YD300 2021

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Re: YD300 2021

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Blimey 200 miles, round the dales? Better off doing the 300k off road route I reckon
sean_iow wrote: Fri Mar 26, 2021 8:49 pm
htrider wrote: Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:20 pm If Sean signs up we can have a CL300 re-match!
I'm very tempted, I'd have to do some training first as not spent enough time on the bike recently. I'd bring the singlespeed just for good measure as well.
After I entered I suddenly thought - "Will I do this single speed?" hmmm.....
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Re: YD300 2021

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Having not thought of any good reasons not to, I've entered this. Haven't even had a drink :grin:

Will be nice to see/meet some of you there.
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Also entered again after bailing with cramps on the second day gutted I never completed the route after having such an epic first day in brillaint weather, looking forward to it already :-bd

https://youtu.be/GjUYB3ERVK0

The not so YD300 :lol:
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I'm entered also - had a great ride last year, some of the weather was a little changeable on the Sunday but it ended up sunny. Met up with a couple of other riders and we rode the last 150km as a group - really enjoyed it.
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Anyone else arriving on Friday night?
I'm biking from Leeds station and biviing out somewhere..
Be good to meet up with people.
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Yeah, I'll be there Friday night. Got to live up to my reputation and spend the evening before a hard ride drinking. :lol:

Not bivvying though, I sleep badly enough outdoors not to want to do two days of it in a row. Will be at the The Railway.
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Richard G wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 1:52 pm Yeah, I'll be there Friday night. Got to live up to my reputation and spend the evening before a hard ride drinking. :lol:

Not bivvying though, I sleep badly enough outdoors not to want to do two days of it in a row. Will be at the The Railway.
Nice one rich, will see you there all being well. :-bd
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:-bd
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Not sure if I'm going to do it this year but might pop down to see you on the Friday night.
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whitestone wrote: Thu May 27, 2021 8:19 pm Not sure if I'm going to do it this year but might pop down to see you on the Friday night.
If your worried about being slow , ride with me and you'll soon realise otherwise :lol:
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Would it be utterly insane to do it on a gravel bike...? I watched that YouTube and I'd be walking.
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i am having a go this year. not sure if i will complete. not sure if i am riding the road or mtb route.
i will be slow. beer will be on my agenda.
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...on a gravel bike...?
I asked Stu (the organiser, not BB Norm) about this. He said it's all rideable with the possible exception of Gunnerside Gill. The first few years he ran it, there were usually at least a couple of riders on drop bars.
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I've done it twice, and I'd agree. There are a couple of bits you'd be uncomfortable for, but there's a ton of places where a bike like that would be a meaningful advantage.
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I might sign up then. Would at least get me out riding my bike in an area I've never been to before... 👍
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Gunnerside Gill is 300m out of 300km. There’s a few other short sections that would be rough on a gravel bike but nothing like GG.

Make sure you have low gearing- there’s a lot of climbing. Some of it’s a push even on an MTB
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whitestone wrote: Fri May 28, 2021 2:19 pm Gunnerside Gill is 300m out of 300km. There’s a few other short sections that would be rough on a gravel bike but nothing like GG.

Make sure you have low gearing- there’s a lot of climbing. Some of it’s a push even on an MTB
That's my main worry, I'm on 1x with 42 x 42, as it's not particularly lumpy round here...
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I'm on this, and it worries me.
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As long as the weather is nice, it's a brilliant ride. I'm slightly concerned that getting food might be trickier though (it's usually tricky enough!).
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Apart from things closing at 3 until 5 or as I found out with the one and only pub I went to, what problems you thinking of?
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there are plenty of shops for food on the route. and boozers too.
shops in pateley bridge, kettlewell, reeth, dent, malham and cafe's in those too.
and some cracking pubs on or near the route.

you wont starve.
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It's the pubs that are the problem, most places are a nightmare now unless you have a table booked.

Had issues getting to places too late and too early on the last two runs too.

Edit - Looking at the map, I think I'd need options around Arkleside / Bradley / Woodale as Starbotton likely too far for me to get this year without stopping. I'll have to work out where I'd be at certain times when I get a minute. I usually stop every four hours, give or take, if only to get water without messing around with streams etc.
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Richard G wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:45 pm It's the pubs that are the problem, most places are a nightmare now unless you have a table booked.

Had issues getting to places too late and too early on the last two runs too.

Edit - Looking at the map, I think I'd need options around Arkleside / Bradley / Woodale as Starbotton likely too far for me to get this year without stopping. I'll have to work out where I'd be at certain times when I get a minute. I usually stop every four hours, give or take, if only to get water without messing around with streams etc.
Absolutely zilch around there Rich - you'd need to head down Coverdale to find any pubs, the furthest one up the dale is at Carlton. There's a water tap by a barn at Woodale (think it's that one) but as the farmer told me - "Looks brown and dirty but we drink it!"
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Escape Goat wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:07 pm I'm on this, and it worries me.
I'm going to be on 32/21. Walking hills is good for the knees :grin:
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htrider wrote: Wed Jun 02, 2021 9:59 pm
Escape Goat wrote: Tue Jun 01, 2021 9:07 pm I'm on this, and it worries me.
I'm going to be on 32/21. Walking hills is good for the knees :grin:
OK, I feel better now withmy 9 speed haha
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