if only they did them wider with a 31.8 clamp.

:?

Mike - when's the article likely to be published? Would be interested to buy your mag when it is.

me too. sorry it's a bit late.

Prob end June/early July, is my current thoughts.

I'll do some planning and let people know.

is there anything other than adventure style?

Some bits I know, some I don't so would need to do some recce work. This route idea is really my first go last night playing on mem map, there will be tweaks.

No Long Mynd. North shrops borders. So a nice chunk of berwyns. twice.

:)

Barney, cheers for the offer. I'll keep it in mind. That isn't the final route. it was just an idea! I think with a 10am start on the sat, 260k should be completable by afternoon on sunday with a short bivi and normal fitness types (this is based on me. - I did bb200 in 25 1/2 hours with a 5 hour bi...

Cheers for the feedback. Yes I have a start location with plenty of parking, would work for a Grand Depart and like the idea of providing breakfast for all returnees. My idea was to make entry via a voluntary donation to the charity I am involved with. So I set to work last night and roughed out a r...

Don’t want to tread on anyone’s toes, I hope this post is not out of turn. Stuart’s built up bear bones and I realise that I’m posting on his forum. Please say if you think this is out of order. Is there room in the calendar / enough interest for another endurance race like the BB200? I have toyed w...

I went for comfort: robin mather 853 hardtail. 26 er. with stainless expedition rack. it's not light, but it is sturdy and with a dry bag keeps my arse dry. :-) 13l drybag on rack with sky high 800 sleeping bag, ron hill tracksters and helly base layer. w-proof 3/4s under straps. 8l drybag strapped ...

oh yes. sorry missed that when i was adding 0's to the minutes to make the sort function work properly.

Sorry Kevin.

:D

Hope the rider who was hit makes a good recovery.

Did it happen on the A44 crossing?

There was an ambulance there when I went through at 7.55am, and I recall thinking that I really hoped it wasn't a BB200 rider involved.

hope you don't mind, using the magic of excel I have created a list of finishing positions. :-) 1 SIMCOCK Phil 13h 08m 2 BARRINGTON Ian 13h 58m 3 GOLDSMITH Alan 14h 17m 4 RICHMOND Phil 14h 17m 5 RUSSELL John 16h 58m 6 REEVES Chris 17h 13m 7 EDWARDS Jon 17h 27m 8 HEADING Steve 17h 27m 9 SHELDON Alan ...

All of the above comments about the quite evil last 20k. Had a bit of a wobble at 85k but managed to talk myself back into it and enjoyed the watersplashes and claerwen in the dark. Then felt knackered, had shoulder problems and started making silly mistakes so decided to bivi down for a few hours. ...

I have used One Touch Location : http://onetouchlocation.creativeworkline.com/

and it does the job, not going to use it tomorrow as it relies on phone signal and that's pretty unlikely to have for most of the time.

What are your food strategies? Is anyone calculating calories or is it carry as much as fits in your bag? My current shopping list looks like this: 2 malt loaf, 4 pork pies, 1 cheese and jam sandwich, a slab of homemade flapjack, 4 Eccles cakes, dark choc, light choc, trail mix, and jelly babies.. T...

My curse happened last night, my wife washed my merino top at 40 degrees. It now exposes a bit of tummy.....

new one ordered, hoping it arrives before friday.

Waders may be more appropriate.

The options for solid shelter en route are rapidly diminishing.

70 odd riders in Claerddu bothy could be fun!

i considered fettling my route for the northern option, but decided that it's not that far different and as long as I'm going parallel ish and in the same direction as I should be on a track, I'll just go with it. Getting ready for a shakedown/last training ride on thursday, from Hope to my home in ...

Hmm, been looking at the route. I know some of the tracks. Some I don't know I can guess what they're like.

However, one that is bothering me - that track past the roman camp - is it a hellish bog fest?

zippy - I thought it looked familiar.

which beacon hill is that Zippy?

Will i be the only one on a 26" hardtail?

I was thinking if I manage to make it as far as nant Rhys, I'll be in need of a rest!

flatfishy wrote:*******Nant Rhys Bothy********

It'll have no roof so don't expect to be able to stay there. 7th-20th October.

http://www.mountainbothies.org.uk/news- ... tem_id=507

Arse. That's my plans out of the window.

I'd better make a tarp!