So one week to go and I'm seeing pictures and hearing of a good powder dump on the cairngorm range ready for this weekends skiers, sounds like it could be an epic for the event next week.
Anyone else on here doing it, I'm looking for some water wings for the burn crossings

Something I'm rubbish at, as I'm a bit like a rabbit in the headlights when given food choices. I've often ridden with people who come out of a shop with good choices while I have chosen junk. I'm not talking your preferred food that you'd take from the word go, I'm talking food from your average 7-...

Ride far - Eat Shedloads

Good call on the bumbag, will be copying that great idea :D
I generally put everything in the front bag required to make camp, so that bag only gets opened at the end of the day. All clothes in the rear.

Interesting, wonder if this recce ride is an idea for an event.
Did the TransProvence a few years ago and rode from Nice to Monaco, which is where is gets really interesting. Would be interesting to catch some other areas of France.

Great ride there. Looks like ace conditions too.
So has that stirred up some competitive mojo Ian

Road race, black eye, Numpties

Entries open on the EWE site.

I would be *very* interested in a dynamo that could switch between charging USB devices and running/charging lights. Best of luck with it, I'll definitely be watching as things develop. Just building one myself, Dynamo wheel is built, the MYOG circuits not to difficult. It's just making it watertig...

Plenty of Cove Hummers have died, I known at least two. Sounds good Ian, I'm slightly confused how they could have shortened the chainstays and improved ring clearance and added a brace! Will be interested to see it. I'm happy with my decision on quitting. Mine and a highly respected welding instruc...

I don't want to break your bubble of joy Ian, but check it over very carefully. Check the wheel alignment.
Just speaking from experience after receiving a similar "fantastic job" message.

Nice job. Looks good especially the handsome chap on the first photo

Is a page listing facilities available at the start or on route worthwhile. Promote good local stores, camping and B&B near the start and any water stops maybe.

Jack

If your quoting a record time for a route it has to be the actual time taken surely. otherwise you can stop and rest for hours and refuel in comfort.

have fun, will have to tick that one off one day soon

Fancied one of their ultra light vests, shame they are not on the sale list.

I have a large minimus jacket and it's generous in size.

Racers reporting various problems and scrapes, Mike Hall is not immune either. Seems he had to backtrack to find a way out of Albania and is struggling to find Tarmac so doing tough miles that don't count and has snapped a rear mech mount. Albania sounds scary too. 3000 km though, mental. One guy re...

Good view of the sky at the weekend but nowt else. Happy I was comfortable in my Rab Nutrino bag despite 0 degs though. Thetford forest resonates to the sound of gun fire late into the night though which was worrying :? http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/6789793630_3a9cbbdf01.jpg Untitled by numplum...

A stove powered pressure washer for mid ride bike cleaning.

Really jealous now, Mike having lunch in Carcassonne, a superb place. Big lumps of foothills of Mountains for a while today then. Looks like hes way ahead already. Sean on his way to flight to go to South America. Someone tweeted a warning earlier that a guy in India had been jailed for carrying a s...

Quite fancy a sort of half frame bag myself, one that allows the vertical bottle use only, any views on those Ian. :?:

Going to get my Feb outing in this weekend. Ride out to Thetford Forrest, Bivy and then meet up with the racers at the final winter race.

That's great seeing mikes route. Boy that ride across Oz is going to be a mind melter. I have 3 ex pat biking buddies in Adelaide, will try and get them to ride out and meet him if possible nearer the time.

according to Wiki "The record criteria requires the rider to cover 28,970 kilometers by bike, in an East to West or West to East direction, wavering no more than 5 degrees off course.The total journey distance must be a minimum of 40,075 kilometers, to include all transit by flight or sea. The ...

I've always travelled with a softbag and had no problems on probably 20+ trips over the years. I use some light wooden battens fixed from side to side to strengthen against impacts that way. Bolt a wooden batten to the bottom of the forks and across the rear wheel mount and your pretty strong. The b...

Mike hall is sending twitter updates back , he's normally_human on there. One guy has flown to Spain already, so he gets a nice warm ride through Africa to start, sounds like a good a good plan. Interesting ready the record rules on Wikipedia, you have to ride through opposing places on the planet a...