BB300

[Bearbonesnorm]

As you may know, entries for the BB200 open on July 1st. However, entries for the BB300 won't be available directly from the website. Why? Mainly because some people have difficulty getting their name right, so asking them to choose which event they'd like to enter and selecting the correct answer, may prove too much.

Instead, anyone wishing to ride the BB300 should email me this week stuart@bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk and request an entry link - from there you'll be able to enter in the normal way.

Can I just remind everyone that BB300 places are only available to those who already have a BLACK BB200 badge. Hopefully, no one will feel that this is some form of elitism, it's just a sensible precaution which may safeguard some people from themselves. If you don't have the required black badge, please don't ask if I'll make an exception. I'll probably be quite polite the first couple of times ... but after that

There you go, if you can email sooner rather than later, it'd be much appreciated.

[sean_iow]

Done Too early for a what tyres / gear ratio thread?

[Asposium]

Are black badges refundable so as to remove temptation?

[Mike]

[Dyffers]

I'm in.

Hoping for the off road equivalent of the TINAT 400 last week, as in relentless but ridable.

Think I might book Monday off work and plan for a bit of kip before the drive back to Dorset.

[slarge]

Email sent also. Looking forward to it in a strange self flagellation kind of way.....

[johnnystorm]

Email sent, what was I thinking?!

[whitestone]

So is the email a full commitment to do the 300 or is dropping back to the 200 an option on the day should you not feel up to it (or are scared and want your mummy )? I probably won't know my level of fitness for another couple of months so while I'd like to keep my options open equally I wouldn't want to take up a "place" that someone else who might be fully fit could take.

Not that I'm hedging my bets or anything

[Bearbonesnorm]

Tricky Bob ... especially as you'll only receive one gpx file Also, while the 300 won't be a completely different route, it won't simply be an additional 'add-on' to the 200 either.

[Karl]

Come on Bob all or nothing....it shouldn't be a heatwave then either so you'll be fine!

[sean_iow]

Will the route pass any cows?

Sorry Karl, I couldn't stop myself. How's the leg now? Hopefully better than when I last saw it.

[ianfitz]

So is the email a full commitment to do the 300 or is dropping back to the 200 an option on the day should you not feel up to it (or are scared and want your mummy )? I probably won't know my level of fitness for another couple of months so while I'd like to keep my options open equally I wouldn't want to take up a "place" that someone else who might be fully fit could take.

Not that I'm hedging my bets or anything

I know where my fitness is at. No email from me.

If I can get a black badge on the 200 this year it will be a miracle.

[Ian]

Will the route pass any cows?

Cows in Wales? Baaaa.

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Email sent - I need something to aim for this year.

[Chicken Legs]

Email sent.

"Real adventure is not polished it burns brightest on the maps edges but it exists in all of us.
It exists at the intersection of imagination and the ridiculous"

[voodoo_simon]

Tricky Bob ... especially as you'll only receive one gpx file Also, while the 300 won't be a completely different route, it won't simply be an additional 'add-on' to the 200 either.

Figure of 8 Sorts the men from the boys*


*or ladies from the girls

[Bearbonesnorm]

Figure of 8

Nope ... 'cos it makes bailing out too tempting

[Karl]

I spent the day avoiding cows.....there everywhere it's ridiculous. Had a 'dream' (nightmare) about them the other night.

[Matt]

Some muppets just can’t use the internet!

How many times for the T-shirt?

[Richard G]

I spent the day avoiding cows.....there everywhere it's ridiculous. Had a 'dream' (nightmare) about them the other night.

I saw a bunch of the most chilled cows you've ever seen in Italy. Was legit relaxing.

[darbeze]

If you receive a BB300 entry from me, please consider that my email account must have been hacked!

I think the 200 will be plenty enough for me.

[mountainbaker]

Emailed!

[Matt]

I have a Black badge.....

[Dave Barter]

Another hand in the air

[Bearbonesnorm]

Looks like a good field forming.

I should have mentioned, don't expect the entry link until later this week.

[Mike]

Matt, ud better enter then