Comments on: Broken Gear: Two Years of Bike Travel

By: Alee | CyclingAbout.com

Alee | CyclingAbout.com — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 05:03:00 +0000

In reply to Ted. You're right, that was a typo! Thanks. :)

By: Ted

Ted — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 21:20:00 +0000

Number 8: The NeoAir Mattress ist made by Therm-a-rest, not MSR.
Great Article though, thank you very much.

By: Alee | CyclingAbout.com

Alee | CyclingAbout.com — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 22:04:00 +0000

In reply to Greg. Hi Greg. I couldn't get an iPhone 5 charging off my PP+ cables, but I was told that a working adapter was being produced in late-2013. You might need to chase that up with PP+. Charging an iPhone through the V4i battery is fine. Alee

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 04:31:00 +0000

I’m trying to get my iphone5 charged from my Schmidt SON 28 dynamo using a Universal-i-cable from PedalPower. It produces a steady 5.3V, but does not charge my phone when I use the PedalPower USB adapter and my Apple-supplied iphone5 charger cable. Has anyone had experience of charging and iphone5 successfully with a dynamo, using this cable? Will the addition of PedalPower’s V4i kit make a difference?

By: Alee Denham

Alee Denham — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 08:42:00 +0000

In reply to seesfarther.

Great to hear that you’ve had warranty success with those companies. I will have to hit Leatherman up! I’m currently battling with Spot regarding our Tracker – they’re one of the worst companies I’ve had the pleasure of dealing with.

By: seesfarther

seesfarther — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 07:08:00 +0000

Hi – Am enjoying the website! Tons of good info. I second the idea that you contact Leatherman. They replaced a knife on which I broke a blade by using it as a prybar. No questions asked – just an immediate replacement. FWIW, I’ve had similar response from MSR with a tent that had issues with the urethane coating on the fly – another immediate replacement with no questions asked. Try that with some cheap no name piece of shit import off eBay.

By: SteriPEN

SteriPEN — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 14:01:00 +0000

Wondering about the issues you encountered with your SteriPENs. Most can be activated 8,000 times to treat up to 8,000 liters. Usually when a device only works for a short time it is because the wrong type of battery was used. Hope you will contact our technical support team to troubleshoot your devices: support@steripen.com or by phone: 888-826-6234 (in the US).

By: Bethany

Bethany — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 08:34:00 +0000

If you send your Leatherman into the company they will fix it up as good as new or replace it, I’ve done it with two of mine. 🙂

I second the Nalgene comment.

By: Alee Denham

Alee Denham — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 23:44:00 +0000

In reply to Brendan Loudermilk. We carried 2-3 sets of pads at all times, restocking when we could, and had no problems at all!

By: Brendan Loudermilk

Brendan Loudermilk — Wed, 10 Sep 2014 16:26:00 +0000

Good to see a long-distance tourer using disc brakes after hearing so many people claim they “shouldn’t be used” outside of US and Western Europe. Did you have any issues with them on the road? Was it easy to find pads around or did you just pack a few?