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Andre Jute

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Re: what did santa bring.
« Reply #15 on: January 02, 2014, 11:29:14 pm »
i thought when i bough my smart phone it would make me smart at last  ;D
it didn't :(

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Re: what did santa bring.
« Reply #16 on: January 02, 2014, 11:43:45 pm »
Oh! What a lovely studio painting kit *and* plein air pochade, Andre! Wow! Anyone who loves tools (that would be me, like you) has got to also love such things even if that don't paint (that would be me, you seem to be doing just fine judging by the Lawyer's Arboretum, which turned out very nicely indeed).

Just a pleasure to look at such a nice outfit, Andre, and nice to see the results it helps produce as well; thanks for sharing!

All the best,

Dan.
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Re: what did santa bring.
« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2014, 12:38:21 am »
Dunno if this counts, 'cos it arrived in today's mail...a new pot-stand for my Mini-Trangia (lower-right in the first photo below).

I've got a Mini-Trangia I've never been happy with, largely 'cos of the stand/windscreen, which has never done well at either task in my hands. I've found it too unstable for good stirred-pot support on rough ground and not very good as a windscreen. Worse, I found it difficult to fit or adjust the simmer-cap, as it fouled the 'screen/support uprights.

The solution for me seems to be a separate folding windscreen (mine is like this; they're all over eBay at reasonable prices: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRS-Camping-WindScreen-Camping-Stove-Windshield-WindScreen-BRS-42-/190884921838?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c71a0c1ee ) that I can snug close to the pot for thermal efficiency *and* my new Mojo Pot and Stove Stand: http://www.ebay.com/itm/140901929793?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mojo+pot+stand&sm=3 The stand holds the burner assembly a few mm clear of the ground minimizing conductive cooling of the burner. There's just enough room to slide a thin section of silicone pot holder beneath the stove as a genuine thermal isolator. Works well in cold weather.

Real stable, not much heavier at 58.5g vs 51.1g for the Trangia version and the separate windscreen (a different eBay source) adds 103.3g but is worth it for the greater effectiveness and heating efficiency.

Real pleased with the new setup.

Best,

Dan.
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Re: what did santa bring.
« Reply #18 on: January 03, 2014, 07:23:12 am »
Dunno if this counts, 'cos it arrived in today's mail...a new pot-stand for my Mini-Trangia (lower-right in the first photo below).

I've got a Mini-Trangia I've never been happy with, largely 'cos of the stand/windscreen, which has never done well at either task in my hands. I've found it too unstable for good stirred-pot support on rough ground and not very good as a windscreen. Worse, I found it difficult to fit or adjust the simmer-cap, as it fouled the 'screen/support uprights.

The solution for me seems to be a separate folding windscreen (mine is like this; they're all over eBay at reasonable prices: http://www.ebay.com/itm/BRS-Camping-WindScreen-Camping-Stove-Windshield-WindScreen-BRS-42-/190884921838?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c71a0c1ee ) that I can snug close to the pot for thermal efficiency *and* my new Mojo Pot and Stove Stand: http://www.ebay.com/itm/140901929793?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mojo+pot+stand&sm=3 The stand holds the burner assembly a few mm clear of the ground minimizing conductive cooling of the burner. There's just enough room to slide a thin section of silicone pot holder beneath the stove as a genuine thermal isolator. Works well in cold weather.

Real stable, not much heavier at 58.5g vs 51.1g for the Trangia version and the separate windscreen (a different eBay source) adds 103.3g but is worth it for the greater effectiveness and heating efficiency.

Real pleased with the new setup.

Best,

Dan.

Hi Dan,
I use a http://www.clikstand.com/ and love it for most cooking but I plan to use my Primus Omnilite Ti Cooker http://store.primuscamping.com/backpacking-stoves/all-fuel/omnilite-ti/.



Clikstand



Omnilite

Good Cooking  :o

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Re: what did santa bring.
« Reply #19 on: January 03, 2014, 07:34:53 am »
Well I got a new Road Bike Frameset and build it up with left over parts from my Africa Bike.



Sorry it's Not a Thorn! Be it cost a lot less.... NOS

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Re: what did santa bring.
« Reply #20 on: January 03, 2014, 08:01:58 am »
Is that knobby rear wishbone carbon, Pete, or even the whole bike?

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« Reply #21 on: January 03, 2014, 08:28:27 am »
Is that knobby rear wishbone carbon, Pete, or even the whole bike?

Hi Yes its got Carbon Seatstay/Wishbone and Forks.

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« Reply #22 on: January 03, 2014, 06:20:26 pm »
A late Santa Present.
I've had a plastic one for some time but found it rather bendy.
this is titanium ....the buisness  :D
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Re: what did santa bring.
« Reply #23 on: January 03, 2014, 06:26:42 pm »
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the buisness
I'll say! A thing of beauty, as well...ooh!

This transcends "dinnerware" and falls straight into the "fine tools" category.

So glad Santa remembered you with this lovely!

Best,

Dan.

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« Reply #24 on: January 03, 2014, 07:53:39 pm »
Santa brought some wonderful intangibles, including Meg, our daughter, visiting from Berlin & planning a velosafari later this year, perhaps in Denmark.

Not quite "gifts", but we did negotiate & agree on lotsa Bike Bits for John. (For "specialized items" within the family, things linked to one of us but not the other, we negotiate Permission To Spend While Preserving Domestic Harmony.)  Some of these were Big Expensive Items like a New Raven frame-and-forkset, and trick German hubs for the Raven. There were some nice smaller items, as you'll see from the foto attached:

   >  A nice black Nidd saddle from Spa Cycles, to be mounted on my Eclipse when my Brooks Premium  migrates to the Raven.
   >  Very spiffy XD2 cranks, also from Spa Cycles.
   >  A really good--I mean, really good--EVO S18 Swiss Army Knife, made by Wenger, with quality far beyond the Victorinox I've had for ages.  Wenger has been bought out by Victorinox, and it's not clear that the Wenger variant will be made beyond 2014.  So, if you want one, suggest you get it asap.
   >  A tiny wee BrightBike Revolution USB charger, to mate with the front Trick German Hub mentioned above. Plus a USB splitter cable, to charge two Sanyo Eneloop USB batt-chargers at the same time.
   >  Excellent Portland Design Works Radbot tail-light, which takes 2 AAA batts; cheaper from Universal Cycles (Portland, OR) than from Portland Design Works' online store. (?!)
   >   The LPG guide, Cycling France: After the Denmark trek with Meg, I'm thinking to do un circuit de la Bretagne in early September. If this happens, it could be the first stage of a  meander through the Celtic fringe of Europe, spread over a couple of seasons.  (Denmark connects to Celtic Europe, you say?  It's a roots thing: my father's family came from the Schleswig-Holstein area & ended up in Sussex, a thousand or so years back--they were Jutes, as the story goes. [Fn: Bet that woke you up Andre!--check yer DNA, lad.]  And, my mother's family are Scots-Irish.)  

'Nor is it finished --'twas a productive negotiation!--as still to come are an Arkel seatbag, and a Trangia stove & clikstand,  the logic for the latter being a more compact cooking setup. And maybe even an upgrade on my Nikon P50 point-and-shoot.
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Re: what did santa bring.
« Reply #25 on: January 03, 2014, 08:46:45 pm »
Boy!

Nice loot from Santa*, John; sure fun to see what everyone got in bikely terms.

Agreed about the knives...my similar one is here: http://www.thorncycles.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=3968.msg17665#msg17665

Sounds like Good Times ahead in 2014!

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Dan.

*By whatever means, Santa's prob'ly behind it.


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Re: what did santa bring.
« Reply #26 on: January 04, 2014, 10:54:35 am »
A late Santa Present.
I've had a plastic one for some time but found it rather bendy.
this is titanium ....the buisness  :D

..........and it won't melt and make the beans taste yuk !

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« Reply #27 on: January 04, 2014, 02:21:20 pm »
..........and it won't melt and make the beans taste yuk !
........................Good Point :)
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Re: what did santa bring.
« Reply #28 on: January 07, 2014, 10:01:00 am »
I received the exact same bar bag as you, frogprince! I'm very happy with it: bye bye wet sweaty back during my commute!!

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Re: what did santa bring.
« Reply #29 on: January 07, 2014, 04:13:58 pm »
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I received the exact same bar bag as you, frogprince! I'm very happy with it...
But what if you both want to use it at once?  ???

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Dan. (...who is feeling both literal and silly this morning  ::) )