And here's a picture from when it was last ridden !

Scott BigJon by Eric Robinson, on Flickr

The tent is now sold..

Forks wrong way round !!! Mystery solved.. I came across a picture of the Fatbike on a local ride, December 2021, and the forks were correct… rotor on the left. I last rode it February 2023, forks correct. But due to limited space in my garage, I put it against the wall, having loosened the handleba...

Hi Eric, I'm interested in the tent. Can u clarify what you've done replacing velcro with zip on flysheet please? Any photos may help please. Cheers Daniel The original design, just clips (their marketing said it would save weight (pish!)), I found to be useless, so I took it to a sewing shop and t...

macinblack wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 11:07 am Hello Eric,

I'm interested in this. Does it have the top length of pole for spreading the width across the top?

Cheers Mac.

Hiya @macinblack
Yes, there’s a short pole across which holds the flysheet.
You can see one end of it in the second picture, where the guy line meets it.

@hyppy

I just phoned my bike shop and sent a picture of these forks. Yes ! They are the wrong way round !

I’ve only been riding it 8 years

I’ll take it in and they will change the forks around.

I’ve 3 other bikes which are all “normal” I.e. front rotor on the left, rear rotor on the left.

@boab
The frame is a medium.

@hyppy
The lugs holding the brake caliper are on the right, which is correct !
So they are fitted the right way round. Otherwise the disc rotor would be on the left.

They do seem to be leaning backwards though, where you would think they should lean forwards, giving a less steep steering angle.

I've only used this tent once, so it's practically brand new. It is very light at 670g. I bought it from Ultralight Outdoor Gear. It has a flysheet. It includes a super light nylon groundsheet. I also replaced the Velcro fasteners for the flysheet with a zip. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5401...

Purchased new from Cookson’s Cycles Manchester in May 2016. It has 4inch tubeless tyres. You can also have my previous tyres: 4.5 inch. I put the lighter Swiss DTBR2250 wheels on to make it lighter. It weighs in at 32lbs. Has lightweight flat pedals (Nukeproof). Even though it’s a fatbike it climbs ...

I live in Egerton, and regularly ride off-road from there to Farnworth - 7.6 miles of very interesting and good riding, crossing one or two main roads. It’s down the Eagley Valley, and I have 2 options, one for very dry, and one for normal… And from Farnworth I go 10 miles to Trafford Park (Depot cl...

Brilliant

This business of the High Court reaching its decisions seems to me to be highly subjective. As with nearly everything we do and accept is subjective… but some of these judgements….deary deary me… If a judge has no idea what to camp means but understands litter then….deary deary me… The National Park...

And Happy New Year to all

Some great comments there, and I echo all of them…

Somebody else here thinks this world is a bit insane, and it’s you Stu who preserve the balance a bit… your sometimes acerbic comments are very appropriate..

Keep up the good work please

I found it extremely difficult finding his trackleaders page, so here’s the link

https://trackleaders.com/highland22i.ph ... e_Bate_Mbe

On his way again from the road at Achfary, after a stop of a good 3 hours. I’d thought he had bailed there but no, he’s on again, the climb up to the top at 409 metres.
Sheer grit and determination, good effort Steve

Wishing him well for the night ahead

Top of Bealach Horn about 7am
Road at Achfary 2:30pm
It’s about 5 miles and downhill, so over 7 hours for 5 miles means conditions are impossible I would say.

Achfary: light snow showers today, heavy snow showers tomorrow….

The long downhill from the Bealach Horn…. Less than 1 mph, and a lot of it at 0.4 mph….. Can only assume it’s deep snow, and if it’s same on the ascent over to Kylescu I can only say it’s just not worth carrying on. It’s skis you need, not a very heavy fatbike…. I wish him well though and perhaps my...

Agreed Phil ! Trying to work out how long he slept for (rather lay down and stopped, must have a very good sleeping bag). Top of Bealach Horn very slow progress, like 300 feet every 10 minutes, sometimes less. I guess he’s in deep snow. Must be horrendous. Another thing is his food: must be carrying...

Very very moving, brave people indeed… (And Steve Bate went and solo’ed El Cap :roll: :roll: ) But where do we go from here ? Well ! By coincidence or otherwise just after listening to that moving story I came across this : “You do not have a life” https://youtu.be/Dok_LJaqeLU (He’s a bit like anoth...

And the maps on the phone don’t need a mobile signal. They just need the satellites. Hit one button and it pinpoints exactly where you are, and if you start moving you get a long red arrow which tells you which direction you are moving. I even use that when driving in out of the way places eg neares...

If I’m following a route on the 530 and I get stuck or need clarification, at that point I’ll get the phone out. It has Memory Map OS maps on. 1:50k and 1:25k for greater detail. So the phone is away in the frame bag.

Phil I have the full set of OS maps on, England, Wales, Scotland (not NI though). You just ignore all the training stuff, upload to Connect, Strava etc. It’s no bother. I don’t know anything about Garmin OS Premium. What I did was to buy Memory Map with all the OS maps (been using that years, so use...