Dave Barter wrote:All you time hippys can get off my capitalist money grabbing thread right now. I’d also like multiple Gore Shakedry jackets so I could ride them near thorns and not care about holes. And maybe a full set of Revelate bags.

Ok then if I must.

I’ll take a private Bothy in Wales, Scotland, Cornwall and Cumbria. Each 3x5 metres, well insultated with a small wood burner and discrete solar panel to provide a small amount of 12v power.

And no, I’m not telling any fecker the exact locations!

Nice one Ian . But, 'if I must' - nah, I'm holding out here . The original offer was "what bikepacking setup would you put together" and time is absolutely part of my setup in the best hippy (w)holistic sense, along with how I reach my biking startpoint (so, first class rail ticket to anywhere please, in the bar/restaurant car, forward-facing window seat etc).

'time hippys' - fair heckle Dave . Although I think I'm some sort of baffled hippy/punk/henrynormal fusion wierdo so it's a bit difficult.

ianfitz wrote:discrete solar panel to provide a small amount of 12v power.

To power the devices through which more expensive bikes and other gear can be ordered.

Going to call you out one that one reg, I’ve seen the black and gold bling bike much like John Lennon driving around in a roller, you’re no longer a hippy. Get in with proper greed

. John Lennon analogy - . I'll plead that that aberration was a tax dodge - sticking it to the man. It's hidden under the stairs at the moment as a guilty secret. Ssh.

Hang on I think I might be in love

https://www.tritoncycles.co.uk/road-bik ... ike-p22378

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

Be nice to have anything you wanted

But would it really? Wouldn't it remove some of the pleasure of attaining something?

I meant bikewise Stu. Being so rich you can purchase anything you want is in my opinion obscene given the poverty worldwide.

Alpinum wrote:

ianfitz wrote:discrete solar panel to provide a small amount of 12v power.

To power the devices through which more expensive bikes and other gear can be ordered.

Maybe to an extent, and given Dave’s insistent I’ll say yes.

But also a bit of lighting etc.

Never really thought of it to be honest , my wife and daughter yes they often come out with if I had the cash , but me and the youngfella are a bit if it's not broken or worn out I don't need it ,and that's not being frugal if I see a need for something and the cash is available I buy it,maybe I should start thinking more like the wife but a the moment I'm happy in my own little world( oh and time I'm also fine for ,only work 5 months of the year and if I need more time off I've got 6 months full sick pay to use )

The frame sitting in the front room waiting to be built
Litespeed T5g with dura ace Di2
Is pretty much my money no object build

If money were no object, I'd buy a custom Sklar hardtail since I just love the aesthetics of the curvy top tubes he does and I don't have a hardtail. I'd also buy the missus an e-bike to make family bike trips easier.

If I could have anything it would be a shed or garage to work on bikes in.
Living in a flat is not the best sometimes.

I am happy with my bikes, so I would spend money on clothing, which is something I have never spent loads on. I find mediocre stuff in sales so it's really cheap.

Having said that, I have never been in a situation where I thought different kit would have made a massive difference...

Would probably have a bike custom build for me if money was no object.

Si

I've got some shiny tools and workshop setup/equipment I'd like with unlimited funds.

Oh, and a zipwire in the garden - but that bit we're going to do anyway

A Zip-py wire in the garden, now that's a good idea! Must be a fair old garden though surely? Got visions of something similar to the bonkers Penrhyn Quarry 100mph job!

Haven't got the house yet, but hopefully all being well in May. I'm guesstimating at 20 to 25 metres long zipwire, but it's doable. (This a strip that runs along the garden and down the side of the house).

Sounds ace! Much better than a boring old trampoline or something. So, BaM and Zipwire party round your place then

RIP wrote:Sounds ace! Much better than a boring old trampoline or something. So, BaM and Zipwire party round your place then

I'll start an event up once event up once it's constructed (although I guess I'd have to sleep somewhere else to count for my BAM ), expect it will be in 2020 to be honest as workshop takes priority

I'd have to be greedy and have a bike for every discipline. More fat bikes, carbon rodie, grzvel, BMX and a vintage bike in there too. Then I'd need a huge bling man cave for them.
Then I'd build my own secret bothy in Snowdonia which I should do now tbh....

Meh. Some of us already have our own howff

Moots Baxter and trip to the factory in Steamboat Springs to pick it up and explore the Colorado Rockies

Alpinum wrote:

whitestone wrote:Custom ti fat bike frame, adventure rather than trail geometry, Suitable for 5" tyres, plus detachable rear rack. Onyx rear hub, SON dynamo front hub, 100mm carbon rims, carbon Jones loop bars, SRAM Eagle 1x12 drivetrain, not sure what brakes.

Ti fat bike frame, adventure geo, takes 4.8", have a rack for it, Hope rear hub, SON front, Supernova light, 80 mm carbon rims, carbon bars but not Jones', SRAM GX drivetrain, Turbine cranks.
Interested? .

Sadly Gian I shall have to pass - no room in the house for another bike it shall have to remain a fantasy!

Gulp.

Size?

Dave Barter wrote:All you time hippys can get off my capitalist money grabbing thread right now. I’d also like multiple Gore Shakedry jackets so I could ride them near thorns and not care about holes. And maybe a full set of Revelate bags.

So to play the game, even though I wouldn't do it in practice (and already have a full set of revelate gear). I'd have some custom bikes
All conditions commuter with mudguards and rack mounts. Plus dynamo lights
Steel or ti mountain bike for bikepacking
Steel or ti gravel bike with di2 hydro kit

Plus a triple garage with space for a fun car, some motorbikes, some bicycles and a workshop

Oh and a house big enough to comfortably have a full size snooker table