I’ll take these if still available

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 19, 2020 12:52 pm

is it about a real mole? I'm only interested if it's a real mole.

Fascinating / disturbing documentary on iPlayer called 'The Mole' about a mole in North Korea. I've already said too much. Just go watch it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/ ... orth-korea

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54598136



Edit: Taylor beat me to it!

Gave this a good crack yesterday, semi-chasing Matt's time and to see where the fitness was after a funny year. Pretty pleased to get round in 14:32, even if I did do more pushing up tarmac than I have in the rest of my life combined! On paper it was to be my longest/hardest ride on singlespeed yet...

Lovibonds 69 IPA

Landslide wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 16, 2020 7:32 pm

I reckon Olchon Valley would have been a fun challenge with suspension, a dropper and no luggage, but on the day I wasn't going to chance it, and walked down the rocky drops. The section just above from the cairn was fun though!

This ^

@Richard - sorry to hear you cut it short, looking forward to the stories
@Landslide @Bob & Cath @Juliet assuming all finished now? - Well done!

The Gap is nothing compared the that descent off Black Hill or whatever its called. I'd argue the rocky descent down to Brinore Tramway is harder too, first couple if drops aside (mostly because it's always wet). Yep, Gap is totally rideable compared to the descent off Hay Bluff. Per link from Sean...

Does anyone know what that utterly insane descent off the top off the hill after Hay is called? I want to show a friend. Just, holy sh*t. From looking on strava, is it this bit? https://www.strava.com/segments/9350747 Olchon Valley Full Descent. -15.9% seems pretty insane to me. I found the upper s...

mattpage wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 15, 2020 12:22 am

Well that was rather tough.
Total time just over 15hrs 30min. Several issues, so not all plain sailing.

I was cursing Stu quite a bit...

Fantastic! Nice one, Matt!

Landslide wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 14, 2020 5:49 pm

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 14, 2020 5:19 pm

Peaks200 I suppose it'll have to be...

I'll go out and put some string round gates and scatter some turnips, you'll not know the difference.

Pizza FTW! Where's Dave?

Cheers Shaf and Alex!

mattpage wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 13, 2020 4:57 pm

11.71kg bike weight packed.

svelte! How'd you do that?

I only weighed my bike before food and water and it was around 14.5kg, so it was probably closer to 18kg+ all in.

Thanks Andy I was hoping someone would help me ID those crops! Wild uneducated guess in the dark

http://www.tourintune.com/bear-bones-30 ... n-edition/

My write up of the BB300 with photos ^^

Great write up, inspired to ride this someday. Definitely agree on bike choice! I do love Granada, and Spain for that matter. Sad to be reminded about the plastic grow huts. I remember that Simon Reeves docu.

And yes, Lachlan must be a cyborg... but you beat him.

I couldn't agree more with all that Whitestone! Though, I am also in agreement with Steve that it's disappointing to see ROW gates permanently locked. I can understand the lack of incentive to maintain ROW which are not often used, but is that because they've been superceded with a better ROW or bec...

So, I had a bit of a run in with a farmer on Friday on the 300 route (shared with the 200 in this area). I accidentally carried on the track and into the farmyard, where I was met with "WTF do you think you're doing" shouted from the other end of the barns. We had a bit of an exchange, and he clear...

The bike and kit were all great, but my arse is feeling pretty broken today!

Probably due a chain swap though before I ruin another cassette.

@Stu I have a bunch of photos. I will upload and share a link this evening

Hi all, I finished the BB300 yesterday at 15:50 having set off at 7:15 on Saturday from Kington. So it took me 32:34 hours including a 4 hour bivy just before Monaughty and a breakfast stop in Knighton. My moving time was 24:40. For comparison, last year I finished the BB300 in 25:07 (22:54 moving t...

Thanks guys, I’ll mention elite bog trotting!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-54069466 Thoughts on implications for an attempt this weekend? I'd be travelling from Oxfordshire, starting from Kington, England, then crossing into Wales via that much discussed Cussop Dingle ford / mythical footpath bridge. Planning to carry a lot of food, but...