The great thing about a route of 200km is you won't be in the same weather all the way round, not everywhere will get 31mm.... some parts will get more

Ian wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2019 9:13 pm Beyond moist. The Norgies are saying 65 mm of rain for Dolgellau between now and the start, and 31 mm of rain during the event.

Isn't that less than half what we had last year I'd better pack the sun cream, will factor 30 do or will I need the 50

Only thing is it took me a while to suss out how to install them 'cos I'm a bit fick like that sometimes/oftentimes :smile: . Man of your fabricating abilities will have them down in 2 seconds though :-bd . There was a video of how it's done linked from the email I had which showed how to put them ...

Yeah they're good those. Bought a few for adding extra "mid" ties on a DD Superlight tarp that I bought ages ago. You'd think they'd scrunch up the material but didn't seem to noticeably. With a recommendation like that I'll order some next week. I'll wait until after the BB300 in case I ...

A pretty wet and windy night not helped by the stitching on one of the corner ties failing which led to me being woken up by being slapped around the face by a soggy tent wall. By coincidence I had a marketing email for these today https://www.ultralightoutdoorgear.co.uk/equipment-c3/accessories-c1...

I did 3/4 of one with a broken rib and still got around in sub 24h. You'll be fine. That said, I did four days of Torino Nice Rally with three broken ribs... so I might just be a little insane. :shock: You also tried to walk your bike out of a trail with a broken hip socket so not sure we can use y...

No cache allowed, that would give an advantage to locals/people crossing the route on their way there. As with all these type of events, once it's past the time the shops shut then getting supplies is an issue. If you ride straight through then it's likely to be 12 hrs without any open shops. It's j...

..they couldn't position the recue divers in the sea as it was too rough. Health and safety eh!? They never had rescue divers when Louise Aitken-Walker put the works Astra in the Lake that time, her and the co-driver just had to escape through the windows and swim to shore. Driver's today need some...

32:19 was always my choice for Wales I'd seen that on one of your BB200 write-ups which is how I arrived at 34/20 last year, was just right so thank-you for that :smile: 34/20 is just under 1% higher than 32/19. 19t and 20t surley cogs are the same price but 34t oval chainring were £10 cheaper than...

summittoppler wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2019 10:47 am ...the WRC stage was cancelled

Is the weather bad there? It's glorious sunshine here, just rode up the road and back, put a long sleeve jersey and light windproof on and was way too hot.

I got Roger Musson’s wheel building guide a while back and followed it to the letter - pleased with the result, but I’ve not ridden on it yet :???: I'm self taught from Musson's book and all the wheels I've built have never needed touching once finished. Occasionally I'll give the spokes a pluck to...

Are the M5 fixings for racks one of the only 'standards' for bikes that have been changed? Yet one of the only things that really needed changing

But stronger rack fixings don't sell bikes like a new bottom bracket standard or new handlebar clamp size.

We've got an extra hour on the time limit this year which will make all the different

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 3:02 pm Shona 'nasty gash' Oldfield
Rich 'we can fix it, we can mend it' Naylor.

Are Shona and Rich brining the tandem or as individuals?

I bought a copy of Classic Ford magazine today, not my usual reading matter but the Mexico from my August BAM is in it. I'm famous now... well the top of my head anyway, good job I had my hair done for the occasion

Steve 'Big Bear' Large Lars Henning Sean Belson (Broughton 150 and SDW 300 Winner!) You - Karl 'Bovine' Booth. (moove over) Dave 'Fuckin' Barter Adrain 'every BB200' Baskerville Peter Keighley The first 4 riders on that list slept at Corrimony bothy on the 25th May this year, small world this bikep...

Karl wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2019 2:57 pm Sean Belson (Broughton 150 and SDW 300 Winner!)

Cheers for that, you forgot BB300 2018 fastest time

When I was in Madeira I had your favorite cereal for breakfast every day

I might be looking too deep My advice is:- Don't over analysis the route, load it in to your gps and then just follow it on the day :-bd If you are riding on a track/road and the line of the route is off to one side then have a look what's over that way. If the line of the route is through dense fo...

Hopefully nothing to worry about as basically a minor dink. That frame's written off, it's an accident looking for somewhere to happen. It will need to be correctly disposed of to make sure it doesn't get re-used with the subsequent liability for any harm caused going back to you. Disposal isn't ch...

Alpkit are really good about returns for sizing. I'd order the small to try and then send back either one or both pairs if the small aren't a better fit. I'm usually a medium and I have a pair in a 12 :smile: they were out of mediums so I tried on a pair of Jane's riding shorts to gauge my size in l...

Dave Barter wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2019 4:07 pm Was it Jase or Andy that went the wrong way round one year?

Wasn't that Andy, hence his forum name?

So, definitive proof, as if it were needed, that singlespeeds are faster :-bd and I get slower as I get older :oops: :lol: That is quite a palmares :smile: You might not be slower as you get older, you've just ridden a geared bike on the last 4 you did which were slower? Your times got faster from ...

I've been on course to go faster than that... and but then had some pretty bad bike and body (injury problems) in those rides. Could there be some link between these two statements :wink: I think you overtook me twice on the 2017 event as I re-passed you fixing a damaged tyre? That was the year you...

I'm gonna guesstimate from what I've read previously and say its around 18H by either IanB; Sean (from the island) or Slarge... I'm gonna guesstimate also that you're gonna complete it in sub20 :-bd I've only done one BB200 (2017) and it took me 20hr 51min but it was 220km long that year, pro-rata ...

Genesis has an integrated mech hanger though - that puts me off slightly... Reducing the amount of materiel to make room for a replaceable mech hanger worked out well for Kinesis :lol: Although mine was an mtb I was impressed with my Genesis frame, a steel Latitude, it was well made and took a beat...