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- Sun Oct 08, 2023 8:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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Re: BB200 2023
Blimey that was ridiculously hard. I actually got through the bit that most people were moaning about OK. It was the flaming lakes / byways that caused the sense of humour failure. Pizza at Llanwrtyd Wells saved the day. 31 hrs and 1 minute! I am now broken... Excellent job sticking with it. That'l...
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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- Sun Oct 08, 2023 3:20 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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Re: BB200 2023
Hub deep? Some of them came up to the top of my wheels!
- Sun Oct 08, 2023 2:34 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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Re: BB200 2023
Wonder if anyoe will try beat that next week. No-one is beating that on that course next week. I'll bet £50 for Welsh Air Ambulance. I'm still not entirely sure how it's possible as I'm fairly certain I spent that long in *** areas redacted ***. Oh, and after next week's is done, I'd love to get so...
- Sat Oct 07, 2023 8:41 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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Re: BB200 2023
F*cking hell Stu.
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:52 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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Re: BB200 2023
Shame about the rain tonight. Will make things much slower.
I gave up on the bike and headed up. Will sort in the morning.
I gave up on the bike and headed up. Will sort in the morning.
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 5:11 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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Re: BB200 2023
Edit - Scratch that, I found another one.
Thanks.
(Currently running an hour late, bike still not ready, lol)
Thanks.
(Currently running an hour late, bike still not ready, lol)
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 11:00 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Fat Fighters '23
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Re: Fat Fighters '23
06/01/22: 67.6kg
---- BIG GAP ----
22/09/2023: 61.9kg (-0.8kg)
29/09/2023: 61.3kg (-0.6kg)
06/09/2023: 59.9kg (-1.4kg)
Guess I did make ~60kg for BB200. Just need to do a set of "depletion sprints", and then it's time to shovel half a ton of carbs into my face.
ROMNOMNOMNOMNOM
---- BIG GAP ----
22/09/2023: 61.9kg (-0.8kg)
29/09/2023: 61.3kg (-0.6kg)
06/09/2023: 59.9kg (-1.4kg)
Guess I did make ~60kg for BB200. Just need to do a set of "depletion sprints", and then it's time to shovel half a ton of carbs into my face.
ROMNOMNOMNOMNOM
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:58 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 2023 BB200/300 weights thread
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Re: 2023 BB200/300 weights thread
Just weighed it, 1.7kg of food. That's enough to get me round without stopping, unless something goes horribly wrong.
- Fri Oct 06, 2023 10:46 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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Re: BB200 2023
That sounds bloody horrendous! It took me a couple of hours, but I did seriously regret my life choices. Had to do a lot of it standing up too, because unsurprisingly weighted vests aren't really made for riding in. I'm out with a DNS already. Lower back pain causing me to move about like a sloth f...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 10:36 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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Re: BB200 2023
Given water isn't calories, it's definitely not cheating. In fact, if you want to actually be able to burn your fat stores effectively, you definitely need water. I appreciate you have different requirements on that front though. From memory, my longest fastest ride was 11 hours, wearing a 15kg weig...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 9:32 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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Re: BB200 2023
Like bollocks do I. Are you mad?
Even the raciest racing snake could easily pull 10,000kcal from their fat stores. Though they probably wouldn't enjoy the experience (nor the speed).
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:55 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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- Thu Oct 05, 2023 6:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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Re: BB200 2023
Riderdown: I calculated 1,200gms of carbs (for 20 hours moving) and taking 1,000 gms to get me to the stop about 3/4 of the way round. Plus emergency rations. About 800 for me. I'm sick of carrying too much and getting to the end with like 750g of food. Almost always grab a snack at a shop anyway w...
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 9:53 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: The post man's been ...
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Re: The post man's been ...
I don't know what's going on with my Evans order. A few pairs arrived but heard nothing on them on the remaining ones.
Also, ordered a new chain for the BB200 (and in plenty of time, amazingly)... it appears to have gone missing. Can't win.
Also, ordered a new chain for the BB200 (and in plenty of time, amazingly)... it appears to have gone missing. Can't win.
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:37 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 2023 BB200/300 weights thread
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Re: 2023 BB200/300 weights thread
I was think about only having stuff for fixing punctures, allen keys for the bolts on the bike a leatherman for everything else, spare chain quick links, a hanger, a pump, tube, spare pair of pads and a spare gear cable. Yeah, that's a sensible setup. I don't carry a gear cable any more simply beca...
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 7:43 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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Re: BB200 2023
Half an hour would probably do me, so I guess I'll aim to get there for 7am and tweak the bike for a bit.
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 7:23 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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Re: BB200 2023
Only going out for me, I already know the pain of coming back. lolwhitestone wrote: ↑Wed Oct 04, 2023 7:10 pm Most of the ones I'll pick up are on the out and back to the westernmost point of the route, I think there's only five after the potential resupply point at 2/3rds distance and four of those are on the way out of town.
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 7:07 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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Re: BB200 2023
I'll pick up either 35 or 36 new Veloviewer tiles :-bd Looks like 13 here. I guess I've been more adventurous on the WRT! Plan b if really slow is an off course pub on the extreme west Really trying to avoid that. Just want to grab water and a snack by the place that I can't mention. Edit - I do li...
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 4:28 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: BB200 2023
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Re: BB200 2023
Balls, was reminded today that the start time for the 200 is 08:00. I'm going to be cutting it really close on some of the shops I wanted to get to. I think I'm going to have to go out at a much harder pace than I had originally intended. I usually start late (and hungover), but I guess not this year!
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:13 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 2023 BB200/300 weights thread
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Re: 2023 BB200/300 weights thread
I think other than what I'm wearing it'll be the usual lightweight puffy and a bin liner style waterproof (which usually ends up as a windstopper of sorts).
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 11:45 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 2023 BB200/300 weights thread
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- Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:21 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: Fat Fighters '23
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Re: Fat Fighters '23
Looks like it wasn't... I'm so glad as at least I can go back to maint cals for the last few days before the event! https://i.imgur.com/wkgzKuN.jpg Edit - More again today, would have thought I ate enough yesterday to at least stay flat. Might just take it to 2,400kcal today as I'm really not concer...
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:12 am
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 2023 BB200/300 weights thread
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Re: 2023 BB200/300 weights thread
500g for your tools is not going to make a meaningful difference to your finish time. I always go out with a fairly decent range of parts.
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 11:49 pm
- Forum: General banter
- Topic: 2023 BB200/300 weights thread
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Re: 2023 BB200/300 weights thread
I'm pretty certain I'll have at least a couple of kg of food. It's always my heaviest bit of my luggage aside from water (2.5 litres).
I'll probably eat something from a shop / takeaway, but I like to start with basically enough to get me around.
I'll probably eat something from a shop / takeaway, but I like to start with basically enough to get me around.