I see Sarah is in the lead again, going to be a close one at the finish line

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

However, you're not him and you don't have to live his life of minor celebrity. He does and it's his choice if he wants to do something anonymously.

Do you not know who 'John Climber' really is?

His name ISNT John?!

And for the record, my name isn't really Simon....

Teetosugars wrote:

Bearbonesnorm wrote:

Anyone know why Guy Martin is not on the tracker?

Does anyone know whether he's actually riding?

Guessing if he is, it's under a Pseudonym?

Looked at the list but there's no A Pseudonym on it

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lee-fancourt-missing-british-extreme-8149993 The downsides of or worry caused by spots going wrong and/or being out of wifi zones. Found this while wondering what happened in Lee's race but on trackleaders he's moving, looks like he backtracked for a mechanical ...

Anyone else dot watching?

I see it's a close call between the top riders, although in the last day or so, it's settling down to set places now.

Without being patronising, the two girls are doing amazing battling it out for the top spots. Good to see

Feel free to take the piss, but why does nobody take a stove? Hassle getting fuel and pass enough places that you can get warm food. Well, that's my reasoning. Take a stove, then you need fuel, then a pan and then it starts adding up weight and bulk. As Mr Storm says, they'll be plenty of places to...

Is any first timer a contender? Isn't it said that you ride it first to learn the race to race it the year after? Glad Guy is riding and sure hope he has a blue dot over his head I'd be edging my bets Guy will be going flat out, he's fit as a fiddle, so maybe going for an ambitious win. Perhaps? I ...

Guy is riding on a salsa Fargo

atk wrote:Well, Greg made it to Canada, his bike however...

Is still on the runway at Manchester...?

JohnClimber wrote:Friday I believe

Cheers!

Is today the day, The Grand Depart?

Change to a much narrower, carbon seat post and shim it, you'll get some flex from this.

Not sure if cutting the bridge will do much without designing the chain stays around it, probably do more for side to side flex than up and down flex.

Ride
A) somewhere cold
B) ride in Cheshire as every second building is an ice cream farm

Richard G wrote:

Blackhound wrote:Just having a quick look at this thread:

http://bikepackersmagazine.com/2016-tour-divide-rigs/

Some of those seem to be more bag than bike.

This one is great. :D

Wonders if the owner can decamp I'm 5 minutes

Oakleys, £30 instead of £100 (from an Oakley shop too and not the internet!)

Blackhound wrote:Well you don't have to carry a SPoT in TD but would be surprised if Mike isn't especially as he is likely gunning for the record.

Maybe that's why! He must have saw the way it finished last year and maybe wants to ride stealth so it doesn't motivate other riders

^^^
Sounds like a terrible place to go and ride bikes

GregMay wrote:Trackleaders updated with riders names. 150 for the GD going SoBo.

An impressive turnout!

Are you on Facebook so we/I can keep up to date with your race?

A well reasoned argument you put there and then you throw in the dog poo argument too....

I've noticed a bit of a divide between this forum and some of the bivi Facebook groups in the 'leave no trace' department. I've not come across many posts here were people have had open fires burning at their camp but this year I've noticed a huge increases in posts on Facebook with open fires, some...

Looks like it's a 25 mile push to the finish for Rich and Shona :( https://twitter.com/keep_pedalling/status/738857412086640641 That'll polish out :wink: What a nightmare situation, 25 miles doesn't sound far but in the mountains with broken shoes, well, that's sole destroying... I'll get my coat!

Rule 8 mentions a hot tub

Ian wrote:

voodoo_simon wrote:Can't believe the weather they're having, to think us Brits are having it better

The Scottish Highlands in particular are quite nice at the moment

Must admit, it looked quite the holiday from your pictures

Anyone got a link to the race trackers please?

barney wrote:Stu, can I be first to put my name down as last reserve please?

I'm not foolish or fit enough to try it but I can pretend to myself I'm thinking about, ha!

Imagine if it was under-subscribed in 2016

Yellow, why oh why