Salsa Bend flat bars, 11 degree bend, 750mm width.

Bought second hand a couple of years ago, used but not abused since then, have moved to a bar with a bit more rise recently, so these are surplus to requirement.

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Would you enter an event that had cut off times that were quite challenging, or would you find the pressure spoilt the general feel of the event? I can and do enter things that push me - I didn't know that I could complete that first ultra within time, so I still pushed hard to stay ahead of cutoff...

Not so much rides, but the first Ultramarathon I did (50 miles, 5,000m of ascent in the Pyrenees) I only set myself the target of finishing within the cutoffs. The rest didn't matter, and probably because of that I had a great run, enjoyed it, and finished well within time. I'm a completionist rathe...

Uhm, so we're assuming that the organisers of paid for events seek the permission of all land owners that the route passes over? All the ones I've ever worked on have, Stu (and that's quite a lot for quite a lot of different companies over the past 20 years). Whether that's via Highways, Police, co...

For soke reason when i click thw TrueGrit gpx it only dwnnloads the DarkSkys for me... are they just one and the same/similar but one being a night ride?? No, very different. Separate start locations and different access. It may be that there's no True Grit GPX files out as this year's route hasn't...

Me, I'm still waiting to discover what the difference is between a paid for event that sends riders out across the countryside on a legal pre-determined route and an ITT that sends riders out across the countryside on a legal pre-determined route :wink: In that case, the definition of 'legal' is th...

redefined_cycles wrote: ↑Fri May 31, 2019 1:00 pm Dark Skys I assume is the toughest version as indicated on the poster right??

No, the full True Grit loop, The Outlaw. Dark Skies is probably a slightly easier loop, just made more complicated for some by being at night

Pyro... I'd like to take up that offer and judge for my own self. Hence just one Q please. I've downloaded the DarkSkys gpx but just want to confirm which are the private/closed land section for which its stated on the site as restricted on other days. I'll just have to leave that/them bits out... ...

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2019 6:12 pm Does it simply boil down to one person asked the police and the other didn't?

I'll have to answer that later on, I'm just going for a ride! :)

FWIW, extracted from the Scottish Outdoor Access Code You need to obtain the permission of the relevant land manager(s) if your event:  needs new or temporary facilities and services (such as car parking, fencing, signs, litter bins, marked courses or toilets); or  due to its nature or to the num...

"If you wish to hold a cycling event on a restricted byway or a byway open to all traffic, you must ask for permission from the police." I assume that's because they're still classed as 'roads' ... but a bridleway may or may not fall into that category. Practical Law defines a Restricted ...

With regard to ITT ... If it's run on fully legal RoW then who's permission are you meant to ask? It's not like you phone someone up to forewarn them that you're nipping out for a drive in your car is it? Don't anyone think for a minute that ITT is an easy gig, it's a lot if hard work ... especiall...

'Unusual, exciting, and possibly dangerous' is a dictionary definition of 'adventure'. Sounds a bit tame to me actually so maybe we're wrong about this event. Close, according to Dictionary.com, Reg. " adventure (noun) - an exciting or very unusual experience - participation in exciting undert...

I dont believe it to be the toughest adventure race in yorkshire and you have had to use some pretty rigid , inflexible criteria that serve, largely, to exclude the harder events that you wont accept as events. the various mass start ITTs aren't an 'event', and of course they certainly aren't a 'ra...

I did not realise that due diligence was the central ingredient to an adventure ride - I have been doing it wrong for decades :wink: If you're out for a ride in your own, your due diligence extends you 'have I got the kit and the legs to deal with this?' - I'm assuming you've done that bit at least...

I got the impression rightly or wrongly that "The UK's Toughest Adventure Ride" probably came from the quote below but "one of" got missed out from the attenion grabbing headline? The team at Cycling Plus came along, rode the event, and deemed Yorkshire True Grit “One of the tou...

*I'm aware that starting this post may come across as having a dig but it's not really. I'm simply bemused that either (a) whoever wrote it is naive enough to believe it or (b) naive enough to believe other people will believe it. Your original post is fine Stu; the sneering arsery below it not so ...

its not even the toughest in yorkshire, its not even close to it. Name a tougher one which is an actual event , rather than a 'group of riders all doing the same thing at the same time but unofficially because an organiser can't be arsed to do their due diligence and get appropriate permissions'.

Think I have - very likely have a pair with levers. I'm away this weekend but back in Leeds in Monday and will check for you.

Probably a long shot, but anyone got a surplus-to-requirements nest suitable/designed for a Trailstar?

I've used my Mkettle loads this last week - up in Scotland on a whitewater kayaking trip, mainly straight off the river and getting an brew on. Agreed, it's heavier than some of the ultralight kit but works a bit better than a gas stove in properly cold conditions. I keep some tinder stuff, a small ...

Not a problem, you weren't to know! Shocked the hell out of me when I got to the checkout, they only offer international shipping via DHL Expedited...

Ah ha, superb, thanks techno mail! Shame shipping on them would be 35 Euro...

Cheers Wenchie and Stu, those shackles might well be ideal, I'll have a scout around for the right size.

Hmm. Good ideas, again though, they'd bunch the webbing which I'm trying to avoid. Only other thing I can find that fits roughly what I'm thinking it is the Sea-to-Summit replaceable tri-glide, but it's not quite it. I've seen another version of the U-clip on a camera bag somewhere but just can't tr...