Lots yesterday, but not a huge amount of bike packing related stuff

AA eneloops, good for the GPS
Bluetooth headphones, for the odd local jaunt
Chin up bar for a door frame (strength related, tenuous link I know)

Some other stuff that is completely random!

Cutting it fine, but our Christmas Accommodation arrived- TrekkerTent inner to keep out the mozzies, ants and sand biting criiters. Had a quick look at it in the kitchen. No time to try until we hit the wilds of Cuba. Soooo excited.

An Exposure / SP PD-8X Dynamo Hub



It's a Christmas present from the wife, but I had to order it as the difference between qr and 15mm is lost on her

Posted a pic as it will be wrapped up and under the tree soon, but I will be able to have a look here at the anodized loveliness when I need a pick me up at work.

The littlest stove ever! (although not one that will be unfamiliar to anyone here )

Today the postman brought.....



A Travers 'Bat Fastard' frame, some Lauf 'Carbonara' forks and some Hope/Nextie carbon wheels with Bud/Lou tyres.

I'm bastardising other bikes, buying a few sale items and using spare bits to finish the build and can't wait to get out into the wintry mountains for a little bikepacking adventure.

I hope you can imagine the level of excitement here right now!!!!!

Hope you didn't open your parcels with that axe on the wall or is that going on the bike somewhere?

Oh, thats nice

Titanium windshield from China.



There's a little magnet catch to clip the ends together and it came with a little strip of velcro to tie it up and a bag

I think I'll have to shorten it a little and make a few more air holes, but for a little over £4 including postage I'm not complaining.

Alpkit Airlok 20, Ali Pots & a pouch of their Moroccan chicken cous cous. Arrived just in time for the Scottish winter bivvy this weekend!

A few more bits for my vintage build:
Ferodo brake shoes
White rib brake cable
Cyclo derailleur lever
Mud guard clips
Alloy frame fit pump

It should ride nicely, I got to try Jim's out the other day. Seriously amazing bike.

gairym wrote:Today the postman brought.....



A Travers 'Bat Fastard' frame, some Lauf 'Carbonara' forks and some Hope/Nextie carbon wheels with Bud/Lou tyres.

I'm bastardising other bikes, buying a few sale items and using spare bits to finish the build and can't wait to get out into the wintry mountains for a little bikepacking adventure.

I hope you can imagine the level of excitement here right now!!!!!

A pole and a bottle.

Cheers Stu

An Alpkit Muon headtorch so I can start getting some offroad running in during the darker months. Not tried it outside yet but a quick indoors test with all the lights off proves it's quite bright. The free Blip rear light is a nice touch too

Some Aero bars for the TD. I have a feeling they might look a bit "special" on Jones loops.

Klymit static V lite insulated via Massdrop. Tips the scales at exactly 550g without the stuff sack. Feels very comfy on the living room floor!

Not the postie, but been over to Team Valley in Gateshead to visit the new Decathlon that opened last weekend. Picked up an X-Light down jacket which for 30 quid seems very reasonable, and amongst other bits a cheap cycling waterproof jacket to put in my jersey pocket just incase, mainly when on the road bike.

A bit of seasonal shopping in the deluge so got a pair of these:



Just got to put SPDs back on the bike

Those Specialized boots look like boots by Croc. I hope you wear them with 3/4 length trousers and white socks

Youngest son bought me a drone for my birthday. It's brilliant fun, and it's got a camera that I need to try out when the rain and wind stops for a bit.

Bike stuff - chains, cassette and cables, rear mech for the road bike and a few odds and sods. And The Hour by Bradley Wiggins - looks pretty good!

And The Hour by Bradley Wiggins - looks pretty good!

You should have got The Year by Dave Barter, it's longer.

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

And The Hour by Bradley Wiggins - looks pretty good!

You should have got The Year by Dave Barter, it's longer.

I'm working up to that. Got to start small - it's taking me ages to read The Hour!

Ive just bought two pairs of specialized rime shoes at a great price, dave barters first book (cant wait to start it) and a new shinny snowpeak 300 mug to fit inside my alpkit 450 - it fits like a glove

it fits like a glove

Told ya

Mike wrote:Ive just bought two pairs of specialized rime shoes at a great price,

How much and where from?

Mike wrote:Ive just bought two pairs of specialized rime shoes at a great price, dave barters first book (cant wait to start it) and a new shinny snowpeak 300 mug to fit inside my alpkit 450 - it fits like a glove

Been charity shop diving have we ;-)

"Titanium windshield from China.". Hi Frog, yeah I got the very same one a few weeks back. Not worked out best way to use it yet with the 22g stove, and got a few so-far-unresolved concerns. It doesn't really free-stand, and if you cough too hard it blows away; not entirely surprising I suppose when it weighs 15g. My normal windbreak weighs 30g, made from a cornflakes packet - crunchy nut to be precise, Morrisons to be even preciser - and some silver foil. It folds up and has a base for the stove to sit on so it's very stable. Maybe I'll suffer the 45g hit and wear the Ti 'break inside the cornflakes packet and see how that works. Other concern is it doesn't seem entirely sensible to ship a slice of Ti across from China. Waste of fuel and will no doubt send the burgeoning(?) UK Ti-windbreak industry into a tailspin the same way our steel industry's gone. In fact I'm feeling doubly-guilty now after buying a couple more bamboo leggings which are quite probably Chinese as well - made in a sweatshop somewhere AND depriving some poor panda of its breakfast. Oh. I came here to cheer myself up so that was a dismal failure!