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:-bd :-bd :-bd
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Bravo Dave :-bd :-bd
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The most excellent effort Mr Barter.

I cannot begin to imagine how difficult that will have been.

I am in awe.

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Amazing. Am a bit awestruck too and doing a sort of one minute respectful silence in homage of Dave's fortitude and staying power.

We ought to invent a new swear word to mark his achievement..
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RIP wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 9:06 am We ought to invent a new swear word to mark his achievement..
Jolly good idea :-bd Perhaps Dave could judge?
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Chapeau sweaty Dave (attempted 'sweary' but left typo in for amusement)!

Boggles the mind doing that mileage over that terrain in those conditions for that many days.

Hardcore!
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Big respect Dave, fantastic effort :-bd
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Well done Dave, that’s a great effort!
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Nice one day, great achievement :-bd
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gairym wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 9:59 am Chapeau sweaty Dave (attempted 'sweary' but left typo in for amusement)!

Boggles the mind doing that mileage over that terrain in those conditions for that many days.

Hardcore!
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Great ride Dave!! Congratulations!! I do hope there's a book in it all :-bd
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Brilliant ride Dave. Well done
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Happy for you Dave.
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That was a tough finish. So glad to go under 21 days. Thanks for following me on my journey which has been a hell of an experience. Expect the usually dodgy video soon 😀

Finally thanks to Alan G for not giving me a HT550 place and making me look for something else to do 😀
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chapeau sir [ and alan G for inspiring you ]
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Dave Barter wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 3:21 pm Finally thanks to Alan G for not giving me a HT550 place and making me look for something else to do 😀
So good :lol:
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BTW first over 50 year old 😀
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but you were still beaten by a girl with no gears :wink:

Winning your age category is all us old duffers can aspire to. Congrats again
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Well done Dave, brilliant, and technicaly you were beaten by a girl with one gear, not no gears, but she is rather fine!
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... and here's a bloke who looks very little like Dave, pretending to be Dave at AW.

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Great work Dave. :-bd
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technicaly you were beaten by a girl with one gear, not no gears,
Surely its Ok to describe a SS as a bike with no gears?
I agree she has one gear but she does not have gearS
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Fantastic! Well done Dave. Looking forward to reading the write-up.
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Lazarus wrote: ↑Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:07 am
technicaly you were beaten by a girl with one gear, not no gears,
Surely its Ok to describe a SS as a bike with no gears?
I agree she has one gear but she does not have gearS
When someone points out my ssp with "there's only one gear!" I like to say I actually have two.
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