Dr Nick wrote:slightly different kind of 'baby' to adjustablewench's fine machine above...

meet Martha...collected rather than delivered yesterday...

That shot just makes my life so much harder

She looks lovely

Just received a very fine Bear Bones long sleeved cycling jersey. Fits perfectly and and I am very relieved to see I spelt and formatted my chosen name correctly on the back!

Si

Lovely pup, looks like a Cocker?

My BB gilet turned up today (already have a SS jersey), thanks Stuart

Also, a new to me Wildcat Tomcat

My BB gilet turned up today (already have a SS jersey), thanks Stuart

Gave mine a workout through the mountains to Nant Yr Arian yesterday, I now have a lovely 'Truckers Tan' on my left arm. I think the women I was guiding were struggling to work out why I was wearing a top belonging to someone called 'Norm'.

Brake pads
New middle ring
Bottom Bracket for general maintenance before Tuscany.

BB Jersey arrived at weekend!

And a parcel from Alpkit today :D Hunka XL, MytiMug, 3.5 tarp, 13L Airlok Dual & a Stemcell :D
Not decided exactly what I'm going to do pole wise, but I feel a bit of shopping here might be in order :)

Set of Exped UL drybags, XS/S/M/L. Being a bear of small brain, I just have to work out whether they keep dry things dry when it's wet outside, wet things wet when it's dry outside, wet things drier when it's wet outside, dry things dry erm, er.... Maybe if something needs to stay ultra-dry, you can pack it russian-doll-style with all four bags.

I should have listened to Stu, they're a waste of time anyway. But the colours are nice so that's all that matters.

"Reg"

RIP wrote:...whether they keep dry things dry when it's wet outside, wet things wet when it's dry outside, wet things drier when it's wet outside, dry things dry erm, er....
"Reg"

Worry not Reg, I'm pretty sure they will do any of the things you ask of them.

^^ Just be careful not to over-stuff them... Mine exploded recently when trying to getting mixed up with the sizes and trying to stuff the large of two sleeping bags into the smaller of the two drybags :(

atk wrote:^^ Just be careful not to over-stuff them... Mine exploded recently when trying to getting mixed up with the sizes and trying to stuff the large of two sleeping bags into the smaller of the two drybags :(

I find it helps to staple a note to the side of the bag indicating maximum size

Anyway: a parcel with a couple of cycling tops arrived today. What's more they fit

BB gillets and a jersey arrived today, after their epic journey all the way from Mid Wales.

BB jerseys for Mr and Mrs Scattamah arrived...'ers grew wings and is enroute to Albuquerque, NM.

Cheers, Norm.

Greetz

S.

These arrived today, hopefully a good balance between bar ends and no bars ends...

I still have a month to wait for the postman to arrive, but I received a photo today from Michael Travers from the titanium welders he uses before my bike is flown over, just have to wait now until the SRAM new 1 x 11 APEX gearing arrived at the end of this month.



I can't show you the full picture as other bikes are in the same shot

The bike is going to be called the Travers DIRTi and it's a CX/Adventure/BikePaking bike with 40mm wide tyres on tough tubless road sized rims, drop splayed bars, Lauf Grit 30mm forks, Brooks C17 saddle and it has 3 bottle cage mounts

Not a bad haul today; a new bum bag and a VW T5 Transporter

the bikebagdude in Aus makes fantastic bikepacking bags. frame bag 2 x hd anything and bar roll. worth the wait and worth the mony.

Ian wrote:Not a bad haul today; a new bum bag and a VW T5 Transporter

Ian- What bum bag did you end up getting?

Ian wrote:Not a bad haul today; a new bum bag and a VW T5 Transporter

Absolutely no use without pictures Ian!

I've taken delivery of a rather fetching BB gillet and a Spot Tracker courtesy of Mr Fitz.

rando nomad wrote:Ian- What bum bag did you end up getting?

barney wrote:

Ian wrote:Not a bad haul today; a new bum bag and a VW T5 Transporter

Absolutely no use without pictures Ian!

Yes, sorry - don't know what I was thinking...



I'm quite pleased with it actually. Lots of places to stash stuff and seems quite comfy and stable. Yet to load it fully though, but will take it to the Lakes at the weekend to give it a good try out.

Pics of the van needed!

Not seen that bumbag before, be interested in your thoughts once you've had it a bit

Had some Haglofs Rugged Mountain Pants turn up today, my second pair but this time they're the right size, other pair now too big for me

One of my favourite outdoorsy trousers of all time (other ones are 5.11 tactical trousers and Montane Terra pants)

benp1 wrote:Pics of the van needed!

Of course, I was teasing



I'm quite pleased with it actually. Lots of places to stash stuff and seems quite comfy and stable. Yet to load it fully though, but will take it to the Lakes at the weekend to give it a good try out

benp1 wrote:Pics of the van needed!

Not seen that bumbag before, be interested in your thoughts once you've had it a bit

http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB ... f=7&t=7607

oh, nearly forgot - picked up some new wheels from Coombes Cycles in Hereford today. I delaced the Pacenti SL25's from my CK geared hubs and had these relaced to some Light Bicycle 35mm carbon wheels, giving me a geared/ singlespeed option for either the Stoater or the Bahookie. The Pacenti rims where laced to some new XT hubs to run as spares with narrow tyres, as I've been all over the place lately swapping tyres around. Lastly, the SON 28 hub has gone onto a 50mm carbon rim for me to run 29+ on the Highland Trail.



It's been a speedy kind of week...