Have you ridden the Frontier 300 before Jimmy? I can probably help with logistics and offer very convenient accommodation near the start. DM me if I can help. Thanks for the response Boxelder. No, I haven't ridden it before and I intend doing the two-day version i.e. starting on Friday 6th June. It...

On the Bike: - Continue the BAM series. - The Pictish Trail (although I may miss out the northernmost section and just ride south from Inverness to Edinburgh) or might ride south to north. - Staying with friends in Girona for 7 - 10 days at the beginning of May and they're going to show me round th...

If you still have the Thermorests, I'll take 'em off you at the Winter Event

This (rather American yeehah) video takes a good look at the, slightly altered Priority 600ADX.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3mRGK5YO7Q

The chap rode it on his CT ride a couple of years ago.
Looks interesting and may answer some questions.

Pro Turnix on raod and gravel bikes, Ergon SM on MTBs. One of those Madison Flux 'Spoonalikes' on the SS I ride for work.
Have you tried lowering your saddle a smidge, if you're sat on less lardy padding?

I got some 34s from them with a GRIP damper and they've been fine. Sold as e-bike forks, but checking via the QR code on the forks, they're normal 'analogue' jobs. Not as plush as Pike Ultimates, but way, way cheaper. Guess it depends on how much performance you need.

Don't think I'll manage this time, as have entered BB Winter event and Winter Jennride. Happy to set someone some GRs if you get an odd number or whatever.

I'd assumed from a quick GR looksee that they were all barns, though a few look unlikely. I just fancied an excuse to ride somewhere new and put faces to a few names.

Cheers both, that's kind of what I thought. I'm planning a sort of clockwise loop, to hit Mach in the evening. Will depend on the weather, as will Sunday. So, the obvious questions....... rigid MTB with Mezcals, or something with suspension and grippier tyres.

So being a newbie, I've started looking at route options, but does this text from the event info: "have a fixed destination(s) which gives each event its unique name … how you reach it is down to you." ....mean that there is a destination to reach on Saturday night, or does it just refer t...

I recently got a SH Roam V1 on Facebook, as I've gone dynamo and can charge it. So far, so good. It seems to just work and the app is pretty intuitive.

You near a decent rail network? Train our, ride back?

Why stay in a castle when you can have a perfectly good cave a short distance along the coast, St Baldred's Cave. That's next year's winter bivvy sorted then. :wink: "Inside the cave he found a layer of bones and charcoal some 0.3 to 0.6m deep. The bones consisted of animal (including some fro...

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As above, stations don't seem to have restrictions on parking. I left the van at Gairlochead for a few days in May.

I'll take the grips and DUB BB off your hands - £17?

Good timing Dave, I'll take 10m if you still have it.

A shiny pair (set?) of Pike Ultimates, 140mm travel to go on a Nukeproof Reactor 290 carbon frame I put a semi speculative offer on. It'll be the first bike with more than 100mm suspension I've owned and will be shared with son (his Spesh Camber Evo frame and Pikes will be up for sale to reduce the ...

Hmmm, without roads or buildings, we have a 12sq Km 'block' 2Km to our NE and a 30+sq Km block to the SE. It's pretty much all 300m or higher though and not really habitable.

I've got two fairly waterproof and breathable jackets - a RAB Cinder stretchy thing and a GORE Infinium (which is really good and was £50 https://www.amazon.co.uk/GOREWEAR-Cycling-Jacket-GORE-TEX-INFINIUM/dp/B08DP6ZYW1?th=1 ). I'll wear these until it starts wetting through and then I stick on a lig...

Pretty easy bail out options at Penrith and Lancaster for a train.
Go for it chaps, and report back (but don't spend too long taking pics.....)

I've got a couple of Crudcatchers lying around the garage, with predrilled holes.
Welcome to one for a donation to this here forum.

There's generally weekend parking/camping on a field near the start.

Frontier 300 in June?
Jennride