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Kind tip for you: you can use wave jaws' rounded part instead of your spanner. It holds and turns nuts pretty well without skipping
I also carry a Leatherman, absolutely invaluable
Please please tell me you protect the head of your toothbrush with at least a plastic bag around all that dirty stuff. Pleeeease tell me, I need this.
Hard recommend that you swap that spanner out for a 125mm knipex pliers wrench
I'm surprised you not using "pro mechanic loved product" Fenwicks chain lube. I bought it after watching that video and its absolute shite, washes off after short wet commute
FRANCIS you should try "Knipex pliers wrench" instead of adjustable spanner from this video. They come in different sizes and can be used as a press or pliers, not only as a spanner. They have smooth jaws without teeth. Very handy!
A Jaffa Cake is a cake and not a biscuit. McVitie's won a legal case in the 90s with the court ruling in their favour. VAT is applied to chocolate covered biscuits but not applied to chocolate covered cakes, so it was a big deal for McVitie's.
The roll-on sun lotion, you can save a few £ and get better protection with Tesco's Soleil range it has the highest UVA and UVB protection better than 99% of the branded alternatives including Nivea!
3:32 no way, Park Tool GP-2 Pre-Glued patch kit is the one! Use the little square of sandpaper in the kit, stretch out the tube slightly when applying the patch and it’s been 100% reliable for me. Last time I got a puncture I found a patch on the tube from around 2-3 years ago still holding on just fine.
Strapping tape I recommend, cannot be torn only cut. Spray plaster, for cuts and grazes.
Tajin is goated – was not expecting that hahaha
Interesting comment on pre-glued patches. After a string of them not sticking, I gave up. I was cast as a heretic for doing so! I don't mind doing the extra steps with real glue if the patch is going to last more than a few minutes. Problem is the quality of the glue has gone way downhill of late (I'm an old guy) In decades past, the glue had some ingredients that are now missing from most of the glues I've tried. And that includes Park!
Some specific chemicals are prerequisites for the glue to work. And yes, I burnish the rubber, yada, yada, yada. I've been cycling for over half a century and done it on three continents.
Hey guys what is your opinion on wich material your tyre leavers are made of? Personally i had some hard plastic ones (broken multiple times) and now I'm using metal ones ( risking to scratch and brake my rims).
But tomatoes are fruits?
I can't beleive you still have the tiny bottle of Tajin or did the one I give you get replaced?
The "super glue" in the patch kits will dry out over time. You can look for "rubber cement" which is the same thing.
I just love this kind of cycling content. Thanks!
It has been years, like the late 90's, since I visited Singapore, but one the place I found so amazing was the Singapore Zoo. Check it out, and please make a video!
That Leatherman with the locking blade would definitely not be legal to carry in the UK.
I’ve always loved your videos but the music you’ve chosen for this series always gives me “Quentin Tarantino” movie vibes. Cheers!! 🤗 🇨🇦
Lol idiot friends, that's so true 😂😂
Small addition to your kit Francis… Purification tablets. Just pop one in any mysterious sourced water and you're golden.
HOT and/or Looooong ride days they just save your bacon from risk.
My stupid Schwalbe Kojaks are nearly impossible to remove without levers, and I haven't needed levers since the 90's.
5:48 a tiny bottle of what?
Hi guys,
Been enjoying your videos. I guess you're already in Singapore now when you read this. But just wondering whether you manage to set foot on the most sounthern point of the Asian continent, which is the southern tip of the state of Johor which is before Singapore. Don't let people tell you otherwise, other most south countries and territories in Asia are islands so they don't count
Do you ever ride car free roads on this trip? 😢
I am from malaysia… u guys are realy very kindnes by donate some money to the old guy… goosebumps for your kindness.. welcome to malayisa…❤❤❤
I always carry a full patch kit and and the stick on patches. The stick on patches are fine if the tube is dry, sanded and the patch is held down for 2 minutes with your thumbs, this allows the glue time to cure. People forget glues don't fix in a second, the chemical reaction takes time.
Pringles, ultra, ultra processed = B.A.D
Must be difficult to shout out SkinGrowsBack on the bar bag. After all the videos, a random shifter and Nivea roll-on deo get more attention.
enjoy malaysia
another fact about pringles , theyre SHIT ! 🤣
In interviews with those riding with Francis on a bike packing trip, the answer to the question "What is in your survival kit?" was universally, "don't have one, why do you think that we bring Francis? He packs everything!"
Haha I have the oppostite opinion of the patch kits. Never a problem with the self adhesive, never get a rubber cement one to hold air for more than a day. Plus the glue always dries up, then you're o the side of the road phoneing for help..
What’s the name of the title music ?
Hi, what do you use for editing videos when travelling, laptop or tablet, and what software do you use? Love the videos, just how good is bike packing through Asia? 👊🏼 we are finally going on a northern Vietnam tour this year, originally planned for 2020…… 🥺 we rode the Mae Hon Song loop in Thailand in 2017 and loved it, but those hills…… 😳
Good selection of bits, like the adjustable spanner wasn't expecting that.
Since pringles doesnt have enough potato then wtf is in it?
There's not enough potato in a Jaffa Cake to call it a biscuit or a cake
the adjustable spanner in Indonesian called "English Key" . no idea why
Multi tools… very useful UNLESS the bits aren't long enough… I changed to a longer reach Park Tools one, and carry a small separate chain breaker and spoke key.
spanner is a bit big, the best one is with thin ends, i think you cant take off pedals like garmin vectors 2s with wide-ended spanner unfortunalety )
The music reminds me of Bojack Horseman. and i like it.
Take a rest in the afternoon and wake up 4.30am to ride with lights
Vietnam to sg? Crazy
Thanks for the charity