Postie has been busy at mine- Poppy finally turned up- https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7493/16335258652_50460cb518_n.jpg Finally joined the MBA & splashed out on a calender & Chrimbo cards for next year- https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7568/15713709074_a6eb53a5d1_n.jpg https://farm9.staticflic...

Ian wrote:Only just clocked this, sorry. That's a very kind offer Jase - may well take you up on that at some point. Cheers

No probs Ian

He might not be happy with this either, but here goes: I rolled out from the bothy with Johnclimber in tow How quick would he be? I really didn't know. Up the first climb we started to get talking, But it was too much for John, so we resorted to walking. Eventually we came to where we went separate...

Johns not going to be happy that he didn't get a mention either

Hmm, I'm tempted by the King Bottom bracket for my commuter now, that thing eats bottom brackets like there is no tomorrow! 5000 miles of commuting, jet washing and a couple of BB events and my Hope SS BB is still AOK in the Fargo. :cool: +1 for the Hope BB, ceramic or SST. Now i think about it i d...

Rear is 35mm carbon rim on a Chris King SS hub. 969g The King hub is a thing of beauty in every respect, right down to the wheel bolts. Granted, it's expensive, but it tips Hope stuff into a cocked hat... I've done virtually all my riding in the last 7 years on 1 set of king hubs. Properly abused t...

The other thing is just study maps - and I mean really look at them. Understand every symbol, line and feature. Imagine the shape of hills by reading the contours, and the profile of tracks by the way is crosses them. So much info in a single sheet of 1:50k land ranger, it can keep me entertained f...

Some of us have to carry extra food, just in case

...& coal

Mike wrote: what would we do without jase ( who'd carry the coal )

It's always good to be wanted & the extra weight is good for training

I like it when i look at things like this & see that we've won it more than any other country-
http://patagonianexpeditionrace.com/statistics/


Can't begin to say how much i'd want to join you all on this kind of adventure, but i'd really struggle to get 3 weeks off work

I'll have some electric workman type scales with me if any one want to use them..

IMG_20150106_183925

http://www.mountainbothies.org.uk/

After a quick flick through looks quite interesting

Don't do Strava so just had a quick add up on Garmin Connect-

Rides- 60
Distance- 1352miles (2176km)
Elevation Gained- 173,494ft (52,881meters)

The BB200 was more than 10% of my total

Jason how did u post your pics like this i have 22 of them i was gonna put up may just try and post link to my flickr? https://www.flickr.com/photos/77876247@N08/sets/72157649613604368/ Hope the above works guys Some fantastic photies there Mike, really good :-bd I'm no expert, but If you select th...

Had a great trip :-bd A couple of sections were 'interesting' trying to find the bothy on my own at night with just a map & a compass, was a great relief when i found the tyre tracks in the snow :grin: Good to meet some other members for the first time too. Some pics- https://farm9.staticflickr....

Bit of ice about but the roads are still better than last night so setting off now, norm takes about 3hrs..

Had a decent amount of snow here the last couple of hours, had to abandon a trip out before because the roads were bad including the M6 which was a crawl. No sign of any gritters either..


Hopefully the roads will improve by the morn..

Chew wrote:Just to remind you Jase, we're meeting at 10

Gotcha

Might be better setting off now

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s8tannorm wrote: No, bugger off

Oh go on, i promise not to bring any cheese (maybe some oat cakes though)

I'm hoping to make it, will see how tonight goes & confirm in the morning before leaving.
Better dig out the 'big' sleeping bag & see if i can squeeze it into a bar bag..

Will i be ok to park at BB Towers?

Not recieved any email yet

Edit: Recieved, thanks JohnClimber

Merry Christmas everyone!!

I'd be interested dependant on what date..

If you can somehow include the overnight at a decent bothy that could be a good compromise Ton.

Worked for us last year