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I'm male so can't help with women-specific specifics, but I tend to wear baggy shorts over lycra shorts for cycle touring anyway. In hot countries I wear a tight-ish wicking vest and a loose long sleeve shirt of some description. It used to be a Damart thermal vest and charity shop cotton shirt, now...

I like the thrust of this thread - can I recommend central Leeds as somewhere with hidden nooks and crannies for the renegade camper looking for a spot where few others have camped before.

Looking at it the other way, surely whatever you have on your head complies with the requirements of ISO4210 so no need to ask the organiser.

Keen Newport Sandals (non-spds) + Restrap toe straps, then socks to suit the weather conditions. I have tried Keen spd sandals but they are always too narrow. "Designed on the preferences of professional cyclists" apparently rather than on the preferences of the people that might actually ...

If we don't maintain a distinction between improving the equipment via better tech and improving the human via better drugs then sport is doomed. Races will be won by whoever is able to handle the biggest lines of coke without organ failure. Also, if they're all working within the rules as you think...

Cyclist with medical condition, has medicine prescribed to him to treat that condition, with the full knowledge of the governing bodies. I'm not really sure why this is a story. A lot of the story also seems to stem from a leak of confidential medical records by hackers, which still doesn't make mu...

So goodbye then
Bradley Wiggins.
Helmet nazi,
Skoda driver.
Driven by something different:
Triamcinolone.

I know it's all old news, but it's time for a change - "Goodbye then Chris Froome" has been the top thread on this section of the forum for ages now

Just out of interest it looks like a Zendure power pack will charge off my Igaro. I say "looks" because I've never done it fully I've just noticed that the charging indicator lights come on. The issue with charging any device via USB from a dynamo is never will the dynamo + Igaro/whatever ...

Indian kerosene stove not overly heavy? You'll be saying they don't leak next! Anyway last time I was in India there was a drive to get people off kerosene because of the immolation risk so don't know how that went up north. Petrol is always going to be available, it's got to be relatively clean for...

I've got the Sawyer Squeeze and I like it. If you do enough internet research there's rumblings of discontent about the Mini and for the weight penalty not worth the risk I thought. The Squeeze fits directly on the top of pop bottles, which was the way I used it, or they supply it with pouches and a...

Any old chain will do for a Rohloff there's no point spending money on expensive ones. Rohloff specific chains are a bit like gold-plated HDMI leads - completely unnecessary but someone will certainly be along to take your money off you. Re chain maintenance, maybe give it a quick wipe once a year o...

Magura rim brakes not the problem for touring people are strangely keen to portray them as - do a search on this forum to see the various pro/anti arguments rehearsed, some by me! I'd be more worried about the derailleur drivetrain personally.

(1) As above when setting up you want to wind the pad wear adjuster "back" so that the pads are as far away from the rim as possible, then set the brakes up with 2mm clearance (IIRC). During normal use that gap will increase because the pads get thinner as you use them, you tweak the adjus...

Dusting off my standard advice here: get a Svea 123 and enjoy a hot meal every time. It's not a multifuel stove as it only runs on petrol but you're really not going to have a problem finding petrol I promise. No pump to go wrong, no filter to clog. Someone will post that it will gum up and everybod...

If they're hydraulic disc brakes you might want a spacer of some sort eg beer mats/bit of plastic/bit of wood to go between the pads when the wheel is out. This is so that if you accidentally squeeze the brake lever the gap between the pads doesn't reduce.