Retrobike Touring.

[retrobikeguy]

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Edinburgh > Stirling > Oban > Fort William > Ratagan > Glenbrittle > Garve > Ullapool > ride around Lewis > Ullapool > Inverness

Great trip, SYHAs are very good and most places allowed me to keep the bike inside at night

Cracking trip, very jealous and it puts mine to shame .

just got back from a 3 day ride, York / Newcastle / Edinburgh and train back, really threw it down for 2 of the days but it didnt distract from the beauty of the countryside of northumberland and the borders.

 

[widowmaker]

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Looking for suggestions for a small kettle/pan set for bike touring light and small, What do you guys use ?

 

[hamster]

The pans of the Trangia 25 or 27 are some of the nicest, mine are still going strong after 30 years.
For a light, reasonably priced set I have the Camping Caz Twister plus set, which is compact but has decently thick pans which fit inside each other.
https://www.campingaz.com/in/p-23525-tw ... z-kit.aspx

The cheapest stuff is very thin and tends to get terrible hotspots. Avoid the rectangular army-style mess tins as they are impossible to heat evenly on a stove.

If you are only going to heat water for tea or noodles, then a Jetboil or the Alpkit copies are brilliant. Mine boils 500ml of water (enough for two) in 2 minutes.

 

[hamster]

@retrobikeguy
Love the Kielder shots - I remember riding across the dam there into the teeth of a snowstorm! It always looks unwelcoming and cold, that lake.

 

[The History Man]

Trangia kettle and a non stick heavy aluminium pan with cut down handle. I tried thin light camping anodised aluminium but wasn't happy with them in use as everything stuck unless I sat over it.

 

[hamster]

Agreed that the Trangia kettle is in a class of its own and is my favourite bit of kit.
This is a good starter for a brilliant quality bit of lightweight kit: Mini Trangia - although I'd add a Trangia 27 kettle.
https://www.alpinetrek.co.uk/trangia-mi ... IyNzAifQ==

 

[highlandsflyer]

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Roast chestnuts?

 

[widowmaker]

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Thanks, need to get some for Mayhem to test-cook ready for my first unsupported tour

 

[widowmaker]

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What's the best/modest priced fuel for the trangia ?

 

[The History Man]

Meths.