Lookup a guy called Jerry Gore. He’s a Type 1 diabetic who has done a lot of big wall climbing in very isolated parts of the world. He often talks about how he manages being diabetic while at the arse end of nowhere.

https://www.lifesystems.co.uk/athletes/jerry-gore

438 days by Jonathan Franklin. All about a Mexican fisherman who gets washed across the Pacific Ocean with next to nothing in his boat.
The best book I’ve read this year.

Pre orders for the stooge speedball opened today. http://stoogecycles.co.uk/product/steel-speedball-pre-order-200-deposit-799/ I've been riding a Krampus with a rohloff for a few years now, which I love, it's a lot of fun it's also idiot proof. I've tried various drop outs with the QR rohloff and ha...

.....travers Russ Ti

And the best named bike ever .....the Carver gnarvester
http://carverbikes.com/bikes/titanium-gnarvester/

Cheers and thank you for tolerating my less than perfect English.

Can I get a copy of the gpx. I've managed to get a week free in September.

Cheers

"Pedal faster, I hear banjos"

I'm in. As the first to quit last year I've made the point of making sure I don't finish a week of night shifts the day before this year.

I'm off tonight for a group ride with a load of enduro type folks, its always a good laugh, last time mountain rescue and a helicopter was involved and I had a go on a long travel e-bike I'm always being asked about my bike as its not like all the other colourful bouncy bikes (Krampus + rohloff), be...

Fantastic work Ian. Really enjoyed reading that and watching your blue dot. You're clearly a very strong individual both physically and mentally.

Epic, inspiring stuff.
Hope the scars heal quickly.

Love it. This is how I'm doing the 200 (starting Thursday) can't wait.

but you already knew that! (I've just read top half of the thread)

Last year the final route was sent split in two, one out and one back with the change over at the old dungeon gyll pub. Its a weak excuse for a pint and a pie

I've done about 2000km now on my krampus and Rohloff. Absolutely love it, Pros -Idiot proof drivetrain, it just works. -Quiet (no chain noise ) -had no issues at all with it (so far) -oil changes is easy Cons -It's a lot of weight out back. My back wheel is the best part of 3kg Dually rim and chroni...

Didn't know Nevis sports, but it's the one above the deli and fancy curry house. It's a big shop so I reckon alpkits full range will be in it.

Alpkit are renovating a shop in Hathersage in the Peak District, should be opening soon. Aparantly it's going to stick their full range of demo bikes and I would assume all of their bikepacking kit.
It's going to cost me a bloody fortune as it's about 200 meters from my house.

"Pedal faster, I hear banjos."
Can't remember where I heard it.

We have just subscribed to this scheme. £25 initially and then about £8 a month. When your kids out grows the bike send it back and get the next size up. It's quite a new scheme ( I think) so all the bikes they are sending out are brand new frog bikes but as it builds they will be sending out refurb...

If you're concerned about using BMI to track weight loss (for example if your built like a muscly gorilla) a good measure to look into is hip to waist ratio, I'm seeing it used more and more in patients notes at work. (I'm an ICU nurse, I don't help folks manage weight loss but I do see a lot of gas...

The jenn ride was one of my favourite trips last year alongside the Cairngorms loop which was my first big ride. Had a great year year but it fizzled out a bit at the end. Achievable 2017 Ride more km than 2016 Bivi a month Cairngorms loop Lakes 200/jenn ride Ride from my house (Peak District) for f...

I got one of these from father xmas a few years back. Love it.
https://www.bikerumor.com/2014/11/19/fi ... t-to-last/

Just used this morning with the airshot for my chronicles on dually rims. No problem.

Search this forum for the peak 200 route.Don't know how far from the peak you are but It circumnavigates the Peak District. Cycle to it and pick a direction. Loads of spots on it to bivi Derwent valley/Dams are a good place for a first wild camp/Bivi with a tap behind fairholmes cafe if getting wate...

Well, I'm now in Burger King in Oswestry eating donkey bollocks and chips on my way home. :cry: It turns out that finishing a string of night shifts a few days before a big ride is unhelpful. Bailed about 45 km in after pushing up too much stuff that I know I could ride. Gutted as the conditions wer...

I'll be at the back. I will be following a trail of tyre marks, bike parts, dead garmins and tears.

The main question I have for folks that have already been through Knighton is.....

Chips, kebab or both?