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Ha thanks @Chopsicle, just reasonable legs on the day and a bit of luck. The bag was perfect, my go to now for longer rides. I also had a burner with me for the night if the temp dropped.
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Hello ....apologies, as ever, for the silence. I have desperately wanted to make some more products for the forum, just many other (good!) things going on,
To this end, I'm putting something in place to motivate me. I've been in touch with HH Velodrome outreach coordinator, and am using this project to support track sessions for a local school, essentially 15 sessions or half-a-terms worth. I've paid up, and had about 25% already from the last round of bags, which included some very generous donations for some fabric I passed on.
This now motivates me to crack on with making up more items for the forum, hopefully to surpass the target I have now set myself.
Hoping to do this over the next week or so (so, prob read 'month') and I've got a list of interested people/products. Now the temp is dropping, guessing Burners might be of interest as as well as more bags?
News in my world;
Excited to have supported the FRTHR EAST event a few weekends back. If you didn't see this ride by @neilp I'm still haven't got my head around it.... Stunning photos on FRTHR and Albion;
https://www.instagram.com/furtherjournal/
https://www.instagram.com/p/CT7_oDrMoVc
https://www.albioncycling.com/2021/09/further-east-in-pictures
You can see the backpack in use, and all riders got a lovely charcoal Lightweight musette with a neon reflective boar. These are available if you can't wait for me to get fired up;
https://www.albioncycling.com/collections/further/
Any also went down to try out some ideas at the first Fforest Gran Ffondo. Brilliant setup and weekend; as much or as little riding as you wanted, but also launching the Spirit Cymru project, which should go live next year. Give 'em a follow, looks like a solid idea, with much potential;
https://www.albioncycling.com/2021/09/fforest-gran-ffondo/
https://www.instagram.com/spiritcymru/
I was running textile customisation processes over the weekend, the idea being you could go on a journey with a garment - like a t-shirt - over the three days, and emerge with something closer and more valuable to you. Also doing repairs and upgrades to any kit, really enjoy doing this stuff in-person after such a big gap.
....you might notice in the Albion photo story I've got hold of a digital cutter. This opens up potential for custom graphics and applications. Eagle-eyes might have spotted on Neils winners cap which I'm v jealous of. EAST, chapeau.
Cheers for reading this far, watch this space!