Good luck everyone, ride safe

Good news all you mad mad people...

I called the takeaway at R... 80ish miles on the clock, near the CoOp.

Anyway... It closes at 0300 (God Willing). Keep going ladies and gents as food is just round (a few more of) the corner(s).

Solid going Such good news...

I'll say that again. I'm not riding but called the takeaway/donner place. IT CLOSES AT 0300

Sorry for shouting. As you were

NB. Do say hello from me (tell em it's the guy that ain't riding but called!

F*cking hell Stu.

I recieved the route Friday so as today was such a nice day it seemed like a good idea to get one of the old motorbikes out and see if i could get some pictures of people enjoying themselves
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Tough route but i gave it everything i had....13h 54min!

Alexinthepeaks wrote: ↑Sat Oct 07, 2023 10:20 pm Tough route but i gave it everything i had....13h 54min!

Blimey, that's speedy! Well done!

Alexinthepeaks wrote: ↑Sat Oct 07, 2023 10:20 pm Tough route but i gave it everything i had....13h 54min!

Well done Alex Course record I take it. Wonder if anyoe will try beat that next week.

How'd it compare to previous years!?

Hmmmm

Noone else back yet....

Its tough, i feel like it will have broken many souls! I thought Stu was going soft for the first 50km....then it went uber hard!

Thanks for that update Alex. Still can't wuite believe these times you achieve Surreal

I might see if the glass back is working ok, to try and get an attempt in for the middle of the week. Obviously as long as pots of things align nicely. I'm hoping (well, not hoping, but fully expecting) for a record aswell. But the course-slowest record

Alexinthepeaks wrote: ↑Sat Oct 07, 2023 10:20 pm Tough route but i gave it everything i had....13h 54min!

Tough route but i gave it everything i had....13h 54min

What are you riding? A hovercraft?

takeaway/donner place. IT CLOSES AT 0300

I doubt they saw many customers, I was a little behind those in the pictures with plenty behind me. I got there at 12 this lunchtime

Alexinthepeaks wrote: ↑Sat Oct 07, 2023 10:20 pm Tough route but i gave it everything i had....13h 54min!

Wow, that is incredible. Well done!

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:06 pm Wonder if anyoe will try beat that next week.

No-one is beating that on that course next week. I'll bet £50 for Welsh Air Ambulance.

I'm still not entirely sure how it's possible as I'm fairly certain I spent that long in *** areas redacted ***.

Oh, and after next week's is done, I'd love to get some more photos from people as I'm struggling to describe some of the areas adequately.

I'm still not entirely sure how it's possible as I'm fairly certain I spent that long in *** areas redacted ***.

The bow waves through hub deep puddle after hub deep puddle after hub deep puddle would have been impressive

riderdown wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 3:09 pm

I'm still not entirely sure how it's possible as I'm fairly certain I spent that long in *** areas redacted ***.

The bow waves through hub deep puddle after hub deep puddle after hub deep puddle would have been impressive

Hub deep? Some of them came up to the top of my wheels!

Richard G wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 3:20 pm

riderdown wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 3:09 pm

I'm still not entirely sure how it's possible as I'm fairly certain I spent that long in *** areas redacted ***.

The bow waves through hub deep puddle after hub deep puddle after hub deep puddle would have been impressive

Hub deep? Some of them came up to the top of my wheels!

Were you riding Stu's shopper?

slarge wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:15 pm Were you riding Stu's shopper?

I don't know if it was just bad choices for crossings, but I got my nuts wet a couple of times.

( or maybe I'm just getting old )

Richard G wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:20 pm

slarge wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:15 pm Were you riding Stu's shopper?

I don't know if it was just bad choices for crossings, but I got my nuts wet a couple of times.

( or maybe I'm just getting old )

Or maybe you've just got big cojones . Certainly an impressive feat anyway.

but I got my nuts wet a couple of times.

A decent speed and subsequent bow wave would have kept them dry

Richard G wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 3:20 pm

riderdown wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 3:09 pm

I'm still not entirely sure how it's possible as I'm fairly certain I spent that long in *** areas redacted ***.

The bow waves through hub deep puddle after hub deep puddle after hub deep puddle would have been impressive

Hub deep? Some of them came up to the top of my wheels!

Crikey - looks like it's wetsuit socks for next weekend!

Richard G wrote: ↑Sun Oct 08, 2023 2:34 pm

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Sat Oct 07, 2023 11:06 pm Wonder if anyoe will try beat that next week.

No-one is beating that on that course next week. I'll bet £50 for Welsh Air Ambulance.

I'd love to see someone try! Theres definatley time to be made up, i lost time going the wrong way at the start! I also lost my saddle dry bag from my holster so had to retrace my steps up a sizeable climb, not to mention countless poor navigation choices, and documenting the whole trip on my phone!

Blimey that was ridiculously hard. I actually got through the bit that most people were moaning about OK. It was the flaming lakes / byways that caused the sense of humour failure. Pizza at Llanwrtyd Wells saved the day.
31 hrs and 1 minute!
I am now broken...