Thought it might be something like that Wilky, cheers.

Hopefully won't be passing you at the very furthest point from the start with you having no brakes again.

In Reverse wrote:Hopefully won't be passing you at the very furthest point from the start with you having no brakes again.

Don't forget to wave if you do

No badges handed out for the BB196!

Will have to do laps of the school carpark.

That's OK - I'm in credit from last years BB220

Richard G wrote:No badges handed out for the BB196!

Will have to do laps of the school carpark.

If at the Dolgadfan crossroads (where we turned right on the way out) the odometer's at 197km then it'll be just on 200-200.2 at the finish. I'll be turning around there if mine's less than 197 and heading back towards Pennant to add distance*, as it's about the flattest part of the whole course.


* If I can be arsed at all by then

PJG wrote:That's OK - I'm in credit from last years BB220

Ha... yeah. That was somewhat bigger than it should have been.

Excuse my ignorance, but how do I incorporate the gpx amendment into the route?

You won't need to worry just stay on the hard track u can't go wrong the bridge is just off to the left through some bog

Mike wrote:You won't need to worry just stay on the hard track u can't go wrong the bridge is just off to the left through some bog

Thanks!

Mike wrote:You won't need to worry just stay on the hard track u can't go wrong the bridge is just off to the left through some bog

Wot Mike said, plus: if you get as far as the ford on the hard track then turn left/upstream and follow the river bank to the footbridge, which is 150m or so off the track.

"some bog" - an understatement par excellence surely , last time I went over/through/under that I nearly disappeared. Be interesting to see who reverts to the nasty river crossing after all. Reckon that'd be an entertaining spot to sit with a flask of tea under an [extremely tough] umbrella about 10am Sat, which incidentally is when the wind is at its highest velocity it says here gusting up to 70mph which is quite bracing. Honestly you gents have balls of steel (probably that ZDP-189 stuff or similar). I seriously doff my hat to you. Before it gets blown off that is.

Had a pinprick hole in the rear tyre's sidewall that I haven't been able to get to seal all week. Couldn't figure it out. Decided enough was enough tonight and was taking it off to swap it when I noticed an unusual bit of tread that turned out to be this



<facepalm>

ssnowman wrote:Excuse my ignorance, but how do I incorporate the gpx amendment into the route?

What I did: open original gpx in bikehike. Open amendment in another bikehike window and then use the drag edit feature to make the appropriate bit of the original file match the amendment. Then download the ammended file and name it something suitable.

Just tested out the rib a bit with a higher power output. Still uncomfortable to take a full breath, but it didn't feel like it moved out of place, so that's promising.

Good to hear fella. Now...keep yer eye on the track, and you'll be fine. :)

Greetz

S.

Indeed!

Now we have thunder and lightening in the forecast ;-)

Oh , I do like a good storm

Looking at the met office, on the plus side the wind has dropped.

Mike wrote:Oh , I do like a good storm

Hmm... is a carbon bike more likely to conduct than a steel, titanium or aluminium one?

Edit - Hahah... it's beyond grim here. Wife just went out to feed the fish and she came back utterly drenched.

Keep the rubber on the floor you *might* get away on any of 'em. I'm more concerned about being blown across a trail and off the side into a ditch/valley. In a break with tradition, I'm adding load to the bike to keep it grounded.

Greetz

S.

Wife just went out to feed the fish

I'm sure that scores a perfect 10 on innuendo bingo
For the sake of completeness, it's a lovely morning here in Cataluña, 20° and no wind. Sunday is race day for me as well, 40km of dry dusty trails, 3 feed stations, post race meal and beer with a goodie bag containing a sweatshirt in the €20 entry fee.
http://www.montbike.org/duextremamposta/es/inicio/

a goodie bag containing a sweatshirt

Well, that'll be wasted on you, you smug git

Keep that sh!te to yourself please Duncan

Yeah, screw this. I'm bringing a front pack. TLS going out of the window now, I'm bringing more stuff to help deal with the rain.

...and frankly, I'm so light that a little more weight might help me deal with the wind!