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I read that for my Plymouth to Roscoff sailing. Given I was leaving at night, and I didnt want to be flattened by a truck I thought it was sensible advice..and I wore my high-viz jacket I use for winter commuting. We queue up in the car lanes after all. Most of the other cyclists had lights and/or s...

... Skiddaw was a joint venture hostel for a while between the yha and a private individual who to be polite was eccentric. That has closed. .....I also found wild camping and tbh even preferred to camp in the commercial camp sites. Camping is more fun and has less snoring. Good news TangledM .. th...

The cloth in the cape is rather thinner than in the luggage. The hood and collar have a tartan lining. I call mine my Countryside Alliance cape. I have never tried reproofing. Caped Crusader to the rescue - he uses the same method I used with my panniers..hair dryer and all :-) http://smutpedaller....

oh ok thats interesting Pete...do you think its a thinner cotton cloth for the cape then? That would make sense I guess... I imagine the hairdryer proofing method would still apply though would it not? Its probably easier with thinner material ..and wouldn't consume as much wax :-) The cloth in the...

One issue with the Carradice cotton capes. They need reproofing now and then. I remember one advocate on his website eventually gave up on them as he wasnt able to successfully reproof his. Any one here with the cotton Carradice one ones had to reproof his/hers and suceeded? I have only re-proofed ...

One issue with the Carradice cotton capes. They need reproofing now and then. I remember one advocate on his website eventually gave up on them as he wasnt able to successfully reproof his. Any one here with the cotton Carradice one ones had to reproof his/hers and suceeded? I have only re-proofed ...

Thanks everyone for the useful info. THE main problems i've had with the Garmin are its low battery life (4hrs using navigation) and regular and unexplained failure of TBT mid-ride. I think its fair to say that a fault free navigated ride is the exception with my Garmin. In my experience the TBT do...

I note there are no SLX 135mm OLD hubs anymore ... its either 142mm, 148mm (BOOST), or a (new?) 157mm size.. good job I have a hoarded 135mm one !!! :-) I wonder if we are going to get touring/trekking bikes starting to use Micro Spline hubs rather than Hyperglide at some point ? Currently you woul...

Do discuss with your friend what he/she would be comfortable riding. Given the weight issue you alluded to they might be better off starting with a strong, comfortable upright "trekking" bike with cushy tyres...rather than a drop handlebar touring iron designed for fit and fexible veteran ...

My cycling buddy uses something like this to lift his headlight above the barbag...

... FWIW: SLX drivetrain 1x11 £337 RRP reduced to £223 on CRC .... This makes 11-speed look a bit silly at the moment, as you've just got SLX at 11-speed, BUT the solution for Shimano is fairly obviously to 'upgrade' Deore to 11-speed and Alivio to 10-speed, so they've then got two groupsets each a...

Unfortunately my IQ2 decided to pack up 6 months out of its 2 year warranty - I thought it had a 5 year on it but I was sadly mistaken. It started playing up over the winter by turning on/off charging more and more intermittently and by spring it just had a amber light occasionally blinking with no...

I am using 30 year old MFI nylon roof rack straps on mine - I originally got them for holding my windsurfer to the car roof rack. They have metal buckles so I can strap my extensive luggage on tight. I could probably do with a neater setup though ... so interesting to read this thread

FWIW .... The old hub (after a few year's use) had suffered a gradual bearing failure, so was still turning smoothly enough, but with ever-increasing free play in it. IME this isn't at all uncommon; most of my chums who have had these hubs and have also 'put the miles in' have had similar experienc...

I would be keen to hear from other SP owners how long their hubs have lasted. My SP is on my wet weather Audax bike and has done a little over 3500 miles so far, it's had numerous horrible horrible drenchings including two of the wettest 200's I've ever done where it's spent the whole day being rai...