techno wrote: ↑Sat Dec 10, 2022 2:20 pm

Rob S wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:48 pm I'd be interested in this if techno doesn't take it.

Sorry Rob, I took the light. Arrived today. Can't wait to try it out

I've got the bigger one MTB Batteries do on my handlebars. Very happy with it

I'd be interested in this if techno doesn't take it.

First record I ever bought was The Pushbike Song by The Mixtures in 1970. How appropriate and prescient that turned out to be. The B-side was this very strange and contrasting number. I still find it rather unsettling for some reason. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuAM4W-_Lp4 Antmusic by Adam and...

Metallica - Kill 'em all First time in many years, what a great album and the perfect antidote to the unrelenting dross that was '80's pop music. First time I heard of Metallica was when I borrowed Master of Puppets from someone at school. I went and bought it that weekend (on cassette) and loved a...

Looks like that thing in fairgrounds where you squirt coloured paints onto a bit of paper on a spinny-round wheel thingy. Fairground dude switches it on, wheel spins, paint spreads out into nice random pattern, bloke puts it in a little cardboard frame for you. I used to like doing those as a kid a...

Most of my riding is more 'gravel' than mtb. It's just the nature of the terrain in the midlands. I just enjoy seeing a bit of nature, and exploring. That's a big part of it.

Glad to hear you enjoyed it anyway

You mum sounds like she was a very wise woman Stu.

I read/watched a bit but had to stop. It made me realise how crap I am

No idea if this would work or not. I'd probably drill through the wall and bolt through the box section with M10 studding then find a way of attaching the awning.

May be worth speaking to a builder first though.

Shaf, I meant 50x50x3mm box section as photo. If it's awkward for you to find steel, I imagine wood would be ok. Probably best if it was pressure treated though as it's outside. Disclaimer! I'm an electrician not a mechanical engineer. I don't know how heavy an awning is, or whether this is strong e...

How about some kind of pull-out awning Shaf? Bit like those seen attached to the side of campers? Not enough room for it to retract back Stu (I think). Only one brick above that door/frame to work with. The concrete roofing over a galvanised frame is also not the best to be drilling into (I suppose...

A mate of a mate took a header into the Grand Union while using clipless pedals/shoes. He genuinely thought his time had come

We had a nice view over Totternhoe quarry from where a rare brown chalk has been mined and quarried for centuries. Its sister quarry over the hill at Kensworth has a fascinating method of transporting the chalk to the cement works. WARNING: fascinating to Reg. https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&...

Tomwoodbury wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 11:18 am My mat has an R value of 2.3 which is pretty decent, no?

I think that would class as a 3 season. Do you take a spare set of baselayers to sleep in?

They must have reassessed it recently, I have a roasted vegetable one here that claims it's 328kcal. They may have changed the recipe.

I have sardines in olive oil and chuck the lot in the rehydrated couscous to boost the calories. I decant the couscous into a soup n' save bag before leaving and add a pinch of vegetable bouillon powder as well to improve taste and add some salt.

I asked a similar question at the start of the year. If I remember correctly the general consensus was that while some would help by a few degrees, some of the claims were pretty optimistic. Joe's shop had a budget thermal version, not tried it though.

Good job!

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Mon Oct 31, 2022 9:07 pm

There we go then. Toodle pip old bean.

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

And we get on our knees and pray...

I must have had 50-60 weekends in Snowdonia over the last 20 years, I've only had one bad incident in that time. That's an acceptable ratio for me.

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-ap2/chapter/energy-and-heat-balance/ According to this 60% of body heat is lost through radiation, far higher than I expected. So certainly worth looking at ways to reduce it. When stood still naked with dry skin in unmoved air with 20 °C? :wink: Ah, I see. As...

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny- ... t-balance/

According to this 60% of body heat is lost through radiation, far higher than I expected. So certainly worth looking at ways to reduce it.

Interesting thread. Many moons ago I had a week winter mountaineering in Scotland, but we booked a cabin so we never had to consider damp sleeping bags.

Has anybody used a vapour barrier? Do you just accept you're going to be warm but wet? It must be pretty miserable,like sleeping in a poly bag. Would sleeping with a little bag of rice or some other desiccant help?

motorsickle tomorrow Ooh? Reminds me, I've a Harris Magnum arriving on Monday but alas, it's a job not a purchase. That's a bit special. As a motorbike mad teen, I remember waiting at the bus stop after 'tech one night, a bloke was tinkering on the kerb with a motorbike. I looked at the wrap-around...