Ian wrote:A piece of white and orange card with black writing on informing me that I wasn't in

Is that one of those fat shaming cards from the London Underground?

Fatty

A) I'm curious as to what Ian's not in
B) London Underground must print a lot of cards

Is that one of those fat shaming cards from the London Underground?

Fatty

Nope, you've lost me...

whitestone wrote:A) I'm curious as to what Ian's not in

It's like when I listen to the travel news, and they say the A82 is blocked due to a shed load. I always think, a shed load of what?

Ian wrote:

whitestone wrote:A) I'm curious as to what Ian's not in

It's like when I listen to the travel news, and they say the A82 is blocked due to a shed load. I always think, a shed load of what?

Doh! Get it now

A Lowe Alpine sac courtesy of Johnclimber.

Was a bit damp but he assure's me it was the cheap courier I convinced him to use, rather than wee for being such a PITA

An ardent from next day tyres thanks to the PSA thread, Jones loop bars thanks to macskive and 2 pairs of RAF goretex overtrousers which I need to cut down into 3/4s.

Unfortunately Mrs hoppy was at home ill today so I'm getting some grief and that's before everything else arrives.

A Rainbow from tarptent.com. Sterling service, especially at such a busy time of the year, and only £25 to clear it through customs.

a Ti frame, pair of ardents, rear mech, carbon bars, chain, spokes, front hub (I have used rims and a rear hub), rim tape, sealant, foam grips, headset, seatpost shim,

Think thats it. The rest of the stuff is carry over

I plan to swap and change it from 120mm travel 29er and rigid 29+

Pics when its built I suppose

Father Christmas emptied his sack at my house recently and left me a new AlpKit Stem Cell and a copy of Lost Lanes Wales, which is a great book. Can't wait to get out and try a few of the routes.

Some rather lovely carbon pegs and a 1M carbon pole from deepest darkest Wales. Just arrived.

If the postman could just deliver a cure for this virus I've got I could have a go at using some of the stuff.

Spot tracker arrived today, cue lots of head scratching tonight getting it to work

voodoo_simon wrote:Spot tracker arrived today, cue lots of head scratching tonight getting it to work

It's really not that complicated!

Set up your account, register the device, pay for plan/tracking, put the batteries in, turn it on and press the tracking button!

atk wrote:

voodoo_simon wrote:Spot tracker arrived today, cue lots of head scratching tonight getting it to work

It's really not that complicated!

Set up your account, register the device, pay for plan/tracking, put the batteries in, turn it on and press the tracking button!

Cheers! I'll have a ganders either tonight or tomorrow

Bumper haul over the last few days:-
Frame bag from Burty if this parish.
Shimano AM 5 shoes
Revelate Jerry can. vaguely exciting build quality, have had lots of other makes. This is the mutts nuts!
LOMO 12L drybag, as Scott says not the lightest, but is built to last! Loving it!!!
Few tools I needed.
Now to play with it all!

Although I hate backpacks this nice little black number turned up today
It's a Lowepro Photo Sport BP 200 AW II Backpack.



With a side pocket to fit my new DSLR and spare lens for quick and easy entry

Wahoo Ant+ key for an Ipad. Tacx Vortex Smart trainer following along behind from Germany...

Yodel returned with my parcel today - a vintage 1950's Herbert Terry & Sons angle poise lamp

In the land of bike bits, I got a Ikon 2.35" tyre from
Next day tyres in their sale.

For the fat bike...



And following a random comment at home about good ways to get fit Mrs B got these for me...



Yikes !!!

Today he brought a long black thing made of carbon. Thanks Pole-a-Bear

I received a Premium Bonds win. ERNIE said "yes"

Dave Barter wrote:I received a Premium Bonds win. ERNIE said "yes"

So, what you gonna blow it on Dave?

25 visits to the Pound shop

B&m luxos iq2. Wasn't in for the dynamo wheel yesterday so it's being delivered next week. Hopefully, it'll bring some motivation for night rides after work.

Couple of items arrived this week.

the online January sales have tempted me into an experimental sleep system...

A SOL escape lite bivy and a haglofs LIM 10 synthetic bag. We'll see how they go

I've never managed an 'acceptably un-damp' bivy in a stand alone bivy bag, which is fine for one night, but as I've multi day plans ahead, seemed like it was worth a try.