There is some good riding to be had up on the Mendips but not if it’s been wet as the mud has superglue properties up there. I’d head to the Quantocks (near Taunton), lots of route options and it drains much better than the mendips. North of Cardiff, there is a ton of trails and terrain. Cwm carn tr...

Thanks Verena.

I’d forgotten about the Talybont car park.

Been looking at Google maps, and found, what looks like a free car park in Llangynidr

When I struggle to sleep for early starts, I try and think of the following which was some wisdom passed on by a psychiatrist.

“The human body can perform well, without any sleep for 24hours”. This stops the worry of not getting enough sleep to function the next day.

Hi longtime lurker here

I’m planning a two day trip around the Gap and Black mountains (110km, 4500m) but am struggling where to leave the car, probably going to start in Crickhowell, which has a long stay car park.

I can’t seem to find how to pay for two days parking anywhere.

Any ideas?

Remember the rear view mirror is always smaller than the windscreen.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/324417218186

Strada sl, 900lumens.

The truth is out there..

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weird-news ... s-n1250333

Still lurking

Kapp to Cape on Amazon prime. https://www.amazon.co.uk/kapp-to-cape/d ... 9/ref=nodl_

4 part series, watched the first two, pretty good series about cycle touring from Norway to Cape Town.

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Oct 02, 2020 4:05 pm

it’s the wild camping that I’d probably struggle with solo.

Is it the thought of getting moved on or Werewolves?

Werewolves of course No it’s just the thought of getting moved on and whilst pooing in a hole.

I wouldn’t mind riding solo between campsites...it’s the wild camping that I’d probably struggle with solo.

Really need to get along to the WRT was going to last year but my partner got seriously ill, then this year....

I still haven’t been, what many on here would class as ‘proper’ bikepacking, yes I’ve done a B&B assisted trans Cambrian, which was great but unfortunately my riding chum has done his back in and there is no sign of it getting fixed :sad: Not having riding buddies is what is stopping me doing a ...

Haha, I bought them in a sale and got free postage, pre-lockdown mind.

https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/LIJOFLASH ... 3w-flasher

Got 12hrs worth of flashing out one of these.

On my IOW tour, I took some Rude health bircher muesli. Was a bit sceptical at first but mixed with some honey and just some warm water, five minutes later, it was actually edible and I was quite shocked at how tasty it was. Did try it on the last day without honey and it wasn’t as nice, so deffo re...

Nice, I’ve upgraded my NX to XT and got some blueflow carbon wheels on the way

Second the Ibis Ripley, love it but I use it as my trail bike, would love to know the build spec of yours Alpinium.

I use Zipp Service Course tape. It's my one little luxury on what is otherwise a pretty workhorsey build. https://www.sram.com/en/zipp/models/ac-sc-tape-a1 Along with some gel pads. They've survived being retaped/swapped over different bars at least half a dozen times. https://www.pro-bikegear.com/...

Thanks Alpinum

Just spoken to a Lbs and they’ve been in touch with the UK distributor...12 weeks for a ripley to arrive in the U.K.

vaguely exciting, do you mean Ibis HQ in Santa Cruz ?

Are you going to get some frame bags for the Ripley, as I probably will (if I get hold of one)

Hi alpinum

Where did you manage to find a Ripley ?

Seems to be out of stock everywhere I look.

https://aussiegritapparel.com/

Some cracking bargains in the sale from Mark Webber’s clothing company.

it was interesting to see on Bikepacking.com that GRX Di2 can cope with a 40 cassette on 2X with some work. There's a few folk running 40x cassettes on 2x systems (me included). I use 50/34 105 cranks and a Ultegra rear mech. It's very likely that GRX cranks and rear mech would work too, I've just ...

I’m doing this to a new croix de fer frameset.

https://road.cc/content/feature/246424- ... adventures