Bah, not sure I can make it work this year. Two days later I'm supposed to be in Spain riding with Duncan and (Sweary) Dave. Not sure it would be sensible to take my last minute panic weekend and schedule to be away. Surely the answer is to pack before the WRT and don't unpack until you return from...

Bah, not sure I can make it work this year. Two days later I'm supposed to be in Spain riding with Duncan and (Sweary) Dave.

Not sure it would be sensible to take my last minute panic weekend and schedule to be away.

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 4:21 pm It's a usb light Richard, just plug it into the battery be be amazed

Rich, no one ever said on their deathbed "I wish I'd worked more". Ditch the work and ride your bike!! Sadly without work I aint got a house, and in this weather my death bed would be more of a death grass verge! :lol: So I got the goodies today Stu. Intrigued by what appears to be some s...

Not 100%, but it's not looking like I'm going to make it. Not the bike for once.

Really busy with work (still working as of the time of this post), and just don't see myself being able to get away. A real shame as it looks nice for once.

Related, don't ever get a house with a detached garage. Because it's treated as an "outbuilding" it's a major, major pain in the arse to get a home insurance policy that'll cover bikes stored there for any sort of decent amount. I doubt most people would know as they've probably got better...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:41 pm I'll have a count up Richard. I can say that I'm pretty sure the attrition rate was somewhat higher on the second weekend.

Did you end up having a look at the numbers?

I need validation!

Just to let you guys know that I am indeed human... I'm really struggling to sort my diet out again since my "season" finished.

It seems that if I'm not fully on it (calorie counting, big deficits etc), I'm doomed to just eat like sub standard / gain weight.

I am amused. If you know, you know.

Rude!

I will endeavour to have my gear ready before I go away for Christmas, because there's next to zero chance I'll get it done between Christmas and the event.

Would really like to make it to this one, after last year's disaster of not actually being able to get to my bike.

I know the bit they went over. They'd cycled past the gate, as had I. I went back though, not entirely sure which option was easier!

That crazy shitty / muddy bit where Alan complains... could have been worse, I went all the way down the hill there.

Valerio wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2023 11:24 am I wish I had followed you instead of stopping to record. I must have spent over 30min trying to understand how to get out of those woods

Brute force is always the answer. FORWAAAAAAARD!

I think you meant this link... and I thought I recognised you from when I headed into the undergrowth (2m 50s).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyRsoCUMIyo

Any idea how the black badge / finisher percentage was compared to normal Stu?

I want to know if if was actually hard, or if I'm getting even softer in my old age.

I disagree, Allen could have got a black badge if he hadn't stopped for a sleep in the bus stop, I passed him when he was in there so I know, some poor sod missed it by 20-30 mins last year. Not really on topic at this point, but that's not how it works. I go all night because I can't sleep (was th...

fatbikephil wrote: ↑Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:45 am My first thought was "stuff that it uses the strata florida"
But looking closely it follows the parallel fire road - good choice!

At one point I thought I was going onto that beautiful looking strip of track... and then I realised my GPS had screwed up.

Last of the Five Tens turned up, which wasn't ideal as I was away.

I think based on my original order date, I have like two days to try them on / return them.

06/01/22: 67.6kg ---- BIG GAP ---- 29/09/2023: 61.3kg (-0.6kg) 06/10/2023: 59.9kg (-1.4kg) ---- LONDON COCKTAIL WEEK ---- 20/10/2023: 63.4kg (+3.5kg) Got sick whilst I was in London so didn't really get a chance to be as excessive as I'd have liked. Frustrating as normally I'd see 3kg weight gain ov...

I finally got around to uploading my ride to Strava... and realised that I'm actually much more annoyed with myself than I thought I was. My motivation gave out way, way too soon on this one, and I need to work on not having that happen again. I've done far harder, and in far worse conditions, so no...

How was the weather? Anyone done a stupid quick time?

Yup, also a big fan of quilts.

OK, this might not be ideal...

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/wa ... 2023-10-12

When I got back to the school, Rich G was there, so it was nice to have a conversation with someone about the event rather than just buggering off home, it meant I could mentally draw a line under not finishing. It also goes without saying that it's always great to have those chats on the way round...