Oof glad I'm not doing it now :grin: Wonder if its Tollie path or postie path? At the moment it's the Tollie path, sounds like there's some public works at the end of it, so if that proves problematic the Postie path will be back in. And yes, Coffin Rd. I'm over from NZ for this edition. I toured m...

Nelson is in Kinlocheven, around midnight, looking unsuccessfully for a roof. sounds like his bike is "f&*%ked" .

"Slept in a garden in Dornie. On the way to Fort Augustus." Nelson 5am

Nelson Trees was through Strathcarron 2 hrs ago (from fb), so probably close to Dornie by now, so sitting fourth

Has he dropped his tracker? It seems like it's still pinging updates every 4 hours but hasn't moved since just after the start.

Yip he knows he dropped it at the start. From Fb he's just arrived in Drumbeg, low on brake pads

Nelson Trees posted on fb he'd arrived in Kylesku around 3 hrs back, so sometime after midnight.

I think Rich Rothwell will feel he has unfinished business....

cheers for all that, although it's annoying there's not an easy solution, it's good to know I'm not missing something. From reading a few forums it seems that track widths used to be wider but the software was changed about 10 years ago.

I use most of the work-arounds as mentioned above....

Hi I have trouble seeing the track on my etrex when I'm on the move, mostly irrespective of what colour track I use. What I'd really like is to be able to increase the width of the line of the track but I can't work out how to do this. I realise some folks might not like a big fat line covering deta...

so I was searching for cheap gear as you do and came across http://www.conwyjester.co.uk/. Is this site for real? Is it reliable or is it too good to be true?

Looks like Steve Heading and Craig Philips are coming through the mountains together, judging by Steve's instagram post..

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJFmh1UAiHj ... eveheading

Last August I rode from Fort William via Kinlochewe & Laggan to Aviemore using the "old" HT route, did the inner Cairngorm loop, hooked back into the HT to the Great Glen, did the HT440 route (using a detour via Gairloach/ Redpoint) back to the WHW and rode down to Loch Lomond and popp...

Taylor wrote:I normally run my screen with a low back light but also have the screen switch off after 15 seconds.
A quick tap of my screen and the thing lights up. No headlight needed.

the advantages of a touchscreen eh.

I've been playing around with these options too and have come to the conclusion it's easiest to run a helmet light. I use an etrex 30 and don't "follow" (GO function) the track, just keep the track on screen. I played with having the backlight really low, but as I'm not running a dynamo I ...

GregMay wrote: When you flying in to Calgary? If same time we could ride over to Banff together.

I'm arriving 5 June late and riding up on Monday as far as Canmore if yr interested

Brian (NZ)

From a mental preparation point of view I'm thinking about the route and how to break it down into manageable chunks to think about. Yeah, having similar thoughts. I'm thinking sections like: - Banff to border - border to butte - butte to yellowstone - yellowstone to pinedale - the basin to brush m...

I agree that the Shimanos are great for Scottish Bikepacking, especially the M200. I've answered my own question and decided to go with some Lake MX175's. In the process of working out sizing I discovered that my left foot was wider than the right and this had been the cause of most of my discomfort...

Interesting reading folks. I've used Shimano M200 and M162 over the last few years. Good to walk in, ride well stay in one piece. The M200's have been particularly robust. Had them for 18 months and done a bunch of back road touring in them, 2 x 1100 km bikepacking events in NZ and spent 10 days in ...

FYI I managed to sort this out. I decided to go on the Caledonian overnight so I can start riding when I get there. I booked a sleeper seat online (£50) and then emailed the customer service folk with my reservation number and they booked on my bike ( with it's own reservation #). All too easy from ...

If you find this becomes an problem for you PM me and I can sort out a bike reservation for you on the back of my pass. My concern is more that you book a ticket in NZ, arrive here and then no bike reservations left for you when you come to book at a station. Regarding routes there is a link from A...

Hi. I'm from NZ & I'm planning a bikepacking tour around the Highlands & Cairngorms in August, using the HT550 & Cairngorms Loop as the basis of the trip. I'll be flying into London, spending a few days with friends and then I was planning on jumping on a train, with the idea of starting...

Hi, I'm going to visiting the UK (from NZ) in August 2015. My wife has kindly let me out of visiting the in-laws in Norfolk which has left me with a week to do some riding in Scotland. I had originally thought I'd do as much as of the HTR 550 route as I could with the time I have, but I like the ide...