Fingers crossed for you reg.
Do your FS wheels happen to be compatible with your usual ride?

enough that I'll sleep the night

Anyone headed north east?

I have a 95k route planed taking in Bwlch y Groes and Vyrnwy. I imagine I'll be tackling that part in the dark.

wow, even stolen from a foreign country?

Home insurance is another you have to be careful with. An integrated garage can be classed as an outbuilding, and outbuildings sometimes have their own smaller limits. Policy wording is a minefield - and tedious!

I've been looking into this, for my upcoming trip. Be very careful around the policy wording. Insure and go (as a few have recommended) has a single article limit of £1000. That would be your bicycle. I'm sure many have very valuable bikes.

@escape goat Don't worry you're not the only BB200 newbie. I am too. (Though not to Stu's events). I too have a lot of the same apprehensions as you. @john climber. Great. It'll be nice to have some pictures. A fellow photography enthusiast here :ugeek: I'm one of those 6 on the spotwalla page. Got ...

I'm booked in at the inn. I do have a twin and would consider sharing. Room mate must be non murderer and not mind getting a decent night's kip

Hello. Another BB200 newbie here. The most I'd ridden in one go when signing up was 95km a few years ago. I've since been 'training' (and I've made it up to 100km in daylight. I found I started to get exhausted around 90km, but I believe that's not eating regularly enough. Worried? - no, though I am...

I've had a bit of success playing around with my etrex touch being a techie. Turns out a file was corrupt and that file is created on startup. I deleted the corrupt GaminDevice.xml file and all is good again. Even got Garmin to re-instate my expired "birds eye" (OS maps) credits, and they ...

Thanks for all the replies! I had looked at the wahoo (it does look good), and others, but without a removable batter you have to plug it in to charge on the go, which in welsh weather could lead to water getting in (or putting it in a waterproof bag). Removable batteries are just a 20 second swap a...

I've got a Garmin Etrex 35 touchscreen. It's caused me a lot of problems recently. So I'm looking at alternatives. Can anyone recommend anything? My main requirements are: OS mapping capable/compatible multi-day battery life (be it with replaceable or whatever). Waterproof bar mountable Recently it ...

I'm in. Look forward to seeing everyone again. Hope, if you haven't got too many already, to join you again Reg?
P.S. I had the blue room last year. Not bad.

I had a similar problem after last years winter event. It lasted about 7 days. Doc also said not to take any diarrhea relief medicine, and take buscopan for the stomach pain. I ate very little during, can't recall if that was involuntary or based on advice. What I did afterwards was buy a water bott...

Sold out I forgot until now as I was painting new house

I've used my mug every week day since this year's winter event. Its great. Stops my coffee spilling on the long trek back from the kitchen at work. Though the bearbones branding has washed off :( Also have my Blackburn seat bag I won on the raffle a few years ago that has been on every bikepacking r...

If you're looking for MTB near Cardiff, there's Cwmcarn trail centre, Afan argoed (a bit further). There's also a load of natural singletrack around Caerphilly mountain/Castle Coch/Rudry area. Strava heatmap will help in finding this. There's also the taff trail which is a traffic free (tarmac) rout...

Blair512 wrote:Lost my Garmin, hunted for it for weeks and weeks before admitting defeat and buying a new one. The old one turned up in a drawer the very same day, misses still thinks I hid it there so justify an upgrade!

That's a good tip. I'll remember that one next time I need an upgrade

too big for me :( i'd need medium. Good luck selling though.

Sorry to hear that. Time for a change of hobby?

what size are they?

Did anyone find the GLB?

I completely forgot to keep an eye out.

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

You two definitely haven't won then.

You stick to yer guns fella. We'll have none of that kg nonsense 'ere ......... although grams is the preferred unit for weighing smaller stuff obviously.

As it's the 10th WRT i think the scale of weight should be of the same order. Metric!

I think the format is great as is. I think if you want to attract new riders it needs more advertising. The first year I attended I knew nothing. I did it alone. I had super noodles, a method stove I couldn't figure out how to use, a sleeping bag only suitable for the tropics. I got lost on a mounta...

I'm currently on the peninsula this week. I found there's not much off road here, unless you like sloppy farm fields. On the plus side the roads are quiet (and narrow). It's also hillier than I was expecting. It's worth a trip to the end for the view, but I'd prefer Snowdonia

Sorry it was the seatstay not the chainstay