£60 worth of stainless screws, p clips, threaded bar, nuts and washers from Westfield Fasteners arrived this morning. Just in time for summer. 8-)

he dropped off a nice Ardent 2.4 tyre. I like. wide and squishy

ooh i like the gubbins for the mytimug.
I could do with one of those for er...my mytimug.
wherever could I get those bits and bobs?.....
Is that a stove as well?

Just received an exped synmat UL medium - bought online for £60 :D

rudedog wrote:Just received an exped synmat UL medium - bought online for £60 :D

Where did you get it from out of interest?

Kumquat wrote:ooh i like the gubbins for the mytimug.
I could do with one of those for er...my mytimug.
wherever could I get those bits and bobs?.....
Is that a stove as well?

Just send a PM to Stu... (S8tannorm) Kit comes with stove, windshield, mytimug cosy and meths bottle (mytimug not included...!)...

aidster wrote:

rudedog wrote:Just received an exped synmat UL medium - bought online for £60 :D

Where did you get it from out of interest?

Flubit - you find what you want online for the cheapest you can get it and they will get it cheaper still for you.

Right thanks to Flatfishy for this idea.....

This is defo going to be well used on my scottish trip!!!

My first tarp. - a SilTarp 1. Some experimenting in the garden tomorrow I think....

The potentially exciting arrival of a Siren Cycles Fred bar from BRP (cheers, fella!), was overshadowed by this:


Contour+2 by ianbarrington, on Flickr

...always the bridesmaid... :(

lol, I'll fit them tomorrow night and post a pic up

Any chance of a short video with the Contour of your Fred bars flaunting a mountain lion harness?

I will second that, I want to see how it all works with your Jones bars

Right, OK, will try and put something together, but it probably won't be done tonight :)

For reference, the Fred bar won't interfere in any way with a Mountain Lion as it sits above the stem and is considerably shorter. As far as the interface with the Jones bar is concerned, the harness will attach in the normal way as it would to any other handlebar. Fred + H-bar + tri bars probably aren't going to look pretty, but that's not the purpose.

Ian, any thoughts on posting some short "how to" fitting videos for your products? I'm sure my mountain lion fitting could be better.......

Dan, it is in the pipeline for sure.
Don't forget the Bear Bones Summer Camp too:
I'll be there to address the Art of Bike Packing (as opposed to the Art of Bikepacking)

I'm guessing the setup will look something like this...except with the freds actually fitted instead of just resting on the steerer. :D

"Fred + H-bar + tri bars probably aren't going to look pretty" ... look pretty gorgeous to me! I'm trying to figure out how to combine a Mary bar and aero bars without a Fred bar, now that's going to be monstrous.

UL version of the Exped air pillow. 44g on the scales and plenty of plump! Shape is interesting as it provides various head positions, so hopefully I'll finally find one that let's me sleep better.

New into UK and from UOG for £25 which was a surprise as thats the same price if not cheaper than the standard red one.

Cumulus down sleeping bag expander baffle - an extra 35cm of width to make room for the extra 35cm of me these days

Gore Alp-X 2.0 jacket and shorts.

It's been a bit of a spendy week

Busy day for Gwyn the postie.



plus a helmet that doesn't fit (well, not unless I remove part of my skull), new rear tyre and a box of tubes.

Is that the one with the airbeam?

Or am I thinking of something else...

Is that the one with the airbeam?

It is Zippy. It's the GoGo LE version purchased from Zigrat. I know that condensation can be an issue but I reckon the addition (if it's required) of a rear vent in the swallow tail will help the situation quite a lot.