A 20t alfine sprocket and kmc chain to lower the gearing on my fortitude. Low miles so far means that I could have just changed the sprocket but the existing chain wasn't long enough.

Get and brake cables and brake blocks for the commuter folder Dahon, as it was well overdue a fettle

And O/T an Ercol dining table and coffee table ordered in the sales in Dec. Lovely design and construction!

Two big fat OnOne BSC tyres. The ones with white walls. Something snapped in my mind last week and I found myself entering the Ride London 100 and deciding to do it on my Fatty. The BSCs at 20psi are just a tad easier than Floaters at 8.

TheBrownDog wrote:Two big fat OnOne BSC tyres. The ones with white walls. Something snapped in my mind last week and I found myself entering the Ride London 100 and deciding to do it on my Fatty. The BSCs at 20psi are just a tad easier than Floaters at 8.

You'll be fine. I passed someone on a bmx the year I did it.

jam bo wrote:

TheBrownDog wrote:Two big fat OnOne BSC tyres. The ones with white walls. Something snapped in my mind last week and I found myself entering the Ride London 100 and deciding to do it on my Fatty. The BSCs at 20psi are just a tad easier than Floaters at 8.

You'll be fine. I passed someone on a bmx the year I did it.

Never mind you, how was the guy on the bmx?

Oh, and a Blackburn handlebar roll.

IMG_20160403_224723637 by MatGoesSomewhere, on Flickr

A bit heavy but it's mainly to try for commuting- tired of a rucsac, don't want panniers again. This has a nice quick release to carry in to the office so may just do the job. Pretty cheap from wiggle too.

If should also let the other half carry a bit more on the front of her bike than a normal dry bag when we go to France in the summer- lifts it up a bit

Edit- ah, yes, flickr is no use on android. I'll try and sort the picture

Edit again- think that's done it

Silwing Tarp in super fast time from Richard G. As new condition, even got some seam sealer chucked in too.
What a nice man!!!
Perfect timing for West Highland Way and WRT.
Can't wait!!!!

That was quick. Good stuff.

A mysterious parcel in the log store containing ....

some Tyvek from a man in mid-Wales

Time for some experimenting

Got myself a half frame bag from the nice guys at Alpamayo Designs who rather also included a bag of mini eggs!
DSC_0016 by PeteG55, on Flickr

And a Garmin Touring Plus. Decided that was needed after trying to navigate a route using my Edge 500. Much better if you can see the map rather than just a line.

Pair of tyres and tubes for the roadie, heard good things about these for the money and didn't want to spend gp4000 prices until I was sure 25c would fit!

Not pictured is a large digi camo revelate tangle ready for DR200.

Some Surley Cheater Bars from Charlie the Bikemonger in Swanage. I actually bought these in the shop on Saturday but as I'd ridden there from the Isle of Wight, a 75 mile round trip, I thought it easier to get the postman to bring them back than try and carry a 780mm long handlebar on my bike

New Ti seatpost and bars. Took it for a spin today, very comfy!

mountainbaker wrote:New Ti seatpost and bars. Took it for a spin today, very comfy!

Might be interested in your carbon Jones bars if you're looking to move them on

Ian wrote:Might be interested in your carbon Jones bars if you're looking to move them on

Going to hold onto them for bikepacking duties, better for bag strapping and more positions etc. I just wanted something a bit more springy for local stuff. Sorry

Which ti bars did you go for?

Fresh from the powder coaters, a gloss black butchers bike frame, mudguards, basket holder and a few bits. Looks very smart! It needs new chrome bits now, and a nice brown leather saddle.

atk wrote:Which ti bars did you go for?

Torus bikes Ti bars, 730mm 9deg sweep. £95. They are almost 100g lighter than Thomson Ti bars, which I read are basically super strong, but have none of that Ti twang, plus they are more expensive.

http://torusbicycles.co.uk/P106/product

They are totally plain with no logos etc too, which I like.

Fresh from the powder coaters, a gloss black butchers bike frame, mudguards, basket holder and a few bits. Looks very smart! It needs new chrome bits now, and a nice brown leather saddle.

Are you still going down the Path Racer route Steve?

^^ Cheers, been after something similar for the 1x1!

Stu, not yet. The butchers bike came from MILs garage, and I thought would be an intro to old bikes. I keep looking at path racers, but nothing has caught my eye at the right price yet. I did find a "cyclemotor" on eBay that looked fun, but I might end up with too many bikes that never get ridden (I can't imagine where I am going to actually use a butchers bike yet!)

Park cable cutters arrived today (vaguely exciting cutters) as my last pair were stolen.

Rab Neutrino 200.

This is my first lightweight sleeping bag. It's very light. It also seems quite translucent. I'm hoping I haven't made a grave error of judgement.

On the other hand, I ordered the XL and it seems like a pretty comfy fit so I'm happy with that.

Tent (MSR Hubba HP) arrived just in time for the weekend, will be camping out in Shrewsbury before and after the Yr Elenydd @ 30 audax this weekend!

Currently pitched in the living room thanks to it's freestanding nature!

Who's up for a ride/bivi/swim some time?

Some woodchoppers courtesy of trail_rat of this parish which in very much looking forward to having a go with.

And a new osprey camelbak (wait, that's not right...) ahead of my OH's birthday in a rather nice purple color.