Are you back yet? Where's your blog? Did you die?

rather ashameably...
 

...no, lol. There were a few hick ups along the bike prep front as my panniers were letting me down during testing, one of the straps got caught just south of my chain guard and decided to wrap itself around my rear wheel bearing - you should have heard the almighty SNAP as bits of bungee and fastenings came spewing out the back. :funmeterno: Had to unwrap the strap from the wheel. After a trip home from my brothers i managed to melt my waterproof trousers onto my exhaust, there isn't enough WD40 in Europe to get the plastic off.:oops2:

So I have spent the past two weeks buying a pair of leathers, new boots (as the other were to big and fell off) and trying to find some metal panniers that fit my cross city. Hopefully the ones of the Terra Adventurer will match, going to find out tmrw. Heres to a new set off date, some time later this month.

Oh and I got tickets to Radiohead the sunday I was supposed to be there lol :clap:

better to have problems near home that miles away, hope it goes better on the next attempt.
have you considered a simple metal frame to hold your panniers in place rather than expensive metal ones? on my old bonnie i added a inverted U of 1/4" steel (any thinner snaps from the vibes on that bike) that hangs down off the rear seat mounts. it just holds the rear corner of the soft panniers away from the tyre, they used to rub on bends before that.

fantastic idea, i will try it when the monsoon season is over! thanks.

A7 Closed
 

...I believe this road is closed due to a land slide. check with the traffic scotland for diversion. In case anyone did'nt know.