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Test fit looks pretty tidy, thanks @moocher!

Looks excellent, thanks so much! PMing now

That would be amazing, thanks! Can you PM your payment details/how much you'd want for it?

I'd like to get one of these, but I don't have a 3D printer:

https://www.printables.com/model/67456-specialized-pizza-rack-light-mount

What are my options if I wanted to get hold of one relatively quickly? Is there anywhere in north/East London that can do it, or someone on here with a printer who could do it? (Would obvs cover filament + beer money)

These still available?

You might be in luck as I think they are just a tad too small for me! Feel free to PM if you still want them

Hey I'm interested in these, I'll PM you now

Looks good, ta. Think that's probably what I would have gone for if buying new. I actually just picked up the second hand borough bag last night though, and it's huge!

Lovely Paracord mod!

Cheers..I like the look of those, and have been hovering over the restrap one as well as I liked the idea of something handmade in the UK. In the end though eBay came through and looks like I've bagged myself a large borough waterproof second hand, which I am pretty chuffed with

Very useful vid, ta! Think the borough waterproof is top choice then based on size

@sacredhart useful intel, thanks. Will keep an eye on ebay

Brompton bags... is there anything out there that beats the borough waterproof large bag in terms of size and practicality? It looks great, and as I'll be taking my brommie on some overnight trips in the next few months I'd definitely like something I can squeeze a change of clothes & laptop into, with room to spare. However dropping £190 on a bag doesn't really sit right with me, and I'm trying (for environmental as well as budget reasons) to go second-hand as much as possible. Am v tempted to see if I can get a new one via C2W though...

Good to know, cheers! Still dithering over tent choices so this is useful info

Nice, thanks. And now I know what an avalanche probe is, every day's a school day

Good to know - thanks!

Ah that would be amazing thanks! I think I still have you on Whatsapp, will message now

Bought some wheels from the lovely @infmz back in March with the intention of slightly modernising my 2007-era brompton (with the old style Sachs hub), and replacing the worn chain while I'm at it. Best laid plans and all that... I'm only just getting round to ordering the bits I need and not sure if I've got everything. The wheels I bought didn't come with an indicator chain or anchorage, and I'm assuming I can't reuse these parts from the Sachs hub. Sooo here's my shopping list:

Will these parts be all I need to swap the rear wheels? Have replaced the cables pretty recently so hoping I don't also need new shift cable & housing for the slightly different cable anchorage thingy. Also not sure if I can reuse the axle bolts from the Sachs wheel on this one?

For reference this is what the wheel I bought from infmz looks like:

Ta. I'd looked over that one as I don't have trekking poles and unlikely to get some just for the purpose of bike camping..but I've just seen alpkit do a collapsible one specifically for this tent which is probably a game changer

@fabfurrymarmots looks interesting, would be interested to hear your thoughts and how you manage with some lightweight poles. Def meets the headroom criteria by the looks of it!

@amey looking at lanshan 1 and it ticks same boxes as the other trekking poles tents mentioned..bit put off by having to do DIY seam sealing tho

Ta for all the input. Hoping to do a weekend away in mid August so will come back here and report how it goes. Leaning towards the alpkit tarpstar

Cheers - yeah this looks like a good compromise between the two tents I posted, although the inner first pitch puts me off a bit.

@Sainsburys_Ed Thanks for the recommendation! Although after my weird claustrophobic midnight freak out I think being able to sit up fully inside is probably a must have

Finally got round to using my OEX Phoxx 1v2 which I bought second hand last summer, in my first attempt at a bike-powered camping trip. It was a bit of a fail, as these tents are tiny, not much more room than a hooped bivvy. Turns out I get very claustrophobic and couldn't sleep at all due to panic / anxiety about being so enclosed, which I was not expecting. Also the fact that it's impossible to get in and out of in the rain without letting water into the sleeping area.

Sooooo I'm now thinking of getting an Alpkit Viso 2 which looks a lot less claustrophobic and the porch area looks ideal for keeping stuff dry. It's obviously not light weight, but it's listed as a backpacking tent so I'm assuming I could squeeze it into a pannier, maybe split into smaller bags and without the porch ground sheet. Also opens up the potential for trips with my partner if she can be convinced... Will I regret this? Maybe a middle ground option that ticks spacious and light weight boxes?

Whenever I've tried doing this with my fingers, there's always a few stray bits of cable that won't go into the cable end thingy and/or I stab myself in the fingers with them. Cable tie method looks a lot more effective but I agree there's probably more environmentally friendly ways of doing it using the same principle

Weird. I guess the forum doesn't like instagram links, as the post is still there and the original url hasn't changed. Try copying and pasting it from this?

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7JY6wpMTgU/

It's a video showing how to re-wrap frayed cable ends using a cable tie, like so:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7JY6wpMTgU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Mind blown

That's great, thanks so much 🙏

(just set up a regular forum donation in light of the recent outage and this thread coming through for me on multiple occasions now!)

Getting a bit confused trying to find the right brake pad inserts for my partner's bike. I think they're Shimano BR-R550 brakes, and SJS has these ones in stock: https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/brake-blocks/shimano-brr550-m70ct4-cartridge-brake-inserts-fixing-pins-y8a298060/

I assume these are the right inserts, but the bit about them being only for side wall machined rims is what I'm not sure about... how do I know if the rims are side wall machined? Even if they're not will the inserts be ok anyway? Are there other, better inserts that are compatible with these brakes that I don't know about? Or should I get some koolstop brake blocks instead? (trigger warning: very dirty bike)