Bearbones 200 black badge bike oddities

[substandard]

Whilst riding the fatbike to work this morning, i wondered what the oddest bike to achieve a bearbones200 black badge completion.

Given bearbones is a niche subset of the cycling world, i imagine there to be a strong show of hands for singlespeed, fatbike etc completions, but is there any impressive stuff of legend? raleigh chopper? fixie? bmx?

When i did the dales divide in 2020, one guy completed the route on an 80s Dawes Galaxy complete with his commuting panniers and full length mudguards & 35mm tyres, had so much respect for him!

[Bearbonesnorm]

I'm not really sure. Certainly SS, gravel bikesand fat bikes but I don't know about anything 'weirder'.

[substandard]

Tandem? there must be something obscure

[Bearbonesnorm]

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 200 on it.

You do realise that you sound like your putting your name forward here

[Dave Barter]

The legendary shopper bike attempt ?

[Alexinthepeaks]

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 200 on it.

You do realise that you sound like your putting your name forward here

[Dave Barter]

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 200 on it.

You do realise that you sound like your putting your name forward here

On his own. Chapeau!

[Bearbonesnorm]

Dave Knowles from Hayfield did it on a tandem but didnt black badge unfortunately

Apologies. That one obviously slipped my mind. Did he / they finish?

[Escape Goat]

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 200 on it.

You do realise that you sound like your putting your name forward here

Lend him your shopper, if you still have it.

[Alexinthepeaks]

Dave Knowles from Hayfield did it on a tandem but didnt black badge unfortunately

Apologies. That one obviously slipped my mind. Did he / they finish?

They did - i found his strava link - https://www.strava.com/activities/2786691828

[redefined_cycles]

Dave Knowles from Hayfield did it on a tandem but didnt black badge unfortunately

Apologies. That one obviously slipped my mind. Did he / they finish?

They did - i found his strava link - https://www.strava.com/activities/2786691828

Just 44 mins off a Blue Badge it seems (28h44).

[Alexinthepeaks]

They would have made it if it were 200km!

[redefined_cycles]

They would have made it if it were 200km!

This years I was pleasantly surprised at seeing the gpx files of rides... I think it was almost with a few km of the 200 marker...

[slarge]

I've done it on a 30 speed hardtail - that's pretty niche on here