5th fastest to Correyairack this year.

voodoo_simon wrote: ↑Tue May 30, 2023 7:19 am What’s the record/FKT for the route?

Per Dotwatcher, 'Neil Beltchenko’s 2017 record of 3D 10H 22M'

It's a pity but Kurt Refsnider is delaying his start, per Instagram below. Good decision if he's not feeling well. Would've loved to see him battle it out up front though. ' Things don't always work out as planned, and usually the best one can do is adapt and roll with it in one manner or another. I...

+1 for Ton's recommendation too, the best of both worlds.

I've an old back injury which caused me to put a lot of pressure on my hands. Same as The Cumbrian, I've found that raising my handlebars above the seat level has really helped along with On-One OG bars (backswept like the Jones). I also use Ergon grips to spread the load. The combination works well...

That really puts things in perspective.

Yep looks like he's solo. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl4NQSase5a/?hl=en 'Tomorrow I’ll jump on a train heading north to Scotland once again. This time the goal, the famous HIGHLAND TRAIL 550! One of the toughest summer bike packing routes the UK has to offer, but adding to it, winter conditions and...

Thanks I'll keep an eye on that. He's a brave man in this cold snap, fair play to him. Had to Google the name, that's some palmares.

Couldn't find a thread for next year so thought I'd start one. The start list looks extremely strong, it's going to be fascinating for the rest of us

I twist and turn a lot trying to fall asleep so I'm hoping this will make is easier than being in a sleeping bag (with no zip to save weight, bad decision!).

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Fantastic write ups, really enjoyed them. Thanks for sharing

It seems to only come out a few days before the grand depart. I understand that they want to get the latest on the ground situation sorted before sending it out but it must cause a lot of stress for people that have already set out for Banff. Tricky finding a pc/laptop to split it up and load it if ...

Looks like the starting waves were ordered according to your own stated 'target finish days' in 10 min intervals, all within 1hr 40mins

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... QxwoqBrtE0

James Hayden is out with a broken elbow

https://www.instagram.com/p/CeB9-NOMLcT/

RIP, an absolute legend and inspirational character. Must pull out Full Tilt for another read.

Fantastic, a brilliant achievement

I'm tracking the TAW. Restricted to Irish based riders this year due to you know what. Started at 5am yesterday.

http://trackleaders.com/transatlantic21

Great write up, well done and thanks for sharing.

Similar here, two boys of 5yrs and 20 months. With one child I had a lot more time but the second made things a lot trickier. 2020 was a write off with everything else going on. Dot watching the HT550 has motivated me to try and get out a bit more and start training for a race again. I'd like to bui...

Bouncing dot, outstanding performance. Fair play to him

Talking of Dales Divide, I see James Craven is on the HT550. His pretty much non-stop trip around DD was pretty impressive. Wonder if he's recovered fully. I thought I read somewhere that he wasn't fully recovered and didn't know if he'd make the start. Can't find it now so I could be mistaken. He'...

Massively looking forward to this, best of luck to everyone

The Tour Divide has been a dream of mine for some time. I pick up the Cordillera every year. As others have said, some of it is just so so but there are some gems in there, real inspirational stuff. Ty Hopkins who's an exercise science professor wrote a good account too. He finished in 16days 7 hour...

Got that letter last year for a 2004 Honda Accord. That wording encouraged me to make an appointment with the garage immediately