Good write up fella

For sale my Nemo Gogo SE - £175 ono In immaculate condition (some dry mud marks on base (I did use a Tyvek sheet) I've owned her for 18 months and used for 6-7 nights bike packing (but I prefer my tarp/bivi bag hence the sale) , it's in Olive green (not flouro lime) and comes with its own compressio...

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One of our other mtb mates dropped us off at Winchester and picked us up in Eastbourne . We thought of trains and other travel ideas but that was easiest. The Soul is ok for bike packing duties plenty of frame space for bags and not too heavy the 140's I'm running up front probably are a tad too lon...

A few weeks ago we decided to ride the SDW over B/H weekend , I've never wild camped before for more than 1 night but this was going to be a longer more relaxed ride n camp 4 days / 3 nights . We sat off from Winchester on the Saturday afternoon (after being stuck in traffic for 4 hours !!) , planni...

Cheers for all the comments and reviews . Not sure what route to go down but the smd lunar looks a great peice of kit ..

Their are so many from different company's what ones are best in the lightweight department against money they cost ...

Or put it simply what do you use ? And why ?

We decided a couple of weeks ago to do a night on Mersea island . So yesterday 5 of us rode the 27m to the island and with thanks to (chicken legs) a area had been pre chosen (a great spot) . For me it was only my 2nd night under the wild camp banner . It turned out to be a super evening with the gu...

A weird question but what side is the zip on the pipedream 400 ?

Cheers

I'm not using one currently but wondered if I should ? I use a 720mm normal (ish) mountain bike carbon bar (Pro Answer) with shimano SLX brakes & shifters . The straps I use are Alpkit with a 13L airlok dry bag . It sits on top of my cables away from the head tube and seems to stay put apart fro...

composite wrote:Good job fella, glad you enjoyed it. Just followed you on instagram btw. :)

Cheers for the follow on instragram there'll be plenty more wild camp pics to follow .

I've finally got out to play so it's 1/3 for me with more trips planned soon ....

Finally got a quickie done last night , learnt loads for next time . Gonna try a few different ideas later in the garden . Final tally's 32miles ridden, 3 hours riding, 197m ascended with about 7 hrs sleep . Bring it on ...

Pictures on instragram under mtb_69

FLV wrote:looks like a good way to set it up. nice and roomy.

Whats the bivi bag you have there?

It's a Rab ascent bivi ....

Yes that's the one thank you ....

It seemed very stable (I could put a line on the bike itself) . 4 lines and 7 pegs

Finally today I got the time to play with my Alpkit 3.5 tarp . I tried various ways of putting it up using bike only and the end result was good (sadly I can't show you as I've no computer) but I'm on instragram under mtb_69 if you would like to go look and comment .. Looking forward to my 1st night...

YetiTony wrote:Great timing, just thinking about a couple of nights out with the camera and the week in Scotland shoudl be great for footage!

Can I join you

I've tried to pack things in order of use I.e tarp/pegs/lines to hand 1st , bag stuffed in bivi in 13L airlok on bars . But practice makes perfect I hope ...

I did a test run on my kitchen floor last weekend (in bivi bag with thermarest and sleeping bag) apart from my dog not understanding and jumping on me repeatedly through the night all went well ...
Why not next to a lake ?

After weeks of reading (thanks for the advice) , sorting and buying my gear I'm ready (I think) .

I'm gonna start local and do a couple of quick over nighters .

What are the common mistakes I'm gonna make (and learn from them) ?

Do you always put them up the same way or change depending on location/situation ? Do you take a spare length of guyline for such a time or sort your lines for all situations ?

Recently (early jan) we did a mudtreks weekend of guided rides around Brechfa forest through very deep puddles and very deep streams all of us had wet feet after 30 mins except my mate who wore gaiters over his boots !!!

Amazing trip mate ...

Then I think I'll stick to the Rab ascent / Msr Ac then (or another if theirs one !) . I'd rather something that lasts and at 625g the Rab isn't tooo heavy (is it !)

Thanks for the advice

The Borah bag looks a great piece of kit.

Is their a bivi similar but available in the UK ?