Decathlon do a tapered dry bag 13l with a purge valve, really cheap, I bought it with the harness but that's less good, it can be bought separately.
Tim.

I'm in, see you there.
Tim.

I did The Atlas Race this year and the bearing in my lower jockey wheel seized solid on day 3, I took it off to have a look and it fell apart, all I was left with was the inner and outer race. So my options where, scratch but I was in the middle of nowhere, single speed but too many mountains to go ...

Hope Caliper now sold.

I have a spare Hope Tech 3 E4 caliper in black in excellent condition that I can't fit on the back of my new bike so £60 An Msr Trailshot water filter used some £30. Omm 6 litre waist pack £30 A non smart bike trainer, got it after I broke my leg to get it going again but don't use it anymore £30 Al...

Leather Brookes saddle, once it's broken they are hard to beat which took me 500 miles . I've had it for 7 or 8 years now and had to have it re riveted, I live near the factory so arranged it and they ungraded it to the copper rails and rivets and gave me a tour of the factory for an hour, it was re...

What a lovely read, it took about 45 minutes to fix my bike, at one point I thought the mech was broken, great I can limp back to the van and go home :lol: but unfortunately I fixed it. The route and weather where superb, although I did suffer quite badly from about 8pm onwards so I definitely won't...

How many has he done now?

Well they still haven't broken !
I did The Camino De Santiago with my wife this year and ridden it a fair bit and I love them.
I tried a genuine set of corner bars my mate had and liked them, but they weighed a ton and I'm a weight weenie sort of.

Had the day off to go the the motorbike show at the nec and managed to buy the two things I went to get , both cheaper than the Internet and tommorow looking at a new second hand car thats only got 11k miles on the clock which I'm almost certainly going to get.

Well I wasn't looking for a new tent but that looks extremely good , I may sell my Big Agnes fly creek and get that instead.

I made it round just about but was not very well for quite a bit of it and would like to thank Matt, Rob and Karl for there moral support without which I'm not sure I would have made it.
Tim.

Thank you.
Tim.

My bike is packed apart from some of the food so unless I can think of a really good excuse I will see you all at the pub on Friday.

Is it alright to stay overnight in the carpark on the corner does anyone know?

Tim.

Just starting to decide what gear to take or not, got my factor 50 sunblock on the maybe pile

My Moms old bike that I used as a kid then to ride my son around on the tope tube when he was little. It now hangs in the roof of my garage and never gets used. I spruced it up a few years ago and it all works lovely. It doesn't have the original saddle as my gormless nephew borrowed it , changed th...

Bought in error , needed a shimamo!
Brand new , only opened the packet.
Paid £98 for it so around that would be nice.
Can send pictures.
Tim.

Best of luck with it, everyone worries about the snow but unless your first over the hill there will be a nice track for you to follow. My advice is to think only about the day your on, too much foward planning was not good for my mind and as Dave said you will get there even if you have to drag you...

Camino Santiago trails, has anyone rode them as I’m considering a week trip in sept to Spain with the other half. Bilbao looks like a good place to start from and the trails looks nice and easy :-bd I have just got back from riding The Camino with my wife, we did some of it last year and the rest t...

Drybag sold.

Excellent write up Dave and good to see you too. I also was very pleased to have a bouncy bike, I saw many a battered gravel bike rider eyeing up my comfy iron horse :grin: Great route and superb weather. I didnt do plastic free as I bought a packet of super noodles and ate the bar we got at registr...

Bivvy bag is new, bought for my wife for a trip she didn't go on. £30 + postage

Dual airlock I think it's called, open both ends , great condition with straps and in red which I believe is the fastest colour for bikepackers £10+ postage

Tim.

I'm looking foward to it on my bouncy bike
but there seems to be a few skinny tyred gravel bikes and good luck to them.
I seem to remember the Peak District is a bit rocky.

Stem and saddle sorted now.
Thanks all.
Tim.

Hello Errol

Thanks for that, I've pmed you but its not showing as I've sent anything so let me know if it hasn't arrived?
Tim.