A version of the Camino. Not the most difficult. But something on my bucket list.

If you want your skills sharpened up ride with someone better than yourself. Someone who likes a bit of exploring and bush wacking, and will show you a few new challenging bits of trails. Someone who will push your skill limits, because if they can do it so can you.... eventually.

Thanks

C

Is the butchers in the car park behind boots the perfume shop, and thus next to Mike's bikes?

Please do.

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For those travelling up next Friday. Depending on your travel times and route you might want to try and avoid the new forth road bridge. It's been an hour or more wait during rush hour. Today (friday) its was well over an hour from 3pm onwards, and it was over an hour on the kincardine bridge as wel...

I was in Aviemore four weeks ago and the new petrol station looked almost completed, and I was wondering if it is open yet or when will it open?

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C

So we know the date. Do we know the venue yet?

Cheers

C

boxelder wrote:JustChris - sounds like the GT24

Yes thanks.
And it seems to be Facebook group entry.

C

Scotlands european, anyway, Alasdair and Tam of this forum did a low profile race recently. Sort of bikepacking but you could do it in 20 hours if you are really quick. Gary tompsett organised it. It's from Glasgow docks, milnigavie, up the whw, then using a variation of the great glen to Inverness....

chris n wrote: Don't bother with a lock, bog roll...

Always take the bog roll!

OK.... Lycra. It's very tight fitting, with silicone cuffs, but does Lycra keep ticks out, and thus not attaching? I was out with a friend, who took the piss a bit about me wearing lycra. I have always found it comfier, drier and easier to move about the saddle, but he said it was bull that it preve...

Got sunburn in aviemore yesterday.....

BreninBeener wrote:.

My attempts at watching this are currently frustrated by the site not showing peoples coveed distance or race oosition other than the numbers on the map. Is it working for anyone else?

It's because there are checkpoints not a set route. You make your own route.

Xking 2.4 protection works well in the cairngorm. Fast, tough, light enough, but a little grippy compared to your other suggestions. But that's no bad thing.

Yep keep away from crossmark 1. Super fast but super slick in the moist. Deadly in the wet.

ZeroDarkBivi wrote:For those of you who have ridden this before, what bike would you choose between;

A Salsa Spearfish

A Rigid 27+

Both have gears, I am not crazy...or strong!

Take the 27+ if the water levels are high, the plus tyres will float and you can use it like a raft!

Dave Barter wrote:. No point grassing, simply downgrade them on the respectometer.

I think that will do me. And as Jameso says it's the style you do it.

I just want to be totally clear about what is and not allowed.

Cheers.

C

Sean_iow, you're correct. Once the timer starts you can ring. Always has been that way. Sean and Greg- I read it as TD rules 4. Modus operandi. Blah blah blah- any services utilized must always be commercially available to all challengers and not pre-arranged. I don't see where the rules defines th...

I know where I stand but a blog sort of made me question things. Is good planning knowing the phone number of hotels on the way...

No names and event changed to protect the innocent.

Cheers guys.

C

Help me out. Read a blog recently and something jumped out at me as being against the sort of rules of selfsupported bikepacking racing. Are these ok with you. 1.Is it ok if you were in the GD of the HT550 to phone the chippy in Fort Augustus to see if they had a certain type of food. Say black pudd...

I use virtual power training on my turbo. I use my turbo quite alot due to time constraints. I find it a huge benefit, sticking to the prescribed workouts. I had a borrow of a mtb with a stages, and was not particularly impressed. But the terrain I was on did not help. Rough technical riding with a ...

GregMay wrote:JP into the second half of the Basin now, onto the racers re-route.

He's top 10 now after starting a day behind everyone.

Was it one or two days?

Had a quick look on trackleaders at RAAM. I know it's not bikepacking/selfsupported but it is very impressive how fast they are covering ground especially the solo riders.

Bearbonesnorm wrote:Have you seen the Cumulus 'Dynamic' Chris?

http://sleepingbags-cumulus.eu/uk/categ ... =120&vid=6

500g and a stated 8 degree comfort rating.

That looks pretty good. And it's a smidge larger than the OOM raid.

Thanks.

Much to ponder. Thanks guys.

C