Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sun Nov 12, 2023 3:30 pm
We're hoping that making next year 'invitational' should provide a degree of control over who rides.
I’m curious to see what form this takes as I’ve been planning to enter next year.
I support any reasonable attempt to prevent people getting themselves (and potentially others) into trouble when they don’t have the relevant skills/experience to limit the risks (even ‘experts’ can get caught out, but you get my point, I hope).
I signed up to BB200 in 2022 and then found myself between jobs about a month before the event.
I hope my spot got filled and I really appreciated Stuart refunding me for it.
Thank you Sir.
With hindsight it was a blessing I couldn't take part as my bike at the time was a cx bike. I really did not fully appreciate what I was signing up to.
Very interesting to see this year's stats.
There's a fairly high % of DNF but I'd have thought it to be common for these events.
I actually expected there would be fewer black badges.
With hindsight it was a blessing I couldn't take part as my bike at the time was a cx bike. I really did not fully appreciate what I was signing up to
2022 had a lot less paddling
Perhaps I would have finished it anyway....although I doubt it.
I had never ridden in the night nor for more than 12-13hrs at the time.
At least this time I had experienced that TWICE but more importantly, I had a much more appropriate bike.