More observations

Colin Baird (yellow flag) is flying along, penny just dropped as he had a very late start too from the mass start

Kerry Macphee has been remarkable, got a good lead over 2nd place

Just use the other hand…?

At my doctors, you can call up for free physio and swerve speaking to a doctor, probably quicker to get an appointment too

If my calculations (and memory!!) is correct, looks like Alex has lost about 20miles to seconds place. Think yesterday the lead was about 40miles for a long time but it’s shrunk to 20 or so

*obviously miles in this terrain isn’t the best indicator

sean_iow wrote: ↑Sat May 25, 2024 8:50 pm Slight miss-reading of the table there? The 7.5 hrs was to CP1, took 11 hours to get to 116 miles, but that's still flying

Ah yes, I was reading the clock as time gone rather than the actual time

Always amazes me the pointy end, the speed the riders do!

116 miles under 7 1/2 hours

Lord Herefords Knob is brilliant!

Saw this post and instantly thought of this place

Brothers travel the UK to seek out rude place names
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/4d2DhV ... tid=WC7FNe

What time is kick off?

Good luck everyone

Bikepacking.com have published a “bicycles of the HT550”
https://bikepacking.com/bikes/2024-high ... -550-rigs/

Maybe

https://www.merlincycles.com/merlin-mal ... 97427.html

The flask from Banana Industries came for the wifey, she’s pleased with it (which is handy as she was after mine). No more tepid water on a hot day :-bd The free three pairs of socks look decent to be fair, so a bit of a bargain there for me. The sunglasses are alright, not quite my normal style for...

Flask for a tenner https://www.bananaindustries.co.uk/products/copy-of-bottle-for-life-32oz-990ml Comes with three free pairs of socks too. Got the flask last month and using it for water, works well for that. No idea of how well it works for hot drinks. They’ve also got 15% of sunglasses and socks,...

RIP wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 8:23 pm Ten seconds? Hardly worth lowering the stylus .

Is that what you use instead of your finger on the iPad?!

Listened to the new Kings of Leon album twice, it’s not going to be classic is probably the most pleasant thing I can say!

First ten seconds started promising but went quickly down hill, maybe two half decent songs but that’s it

Another option although more gravel than road

https://www.lyonequipment.com/bikes/bik ... 700c__3300

[tongue in cheek] I’ve heard good things about Sonder bikes Shaf, have you suggested one of them? [/tongue in cheek] Maybe something like this https://www.evanscycles.com/brand/pinnacle/arkose-1-gravel-bike-915759 £800 for a gravel style bike (or even a road bike) is limited budget as the brakes/shi...

Good luck with the event

I’ve read through the post several times but I can’t see what Andy will actually use the bike for?

Just interested on where people draw the line with adventure. Used to think it was just going out all day doing something fun, then thought it was something that happened to you whilst out (ie unplanned) but now thinking it’s more type 2/type 3 fun behaviour (ie feeling uncomfortable whilst out/pus...

It's a cheery Friday (well, Saturday) for me as I quit my job last week and don't really plan on getting another one any time soon. Was pretty high stress (senior management level) and in a difficult subject (investigating child abuse) and my cortisol levels weren't doing me any good. I decided to ...

Another 4 day weekend starts at 6pm today

No plans yet though

Did see a bloke out in the country lanes of Nantwich yesterday on a penny farthing! Braver than me on some of those roads, certainly put a smile on my face seeing it

If she’s got a bike already, how about a turbo trainer instead? Plenty about on the second hand market too, so wouldn’t cost £££ Would probably just need to change the rear tyre and then you’re good to go

Do we really need another pointless definition thread? No, I’m just a bit bored :lol: Just interested on where people draw the line with adventure. Used to think it was just going out all day doing something fun, then thought it was something that happened to you whilst out (ie unplanned) but now t...

Trying my best to get around the swear filter :lol: Following on from the ‘Is this bikepacking’ thread https://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=24454 What is an ádventure? See it loads on people selling trips/rides etc saying ádventure guaranteed, have an ádventure with us etc etc

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Never realised Zinn’s books were still going, had one from maybe 20-25 years ago and it was full of lovely (I assume hand drawn) diagrams. Was just lovely to read as a book (which is probably the reason I’m a rubbish mechanic, as I never got past the reading stage of the book )