The same two mates who I went out with last month were out again this weekend so I tagged along. I rode through to Newport (all of 8 miles) to meet them as they both live in town. The weather has been so good lately I even took the mudguard off the bike beforehand - so I declare summer is officially...

Chapeau Karl

So... what next?

Last year I went out for the night at a campsite a friend owns with some old mates I've not really seen in about 20 years (we used to drink in the same pubs every weekend) plus a now new mate (Sheldon) who is a friend of theirs. We spent the evening sitting round the fire-pit drinking and talking ab...

I'm suffering from a series lack of motivation this year :sad: After all these years I've been to everywhere I can find on the Island and as the car ferry is around £100 for a return a trip to the mainland each month would soon add up, £1200 a year for BAM anyone? :lol: Although the end of the month...

Dave,

You might be able to find some off-the-shelf hooks. They use similar for fixing stuff to concrete purlins in industrial buildings. You'd need to google for them, try M8* J hook or M8* square hook.

* Assuming your rail runners have an M8 thread.

I use imgur Sean. You can set things up so photos are resized on upload and the site/app gives you ready made links for forums etc. Not sure if there is a limit. Turns out I already have an account there, and there are 4 photos from 7 years ago. Not only did I forget had an account, which is worryi...

Possibly easier to push one loop through the other then put a stick of some sort through the first loop. Certainly that would be much easier to undo. It would remain together if the peg came out unless it properly pinged out. The other alternative is to use a Marlin Spike hitch around the peg - the...

My guy lines have a spliced loop on one end, this used to be used to attach the guy to the triangle on the tarp. The loop is now at the peg end. The pegs have short loops of line on the tops to assist with pulling them out. If I thread the guy through this loop then thread the peg back through the l...

Looks like I'm in for another year :roll: I can't compete with Neil's snowmagedaon but that's only because of lack of snow and not lack of fortitude.. well maybe :lol: The kit was all out ready to go on New Years Eve but a severe weather warning for high winds meant that would be unwise so I bailed....

I've not much to add to the above, great time at the SWWB. The worst part was getting back onto the Island as my chosen ferry operator hadn't been running most of Saturday and not at all Sunday. They did eventually run a boat at 03:00 on the Monday but with priority to those who had been waiting lon...

In a traditional forum tangent, which part is the canal? Is that just the channel or does it include the tow-path?

When we say road we can be talking about the carriageway, footway and verge as a set forming the 'road'. But people often say road to mean the carriageway.

You guys think the canals are bad.... wait until you hear how dangerous the roads are.

V will be cycling on a Welsh canal, in winter, that's to cold even for psychopaths Only the most deranged and unhinged section of society will be out and about in those conditions... bikepackers

Very happy to see Ralph out an' about :-bd Ralph's not missed a month since he started which was April 2020, so he's up to 5 years next March :o This probably puts him up there with the current leaders of the 'most months in a row' gang :grin: He's engaged now! I wondered why he was asking me about...

Yes please to the grey one if available. I'll PM you.

Rallypacking, love it Sean :-bd I thought there would be hundreds of us, all night music and drinking, bands playing, fire-pits, flares and smoke blowing across the road, just like say the Col de Turini on the Monte Carlo was in the 1980's. But it was just me and Ralph, a can of 7% craft ale and an...

November bivi completed by the 3rd :o The data was chosen for me as I had a plan to incorporate another event. This also meant a Saturday night out which was a change from the usual week days. I left home after dinner as it was only 6 miles to the location and with my ongoing hand issue I didn't wan...

I enjoyed your video but a bit disappointed to get to the end and not find out how you hung the hammock between 2 walls?

- but getting closer realised that it is really an "anti-hut" and even the broken lattice steelwork floor would prevent a decent nights sleep , although it may be possible to squeeze a bivvy onto the side of the concrete plinth. That hut would be described as 'development potential' by an...

Another school night bivi for me. I'd been putting it off as I have an issue with my right hand, loss of sensation and tingling in the fingers, aggravated by riding and also using my computer at work, which makes the whole hand go numb and the left also then joins in :roll: Rather than just ride str...

I can't believe the transporter bridge is still closed :roll: it was closed last September (2023) when Mike and myself were there. Assuming it's not reopened in the interim and closed again, that's over a year! Presumably the job is being run in same way as the Island Line (trains) upgrade was which...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Oct 11, 2024 1:41 pm .... cheered my right up.

Doesn't appear to have had the same effect on the wearer

...and delivered a set of forks from Alpkit's ebay store in a colour that might be considered challenging. https://i.postimg.cc/m2vyQtrP/PXL-20241009-120054777-MP.jpg Options: a) leave them as they are and learn to love them. b) sand them back to raw carbon, or use some other method. c) paint them ...

Sorry Shaf, I used it as well, Dave is a bad influence :oops: I've edited mine and will do better in future. On a more cheery note, it's absolutely chucking it down here and blowing a gale, why is this cheery? I spent most of yesterday making new brackets etc. to fit the wide mudguards onto the comm...

Even the draw cord bag didn't look very big

That sunset was spectacular!

That's an epic spot

I'm always impressed how it looks like there's not much on the bike yet somehow you've got a tent, a chair and enough kit to cook real food