Just you wait and see some of the absolutely absurd ideas I have.redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 5:17 pm Aha... No worries and thanks for the clarification. To be fair I do often have the oddest of ideas
I make most people look sensible
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Just you wait and see some of the absolutely absurd ideas I have.redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 5:17 pm Aha... No worries and thanks for the clarification. To be fair I do often have the oddest of ideas
I took part in an event like that last year, it was great fun. As the rules said nothing about not using a gps, (I event asked and event organiser) we spent 10 minutes at the start tapping in all the waypoints and plotting a route to follow on the Garmin. We soon got past most other competitors as they were constantly stopping to look at their maps!redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 4:17 pm Why not a full on 100 miler (or 143 to make it 200km if you must but 100 for me is plenty type2 and 1 fun) with maps dished out at the start point and somehow make your way across the points and, erm, get points...
Just finished reading that straight after Ian Barringtons 2014 report... Enjoyed em both and very informative...ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 8:48 am Shafiq (autocorrects to Shadow. I think you should adopt that name). Here's my take on my one, and so far only, BB200.
https://www.blog.scotroutes.com/2016/10 ... ekend.html
Well last year you just lifted your head up by 45 degrees and opened your mouth ....Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 5:55 pm It's Wales in October - why on earth would you take 3 water bottles?
Just something I'd been thinking through (ie. 1 or 3...)... 2 bottles it is thenBearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 5:55 pm It's Wales in October - why on earth would you take 3 water bottles?
2nd one for hygiene duties and washing of hands etc. It'll remain clean so the possibilities are endless...
On the BB2002nd one for hygiene duties and washing of hands
Oh... I think you thought I meant having a shower or summat like that no?? I'm talking of cat trowel stuff... surely most people be expecting to go toilet within the 30 hours at some point yeah/no?? Maybe my GI tract is a bit fast!! ... water for washing self after down under carriageBearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:43 pmOn the BB2002nd one for hygiene duties and washing of hands
Possibly a cultural thing here. If I have to "go" outdoors I make do with paper/wipes. I also carry antibacterial hand gel.redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:25 pmOh... I think you thought I meant having a shower or summat like that no?? I'm talking of cat trowel stuff... surely most people be expecting to go toilet within the 30 hours at some point yeah/no?? Maybe my GI tract is a bit fast!! ... water for washing self after down under carriageBearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:43 pmOn the BB2002nd one for hygiene duties and washing of hands
Thats right colin (religious thing). Probably coukd get away with wipes (not sure) but as a general rule of thumb, after spending a penny or a pound, in Islam, one must wash themselves (if able to do so... but must try bestest)...ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 11:29 pmPossibly a cultural thing here. If I have to "go" outdoors I make do with paper/wipes. I also carry antibacterial hand gel.redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 10:25 pmOh... I think you thought I meant having a shower or summat like that no?? I'm talking of cat trowel stuff... surely most people be expecting to go toilet within the 30 hours at some point yeah/no?? Maybe my GI tract is a bit fast!! ... water for washing self after down under carriageBearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed Jul 10, 2019 9:43 pmOn the BB2002nd one for hygiene duties and washing of hands
That conjures up images of the Monty Python sketch "Upper Class Twit of the Year"benconnolli wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 1:20 am If I had a large group of bikepacking pals all in one place for a theoretical event I’d like to hold the bikepacking equivalent of the fixie ally cats.
Events like the hurdles over gates, some tarp pitching, dangley mug jousting where you have to fill competitors mug with water/sheep muk, skid contest, transporting inconveniently large items on your bike, a slow race, egg and spoon and bike and bumps, three legged four wheeled. Just general messing about with bikes and kit.
I'll never look at that shop the same again
Kamchatka?Alpinum wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 8:22 am Perfect event?
You get a starting point and an ending point between which is wilderness.
Similar to the AMWC just longer and in an area with less bushes and more emptyness.
I'd want food from pouches, kg's of pepper/rosemary macadamia and chocolate. Frozen underpants and dangerous glacier crossing, fierce river fords and fire spitting dragons. No humans for multiple weeks. Ghosts and moving shadows instead. Strong winds.
Seems I need a holiday soon...
might that explain where they got their name from...RIP wrote: ↑Thu Jul 11, 2019 9:40 am