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Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 10:16 am
by fatbikephil
summittoppler wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 10:05 am
htrider wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 9:48 am
...And, he's on a fat bike!
so he floated his way over the river crossing!
Inflate your spare inner tubes and you could!
touch wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 9:28 am
Bontyrider wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 9:26 am
Any news of Mike Sheldrake? His tracker hasn't moved but no news of him scratching?
Probably scratched but not told Greg?
You only appear on the scratch list and have the dot removed from the map once you've told Greg you're scratching.
Alan G has put an email out asking if anyone has seen him. Anyone know who he is?
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 10:33 am
by Bearbonesnorm
Looks like James is all sorted with the loan of a pump and the gift of some pads ... trail magic
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 10:47 am
by pistonbroke
Isn't that him excluded then?
I seem to remember Alan G excluding himself for similar action a few years ago.
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 10:49 am
by touch
pistonbroke wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 10:47 am
Isn't that him excluded then?
I seem to remember Alan G excluding himself for similar action a few years ago.
Possibly different in that he borrowed from a random cyclist, not a HT rider? Any ITTer could have had the same luck and James hasn't had any benefit from being in the group start compared with an ITT?
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 10:52 am
by Escape Goat
Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 10:33 am
the gift of some pads ... trail magic
I've just looked at our brake pad stock on the wall. There's many, but not every pad. How lucky someone had the same pads, but wonder about what's going to happen depending where they came from....
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 10:57 am
by ScotRoutes
It was a random passing cyclist who took them off their own bike.
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 10:58 am
by GregMay
No overnight scratches.
But Andy Jefferies just sent me a message to say he is out. Wandring back to Tyndrum at this his own pace.
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 11:02 am
by Escape Goat
ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 10:57 am
It was a random passing cyclist who took them off their own bike.
Amazing! I love people sometimes.
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 11:33 am
by thenorthwind
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 11:48 am
by cyclingtiger
Re: Mike Sheldrake. He's well known in the audax community. I can't get on there at the moment but if someone can ask on YACF if anyone knows him/is in contact with him that could be useful.
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 11:54 am
by Bontyrider
Mike Shell Sheldrake is an vaguely exciting rider from my neck of the woods - Leicester- who rode the Silk Road mountain race last year and the Italy Divide earlier this year. We pressganged him in to a talk about the Silk Road experience at Leicester Bike Park.
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 11:57 am
by Bontyrider
Oops.....that should read "vaguely exciting rider" not vaguely exciting! This is the penalty for pretending to work while frequenting bike forums!
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 12:01 pm
by ScotRoutes
They are asking about Mike Sheldrake on barebones forum – can someone let them know he has posted on instagram, looks like he is going to decide at Ullapool whether to scratch or not (I’m not registered there).
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByAKDiJFybm/
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 12:03 pm
by Bontyrider
vaguely exciting rider
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 12:08 pm
by Bearlegged
I saw Shell's talk on SRMR, really enjoyed it. I particularly liked his description of crying "tears of vulnerability". It felt like something we don't acknowledge enough in our lives these days.
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 12:15 pm
by Bontyrider
last try : should say : *excellent rider* not in the least vague!
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 12:17 pm
by GregMay
Bontyrider - there is a autocorrect built into the forum for certain overused words. You're trying to use one of them.
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 12:40 pm
by NewRetroTom
There is some good suffering going on out there this year, the like of which hasn't been seen since 2015.
This is making me think that it could be a good idea to have another crack in 2020.
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 12:45 pm
by Mariner
Bontyrider wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 12:15 pm
last try : should say : *excellent rider* not in the least vague!
Stop digging and move on.
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 12:49 pm
by touch
ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 12:01 pm
They are asking about Mike Sheldrake on barebones forum – can someone let them know he has posted on instagram, looks like he is going to decide at Ullapool whether to scratch or not (I’m not registered there).
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByAKDiJFybm/
Looks like he has sorted his tracker now, too. He's at Oykel Bridge hotel.
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 1:07 pm
by GregMay
NewRetroTom wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 12:40 pm
There is some good suffering going on out there this year, the like of which hasn't been seen since 2015.
This is making me think that it could be a good idea to have another crack in 2020.
Indeed, it's similar in my household.
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 1:13 pm
by fatbikephil
All I can see is a picture - is there text as well - if so can someone share?
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 1:16 pm
by Chew
Looks like a scene from Withnail and I
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 1:20 pm
by Escape Goat
htrider wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 1:13 pm
All I can see is a picture - is there text as well - if so can someone share?
Click on the link now, looks like it's been updated . The description is up.
Re: Highland Trail 2019
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 1:24 pm
by ScotRoutes
htrider wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 1:13 pm
All I can see is a picture - is there text as well - if so can someone share?
