Bike camping gear

[fastbob]

7 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

@fastbob looks great apart from the hideous plastic fork

Im curious what these semi poisonous sachets are?

Well surely you've eaten noodles before . They don't all come in a pot . By pure chance I had noodles and tuna for my tea today because I wanted to get cracking on the Triumph . 

[skyrider]

6 minutes ago, fastbob said:

Well surely you've eaten noodles before . They don't all come in a pot . By pure chance I had noodles and tuna for my tea today because I wanted to get cracking on the Triumph . 

do you eat pot noodles as well Bob 

[Bender]

I don't like plastic cutlery either, I'm almost breaking out in a cold sweat at the thought of a plastic spork

 

[Trooper74]

One of my very, very, tenuous claims to fame was a picture of me in cool shades and a black t-shirt in Back Street Heroes Mag ... on the front it said   "Death before Disco" 

on the back it said "Death before Pot Noodle" ..... 

How things have changed ......

OH, and just to clear a few things up ..

I also invented Moped Mayhem and Skateboards ....

......

Edited January 6, 2021 by Trooper74

[fastbob]

5 minutes ago, skyrider said:

do you eat pot noodles as well Bob 

No . Horrible things .

[Trooper74]

1 minute ago, fastbob said:

No . Horrible things .

Food straight from Beelzebub's Bottom ....

[skyrider]

 yes i have never had them myself but been told they are not that great 

[skyrider]

Just now, Trooper74 said:

Food straight from Beelzebub's Bottom ....

who is he 

[fastbob]

The real reason I happen to have plastic cutlery is that my motorcycle camping kit is derived from my cycling camping kit . The item  in the picture is actually a children's fork stolen from the restaurant in IKEA . Great places to stuff your pockets full of HP Sauce sachets prior to a camping trip . 

[fastbob]

3 minutes ago, skyrider said:

who is he 

Pleased to meet you , hope you guessed my name ......

[skyrider]

1 minute ago, fastbob said:

Pleased to meet you , hope you guessed my name ......

sort of 

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

5 minutes ago, fastbob said:

Well surely you've eaten noodles before . They don't all come in a pot . By pure chance I had noodles and tuna for my tea today because I wanted to get cracking on the Triumph . 

No Im having a conversation about spoons that are good for eating noodles but have never eaten them before  

I buy plain noodles- on there own, there’s nothing else in the packet, I flavour them myself and mistakenly assumed you did the same so wondered what the sachets were. Didn’t know grown ups ate the other sort, always assumed they were meant for children and students 

[skyrider]

15 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

No Im having a conversation about spoons that are good for eating noodles but have never eaten them before  

I buy plain noodles- on there own, there’s nothing else in the packet, I flavour them myself and mistakenly assumed you did the same so wondered what the sachets were. Didn’t know grown ups ate the other sort, always assumed they were meant for children and students 

nah students eat beans 

[fastbob]

1 hour ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

No Im having a conversation about spoons that are good for eating noodles but have never eaten them before  

I buy plain noodles- on there own, there’s nothing else in the packet, I flavour them myself and mistakenly assumed you did the same so wondered what the sachets were. Didn’t know grown ups ate the other sort, always assumed they were meant for children and students 

I make an excellent Chow Mein myself in the comfort of my own kitchen . But when I've ridden 300+ miles and there isn't a chip shop in sight and I've just put up my tent in the pissing rain while being bitten to f*** by a cloud of Midges , the idea of some semblance of a hot meal prepared in minutes has a strong appeal . And while we're at it ,yes , I do cook inside my tent when it's raining and I don't set myself on fire because I have skill and judgment combined with reasonably good hand - eye coordination . 

Edited January 7, 2021 by fastbob

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

6 minutes ago, fastbob said:

I make an excellent Chow Mein myself in the comfort of my own kitchen . But when I've ridden 300+ miles and I've just put up my tent in the pissing rain while being bitten to f*** by a cloud of Midges , the idea of some semblance of a hot meal prepared in minutes has a strong appeal . And while we're at it ,yes , I do cook inside my tent when it's raining and I don't set myself on fire because I have skill and judgment combined with reasonably good hand - eye coordination . 

Well you say that but I remember a thread some time ago with your things catching fire, a bike and something else that escapes my memory?

Agree instant food is appealing after a long ride which is why I wondered what the sachets are. 

Edited January 7, 2021 by Slowlycatchymonkey
Do you think your non brand jet boil as good as the original and is it stable, I can’t imagine a frying pan on it

[fastbob]

26 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Well you say that but I remember a thread some time ago with your things catching fire, a bike and something else that escapes my memory?

Agree instant food is appealing after a long ride which is why I wondered what the sachets are. 

I think I might be confused here . My idea of a Jetboil is the deep pot in the picture . It has a finned heat exchanger on the bottom ( like a radiator in reverse ) It will boil water in around one minute on any decent gas stove . 

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

11 minutes ago, fastbob said:

I think I might be confused here . My idea of a Jetboil is the deep pot in the picture . It has a finned heat exchanger on the bottom ( like a radiator in reverse ) It will boil water in around one minute on any decent gas stove . 

That’s probably right but ‘Jetboil’ is a brand that charges a fortune for something that looks just like yours. I’m talking 90-140 quid, that’s the jetboil that kicked off the conversation.

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

Doesn’t look like it’s worth that sort of money but for less I’d be tempted. 

[fastbob]

8 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

That’s probably right but ‘Jetboil’ is a brand that charges a fortune for something that looks just like yours. I’m talking 90-140 quid, that’s the jetboil that kicked off the conversation.

 

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

21 minutes ago, fastbob said:

 

 Thanks for that, so you balance this on top of a normal burner and the heat exchange (which just looks like corrugated metal?) somehow speeds up heating. By a lot?

[Bender]

1 hour ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

 Thanks for that, so you balance this on top of a normal burner and the heat exchange (which just looks like corrugated metal?) somehow speeds up heating. By a lot?

 

[Slowlycatchymonkey]

13 minutes ago, Bender said:

 

That’s impressive. 

[fastbob]

30 minutes ago, Bender said:

 

By a huge amount . Not only that , the gas cannister fits inside it and the stove sits on top of that along with a cigarette lighter and the NON SCRATCH plastic cutlery fits down the side and stops the whole thing rattling . ( Which is where the whole plastic cutlery shitstorm started in the first place . ) 

Edited January 7, 2021 by fastbob

[skyrider]

13 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

That’s probably right but ‘Jetboil’ is a brand that charges a fortune for something that looks just like yours. I’m talking 90-140 quid, that’s the jetboil that kicked off the conversation.

strewth thats an expensive kettle 

[Keeper96]

On the stove subject does anyone take one of the cheap gas stoves woth them? The ones come in a mini brief case type thing and cost about £10 from Halfords etc?