Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 6:15 pm
She's blipped in the Bealach Dubh
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Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 6:28 pm
FWIW it's currently a lovely evening. The best weather in a few days. I expect most will be cracking on and taking advantage of it.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 6:54 pm
I've had a rubbish tablet open on DotWatcher.CC all day in work, I can't believe the mileage in the time elapsed from the top few.
When I go to sleep, I wake up and it's the first thing I check, I love to see who rode through the night whilst I was all tucked up.
When I go to sleep, I wake up and it's the first thing I check, I love to see who rode through the night whilst I was all tucked up.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 6:57 pm
Agreed, it's astonishing. I'm assuming there's some pretty amazing elevation figures too? Can't quite see a way of figuring it out from trackleaders
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 7:23 pm
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 7:38 pm
He's not hanging around on that sssean_iow wrote: ↑Sat May 22, 2021 4:29 pm As Liam will have started in the last group he's overtaken the whole field. If you were riding and didn't know who he was I wonder how it feels to have someone on a clunker* pass you and disappear into the distance
*In no way am I putting down the Stooge Scrambler, it's a great bike, but it's miles away from a carbon race whippet with all the latest parts, quite literally in this case
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:06 pm
Day 1 - (the first 120-140 miles) will be over 4500m of climbing. Then it settles down a bit.......
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:06 pm
Very impressive as usual. I wonder how many will sleep before midnight!
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:07 pm
Especially as when they pass you look at that rear cassette and see just one cog
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:09 pm
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:23 pm
He’s going to get to Contin at this rate
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:24 pm
sorry, just checked a few day 1 rides - when they get to Loch ma Stack (where Liam is now) it's around 3800m, then if they keep going to Contin it will be 4000m+
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:26 pm
After Contin there are a few shelters (wood sheds etc). I can imagine they might be a good target to aim for.
The trouble is that there are a couple (JH and JI) who might intend to ride through and aim to sleep tomorrow night instead.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:38 pm
Looking at the forecast for Monday if I was at the front I'd not be in any rush to stop tonight.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:39 pm
Ride through the first night when you're fresh has got to be the tactic theses days? And maybe ride through the second as well 
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:42 pm
Have to agree with that, they've got form. I could see them both going 36 to 48 before bedding down
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:47 pm
Crikey.
3 days of rain by the power of Google.
3 days of rain by the power of Google.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:48 pm
Oh, and the pic Lars took coming off the Cory shows it being a lovely evening.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:49 pm
Yeah I seen that. Cracking the flags....
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 8:53 pm
Sally seems to have turned south down the great glen way 
hope she realises soon...
hope she realises soon...Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 9:00 pm
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 9:01 pm
Ah no. I wondered about her. I don't have a link to her socials.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 9:05 pm
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 9:08 pm
Thanks, I don't have a twitter account. Bah.
Re: HT550 2021
Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 9:12 pm
You are not missing much.Thanks, I don't have a twitter account. Bah.
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