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Very cool.

Just lost a 128G flash drive. By 'lost' I don't mean literally, I mean corrupted, won't repair, won't format.

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You really don't want to know what I think right now ...

Really got to think more carefully about what I post here.

Phil explained it. Ta phil

Gordon bennett!

Wow!

Bluddy hell Nick!

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Looking good Mike!! SWMBO and I did a quick 350 miles from lands end to where we live in Kent (5 days) and my rear wheel was like that... On my trusty 531 tubed Claud Butler, going down a steep hill into, I think, Crewkerne, the rear wheel collapsed under the combined weight of the panniers and my ...

Kerrrrikey! I was thinking that too, thats a lot of extra weight. You'll have legs like tree trunks by the time you've done your tour I bet! I't's only about 9 - 10 kg including an extra litre of water. I say 'only', the original idea was a hiking backpack with the full 15 or so kg. (That would be ...

IslandPink wrote: ↑Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:58 pm Nice one. A bit in the Carradice mould, then ?

Well spotted sir.

The last time I strapped that much luggage to my bike was around 1993, if i remember correctly !

And it's still barely adequate! I've spent weeks finding ways of trimming it down.

Think I might have got the bike (Cube Touring) set up now, as much as is possible at this stage. Altho I chose a 'medium' frame size according to my height, I have a rather short 29" inside leg so have had to reduce the seat height quite a bit, compared to where it was set when I got it. To get...