Few bits arrived yesterday and today;

Two KCNC and Garmin GPS handlebar mounts so I don't have to swap stuff between 3 bikes.

Some female Revo sockets from Andy - cheers buddy! They happened to arrive at the same time as the 30 I bought off eBay, shipped from Hong Kong. Who'd have thought you could ship stuff half way round the globe so quick

A little on-off-on switch for some Dynamo / charging wizardry project

Some Extra Chunky ESI grips from Nigel for a different top secret project. Cheers fella

Glad they arrived, less dramatic than the other parcel I sent....

Ian wrote:Some female Revo sockets from Andy - cheers buddy!

No problem, sorry about the delay getting them there, turns out no one picked up the post from our floor for over a week!

100 rema tip top puncture repair patches arrived today. I've only got 6 left out of my previous pack of 48!

a change of colour from purple to magenta
IMG_0449 by paul burty, on Flickr

'Magenta'???

Is that 306 with the aftermarket rims, yours?

Zippy wrote:Is that 306 with the aftermarket rims, yours?

it is zippy 1998 1.9 d
had it for about 15 years its done about 110000 miles and never really spent anything on it apart from mot/tyres
often think about getting a new car , but if I brought one the novelty of driving it would wear off quickly and I would regret it
I am also tight

burty wrote: often think about getting a new car , but if I brought one the novelty of driving it would wear off quickly and I would regret it

Good man, modern cars are so soul-less these days, and any savings you make in fuel/tax will be offset by monthly payments or purchase cost or whatev's. I was about to harp on, but I'll stop now.

Did you paint the stooge yourself, or is this so you can have a his and hers!?

no zippy.
I managed to crack one of the tubes on the purple on . I usually hammer it around Cannock chase .dog/monkeytrail.
when I ride alone on there I think everyone who I see I will get past them so I don't plod around,
just as a little game in my onw head ,( 97 people last sunday ) ,
this usually end up with me riding like a t**t , and a tad harsh ,
every time I go around it on any bike I think it takes a battering ( with my vaguely exciting athletic power ) and the track surface in places,
cleaned it off Monday and I had cracked the chainstay near the bb,
top warranty service emailed andy at 11 am Monday , he rang up and said he would send me another newer mk 2 fame out by 11.45
going to send him the old one back so he can have alook, he said he may get it fixed and keep it as its one of the first run.
he couldn't apologise enough , but as I said frames break all the time no matter what make.

So is this now for sale paul

The postie doesn't drop bike bits off at mine usually but I did receive this Becker 40 Below bag. I won for a video I put together for Fat-bike.com and Tupper sent it from the frozen outpost of Fairbanks Alaska to a rain soaked North Wales


And it holds a lot of gear just gotta to try and see how many Stella's it will hold

="Mike"]So is this now for sale paul

I had already decided to keep it before I killed the purple one mike.
the grit and crap up the chase really take a toll on gears when its wet .
fine when its dry , but cant remember the last time I saw dust up canock.. possible September/october

September/October which year lol.
She isn't for sale till at least I have had a go and then I don't think she will be going anywhere. I think Paul is trying to take over the house with bikes and parts.

Bits and bobs from Alpkit. (Dybags, a fuelpod and stem cell large and XL and some other stuff). Very expedient service. Ordered Thursday, had it Saturday. Only problem, 2 x stemcells instead of 1x stemcell and 1 Stemcell XL. Wrote them Saturday about it, they replied sunfday..Talk about custumer service!!
Now im just in the thinking box, because the P&P will cost me more, includng the price difference. Thats the problem with being in a 3rd world country (Denmark) concerning backpacking, we can only use out of country online shops for relevant kit..
But big Cudos to Aplkit for fast shipping (and the P&P company they use). And even bigger for answering on a Sunday, thats a first for me... And I dont blame the company in any way, it's an honest mistake for a busy company. On the contrary, their service is good.

Lars

^^^
People make mistakes, but is how the company deals with it that's important I'm sure alpkit will sort you out.

Can't believe a company picks their phone up on a Sunday, now that it's good

voodoo_simon wrote: Can't believe a company picks their phone up on a Sunday, now that it's good

Unless you're an employee!

Zippy wrote:

voodoo_simon wrote: Can't believe a company picks their phone up on a Sunday, now that it's good

Unless you're an employee!

N'ah, I like working Sundays, gets you out of family birthdays, children's parties and the trails are quiet midweek

voodoo_simon wrote:^^^
People make mistakes, but is how the company deals with it that's important I'm sure alpkit will sort you out.

Can't believe a company picks their phone up on a Sunday, now that it's good

I'm sure they will sort it out (they have given me options, I just have to think what I wan't. . It was not a call, it was a reply to email..But thats no difference to me, Did not expect to hear anything until today or tommorow. As I said, I'm happy with the service so far.

Lars

Paramo Velez Adventure Light Smock in a very nondescript/camouflage green.
Good for cheeky camping, not so great for riding on the road at night.

One of these from Endura, the reversable gilet. Been waiting a long time since Naythan there hinted that they'd already thought of my 'great idea' (my words not his) for the flipjak they've had for a while, and it was on the way : )



Magic bit of kit. I love primaloft gilets for general lower-paced winter rides and this has the reversable feature I wanted for that perfect mix of road visibility and more subtle general use. A tad warmer and closer-fitting than the Montane Prism size-for-size, so a bit more easy to over-heat wearing it but also warmer when stopped. Zip works really easily to vent it, zero faff one-handed with gloves on. Used it over the weekend and really like it. (should add, it seems to be within 25g of the Montane Prism weight)

Is that ^ available to buy James or do you have a pre-production sample?

EDIT: Don't worry, I've answered my own question.

To buy, it's on a few sites now. I got one from from the first drop.

A pair of tyres: a Bontrager XR2 & an XR1 for the two days of summer we are due Might be a bit less draggy than their higher numbered siblings

An Afterburner from our stove wizzard in Wales. Hopefully means no more burnt Uncle Bens rice