Ian wrote:Splashed out on some proper winter sleeping mats. Got a small Synmat UL 7 for Beth and a medium Downmat UL 7 for me.

I love the way your dearest gets the - ahem - budget item

Out of interest, as I'm in the market for another mat, did you find any particular deals on them?

Cheeky Monkey wrote:I love the way your dearest gets the - ahem - budget item

I think Beth's is lighter...

Out of interest, as I'm in the market for another mat, did you find any particular deals on them?

Not specifically. The Synmat came from UOG and the Downmat from OutdoorGB.

FLV - will post pics in MYOG, since half the ideas were off here : )

Revelate Sweet roll and front pouch finally got to local depot for me to go and pay customs on. Great bag, so stable, easy to install, and feels tough.

Boardman comp 650b ,Altura Ascent baggy shorts, Dare 2 b baggy Shorts , giro feature helmet , Topeak rescue pod , Trekmates polar wind top and a Ti wind-shield to go with my Snowpeak trek 800 .

North Face Thermoball vest

My other two primaloft vests were too big and too heavy. Wanted something lighter (in terms of overall weight and insulation fill). Scales say its 221g in a Medium

My Hunka XL arrived this morning and I'm glad I took Rays advice and got the XL version.


Cheers Ray

Set of poles from Stu. Just in time for a couple of practice-pitches/garden beers while visiting parents this weekend.

Busy morning for Gwyn the post.

What could possibly be the ugliest helmet ever made, the Urge SupaCross, however it is very light and very comfy. Reduced from £100 to £39.99 at CRC. Also a Haglof Shield Pro jacket. Think ultralight windproof but with 40g of insulation in the front and a pack-away hood. Another bargain, reduced from £120 to £40 at Cotswolds ... weighs around 130g.

Haglof Shield Pro jacket - how does it fit Stu?

If I wear a medium T-shirt do I need a medium?

Always a Rab/patagonia medium for a closeish ft but with long arms?

Urge Supercross helmet reviewed here:


http://theteamrobot.blogspot.co.uk/2014/08/no.html?m=1

Haglof Shield Pro jacket - how does it fit Stu?

If I wear a medium T-shirt do I need a medium?

Medium T shirt here too, bought a Medium jacket and it fits well ... enough room under it for a couple of thin(ish) layers. Arms are nice and long with thumb loops.

Urge Supercross helmet reviewed here:


http://theteamrobot.blogspot.co.uk/2014 ... o.html?m=1

You can't beat a full, non biased, indepth review ... and that's f'all like one

I had read that the rear adjuster could be a weak point but after seeing it, I reckon it's only a concern if you're a cack handed gorilla with cold fingers.

Medium T shirt here too, bought a Medium jacket and it fits well ... enough room under it for a couple of thin(ish) layers. Arms are nice and long with thumb loops.

Nice, ordered in red

pole arrived today, thanks

A Solarstorm X2 LED front light - £15 - I don't know how they can do it for that.

It was rude not to buy yet another front light (I can't think when I will use it though as I have more lights than I know what to do with)

And some Endura bib shorts from the LBS (with vouchers I got for winning a couple of their races) - lovely and comfy they are

From xcracer shop I got one of the KCNC bar mount extension for mounting even more stuff!

Went to the lbs and saw inner tubes at £8 or £9 each! When did they get that expensive? So I went to www.innertubeshop.com and got 5 for £10.

My works [cough] Ellis Brigham [cough] kindly donated one of these to me...

http://m.ellis-brigham.com/products/rab ... bag/208240

Sleeping bag for rovaniemi 150 and its rated to a least -29C Can't wait to try it out

A pair of jones loop bars landed on my desk this week. Going to convert my good bike to 1x10 rigid for the BB.

had a splurge today
endure mt500 jacket with hood 50% off £80
montane prism vest $50 and 245g pertex with insulation
rab atmos jacket £110, and 300g
and a EBB free from mr stooge

No wonder that Prism vest was cheap!

my hands were shaking as I had just spent some money,
It doesn't happen very often

Kask vertigo in their helmet amnesty. Can look all xc racer now

woohoo, not bought much bike stuff in the last few years............today my 1st parcel landed.

1 pair of shimano am45 shoes
2 x pair of shimano spd pedals
1 x pair of 29r suitable crud guards.......for when my new 29r lands.........

Pair of avid BB7 brake callipers from China via Amazon for £42 and a pair of new avid FR5 brake levers from eBay for £7.20 to replace my ageing avid elixir r front and mechanical deore rear. All to be set up on my new fleegle bars .