Thinking of doing the Tuscany Trail in 2017, so looking at flights.

For people that have ridden before, how many days did you take?

Thanks.

sleeping bags ratings are only really a guide, and a bad one at that. how warm one feels are based on many factors unrelated to the air temperature .....are you wet and cold, are you well fed, are you stressed, etc etc what is fine for one person may be too cold or hot for another. better to be slig...

Does it need a group start? I know it seems "traditional" and there's a lot of focus on group starts....... Whilst on my own for bb200(*) it was nice having someone to natter with every now and again. ((although one person wouldn't shut up, luckily I had to stop.)) I suppose if one isn't ...

joemangle wrote:Is there any plans for having this route as an event/mass start next year? If not does anyone fancy it?

I'd be interested.
Was planning on doing the route at some point next year.

as a guess, the garmin is telling a U-turn since the GPX track has cut a corner so the actual position is "off-track"; the garmin therefore wants to return to that location where they coincide.

the rocky river bed Didn't notice that bit. :-S Must have done it in the dark. In Hafran Forest, it's the next to last descent before you get to the ford. Not really a river, it's a washed out steep fire road that has a stream running down it for about half its length. I think that's the one anyway...

Had touring bars on mine. Small amount of handlebar palsy in my right pinky today, but I think that was from too much taking weight on my hands and off my aching arse. Will use a more forgiving saddle/tyre combo next time I think. :-( what are touring bars? still haven't decided on the bars for the...

thanks guys.
my gravel bike isn't finished yet (waiting on dura ace di2 disc brake shifters) so had to take the mountain bike
was glad of the mountain bike going down the rocky river bed, but did miss the comfort of my road bike

I saw a few people on a drop bars bike, how did you find it?

Couple of things in my possession which their rightful owners may want back. 1/ A bag of assorted performance enhancing drugs, left on the counter of the community centre before the start ... how did you ever manage to make it through without them? Although you probably did yourself a favour, they ...

Okay, I'm very glad that most people appeared to have had a 'good' time. Anyone who's not ridden a BB200 before and is wondering what the last 20km was all about, really ought to think themselves very, very lucky ... you genuinely got away lightly this year :wink: I'd like to say a big thank you to...

whitestone wrote:Is there anyone who rode the BB220 who didn't use the cafe?

we complained about the last 15km; how much complaint would there be if the 2017 route didn't go past the café, or if the café didn't open.

whitestone wrote: Cumulus 150 quilt; .

375g

the bacon rolls were lovely, but no, they didn't make up for the last 15km section. not event close.

the people finishing around midnight .....what sleeping gear were you carrying? presumably "just enough" to satisfy rules, yet light enough to be unnoticeable? curious what.

So who actually got it right? I went on bing maps to see if there actually is a route up from the track after the star in pub. I was doing quite well with until that. could have been worse .....my (rigid) gravel bike could have been built in time. It was nice having suspension. perhaps next time I ...

I am told that 3 others are staying at the Wynnstay arms hotel so maybe see some of you tonight. I am one of them :-bd Not anymore I'm bailing - does anyone want my room? The Wynnstay Arms is right next to the start (less than 1 minute walk). PM me and I can get it sorted. oh no, how come? bed or t...

Seriously......Stop packing for your fears. You only need one gps unit. If it fails (and how likely is that) then just bail on the road back to the finish. Either ask for directions or rip a page out of road atlas to take with you. If you're doubling up (or even tripling) on this, what other stuff ...

The Boss wrote:Great news about Glyndwr's Way Café for this weekend's riders. Belinda has just rang to say she is willing to do a night shift and will be open from 6pm Saturday until 8am Sunday. Serving baked potatoes, soup and cake

great stuff.

see you all there tomorrow.

whitestone wrote:This is in decimal format which might be easier to enter in to the Garmin
56.361220, -3.426571

52.3612509,-3.4266528

think that 56 should be a 52

Being lazy, to save me doing so, can someone get the lat long coordinates and post here?

Would be good to program into the Garmin

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

surely a hotel is within the ITT rules?
not cached, outside assistance, available to all.

Ah but it's already booked, so that's a no.

Ah yes, one would have to turn up and get an available room
I see the distinction now
naughty boy .....put him on the naughty step.

1.) Garmin Montana 610 with full UK OS 25k/50k mapping ((two spare batteries and external charger))
2.) Garmin Fenix 3 ((charger in bag))
3.) Phone ((off unless needed))

what are people using as their primary and secondary (third?) means of navigation?

Spotwalla updated with my SPOT bike light batteries on charge Lights fitted to bike hotel booked I think I'm sorted :-bd Hardly in the spirit of things :lol: It is for tonight not Saturday, honest :mrgreen: surely a hotel is within the ITT rules? not cached, outside assistance, available to all. :w...