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Rohloff Internal Hub Gears / Re: Yearly maintenance
« Last post by Andyb1 on June 20, 2025, 11:15:06 AM »
I bought a 10 x change oil and flush kit from SJS, £55.  No carriage as I collected.  If anyone wants to share it please PM me, if not I will slowly use it up over then next 10 years!
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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Re: decatlon here i come
« Last post by Jags on June 19, 2025, 02:37:51 PM »
https://alpkitstore.com/133319-a539f8/checkouts/a539f88db587bc9ddff4add200bd5117?_ref=https%3A%2F%2Falpkitstore.com%2Fcollections%2Fcamping-sleeping-sleeping-mats%2Fproducts%2Fradiant_493fd70c%3Fdata_from%3Dcollection_detail

folks i came across this sleeping matt just now on alpkit only 42 euro on this site, but same matt on
alpkit uk site is  110 euro.

is the 42 euro sale dodgy.
cheers
jags
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Rohloff Internal Hub Gears / Re: Yearly maintenance
« Last post by Thomas777 on June 19, 2025, 12:11:23 PM »
Yesterday  was bike prep for the upcoming tour in Europe.  So I  did the oil change on my wife's Rohloff.  This time I decided to put the wheel in the truing stand for better access to the drain plug. The rear  rack makes it quite in accessible!
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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Re: decatlon here i come
« Last post by Jags on June 18, 2025, 06:57:28 PM »
I would be as good at sewing as i would be at cooking totally useless id burn water.
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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Re: decatlon here i come
« Last post by PH on June 18, 2025, 03:01:45 PM »
The same applies for most other textile objects. I used to make my own pannier bags, saddlebags and other bags. Plus bike and hiking raingear.
Not just bike and camping gear, I have a sewing machine gathering dust, it's at least ten years since I made anything, though I've done a few repairs and alterations. Each time I've looked at making stuff, even simple things like curtains, the cost between the complete item and the components has been minimal, in some cases the complete item even cheaper.
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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Re: decatlon here i come
« Last post by Jags on June 18, 2025, 02:05:26 PM »
You would be handy to have about the place Martin.
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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Re: decatlon here i come
« Last post by martinf on June 17, 2025, 08:43:43 PM »
Tents were so expensive in the late 1970's that I made my own, the first was a minimalist transverse ridge tent suitable for winter use (separate flysheet and inner), which I used quite hard for a few years when I worked a long summer season on the buses then toured on the bike in late autumn/winter till I ran out of money.

I made another, slightly bigger tent in the very early 1980's for two-person camping, this has had less use but ended up failing due to the materials ageing.

Absolutely not worth doing that nowadays, the cost of materials is already more than the price of a reasonably decent lightweight tent.

The same applies for most other textile objects. I used to make my own pannier bags, saddlebags and other bags. Plus bike and hiking raingear.

The only things I have bothered making recently are lightweight rain capes for hiking (very quick to make, lighter and better quality than those I have seen advertised) and very specific bags that aren't easily available commercially.
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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Re: decatlon here i come
« Last post by Jags on June 17, 2025, 03:29:28 PM »
Ph just bought the vango banshee 300.
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Thorn General / Re: Finish Line Extreme Fluro grease for S&S couplers.
« Last post by PH on June 17, 2025, 02:43:46 PM »
I'd never heard of it, so no knowledge or experience.
I note the active ingredient is DuPont and they won't be making it for just this application. What else it's used for is what I'd be researching if it were me.
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Muppets Threads! (And Anything Else) / Re: decatlon here i come
« Last post by PH on June 17, 2025, 02:39:14 PM »
As i was saying before i pressed the delete button lol.i think all tents are well over priced no matter the make.
Are you kidding?  That Decathlon tent is half a day's wage, yet is probably better than the cheap tents in the 1980's which cost a weeks wage.  I went hiking in the Pennines as a teenager in 1976, uncomfortably shared a tent with a friend as we couldn't afford one each, we wouldn't of been capable of carrying two even if we had!  I don't think budget kit has ever been so affordable, or so capable.
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