2y8k

Dave Barter wrote: ↑Sat Jun 18, 2022 8:59 pm We just left a pub because the bloke playing guitar in there attempted MC Hammer’s “Can’t touch this” unplugged

This made me cry with laughter.

I think I'm going to go for a synmat Dura 5r m.
Heavier and warmer than current mat.
*Tentatively shakes piggy bank*

My exped synmat has blown a couple of baffles whilst being deployed on January BAM and is now decidedly wonky. According to Exped HQ the LOT number identifies it as being 8 years old so I guess it's had a fair innings. Can anyone recommend me a durable, insulated inflatable mattress? I am 173cm, 80 ...

Maybe miss them a bit yeah. My retro bike still runs an LX triple. Although, all those years ago I nearly always used to ditch the outer chainring. Better ground clearance of somefing. These days the bike I ride the most, runs a 46/31 which I like a lot. So um, no not unless it's a proper 26" m...