Blizzard bag and SOL bag are different things though I would like to see him pack an "opened" Blizzard bag into the dry bag he had. :lol: The blizzard bag is opened Bob I used it on the htr ,one of my fundamental errors as I used as a bivvy bag with the cumulus 150 this year. It's now str...

I have the carbon ones with esi grips, on the lurcher I ran them at 20 degrees and on the stooge I've found that a 24 degree angle is better, not sure if there is some relation to head angle/fork rake vs bar angle, or whether it needs to be horizontal to the head tube as a starting point. I also did...

I just filled my dry bag with paper to make it look full! Only joking I had a blizzard bag and rab vapour rise alpine jacket in the wildcat saddle bag, arm warmers, knee warmers, silk gloves, buff and Crikey, how much's insulated brevet gilet in the backpack and rear jersey pockets. Just enough to s...

Cracking event as ever stu and dee, a subtle balance of character building and type 2 fun as ever! Good to see everyone again and meet new people and no doubt I'll see a lot of you on the trails again at some point!

You might be in luck yet Bob as i'm running out of time to sort my bike out properly which will result in me throwing it in the back of the car on thursday night and using it in whatever state its in! I was trying to get the time to bicycle the Lurcher up for one last hurrah so think yourself lucky!...

Did the lower loop this year, well most of it and it was truly stunning landscape. Well worth a venture up, i've also read they had snow the other day as well already!

I tend to rotate between sweet and savoury so that I never get sick of one thing, I try and carry all the food I need to see me through the day as well. But usually I pick up something as well from a shop at some point most often a chocolate treat!

Roughly 26 climbs last year and about 18 this year, well thats a moral booster straight away! Oh and only 15'000 feet of climbing as well,bonus again. That means that they all must be stupidly steep gradients going through 3 foot tall bracken and yomping over tussocks the same height.

I'll be most likely running my standard maxxis ardent up front and maxxis ikon on the rear, seems to work best on all trails and wears very well.

I've got an axe to grind with this one and will be back to seek revenge stronger, faster, and fitter than this year! Just not sure if it'll be next year as there is other events i want to do as well but then again it's still niggling away at me mocking me!

Well done Bob, I dragged the stooge around with plused up wheels 29+ front on chronicle and 27.5+ rear ikon plus, was super comfy and an absolute riot downhill but was a major weight penalty going up with it weighing over 29lbs, still made an excellent day out and training session and I got to do a ...

I'm hoping to do it if I can the body to hold together, currently struggling with injury's one after another which is severely hampering my training. Need to ride this really as I've got the 3 peaks cx coming up as well and bb200, then quite possibly relentless 24! As for route got no idea where it ...

The biggest thing is learning how light kit wise you can go and still feel comfortable you've got everything to survive if the weather goes miserable! Small rucksack and saddle pack as you mention is the best combo to go for. My suggestion to unable to sleep from personal experience is a possible co...

I'll find out if I can make it as well this year, missed last years for some reason but will need to check with the boss in doors as we've a mark 2 model coming in the beginning of January so I might be 50/50 to availability.

+1 aeropress weekend traveling not weight or space conscious
+1 gsi ultralight java drip for lightweight space conscious

Find both really great!

The bivvying bits the easy bit,
stop!
drag bivvybag and sleeping bag out
fall asleep!

Wake up, pedal!

Must get entered myself to be honest going to be a manic period with caringorm loop, HT550, YD300 then Mille Pennine audax.

Oh and if its on your doorstep its rude not too that's why I did it.

Well I'm sure it'll make great training for something what I'm not exactly sure!

God only knows why I've just entered! Miles and miles of tarmac oh how much fun and the hills think of the hills at 33%.....really any need?

always like my bikes to be as light as possible and biggest saving is in the frame so ti Biggest weight saving is going from gears to SS ;) I'm really impressed with the weight of your bike ian, i'm considering running the lurcher SS over winter to see what it's like, only ever rode SS fixed on the...

I'm in the Yorkshire dales near Skipton. I don't mind traveling to try things really either always a good excuse to ride a different area.

That's really nice!! trying to decide on a new frame for next season and torn between titanium or 853 really like the easy maintainence of a raw ti frame. I'm trying to decide between a stooge and a shand I like the versatility of the shand between drive systems, but its not ti and always like my bi...

I had a trip round the Dales 200 yesterday as couldn't make the group start. A stunning day but very cold out of the sun. It's a great route with lots of rideable sections (don't worry there is the odd bit of pushing though) there are quite a few sections that are already soft after a couple of rai...

Had a great day out some stunning scenery and climbs, got to ride with some great people DrMekon, Slarge and Ian B, disappointed for DrMekon having to abandon due puncture hell and sorry I didn't get to ride with Slarge longer after the chippy, great chips as well if a little slow service didn't the...

The ground conditions are the best I have seen them at this time of year with the exception of a couple of bits you'll really enjoy! Oh and enjoy the never ending supply of gates! ;-)

I got round in 14 hours in first, then second was around 16hours I think Ben on here came in around 19hours there was a few folk spread right through the night think stu rider had a long night! Top route really I'm not expecting the BB 200 to be that easy though! Was expecting you to come back for u...

I was there the ground conditions were the best they could be for October we've had great weather for nearly 2 weeks. Buy yet now the forecast is changing for the bb200 oh dear!