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I'm too old/nesh for a tarp. I need sewn-in groundsheet and zips at my time of life.

No big rush, tbh. Unlikely I'll use it before late May at the earliest.

Becoming more persuaded by the minute the guy who told me about UT tools (who worked in a bike shop) just wanted me to take my bike there to get it serviced rather than me just buying a cheap tool/using a 10mm allen key and doing it myself.

Love the Harry Hall in particular but thankfully it's too big for me.

Looks ace but I suspect you'd want more for it than I'm really wanting to pay for what's really a 'dipping a toe into this bikepacking malarkey' exercise.

If it's circa 2kg and packs down small, I might be interested (price pending, obvs).

This is annoying. I was told (admittedly a while ago - and probably by a Shimano salesman, thinking about it) that you needed a special tool that cost hundreds of pounds to change Ultra Torque cranks. Is it really just a 10mm allen key?

Hehe. I mean, it really doesn't have to be a 'wonder' as such, but something that isn't going to add too many kgs to my rack and pannier set-up and isn't too bulky would be nice.

Anyone thinking of flogging an unwanted/cheap lightweight tent in the near future? I'm potentially in the market for one after a mate suggested cycling to a pub in the middle of nowhere that has a campsite next to it. See also: lightweight sleeping mat.

As it's Valentines Day, I gave it a bit of love in the form of new tyres, repositioning the shifters and redoing the bar tape. Reckon it's getting there, though I'll be happier once I sort out a long cage rear mech.

PMed re: Courage cap - on tour in France later this year and hoping the tricolour will buy me an extra foot or so from passing cars.

LOL, I'd have happily taken the tech illiteracy/lazy git shaming there.

It's not just Strava that shuts down after half an hour, though, so that Caffeine app could be the answer.

Anyone got a long (or medium at a push) Campagnolo 9/10-speed rear mech going for not stupid money?

Also got a QR disc front wheel that goes with the Decathlon one if you need the set.

I've got a Decathlon 135mm QR disc rear wheel (with one broken spoke) you could have for not much or a 142mm thru axle Maddux cx2.0 disc rear that's brand new and comes with a QR conversion axle for a bit more. PM if interested/want pix/price, etc.

Cheers. And thanks for some of the parts that have made it possible.

Bit of chain wrangling and swapping out the small chainring from 28 tooth to 30 tooth means it's now about ready to ride. Still plenty to do - I need a long cage rear mech ideally so I can properly sort out the gearing so I can use all sprockets on all chainrings, but I'm OK with not using the lower sprockets in the small chainring (when would I need to do this in real life anyway?).

Rear wheel needs truing, front wheel bearings probably need a regrease/repack and I cocked up the bar tape, so will have to re-do that at some point. Also not hugely happy with the position of the shifters, but can't be arsed changing it for now - will just reposition the bars a bit, I reckon. But it's now rideable and what I am designating as the starting point of an ongoing work in progress. Plan is to upgrade practically everything and get the frame resprayed/re-chromed, try and find some Ciocc forks for less than stupid money and, first up, get some new 25mm tyres.

Pardon the intrusion, but I'm just discovering the vagaries of a Campagnolo triple set-up and mistakenly bought a short cage rear mech for it, which doesn't work. Do you still have a long cage rear mech going spare? Would be interested in taking it off your hands if so. Cheers.

Well I never. YLAL.

you wouldn't be able to watch a film otherwise and maps stays on, is there not an option in Strava settings?

Not that I could find. I think films/maps register as the phone being 'in use', whereas Strava does not. Anyway, I've installed Caffeine, so that should do the trick. It's annoying, though, and not really necessary. iPhones have it as a standard settings option. Can't be difficult to include.

Amazing. Thank you.

The other annoying thing - which I think is an Android rather than a Pixel problem - is that you can't set the screen to never switch itself off. Half an hour of 'idle', then it's gone. Which is a pain when you're using it as a speedometer on Strava, for example. Anyone found a work around this, apart from remembering to do something with the screen every half an hour?

Yeah, I'm thinking of going back to something Xiaomi/Redmi/Oppo or equivalent next time. There are just too many niggly annoyances with this, which I'm tolerating because I got a good deal, but am not hugely happy about.

I'm pretty underwhelmed at my Pixel 6a experience so far, if I'm honest. Good camera and I kinda like that magic eraser thing, but the fingerprint recognition is cack, the screen does some weird shit when you unlock it (like it's a 70s TV warming up), the battery life is s0-so and the 'rapid' charging (once I'd bought a rapid charger because obviously you don't get one included with the phone) is about as rapid as my sprint. I'd say it's worth the money I got it for (£200 on offer at Curry's with an old phone trade-in), but had I paid full price I'd have been pissed off.

Any redeeming features other users have noticed?

Speaking of said screw, is it worth me faffing about with it in any way or should I just leave it screwed all the way in? No sure it'll make much difference where chain length is concerned, mind.