Bearbonesnorm wrote:A 750ml Ti water bottle which is now my water bottle and cooking pot combined.

Just looked it up as I wouldnt mind leaving behind the ti pot (fasten near BB with the Voile straps on long jaunts)... Expensive thing is that though isn't it

Expensive thing is that though isn't it

Think mine was about £35 and it even came with a 'free' 350ml Ti mug ... people spend that on a plastic water bottle if it's got the right name on

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

Expensive thing is that though isn't it

Think mine was about £35 and it even came with a 'free' 350ml Ti mug ... people spend that on a plastic water bottle if it's got the right name on

Yup... good price that there then (I looked at an Amazon one and it showed up as full price or thereabouts)... you must've gotten something like this. Interesting and one that I'll put on the cards for 'eventually' http://vi.raptor.ebaydesc.com/ws/eBayIS ... spheader=1

and bought some lovely stuff from BB Towers
Thanks Stu... 5kg worth of stuff coming right back at you any day now. Hopefully its not all rubbish to those at the WRT

Novel way of boiling a mug of water there R_C Presumably some clingfilm stops the water falling out.

never thought of that. Thought its a good provisional undiluted test of the straps capabilites. Its a pass

not quite the postman, there's a special locker in my office that I can retrieve delivered goodies from...

Petzl Bindi - you can never have too many head torches... I've lost count of how many I have, I really like them

Will be giving it a trial this weekend

How's that poor mug meant to dangle when you've lashed it down like that? Free the Dewsbury one!!!

With a big box of carbon ... delivery chap was happier today than he was last time when his rear spring broke coming up the lane, yet it was me lay under his van in the rain fixing it

a box with a pair of hunt wheels in for the gravel bike .
the love mud set have been destroyed by taking it places it shouldn't have gone

With my Planet X Jeff bars. "Wolves did it!"

Landslide wrote:How's that poor mug meant to dangle when you've lashed it down like that? Free the Dewsbury one!!!

Had to cut it loose in the end. Missus got her way. Did try to explain it was cutting edge research

'World's Lightest Shelter Pole' (probably) . Very impressive I must say, and just in time for a Cannock test.


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I like the new improved tip as well:


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and dropped me off a tomshoo pot that cost me all of a fiver with an eBay coupon

… and handed over a Mineral Designs Mini Bar Multitool.
No doubt it will eventually get used in anger but for now I am just caressing it and gazing at it in admiration.
Extravagant? Mmm... I don't think so. I just admire simple but effective engineering

Did you get that from the UK Peter? Very nice

Bearbonesnorm wrote:Did you get that from the UK Peter? Very nice

Ordered direct from Mineral (USA) on the 20th, received today. No duty/tax to pay

Ohhhh - I feel like its Christmas as my 25y long service award present has come - Garmin Inreach Mini

New (to me) bike day on Friday! A wee gumtree bargain I couldn't pass up, time to see what this gravel nonsense is all about!

Specialized Butcher Grid 2.8 (650b) for upfront duties with the Travis Prongs. Might make it for the rear aswell (currently a 2.5 inch 1500g WTB Convict) if it feels nice enough

That's heavy.

Tis indeed Stu... but its got Gripton (is that the) extra sidewall protection and seems pretty knobbly and nice and strong hopefully. Its light than the Convict which is an Enduro tyre but highly rated and it does kind of bulldoze through things (the WTB)...

A couple of super light Hiplok security devices which I rate as they can double up as emergency straps

Dave Barter wrote:A couple of super light Hiplok security devices which I rate as they can double up as emergency straps

*shudders*

Good luck with them. I had to cut one of the keyed ones off as the mechanism had broken and know of two combination ones that have failed.

ianfitz wrote: Good luck with them. I had to cut one of the keyed ones off...

Isn't that how Dave opens his locks anyway?