Everything appears to be piling up and my ability to straighten things out and tidy everything up seems to be getting worse n worse... Pics below but everything is £19 posted. Unless postage comes to more than £4 in which case you might kinly wanna pay the difference (for the rims for example... If ...

I see they're giving priority to "under-represented groups", which in cycling is pretty much anyone who's not white and male, might count in your favour? i wonder ifi will get a place for being a fatty........... :grin: :grin: No but I bet if you tell em your cardiac history Tony you woul...

Bearlegged wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 9:15 pm

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 8:43 pm *if I can get in

I see they're giving priority to "under-represented groups", which in cycling is pretty much anyone who's not white and male, might count in your favour?

Yes. I saw that too. Feel like I'm cheating but won't complain

*if I can get in

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 8:11 pm I see that the entry fee includes the provision of a GPS tracker. I guess they've had to hire those.

That's right Colin. Can't have been cheap whether hired or borroed from friends and family. Gonna enter shortly and have a low threshold for not getting all the checkpoints...

I might have a Chronicle or similar at 3.0 Stu... let me know if thats wide enough and I shall dig it/em out...

Ian... hope you get well soon. Black ice

Oh... head I try to tuck in but am careful of my back and sprain (12 hours shift as soon as I arrive) and most of the ride is in the drops so try to maintain as much of the aero gain as poss. Already has some aero bars (mainly for comfort) and once I drop some weight (off it, not me) I should notic...

Thanks all, very informative and I think the 'not for profit' has been helpful as well as aiming for this will hopefully keep training refular enough that I don't struggle too much for the bb200 (if I'm still around and I manage to get in)...

My policy is: if you don't want to pay that much to do it, don't. Move on and find something else to do. Yes. Good policy definitely. I know you'd not think anything otherwise - as we're not on STW afterall, though slagging that site off in this sentence is almost an oxymoron - but the purpose of o...

Entries are open tomorrow. Mates plan on entering and i thought it'd be a good entry idea... Just the £95 plus the £50 for the tracker. I kmow it's not much but I always tried to keep my upper limit for such events £30ish... Anyone got any thoughts on why one would wanna pay £150 for such a self sup...

Thanks Rich

Anyone got any lying about. Not sure if they actually come in different qualities other than the 2 way release and 1 way release.

Let me know what you have and how much. Trying to pay bargain basement

Oh... head I try to tuck in but am careful of my back and sprain (12 hours shift as soon as I arrive) and most of the ride is in the drops so try to maintain as much of the aero gain as poss. Already has some aero bars (mainly for comfort) and once I drop some weight (off it, not me) I should notice...

No skin suit nor drafting traffic or anyone in Crikey, how much jackets (they get rqther annoyed, even if I try telling em I have one on too with my baggy pants). No aero helmet (though I might need to look into that) as I never plan on any form of skinsuit which is where the bulk of the seconds sha...

Well done Gian in finding that annoying creak. Reminds me when riding with Luke (Lune Ranger) down in the Deep South (army barracks and all sorts, forget the name, glad I never got arrested with my big bushy muzlamic beard), and a creak from the bike. Would come when weather got too dry so was mostl...

Any aftermarket DWR coatings that actually work? I wanted to write no, but... silicone, wax... :wink: In my experience, Grangers, Nikwax et al. work best when "heat treated" with an iron. Check the right settings for your garment. Not all hardshells like tumbledrying, especially some of t...

Mactheknife68 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 23, 2021 12:40 am Buyer has bailed so still for sale

So sorry about the messabout Gary

Thanks Nicky. I had contemplated them but now will steer a bit more clear...

Dave Barter wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 12:51 pm I've got an on-going project (along with learning Portuguese) to work out all of the UK road climbs from data and classify them.

It's not as easy as it sounds and I keep getting distracted. One day I'll be able to answer your question.

Thankyou Dave... I look forward to that book/app.

Marvelous stuff Shaff, well done It occurs to me that bivvying on the summit of Ben Macdui (alt 1300m) as a random example, is fairly straightforward, requiring only the right kit, and probably weather, and a modest amount of oomph to get up it. Whereas bivvying in the middle of London requires a w...

Well Shaf, that has got to be one of the most balls-out, if you'll forgive the expression, which isn't a comment on your sleeping arrangements, BaMs of 2021. A hell of a long day to start with, a missed stop, kipping inside the CZ (lots of extra points for that, Central London next?), nearly gettin...

Reg... bravo on that poem

I think Shaf was intimating that the leaf blowing bit reminded him of autumn leaves not that he actually indulges in that futile, and as you say wasteful, endeavour himself. Or does he? :wink: . That's right Reg... I slept amongst the autumn leaves (and rats I imagine) for this here Bivy just 4 mil...

Shaf - I am Kev C, thank you Stuart. I wanted to add that this is year 10 of the challenge, so if you keep putting it off this is your chance -especially when you can kip in your garden for the first two months! Stu - out of interest how many BAM patches have been claimed? I am interested in the nu...