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I've always wondered just how much benefit the triangulation really brings. I have three racks, an old Bor Yueh which is somewhat triangulated, a Topeak one which isn't and a Tubus Fly which isn't. The Tubus is made from largish diameter stainless steel tube and the other two from thin aluminium ro...

I still have and occasionally use the Primus 96 I bought in 1973. So much more interesting than the Trangia!



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+1 for Tristops - they are cheaper than Koolstop, too.

I took a Stanley knife to a Nidd to make a similar cutout. This reduced the unyielding rock-like feel a little and without the lace I found it comfortable right from the beginning. Some years later it got very wet* and sagged a little but adding the lace back has restored it. My cutout is slightly l...

Consider too what sort of an example the parents are setting to their children. What kind of drivers will they be?

Caledonia64 wrote:Vango are affordable and not perhaps considered top of the range ...

They are not only affordable but IME very well designed, reliable and robust enough for Scottish conditions. Probably not 'sexy' or fashionable enough for a lot of people but they would always be my first choice.

I have an 80-year-old disabled friend who gets about with an electric wheelchair. Recently she set off to her local social club but had to turn back because of a police van parked half on the pavement. A lack of dropped kerbs and a blind corner meant that she couldn't find an alternative route. She ...

I have a Lamy safari and I love it - as you say it is very comfortable and the nib moves very smoothly. When I was at school a long time ago, writing with ink was introduced in Primary 4 (8-year-olds). We used scratchy steel dip pens and school ink, mixed from a powder which settled into a sludge in...

Here you are: https://www.bing.com/th?id=OIP.XzNdIRlor6monyyvTKSi8AHaHa&w=221&h=220&c=7&o=5&dpr=1.36&pid=1.7 Wooden barrelled fountain pen for children, the Lamy abc . They also do ballpoints and pencils. The grips and caps are still plastic, though. You can get kits to make ...

From the BBC News link on the previous page: Such is the anger with the Speaker at senior levels of government, it has been suggested he could be blocked from getting a peerage when he retires. Ministers are furious at what they see as John Bercow's "bias" during Commons debates on Brexit....

I don't have the Parker one but my Lamy Safari screw plunger is very similar - when the pen is empty or nearly so, dip the nib into the ink, then screw the plunger first clockwise to fill the empty space in the reservoir, then anticlockwise to suck up the ink. It's really easy to control - no wobble...

mercalia wrote:from the size of it been feeding on large Scotish legs and arms

Not just Scottish ones - think of all those unsuspecting (or unbelieving) foreigners!

Plus a Parker fountain pen I forgot I had minus cartridges or reservoir. Quink ink bottle too. Need to buy a reservoir I think. Which is best? Plunger type or the ones with a metal outer that has cut out sides with a soft plastic / rubber reservoir inside you squeeze to force air out and then suck ...

From time to time there are posts asking about the Scottish midge. First-time visitors sometimes wonder whether it really deserves its ferocious reputation - this recent photograph by James Milligan taken in Ardnamurchan (one of the midgiest places in Scotland) may help them decide for themselves: h...

https://forum.cyclinguk.org/download/file.php?id=62623&t=1 Actually the advice is contradictory and unhelpful: Give traffic plenty of time to see you and stop before you start to cross. Wait until traffic has stopped.... ...traffic does not have to stop until someone has moved onto the crossing...