I use one of these and think its a great bag. Best results with a sleeping mat though!

19km each way and around 180m climbing, more noticeable on the way home for some reason. Used to be able to do it in 35 mins, now more like 40. I would like to think the hills have got steeper, but in reality I it may be that I have got older.....

Trouble is with that photo that the frame looks great, but the collection of assorted bits hanging off it make it look like it was built from the spares bin. The front mudguard - what are they thinking? And the headset spacers, and the bar angle, and the saddle....... Even my "built from the sp...

Stick a shortage list up in here as I have an embarrassing amount of spares that I can't be bothered to sell and would rather it went to a good home than sat in a box in my garage.
I am sure I am not the only one...

Sisters maybe.........goes off into fantasy world........



I knew someone would bring this thread down a level or two....

Ian wrote:

Brothersmith wrote:Still I suppose my hopes of Crikey, how much kit from him aren't totally dashed yet

I'm an Assos man, myself...

More of a bust and legs man myself

Also you don't need all the pegs to be the same. You can use the strong v shape ones for the high stress points and the ti wire ones for the low stress points. And don't use all the pegging points.

For £375 it would be wrapped in cotton wool with protection layers all over it. Definitely not left out in the open air!

Nice one Andy, really interesting write up. I can't believe how driven you were and the distances travelled and time on the bike!

One of my team is doing something similar, I'll ask him what's in store

Mt Zoom bars, kcnc stem, chain tensioner, 16t sprocket and single chainring bolts mean I can finish my old Stumpy hardtail singlespeed conversion. Might have a wander round the local trails this weekend.....

Excellent video Ian, most of that I seem to remember! And some of it I want to forget. Your bit about jacking it in were almost certainly echoed by 25 or so others!
And bits of me are famous!!

Was impressed by Smidge on the HTR this year. Didn't get eaten at all! And it smells ok.

I also think someone should start that thread, but the best qualified person has only just finished (Ione)!!

I found a secret food of choice - lunch pot sized rice puddings! And egg rolls from the panini van in Lochinver. Bloody lovely!

the lithium batteries do seem very light.

Maybe you bought the helium batteries by mistake?

Everyone had gps's this year and a GPx route is sent out prior to the event. I also had the whole route printed on OS maps in case of GPS failure - at 1:65k it came to 28 sheets, but double sided that makes 14 pieces of A4. A few including me also had the whole area at 1:250k in case of emergency. T...

Gary's finished! Well done that man!

Andy H was single speeding, and Tom in 3rd is singlespeed and rigid! Nutter.....

Back in tyndrum now, and that was quite tough! Day 1 - 190km and 3000m in around 15 hours. Got to the bothy with Gary thompsett around 11.30pm, to find Tom had just got there ahead of us. I think 6 of us stopped here. Day 2 was 230km, 19 hours riding to get to Achfary where I slept in a stable. The ...

Yep, ready!

Can't wait to start (I may not be saying that by Saturday lunchtime)

I was going to join you guys for this, but I will be swanning it in the VIP area sipping champagne and eating truffles.

Neil, that's really bad news, but I hope your knee gets sorted. Are you able to do some no load spinning or anything like that to keep your legs turning ( I have no idea whether this is a good or bad thing to do, but keeping mobile always sounds like the right thing). Have a good look at your bike s...

8 days to go.

47. Hairs are growing out of my ears, my eyebrows need cutting whenever I clipper my head, my head is bereft of flowing locks, age is a bad thing! I've always like mature women, but now they're younger than me!

It's tempting to ride my mtb with full bivvy kit, bivvy in the hotel grounds and keep the bike safe in the hotel though

Will probably be in roadie mode though.....