Thanks for all the advice. I picked up a pair of Giro Junctions from Koo bikes for <£40. They look like they'll be up to the job. Bendy at the toe for walking, and a fairly rigid mid sole. The tread looks good for mud, but probably is a bit hard for slippy rock, Plenty of toe room. Laced up like fel...

You can have extra beer afterwards for riding a CX bike :-) I'm hoping the pub won't yet be open when I get back. :wink: I was looking at pictures of Jacobs Ladder earlier and worried that a rigid 29er may not be ideal, but I feel slightly better now! Packed nice and light as well - are you able to...

BB arrived. I have a working bike now. Maybe not the most suitable one, but I''m good for Saturday now.

Thanks for the info so far.

Has anyone tried the "Giro Junction"?

I've always been a SPD shoe wearer. Sidi are my faves, but I've used others. All of them XC race types. I'm considering my footwear for the HTR and have to say that none of the SPD shoes I have worn have ever been comfortable for walking in, and I understand that the HTR has plenty of walking. So I'...

Thanks Dave, a couple of days to go and hopefully my bits will arrive in time. Else I'll give you a shout.

I'm happy to pick up the bag for Ian.

p.s. Rich do you know heather dawe?

Yep, known each other for years. We're off to potter down the PBW in a bikepacking style soon.

Hopefully I'll be there on Saturday. I've turned down a trip to the Tour of Flanders to do this.

I just need some bits from the postie to get one of two bikes trail worthy else I'll be riding on my road bike.

Ta Nick

I'll let you know maybe in Belgium with work....

Postby FLV » Sun Mar 30, 2014 11:50 am
Route completed.

Well done Dave!

Got my dates mixed up for next weekend so might have a dabble midweek myself.

Rich, I've a laser comp you could borrow if you want?

Nick, I'll loan you my hooped bivvy in return. :)

sillybigfella

I'll get back to you if I may after testing Nicks.

Rich

After much debating I'm after a tent for the HTR.

Either a Terra Nova Photon 1 or Laser Comp 1 please.

Ta Rich

How do you split a gpx into sections ?

Scroll down to Options, there are a few apps for editing GPX files there.

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Edit_GPS_tracks

I've no had problems with my Dakota, but did notice it could be slow if I put big routes into it or left it recording for ages. For the HT I have split the route so there are around 500 trackpoints per section. I tend to save the data every 12 hours, and clear the cache. There is a utility somewhere...

The bit Curbaredge to Froggatt Edge (250760) is footpath on the 1:50000 map?

It is currently, but is being upgraded to a BW iirc, but the route hangs a right on to the road at 260 747. Check the latest .gpx file.

New Link for the Peak ITT file courtesy of Ianfitz

Thanks.

I don't see the problem. I help on some commercial road cycling trips which the customers could do for less money. They don't want to, they'd rather pay an extra few quid and have knowledge that the riding for the day is viable, the route is a safe one, and when they get to the end of the day there ...

Either of the official routes through Gamesley are hard to follow especially if you don't know the area. Plus it's not really the sort of place you want to be hanging about.

I'be be inclined to choose this route.

also I remember much of the night section being roads or forest tracks whereas a lot of this route is 'proper mountain biking' have a good think about how you will cope with that when tired/sleep deprived...

Cave Dale will be a joy at the end of a long day.

Quite tempted by this! Don't know the area at all so hard to judge timings etc as have to be back at work down South on Monday. Is it likely to be similar riding time to BB200 do you think? Not done the BB200 but the bits I know of this route, (70% of it) there is little hike a bike. Should be doab...

That's for individual riders to decide. Would be a start at 10am(?) and finish when you finish.

Usual ITT 'rules' apply

OK, up for that then.

Like the stuff on the "modern" brake systems.

Fit silly light tyres

I've experience of running lightweight tyres in races. Great in theory, not so in practice.

There's murmurs of a low key group start on the saturday of what would have been the gravel outing...

Is the plan for an overnight stop?

Bar end shifters I really rate.

I've used them, and my boy has a set on his bike after breaking a set of STis.

Virtually indestructable, I prefer using the non indexing shifting.