The post man's been ...

[Ian]

I'd have a splitty tomorrow if I had somewhere dry to keep it; just love those old vans

Anyway, also like the look of this:

[Richard G]

A rather swanky Bearbones jersey and a delightfully green WRT T-Shirt just showed up. Good stuff. :)

[JohnClimber]

From Totally Fuelled


From On One, Merino tee shirt, arm warmers, allen keys and chamios creme


And a super lightweight tapered dry bag

Details to follow once tested

[Dave Barter]

A DEC MicroVAX 3100/40

Nobody out niches me on a Wednesday

[Ian]

A digital vacuum cleaner - very niche!
Where does the hose connect?

[Dave Barter]

It blows instead of sucks, you point the vents at the dust

[johnnystorm]

Bottoms up!

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Some Castelli uv protect leg coolers (can't be doing with cream and I'll fry in the desert ), an sd card of USA maps and some beer money from Mountainbaker!

[atk]

3 red slips from the postman today :(

[Zippy]

A DEC MicroVAX 3100/40

Woah, 32MB RAM for 1993 was quite a lot. These days it's hilarious!

[whitestone]

A DEC MicroVAX 3100/40

Woah, 32MB RAM for 1993 was quite a lot. These days it's hilarious!

But it was probably coded so efficiently it's still usable today

[RIP]

'Coded efficiently'. Nail on head. 1977 DECsystem-10, 1Mb (yes, one), me and **127** other users. 2016 Windoze filth, 4Gb, and it can't even support ME never mind 127 others. 'Graphics' you say? Pah.

"Reg"/Babbage

[Scattamah]

A DEC MicroVAX 3100/40

Proper respect. I miss my DEC Alphas and Workstation Raptors.

Greetz

S.

[benp1]

Wow, we've discovered a vein of previously undiscovered geekery on a scale we've not seen before...!

[RIP]

"vein of previously undiscovered geekery". Absolutely. I reckon you could string pretty much any letters and digits together with a "-" and maybe a "/" and you've got a real computer or processor of some sort.

Geekery? Just don't start me on my Quantum Theory of Bikepacking.

"Reg"

[Mariner]

Geekery? Just don't start me on my Quantum Theory of Bikepacking.

On Monday Wednesday and Friday Bike Packing is run by God using Electro Magnetic Theory.
On Tuesday Thursday and Saturday it is run by the devil using Quantum Theory.
I didnt get where I am today by not knowing this.

[RIP]

It's the whole business of my bike being in two places at exactly the same time which I'm battling with at the moment. Also I'm usually pretty good at measuring my momentum so that means I've no idea what my position is - ie. I'm well and truly lost which sounds normal for me.

[Mariner]

Are we talking Minkowski four dimensional space time continuum or more Heart of Gold with Zaphod at the controls?
If you are going to Bearstock we can discuss this over a few beers when all will become clear.

[Pickers]

Following yesterdays shenanigans, these have arrived in a timely fashion for the weekend.....


New goodies by Richard Picton, on Flickr

I now foresee a day of skinned shins...

[ctznsmith]

A very well packaged bottle of Smidge and a cheap 8 in 1 torx tool with tiny bits.

Which means my Garmin Oregon now has a full quota of battery contacts again and isn't bodged with a folded bit of tin foil!

[RIP]

Very slinky those are Pickers. "foresee a day of skinned shins" - some spoonerism possibilities there I think.... and I bet you couldn't say it fast five times.

Anyway, today I am mostly opening parcels of:
- "Bikepacking" by McJannet - it's alright I suppose. Bit too much "I went down this bridleway.. looked at that scenery..listened to those birds". Could've done with more funny stories, people he met and talked to, and loads more about how he bivvied, what kit he used etc etc. And DON'T ask Stu about all those fires .
- "History Of The Dylife Mines" by Brown - great stuff. If you want another nerdy subject, how about caving and mine exploring, I love it. I'm still trying to work out how to combine it with bikepacking. Have kipped in a couple of caves but not with bike yet, and you can MTB tour a mine if you fancy (http://www.bikenomad.com/en/main/underground).
-"Extreme Sleeps" & "Wild Nights" by Phoebe Smith.

So plenty to read in the bath there.

Oh, and an extra seat tube strap for my Koala, which kept slipping sideways away from the post at the bottom end, during WRT. (freebie, thanks Alpkit).

"Reg"

[Bearbonesnorm]

"History Of The Dylife Mines" by Brown - great stuff.

He lives just up the road, very nice fella. Obviously, the entire area is dotted with old mines, there's plenty in the forest here and I still keep discovering more from time to time.

[Zippy]

Lots of nuts and bolts (and washers, p clips, mikalor clamps and self tapping screws).


Nuts+Bolts+Clamps by Chris Reeves, on Flickr

Not quite eligible for "niche Wednesdays", but I'm sure something will turn up that can take part in that

[notinabox]

"History Of The Dylife Mines" by Brown - great stuff.

He lives just up the road, very nice fella. Obviously, the entire area is dotted with old mines, there's plenty in the forest here and I still keep discovering more from time to time.

Adventure!

[benp1]

Good haul Zippy!

[whitestone]

One bikepacking book and one bike mount for a Garmin Oregon.