The Black Lion in Pontrhydfendigaid will apparently be on the look out for tired hungry cyclists on the Sunday morning. OK to knock and ask for feeding if you're there around breakfast time..

s8tannorm wrote:

Anyone know if the cafe at trallwm will be open?

Think it's 4.00pm ... I recall Ian said he'd call and warn them.

Race on!

s8tannorm wrote:

However, one that is bothering me - that track past the roman camp - is it a hellish bog fest?

There's 2 tracks over there ... the N route is quite obvious on the ground but isn't the official BW and not shown on all maps. The S route which is shown as a BW is harder to follow.

As far as the BB 200 is concerned either is okay to use. Both will have damp sections but much will depend on weather conditions. Obviously your feet will already be quite wet by this point

Is this the roman camp you guys are talking about?

Is this the roman camp you guys are talking about?

That's the one ... any route that roughly follows the BW from 905695 to the road is fair game

The northern route breaks off at about 906696 and loops north of the summit of Esgair Perfedd. It rejoins the official bridleway at 927699. It's fairly obvious on Google Earth. On the ground it is fairly obvious too, as the northern route is the easiest to follow when heading east (and for some, in the dark).

Ian wrote:The northern route breaks off at about 906696 and loops north of the summit of Esgair Perfedd. It rejoins the official bridleway at 927699. It's fairly obvious on Google Earth. On the ground it is fairly obvious too, as the northern route is the easiest to follow when heading east (and for some, in the dark).

So, what's the consensus as to which is the better route? Just found it on google earth, North loop looks far more defined, but marginally longer in distance. I might er fettle my gps file to accomodate

i considered fettling my route for the northern option, but decided that it's not that far different and as long as I'm going parallel ish and in the same direction as I should be on a track, I'll just go with it.

Getting ready for a shakedown/last training ride on thursday, from Hope to my home in leicestershire via pin dale, Pennine bridleway, tissington trail, sustrans and cloud trail. be around 75 miles. :)

Zippy wrote:

Ian wrote:The northern route breaks off at about 906696 and loops north of the summit of Esgair Perfedd. It rejoins the official bridleway at 927699. It's fairly obvious on Google Earth. On the ground it is fairly obvious too, as the northern route is the easiest to follow when heading east (and for some, in the dark).

So, what's the consensus as to which is the better route? Just found it on google earth, North loop looks far more defined, but marginally longer in distance. I might er fettle my gps file to accomodate

I tend to use the northern route, although longer, it is more rideable. Ride time for both is similar, so won't make much odds.

gutted i messed up my dates at work and im on duty, which is why i didnt enter this yr again. I hope i goes well for all u riders and stays dry

You lot need to get off bikehike and stop using up there OS map data limit.

Just back from the 'team Sheffield' meet up. Curry was eaten, maps studied, bikes were admired, fear levels increased!

Good to finally meet Pete, Mark and Tom all at once. Really looking forward to it now...

I'm having some last minute thoughts about putting my rigid fork on my hard tail.

Those who know the route what are your thoughts on this?

composite wrote:I'm having some last minute thoughts about putting my rigid fork on my hard tail. What are people's thoughts on this?

Ian rode rigid the first year and road bouncy the second. Rigid may be lighter and faster but a bit of comfort may help with fatigue over the distance

Chew wrote:

composite wrote:I'm having some last minute thoughts about putting my rigid fork on my hard tail. What are people's thoughts on this?

Ian rode rigid the first year and road bouncy the second. Rigid may be lighter and faster but a bit of comfort may help with fatigue over the distance

But I thought Ian ran carbon bars to get rid of the trail chatter.

Fair enough I think I'll leave the bouncer on then.

Only on the Puffin (though 4" tyres help too)

Now I run H-bars, they have a lot less give in them so a bouncy fork helps quite a bit.

Keep your fingers crossed, the Norgies think the weather will be good

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/W ... /long.html

the closer it gets the more gutted i am to be missing it

Chew wrote:Keep your fingers crossed, the Norgies think the weather will be good

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/W ... /long.html

Looking promising at the moment, that's short fingers gloves weather that is 8-)

the closer it gets the more gutted i am to be missing it

There's a place with your name on if you can sort the domestics ?

First year I ran bouncy forks and last year I ran rigid. This year I will be on rigid again - the opposite of Ian.

Ian is twice as quick as me whatever we do!

Ran rigid for WRT this year. Seemed fine to me, but then that was just over half the distance of the BB...

Zippy wrote:

s8tannorm wrote:

Anyone know if the cafe at trallwm will be open?

Think it's 4.00pm ... I recall Ian said he'd call and warn them.

Race on!

I've contacted the Cafe at Coed Trallwm. They are open until 4pm on Saturday.

royAB wrote:The Black Lion in Pontrhydfendigaid will apparently be on the look out for tired hungry cyclists on the Sunday morning. OK to knock and ask for feeding if you're there around breakfast time..

Any idea what time this place stops serving dinner?

Any idea what time this place stops serving dinner?

Would seem to be 6.00pm - 9.00pm from looking at a couple of websites ... oddly the Black Lion themselves don't say.

Is it wrong to spend more time thinking about tyre's than food for this!

Beefy, medium speed tyres currently fitted... Very fast tyres under serious consideration!