The post man's been ...

[HUX]

An Alpkit fuel pod arrived today.very well made and a good size for stuffing full of snacks!

[Cheeky Monkey]

Diddy Alpkit stove. No word of a lie, I thought they'd forgotten to pack it, it's incredibly small. After being a bit dubious about them I'm rather impressed. Will be interesting to see how well it works.

Did I mention how small it is

[Zippy]

Diddy Alpkit stove. No word of a lie, I thought they'd forgotten to pack it, it's incredibly small. After being a bit dubious about them I'm rather impressed. Will be interesting to see how well it works.

Did I mention how small it is

I'll compare notes with you at Christmas time 8-)

[Davesmate]

I also received a diddy alpkit stove along with some other goodies. As I type this I'm sat under a rig7 tarp set up across 2 sofas, the stove is on the table boiling up enough water for a brew and I'm seeing how much stuff I can fit in a possum top tube bag.

[Dan_K]

I also received a diddy alpkit stove along with some other goodies. As I type this I'm sat under a rig7 tarp set up across 2 sofas, the stove is on the table boiling up enough water for a brew and I'm seeing how much stuff I can fit in a possum top tube bag.

We've all been there Dave. Last week I was in a bivvy bag in my lounge seeing whether my quilt lofts better in a rab storm or a hunka XL.

[AdMan]

Mucky nuts fenders :D

[Yorlin]

A fair wee pile of Alpkit stuff, which they nicely packed inside the Koala bag so it seemed like they forgotten half of it

Oh and a wee meths stove :)

[RobMac]

Saved 80% at CRC on a full set of NEW XT M737 cantis
Which is less than I paid for a used set.

I bought more and they've just arrived, the Devil made me do it

[TheBrownDog]

Set of Deore disc brakes for my Fatty. I finally grew weary of having to bleed the Avid Elixir 1's every 3 or 4 rides.

[drain]

A couple of guide books for the Camino Primitivo which I'm doing next year - decided to do a short one (350km) in 2014 having done the Camino Frances (800km) twice. And saving some brownie points for the Via de la Plata (1,000km) in 2015 :D

[Dan_K]

Mountain king 29 x 2.4 tyre for the front as I've had a couple of recent front wipe outs running Rocket Rons...

[FLV]

New frame

[FLV]

New frame

This one

[Bearbonesnorm]

This one

Very nice.

[greenmug]

New stove that can burn meths or solid fuel tabs. Having had one too many pots of noodles spill due to wobbly stoves, this little fella with legs that push into soil works very well. The whole system including two ti cups, spoon, stove and lighters collapses into the mytimug.

The blue wind sheild in the background is a luxury version of the regular foil used previously.

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[Ian]

I've got a triad too. Great little stove, though it doesn't get much use now since I switched to Stu's stove creations.

[Cheeky Monkey]

UQ (mine) and TQ (Flatfishy's) from Enlightened Equipment in the States.

Customs took from 17 December to 01 January to process it but as they didn't clobber me I am happy with the timescale

Like the look of the rigging system and optimistic about the temps the UQ could work in (40 farenheit with 1oz of overstuff).

[Dan_K]

2 x Race King 29 x 2.0 for £25 the pair off ebay (new from Andover bikes).
Should help to get the miles in for the Wildcat 100 and a little Sustrans/YHA trip I've got planned In a couple of weeks.

[Ian]

A pair of Fulcrum Racing 7 CX wheels for the Kite.
They're a bit heavy, but were fairly cheap in the sale from Merlin, and I can now swap from gears to SS on the Kite fairly easily. Running 1x8, 36:32-12.
Will find out in the morning how she rides...

[composite]

A pair of Fulcrum Racing 7 CX wheels for the Kite.
They're a bit heavy, but were fairly cheap in the sale from Merlin, and I can now swap from gears to SS on the Kite fairly easily. Running 1x8, 36:32-12.
Will find out in the morning how she rides...

That's almost the same as what I actually use on my Five. I have a granny but hardly ever use it. I would have thought it would have been higher but I guess it is CX which to be fair I don't know anything about. I'll end this stream of conscious here. :?

[AdMan]

New Filo :D All ready for there 'n' back now!

[JohnClimber]

Finally here from the states



My Golite Bitteroot waterproof(ish) down jacket :D

[durhambiker]

Not exactly bikepacking related, but the postie brought me a £240 ANT+ USB stick today, along with a free Garmin 910XT...

[Yorlin]

Greenmug - that foldy windshield looks nice, where's it from? (possible present for someone)

[ianfitz]

Postie brought some maps of morocco - thanks singlespeedpunk.

Also time saving as he just posted then and didn't get anyone to sign for them...