Having worked as an academic and scientist for many years, I will assure you, many scientists have still yet to discover bonking.

Don't worry about running fast. Just run.

Ride your singlespeed again Rich :)

Good lad.

As Dave said, the Gila is stunning.

Boreas Pass is a brute. One of the climbs I hated. But...it's the gateway to the end.

I think I was ahead of you both through there, I remember running from a storm. It was dry, fast, and smooth.

Sorry not sorry.

Re-routes are usually emailed as a word doc, and or if short enough, sent as a text by Matt. Usually, they are straightforward enough, and at that point you should have already considered that it may happen. I had all the previous re-route/alternates pre-loaded in my GPS that had historically been u...

johnnystorm wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:33 pm I waded through nettles just to get a big stick to unlock my wheels for a revolution at a time. Absolutely elated to get past that section!

I carried a stick through most of the sections for that reason!

Dave Barter wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2022 3:39 pm You need to experience peanut butter mud to understand why a diversion is necessary. This is way beyond our mud

It's a "feature" of the TDR I only had to experience for about 2 hours. Eventually I gave up and slept until it dried out.

Sad to find this isn't about cyclocross.

808 State - Qudrastate.

Still good - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOoJGbmzn1U

Sadly already engaged the weekend it is on so can't partake, but the route is taking in a lot of the nice non-tech that we have here.

Steamboat = Pizza and decent coffee. Not far Steve.

L7 - Bricks Are Heavy.

Truly a great album. 30 years old now :O

Anyone found a readily available suitable substitute for chamois creme? Sudocrem, Savlon etc. I'd rather buy a small tube of something to carry around on tours than a big pot of the real stuff. Gravy. I haven't used the chamois cream in about 8 years now. Don't feel the need for it. Modern inserts ...

He's put up on Instagram that he has scratched.

whitestone wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 8:27 pm So when centring the map on your house how many of the eight have you visited? I've visited five.

All 8

I like that, hours of fun. I do love a trig point, especially those in what are now apparently odd locations, tells you about the history of the place. On The Island there is one in the middle of a woods, one in an industrial estate and one that's got woods on one side and a 6fy high close boarded ...

voodoo_simon wrote: ↑Fri Jun 17, 2022 6:32 pm I like but I thought it would let you click on the dots to see the trig location

We have these things called maps....

This, I like: https://alasdairrae.github.io/trigpillars/

Locates the nearest 8 trig pillars to the centre of the screen. Quite fantastic.

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:20 am Plastic screws are cheap as chips. Or a wee dod of silicon sealant in the hole

I've always just used Vasaline!

I'm back! British sprint orienteering championships at the weekend. Two different university areas in Leeds. Saturday was the relays, team I was on came 7th, not bad as we were mostly all injured! Main thing is we made no mistakes, unlike many other teams. Sunday was the sprint champs themselves, I'...

I think I walked about 50m of snow in 2016. Pretty much a non issue. That being the year that Mikes flag is based off.

It was most definitely a fast year. We had very little rain to deal with after Canada.

L1010100-Edit.jpg by Greg.May, on Flickr

Megan Carter-Davies.... literally one of the best sprint orienteers in the world smashing it at the British Sprint Championships.