andy_k

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• Knife porn thread

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 6 days

  

  I see you've played knifey spooney before

• Silk Road Mountain Race (SRMR)

  in Rides & Races • 3 weeks, 1 day

  

  Talking to a couple of finishers, they felt like a lot of people underestimated the terrain and resupply opportunities. Generally making a lot of stupid decisions when, in their opinion, these people should have known better (based on experience) or sucked it up (sponsor blah blah).

  Sounds like the main bunch points (towns) became a somewhat toxic whinge-fest with people nudging each other to scratch to relieve the guilt of scratching themselves.

  Nelson has something else up his sleeve, not sure if it's 2019 or 2020 but it sounds hard, high, long and gravelly.

• Surly cross check - tourer-> winter road -> commuter ->sscx -> ???

  in Current Projects • 1 month, 1 week

  

  No brace?

• Hiking, Scrambling, Mountaineering, and Climbing

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  £40 + postage?

• Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Ah :( next time!

• Hiking, Scrambling, Mountaineering, and Climbing

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Quick FS spam! I have the 2015 version of the Patagonia Acensionist pack

  See: this
  
  

  Or read this, or this

  It's the VERY yellow version.

  I bought it late 2016 and took it to NZ for 11 months. I decided it didn't really fit me too well and was relegated to a glorified loft bag for sleeping bags in the van and very occasional grocery runs. There's a few minor marks on the base and it's missing one elastic waist loop retainer (just to keep the strap from flapping) but otherwise near-new condition.

  If anyone's interested I'll get some photos, otherwise it's going in the loft to be forgotten for several years.

• Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Dewidget video: https://www.instagram.com/p/BorRLc2ByuV/­?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=17h1xn­b1freve

  Works with both style of revelate bags.

  I picked up one of the first batch but had it delivered to the UK so I've only just opened it. Seems to work well. Test in anger in when I get back to Aus

• Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Going to be around Sunday afternoon and the possibly Monday or Tuesday evening. passed through very breifly the other evening and popped to Northern Monk, good shout!

• Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 month, 3 weeks

  

  Small Bar in Bristol is cute. Sipping a Buxton Shelterstone (ok, inoffensive) and a Cloudwater DIPA. Long way to travel for beers brewed on your doorstep...

• Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 months

  

  Thanks!