Holgateeng wrote: ↑Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:27 pm I'm sure there was a post about this not so long back but I can't find it

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Various useful tyres on Wiggle - Ardents, High Rollers etc, plus 3" WTB Bridgers for a tenner (listed elsewhere on the site as OEM) https://www.wiggle.co.uk/wtb-bridger-tcs-light-rolling-tyre EDIT _ Ikons too and 700c WTB Resolutes. Looks like black only? If anyone wants a 650b / 27.5 skinwall...

Ace photos!

My first ascent with ChrisN in 2010:

Dave Barter wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 12:51 pm ...all of the UK road climbs...

Not sure the track at the top of the Bealach will get classified as a road climb?

i did the bealach last september in pissing down rain and 10 yard visibility at the top. would love to do it again in glorious sunshine. it is one hell of a climb and challenge. I found Great Dun Fell harder when I rode it recently, but maybe that's because I'm older and fatter than when I last did...

I was musing about the Bealach Na Ba climb last night, and that the next time I go up it I intend doing the track that goes from the road pass at 626m up to about 770m. Seen as it starts at sea level (whichever side you attack it from), is this the most height gain in any completely rideable climb i...

Richard G wrote: ↑Wed Nov 10, 2021 12:33 pm I'd wager your sleeping bag / bivi was a lot heavier than mine. Mine might keep me alive, barely... because I'm only stopping if I've hurt myself.

This. My seatpack containing life-saving sleeping bag, bivvy bag and jacket was 1.2kg. Plans A, B, C...all involved not opening my seatpack.

My first dropper post. A PNW Components Coast dropper and Loam lever. Beautiful. As a suspension post addict I’ve never had the joy of a dropper but PNW have made an air sprung suspension/dropper. Genius. Now I can have my cake and eat it. I read some reviews about those and price notwithstanding, ...

Maybe if you're doing the 200 in much less than 24 hours, you should be doing the 300. Go longer, not faster... 😈 300 is the 2022 plan. I failed my previous 300 attempt; unfinished business but I had a personal need to re-validate my black badge before I went back to 300. I'd rather success was in ...

I agree that this was a quicker course than any of the previous ones I've done. As LR says, I felt/was well under-trained so went very easy on the climbs from early on and just kept on moving. My speed from about midnight onwards was pitiful but it wasn't zero. At the start I considered sub-24 to be...

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 9:46 pm There is a good food source at K132 on the 200, right on the trail

On that basis there's a good supply of mutton around the route. Bring yer stove.

Once I've got round the rebuilding my rear wheel with a boost hub for my new frame I will have a black Pro2Evo 32 hole with either 135 QR or 142x12 end caps and an alloy HG freehub (with the usual bite marks). Send me a PM if you're interested and I'll do some photos and talk price. Understand if yo...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:16 am You'll be fine Allen - I've been told this morning by someone who received the route yesterday but who's never ridden a BB200, that "there's too much road in it" which must mean it's easy

Did they check what gradient said road was at?

Boab you've already over thought this. Firstly, don't take a mat. Secondly, you seem to be looking to spend some serious money on kit that for the vast majority of events you won't use. Thirdly, try and carry things that double up on uses. My sillylight bag is augmented by a synthetic jacket if I di...

Got a thank you reply on PayPal from the cafe.

Done.

Paid cash on the day but I've paypalled them another fiver as cafes supporting nutters doing audacious things should be supported.

... my Big Bro is 4kg heavier that this thing... I had to check the PX listing...Is a Brother BigBro really 15kg+?! :o You better believe it. My all steel Fargo is only just shy of 15kg and Krampus is >16kg :shock: Wow. No wonder you guys are so strong at climbing hills with all that weight training.

TheBrownDog wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 3:19 pm ... my Big Bro is 4kg heavier that this thing...

I had to check the PX listing...Is a Brother BigBro really 15kg+?!

Driving to work listening to the news this morning reminded me of one of the reasons I enjoy these and other hard rides: for those few hours whatever is happening in the world ceases to matter, just one linear timeline of effort, eating, miles and time.

First ride since 2018, revalidated my black badge with a 5am finish which was more than I could have hoped for with the preceding weeks inactivity. I had a moan at Stu over my bacon roll that his route was too close to fun, not what I expect from a BB event. :grin: Chatted with a few, notably was pr...

Indeed. SOL bags are for people who don't want to have to stop.

Now chuck that rain gear out and your ready for a proper ITT.

On a related topic, any tips on calculating the required calories for the whole route? Strava said 7500kJ for last year but no idea how accurate that is. No tips, mine is based on trial and error (lots of error). Most importantly, I know what I can eat when. An armful of dry sponge cake at 3am will...

PXL_20211014_144929547-01.jpeg Required survival kit and my camp kit in the seatpack. Puncture kit in the gerrycan. Lots of food (about 6000 cals) in front bags. Water, electronics, gloves, waterproof jacket in backpack. And possibly cold pizza. 2018 - 20 hours of rain, flooding half a metre deep (...

Boab wrote: ↑Thu Oct 14, 2021 1:27 pm Saturday night is starting to look a bit tasty rain wise...

A bit of light rain maybe, not starting until Saturday evening. That's a win for Mid Wales in Mid October.

I've had a punt on the Motocross ones techno linked to as they seemed like the shell waterproof tuffbags I was thinking of. Some of the others like the PX ones are thick(er) winter gloves; I am trying to find something for riding like this weekend, when the forecast is for well above 5degsC overnigh...