Back on the bike after quite a while. Forgot my bike computer (!), but my legs (and bum) reckon bit over 40k and ~850m climbing. Did a wee bit of exploring, and found lovely singletrack, as well as a nice new spot for coffee and home made lentil ‘cup-a-soup’. Featuring Penguin, my personal barista (and selfie double), for #coffee matters. #cycling #gravel #gravelfoyle #trossachs (@jd this my #AlcoholStove setup)
@tf Ah, lovely stuff. A fine looking bike and I'm geeking at the Imco lighter too! What do you use as wadding in your stove? It looks like a great set up.
@jd best bike I have ever had, including some overpriced Californian tat. 🙂 The wadding, I don’t know, I bought the stove for a few quid more then 10 years ago from some dude on eBay, including the pot support. But I replaced the make up case yesterday after noting it was beginning to corrode through (alcohol isn’t what it used to be!), and the wadding looks suspiciously like a stack of cotton makeup pads. I like this stove because while slow I can use it safely inside a tent, as it doesn’t spill, and doesn’t runaway the way pressurised alcohol stoves can. The lighter is great too, much better than zippo. The wind shield is my own work, used to make them from kitchen foil at first, but it just didn’t last long enough.
@tf may I ask what frame it is? I've been trying to zoom on the logo but I can't get it.
@jd it’s a spa cycles elan 725 bike, fitted a different drive train and saddle, otherwise as they built it. 38c tyres.