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@Velocio cool idea! I guess personally, if I went through the difficulty of setting up a small series of fields for people to use, I’d want some pretty watertight legislation that meant the land could only be used as such into the significant future - have heard of a few things left in wills to my local council that were sold of and have just ended up as charged parking.
Douglas Tomkins famously kinda took this to the utter extreme in chile which I thought was pretty inspirational, but I doubt you’d get any of the same sort of traction with such a small scale.
Have you come across anyone with more knowledge on that front, beyond the initial permissions?

Likewise would be interested in the silvers if postage becomes an option, cheers!

Pm’d

Awesome! Thanks so much for taking the time - especially the food and coffee recommendations. Not sure we will be beasting quite such long days as you guys. Maybe we will have to do a bit of a venture into ballycroy but turn back to Westport for the train on the final day.
Just figuring out the route we will take in earnest - bit of a debate amongst us regarding camping vs bnbs.
Are the locals likely to be tolerant of wild campers?

Hi guys,

Looking for a decent ish, cheap ish set of rear panniers - preferably in the 40l and above range

Would need posting to Bristol!
Cheers

Would love some tips if possible!
Me and a few mates are going for a relaxed one in a couple of months - so far the only thing booked is a ferry to Dublin and a train to Galway - we were planning on going north, hugging the coast.
5 days to Sligo with enough time to enjoy a few sights and relax along the way, do you think?
They’re not regular cyclists so trying to keep it comfortable - possibly just going to bnb it, rather than lug camping stuff around

Hi guys,

Looking for both of the above

Bagman has to be the larger, expedition size

would require postage to Bristol, or dropping to my brother in Croydon

Thanks!

Dibs, will pm now

Thanks for the tips everyone! @ough really appreciate the sound sense. I think we'd maybe be able to haggle a lift with a friend to Plymouth so that could be quite simple.

Once in Nantes it looks like we could probably take the Velo loire trains pretty easily - https://en.francevelotourisme.com/tips-and-advices/getting-to-and-around-france-with-a-bicycle/train-velo-loire

Another option would be to just drive ourselves down to Nantes from the ferry and leave our car there. Removes the risk element at least I suppose, and might mean we can just relax a bit more

has anyone got experience of tandems on trains? Trying to figure out logistics of taking ours to loire valley from Bristol.

So far ferry seems the best crossing option

Couldn’t agree more. Have walked in with money and out with multiple exotic scotch eggs more time that I can count.

For anybody in bristol, loaf on church road does a great mincer. Sprinkle of granulated sugar on top was new to me, but quite enjoyed the little bit of crunch

What are people's experiences with the new MacBook Air?

I mainly use my current 2017 air (8gb ram, 128gb ssd) for movies, office and a bit of coding / data visualisation (Matlab, python).

It's getting a bit slow at times and wondering if the baseline m2 will be enough, or worth springing for 16gb ram?

Think I might buy a synology NAS so not too bothered by built in storage, or am a missing something?

Waitrose no.1 - excellent ratio of filling to pastry, satisfyingly crumbly case, good boozy flavour

If anyone is ever Bristol-ways, Gloucester services do an absolutely cracking mincer too. Massive but £££

Ideally a sugino pista or something.

Preferably 165

Cheers!

Mountain Hardware AirMesh women’s hoody - size L - condition like new

Unwanted present for my partner, tried on but effectively unused
RRP £90
https://www.mountainhardwear.co.uk/products/womens-airmesh™-hoody

Looking for £50 posted from Bristol

Thanks!

trading 212 just emailed saying I can open an account - does anyone want to share a code so we both get a free share?

Has anyone had any good experiences with 12 speed, wide range cassettes?

Great advice! I’m about to get some too so thanks for the tips

Looks quite nice as a daily for any giants
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/403695872184?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=cYKt_4LGRfK&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=cYKt_4LGRfK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Very cool. Can you use a plumb Bob from a given height to simulate small impacts?

Easy way to do a quick check of impact durability vs conventional paint maybe.

Haven’t commented on this thread before but I just wanted to say it’s really an inspiration

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Hi,

I recently bought a tandem with my partner and we're changing the saddles over. Bike was a Sunday best so they've never seen rain - can't vouch for the miles though. I would guess not many, the B67 looks practically unused.

B17 - £55
B67 - £55

located in Bristol but open to posting, please just PM!

Thanks

Hi all,

Finisterre nimbus insulated coat, size medium

Condition is great, only worn a few times and just isn’t for me

Fits true to size, is really warm and not particularly waterproof

Located in Bristol, or can post

Looking for £65

Thanks!

WARNING: LONG POST,

Bought one of the ex BG maxi's a while ago and have been trying to do a minimal conversion on it. My brief was pretty simple: basically I still wanted to be able to use it as a van, but also have it ready for quick weekends climbing, hiking, cycling or surfing etc. I didn't need to connect a power source because I have a portable solar panel for camping anyway.

In effect I just wanted some storage that didn't interfere too much. I did a little search at what was available, and while I liked a lot of the standard modules on Ebay cut from ply, nothing seemed to be offering what I really wanted. some of my first drawings are shown below but they all were seeming too cramped and eventually I started to settled on a really simple design, which was basically just a false floor.

Once I settled on this I candle up with some simple designs. When I spoke to some mates I was eventually made aware of the similar thing made by Stitches and steel, which seemed roughly to fit the bill too - but they didn't make anything maxi related, and also cost the earth. Also wasn't a fan of their drawer configuration. SO, I decided to have a crack at my own design.

After removing the BG racking, I measured and CAD'd up the bare base of the van, taking note of the wheel arches, door spaces and any mounting points. Once I had this template I modelled the wheel arches in 3D so I knew how the profile changed, and I came up with an ideal height for the floor base, so that I could still sit up in the back, and had drawers that were actually a useful size. Then I figured out a couple of drawer spaces, one for shoes and one for longer term storage, and put in a little cutout near each side door so that I could reach into the shoe space and side drawer without opening the doors. Once I had all of this fitted I made a model of my design, and checked that I could slot it all together without anything colliding (much needed idiot check). A really important step here was getting it so all the bits could slide into the van... would've felt like such a muppet if id overlooked that. Results of this are below:

At this point it was just a case of sorting the model into files, and sending them off to be CNC'd. Once they arrived I spent about half an hour gently persuading the joints to fit with a rubber mallet, and the majority of the bed was up!

At this point I still needed to make the drawers, and put in the supports for the middle section so that it was flush with the rest of the bed top. Couple of detail shots:

• Mounting points example (turns out it was heavy enough that I didn't bother using these in the end)
  
  
  

-Shoe storage compartment - has a bit a the bottom to stop them spilling out when I open the door, like on a boat. (this is before I had knocked the top down fully)

• Central compartment space for longer term storage of stuff like a tent etc. (unfinished in this photo)
  
  
  
  

Once the bed was fully made I changed the wheels from the stock ones - in its current state:

I’m half tempted to refine the design slightly and see about selling the plans/files, if I could find a market for them

Just want to echo the above sentiments - ordered one for my partner for Xmas and it went dow extremely well. Well-made and the perfect size
Thanks once again