Touring Equipment

You can get knock off trangia burners on ebay for 8 quid

^ Too may hits, please post link to actual item or search.

Searched 'trangia burner', 3rd result: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HIGHLANDER-BRASS-CAMPING-STOVE-BURNER-BUSHCRAFT-SURVIVAL-TRANGIA-STYLE-SURVIVAL-/350461899155?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5199283193

Thanks. All the ones I found shipped from HK, that is a UK seller, just need to get the other bits too.

Ace.

If you get bored again...

How many mins-burn per mm do you get?

That info would be really useful.

http://www.trangiastove.co.uk/trangia-tips-advice.php

Very vague but altitude and temperature will determine usage.

http://www.polerstuff.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/the-poler-bicycle-pannier

Is there any reason these bags wouldn't work with a lowrider rack?

Just get proper front panniers with a working fastening system.

There are a couple of pairs of Carradice Super C front panniers on eBay for £45 or best offer at the moment.

That is a working fastening system.

It may be but looks to me like Ortlieb money for bargsin basement functionality.

I have those, and Carradice before, but in the end, the old hook and cord still work the best in the long term, mainly because it felt more secure, which remind me to modify my Carradice Super C to.

Carradice Super C front panniers are awesome, I think they're noticeably lighter than the Ortlieb.

I'm getting some money off the Poler pannier so they aren't quite so expensive. The simplicity of the hook and bungee appeals to me and I'm also a tart who wants pretty stuff.

Thanks for the help everyone

To be fair, with discount, it's not a bad price for a pairs, the hook system is the most reliable and easy to fix on the road side.

Just think there are better alternatives for the price. And with no way of moving the hooks horizontally, you got to make sure they work together with the rack you intend on using.

No doubt hook and elastic is going to be the most fixable but I have experienced similar panniers jumping their top hooks off the top rail of the rack on rough ground.

I've also experienced problems with the elastic/hook at the bottom. Unless you have a horizontal bar to hook onto it's virtually useless and that horizontal bar ideally needs something at either end to stop the hook slipping off.

Tubus Nova (stainless lowrider rack) for £50

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tubus-Nova-Lowrider-Front-Carrier-Pannier-Rack-26-28-inch-Rack-Fittings-/380986601958?pt=UK_SportGoods_CyclAcces_RL&hash=item58b49231e6

Bargain. Want, but cannot justify.

Is that exactly what you said before you brought the tandem?

Hah, actually no, that went more like "Damn expensive, want, fuck it, buy it now"

1. How do you search in-thread,
   
2. @edscoble do you have a link to one of those mini USB charger plugs for French sockets? I'm having no luck searching.
   
   

Cheers.

1. Search conversation innit?
   On the right, just below thread starter's ID.
   

Anyone know about a legit decent battery pack with a solar cell on it? Something you can strap to your rack while riding all day and get a bit of power from. Something like this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/12000mAh-Rain-resistant-Shockproof-Portable-Chargers/dp/B00NTUVJFI/ref=sr_1_13?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1436865540&sr=1-13&keywords=solar+panel+and+battery

We had some success with this guy when we were out for 6 weeks:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Poweradd-Apollo2-Blackberry-USB-Charged-Devices-White/dp/B00MQK1QHI/ref=sr_1_4?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1436865875&sr=1-4&keywords=poweradd+apollo+2

But it got more charging in the toilets at campsites that it did from the sun due to the small solar panel size. Large battery size was useful though. Looking for a larger fold-out jobby this year to put over the whole top of the rack/panniers to use in tandem with the battery pack, something like: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Instapark-Portable-Charger-Compatible-Devices/dp/B006ZRYU9O .

Yeah, a lot of good info on the panels. Goal Zero are supposed to be really good. A bit more than what I need. Will check out the battery.