I see from his Instagram that he has bailed. He is sat in a Dr surgery in Lochniver with frost bitten toes. Fair play - must have been super tough! I am struggling o ride for more than 2 hours in -8!

Dave Knowles from Hayfield did it on a tandem but didnt black badge unfortunately We've had a tandem attempt by Kenny and Col from Alpkit but it resulted in a DNF and I think Shona and Rich have always gone solo. ChrisN did the WRT on a fixie one year but I don't recall he was daft enough to do the ...

Audax was where i first started WRT long distance multi day stuff. This later transcended into bikepacking with the MTB. I have done plenty of 200's but the ones that really stood out as been my favourate were: Pendle 600 Inverness 1200 Offas Dyke 600 Millie Cymru 1000 Knock Ventoux 300 These are al...

There is a HT550 article in the new Cranked Magazine, mines in the post so not read it yet...

This really made me reflect on what i want out of the next BB300. When i think about it, what i really want is to just escape for a weekend and have some fun. I was going to "stoke my ego" and blast round without sleep as fast as i could, but on reflection, thats actually not what i want t...

I had the very unfortunate experience of having my garage burgled last week while me and the family were asleep. In a bid to not be too overly depressed about the whole experience im starting to wonder what could replace my collection of bikes. So to that effect - what would you get? Im going to con...

Selling my Weehoo double bike trailer.
Bought from Wiggle in lockdown for £600, good condition and used only a handful of times.

https://www.wiggle.co.uk/weehoo-igo-two ... ld-trailer

open to sensible offers

I can post this too if your willing to cover the costs.

In an ideal world - id just decide on the day based largely on the weather!
Is that an option Stu or do you need us to decide well in advance?

Im in - with two black badges, is it about time i do the 300?

I followed the line, and managed to not get my shorts wet once i rolled them right up. It was very close though with the waves!

Ive just had to start a run of antibiotics as my nail bed is seeping puss and i expect i will loose the nail...still on a positive note the swelling has reduced alot! Can you get hold of some pure/raw honey Alex. Start applying it on and around it... after cleaning it each time obviously. Should (r...

Ive just had to start a run of antibiotics as my nail bed is seeping puss and i expect i will loose the nail...still on a positive note the swelling has reduced alot!

A little piece Peak District Mtb did on the HT550 for me....

http://peakdistrictmtb.org/peak-distric ... trail-550/

Stunning achievement from Alex [ and Huw] but he is going to be annoyed with the light costing him second place Chapeau to them all though and those still riding Do you know what...actually Simon deserved it...He smashed past me on a climb in the night riding very strong. Id have easy caught him on...

Can i hold onto 3rd???

Cheers for the tips all...heading up shortly! I will especially try to remember this is about completion, and schedules are there to be broken...:)

Where does it say James has scratched...insta seems seems suggest he is racing...


https://www.instagram.com/p/CeBS6Ias34v ... MyMTA2M2Y=

https://dotwatcher.cc/feature/bikes-of-ht550-2022

Ive currently got 2 bikes listed...the pace and the cannondale...im doing it on the cannondale...

Yeah its open to anyone between 8 or 9am...i mean tbh the chances of thst happening lol are pretty god damn slim

How would that be against the rules? I made a phone call to see if they are open...

I called the Achness hotel and they are hooking me up for breakfast so long as i get there for 8am till 9am...no pressure lol

Im hoping to hit Contin at around 1am early Sunday morning....no going back from there......That could be a bit optermistic on my part mind!

Dont suppose anyone has any last min tips for me? Ive never ridden in scotland, so not really sure what to expect other than expect trench foot and to be bitten by midges and ticks.....

Ive already put it on!

A friend of mine managed it in 13hours 2min:

https://www.strava.com/activities/38089 ... 4647885990