Chew wrote:Thought i'd take the 'Goldsmith' approach and have a good kip and crack on in the morning to enjoy the views.

Good plan

Can I say to be in such company as a quitter I feel quite comforted. I mistakenly missed out the forest in favour of the dam road back from 'Lanny'. I knew road back wasn't that easy too! You do it simply so you can 'mop up' all the remaining bacon butties ... actually, seeing you at the end cheere...

Richard G wrote:It helps if you just assume that they're all a different species.

For sure!!

Absolutely amazing that riders were back in a smudge over 15 hours. Bloody well done ! My take on the BB200 for me, is its a weekend out with a 90% pain over joy tolerance. Ride-sleep-ride theory. 173 done this year is my best to date. I don't have a brownlee brother finish (knocking on deaths door)...

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

Be very proud of it Stu and Dee.

Much more proud of you lot to be honest

Quote "Glyndwr's Cafe and Belinda ... for going above and beyond the call of duty. I believe some people even cried when they reached it :wink:" I bloody did!!! It was closed :lol: :???: Ditto to all the Thanks & comments about how great the event was. Absolutely love this event. Be ve...

Can I say to be in such company as a quitter I feel quite comforted. I mistakenly missed out the forest in favour of the dam road back from 'Lanny'. I knew road back wasn't that easy too! Anyway. 25 clicks short but I was at a point of ruining the weekend for the sake of it. The riders returning in ...

Hi new to view ranger. I don't find it very intuitive at all, but..... I've got my tiles downloaded. I can zoom and see my route. PC and Device see I've bought tiles. Now, how do I print the zoomed in map section Please? Using export pdf prints a whole route on an A4 page. Of no use. Am I missing (p...

Richard G wrote:I'm running an X-King up front. Should be fine.

It's usually what I run so I'll stick with it, cheers. Rear was due a change for wear and for winter so trying the minion SS on rear.... ..

benp1 wrote:I have a Maxxis HR2/Ardent combo on my Solaris

It's the draggiest thing in the world, people will hear you coming over the border as each knobbly hits the tarmac, but it's ace off road!

Oh bollox :( Better on the front...... just a bit? May leave my Conti X king on front?

As above. I have the 2. Footprint also allows outer pitch first, cunning the inner is a fair bit of 20 denier tights basically, be careful with it. Only bit that worries me if I catch it with something like a velcro tab on a coat etc.

Steve

Not ysed Maxxis before, Is a 2.3 High roller 2 a bad idea for rear of hardtail with front suss fork? My Conti rear shot recently. It'll be tubeless. Many thanks.
Steve..

Been very impressed with my endura stealth 2 Jacket. The one with external weld seams.

Also my Showers pass Elite 2 gore jacket.

Does it work better under water than a normal phone? :)

ScotRoutes wrote:I was about to post asking the same question.


Oh - and I was planning to kip in the van somewhere near the start. Any suggestions?

Same idea here........

Big Thanks to Stuart and Dee for a cracking weekend! Some great chats, A fabulous buffet that was delicious. The cheese cake was to die for!
The weather was kind, the midges not so much! A pleasant trip in from Newtown for a disco and cheeky beer!
Big thanks guys

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

Will an hours riding get me away from it all?

It will if you go in the right direction

Well that is a definite danger!

Bearbonesnorm wrote:I never realised it was quite so complicated, perhaps I'm doing something wrong? Now wondering whether my book needs an additional chapter titled, "Bear Bones tips - Help for the hopeless and hope for the helpless"

I was thinking same !

Whenever i've left my car somewhere random for a period of time, i've just found some fancy posh houses to park outside. People will just think someones visiting the neighbors for the weekend. Makes sense. An escape out back of car before collared for being on my land! :) "I'm just nipping to ...

Many thanks! If I can escape Friday Hoping to stay out . Will an hours riding get me away from it all? :)

Clamping me I was worried about ! That'd be fun on a Sunday PM :)
Our stores have 3 hour max stuff. Less of a worry 'your ' way Stuart?
Industrial estate roads too?

Read about parking at Newtown Rail Station........... says free for rail users blah blah..........
is it usually ok to park there over the weekend? Need to buy cheapest rail ticket possible to use it?

cheers
Steve

Ordered a pack! Cheers

Ned this collection of stickers from Charlie! How are said items obtained? :) You need to buy stuff from Charlie http://www.charliethebikemonger.com/ and be lucky with what stickers he has at the time of your order. My favourite one is this https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7341/27166038983_9c60abe207....

That would sit nicely alongside my "Toughen up Princess" Charlie the BM sticker :grin: I've got one of the "What would Jenn Do?" stickers on the top tube (another CTBM sticker) so can sit next to that. Ned this collection of stickers from Charlie! How are said items obtained? :)