That happened to my road bike, sram red chainset!

Love that!

Given how much I walked on Saturday/Sunday morning I was really surprised to get under 24hrs. We aren't talking a minute or two here and there but blocks of fifteen or twenty minutes. Sometimes walking was just as quick as riding - Alex and I held another rider, who was riding, on several climbs. I...

Thank you Stu and Dee, great event as always. Sadly a DNF from mechanical for me following good progress up to 90 miles. Being in middle of nowhere for a Sunday morning an 11 mile walk before fellow rider Alan found me off route and gave me a puncture repair kit (having left all my tools at the top ...

Perfect, thank you very much, they look great, I'll give stu a shout

I'm very interested in this, I'm pretty sure i rode last bit of the bb200 a couple of years ago that one with the storm and swollen rivers!

I'm just a bit taller than you at 5'11" but should be ok i would think?

Still interested for my son if not, which bb200 are you on, I'm doing November's

I've signed up for November

I was thinking of doing it as a oner this year between Christmas and New Year. Not sure yet if that is my own route as a DIY Audax or doing one of the GWR Festive500 Audax events. I think maybe something similar to the "Pint 2" route but starting/ending in Birmingham. Will has arranged 3 ...

I did it last year Audax Bristol-Cambridge-Bristol between Christmas and new year.

I rode down it on a bikepacking trip last year, pretty scary!

That was the earlier long climb, that one got me puffing, the one after the sign was closer to Crickhowell that went up past a church before opening up on the grass track at the top, really steep climb! It was nothing compared with the HAB going up through the trees to the Beacons Way shortly afterw...

Well done Matt. I didn't feel my ears burning but I might have been asleep. :wink: I will shout louder next time... Worst one probably heading towards Crickhowell, seeing " <--Crickhowell 5 miles" Then turning right in the opposite direction and up another bastard hill. From not long afte...

Exposure light but that's come back to life after a day on the radiator, much like myself!

In Reverse wrote: ↑Sun Oct 11, 2020 2:23 pm Just got back to the car at the Fforest. Pretty ruined

28:01. My sixth BB200 and it might have been the toughest of the lot.

Very well done!

Started on 200km at Hay, bailed 83 miles later at Builth having averaged 10kph or 6.3mph

Weather came in, light failure and genral knackeredness!

Bollocks bollocks bollocks! Set off from the Fforest Inn at 6 this morning. Was making great progress for 120km at 15km/h average. It was tough but very enjoyable. On the descent just before the Gap i got a log caught in my rear wheel and it bent the mech. But it was just too bad. I had to bail and...

Nice pictures, i did most of that bit in the dark so great to see it!

No pics from my ride at all I'm afraid. If you're stuck for photos though, just put a camera at the bottom of a very dirty fishpond and put it on auto and it'll look authentic

I’m that mystery 300 rider, currently sat in Builth looking for the shortest way back to Kington. 170km in 21.5 hours, and I think it’ll take 13 or so to finish. I’m absolutely knackered, and don’t think it’s wise for me to go through a 2nd night without sleep - I lost a bit of coordination last ni...

In previous years I just used the issued gpx with little problem. This year I 'tidied up' the bb200 gpx and put it on my Wahoo with added cue points for supplies, hike a bike and any tricky nav areas. I also ran the issued gpx on my etrex. This allowed me to compare tracks when unsure out on the rid...

Mike wrote: ↑Thu Oct 08, 2020 1:24 pm sounds like he will be doing a fair bit of growling then in the next few weeks what with all spread out the month.

All different times of day and night too

Forgot to add that i got my first ever farmer bollockIng for straying off a trail before builth i'd cued as difficult nav that didn't exist, he came up on a quad but ididn't let on what i doing, he just thought i was a general tw@t! Came down to road with him 0.5m early, was worried about a DQ for ...

92 on original route

Ah, my mistake didn't read properly!

I did 2018 also, blue badge but bloody hell that was an epic year!