I’m not going to lie here, apart from the occasional softshell or waterproof I’ve used no gear at all since that last trip up the Kilpatricks. That’s a regular July for me though.
But, there’s gear stuff coming up and some info to be noted.
First up is a bit of news that I’m delighted about, and [...]
Posted on July 14th, 2010 by PTC*
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First off I’d like to stick two fingers up at Race Face. I have a bucket full of their bottom brackets, every one seized solid, and as I admined the bike for Monday night’s ride the newest one was in the relentless grip of inertia on the non-drive side. I was going to replace both the [...]
Posted on June 20th, 2010 by PTC*
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I’ve been trailing some gear around recently one way or another, and I’ve had some mixed results.
On the Wheelie trip I took smocks as I thought that would suit being strapped-in a lot better. The Haglöfs Lizard Top was great until I got right into the murk, it’s ceased to be “different” now, it’s just a [...]
Posted on June 12th, 2010 by PTC*
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I’ve got a camp cooking piece in the current Trail where I had look at what was a little more usuable for making proper food at camp rather than just boiling water which is all I seem to do these days. I was just going to stick in one of my tried and trusted stoves [...]
Posted on May 27th, 2010 by PTC*
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What the kit’s doing, random stuff, thoughts on this , that and the next thing.
I kitted out four and a half folk with gear on the recent National Park trip, everyone brought their own kit as well, but it was interesting to see how the guys got on with the unfamiliar, as good a test [...]
Posted on May 24th, 2010 by PTC*
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I’ve had a bunch of Haglöfs technical gear on test over the past few years, but here’s something a little different.
I saw these at the range preview a year ago and liked the look, I’m not overly keen on wearing outdoor gear unless I’m on the hill, but for easy days on trails or days-out up north I [...]
Posted on May 23rd, 2010 by PTC*
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Gear update, news, stuff and things, random and homeless items, the place to post your own similar should the notion take you.
Stuff
The most important news is that I went to see KISS last night and it was bloody marvellous. Worth every penny and more. I was half expecting saggy old men taking the piss, but [...]
Posted on May 10th, 2010 by PTC*
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Weekly test kit update and the home of any random comments an’ that.
There wasn’t much doing last week, after I came back from the Rough Bounds of Knoydart (apparently they start at the bridge over that northern neck of Loch Quoich) it was all about work apart from the bike ride on Wednesday.
Then fixing pipes [...]
Posted on April 19th, 2010 by PTC*
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Weekly test kit update and the home of other random stuff or comments.
I’ve had a few queries about the LaSportiva Gandalf boot we saw at KORS last year, and the news is that it’s going to be in the UK imminently as the Ganda Guide. I don’t think I’m allowed to mention the Crosslite “XT” yet [...]
Posted on April 12th, 2010 by PTC*
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Weekly test kit round up and the home of anything random from comments to poetry in Klingon.
Not been a good week for using test kit, after the Kintail trip I pretty much did nothing all week apart from pad around in my steelies to let my burst toe heal. My customers were amazed at the [...]
Posted on April 5th, 2010 by PTC*
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There was a whole bunch of kit that got pulled from the wrapper and put in my pack. Always a gamble, but that’s just an added slice of fun on my mountain toast.
First thing, and in my mind often the most important bit of kit I carry as it supplies my cuppa, was my stove. [...]
Posted on April 1st, 2010 by PTC*
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What the test kit’s been doing, and where to post any unrelated comments, questions or observations.
The Kilkpatrick Hills are Spam. That probably doesn’t sound right, but I don’t mean it like that, I’m thinking in a WW2 way. When you’re besieged by circumstance or the agents of doom, you open the cupboard and break out [...]
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 by PTC*
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