Looking at it another way

- 74% of those who finished, completed in less than 24hrs

Chapeau & congratulations to everyone who took part
I plan on joining you next year

Okay ... if your time's wrong post your name and correct time here and I'll correct it.

Ta

mountainbaker wrote:Dave and Gareth came in after myself, andrew and neil. We used the clock in the Tipi, but afterward I noticed the time on my garmin was earlier than the clock said, and i looked at the garmin a while after we got back. We were stupidly tired!

My strava elapsed time registers 20h 32m, so all three of us arrived back at 6.32am. Not that I'm fussed, just want the list to be right! Here's the strava activity: http://www.strava.com/activities/88781433

I thought there was a mistake somewhere there.

My Garmin time elapsed is 20h 22m (http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1912132) but I got lost on the way to Pennant and started 10mins late, I know my official time should be from 10am though and would be the same as Gabriel and Andy.

Mart wrote:Looking at it another way

- 74% of those who finished, completed in less than 24hrs

Chapeau & congratulations to everyone who took part
I plan on joining you next year

Statistic number two:

28% of those who finished, completed in less than 18 hours!!

Mart wrote:
- 74% of those who finished, completed in less than 24hrs

Proof that it needs to be harder next year?

Just had a thought.

What's the age of the oldest and youngest finisher of the Bear Bones 200? And then also sub 24..?

Phil Simcock is clearly the fastest rookie (to the event) 8-)

And Ian is clearly fastest singlespeed.

(p.s. I'm 24 and hoping I'm the youngest finisher, and sub 18 hour finisher... )

And another stat; 4 people have completed all three BB200's. IanB, KevinR, AlanG and KeithP.

Paul Pomfret retired and I didn't start and were the only others who could have completed the triple.

Well done to all the riders who finished, hanging around on Sunday morning it was amazing to see all the riders getting round in under 24 hours. Only Ian and Kevin managed it in 2011. Of course, it was easier this way round;-)

17.8% beat the 2011 record
7.1% beat the 2012 record
4.1% went under 14 hours.

I recorded a 9.5% improvement on my 2012 time (14.1% in 2011).

Hi, if you fancy seeing graphically where you stand here you go. I was suprised at how many did so well and got the black. Well done to all.

next time.....

Ian (ti El Mar)

Theres a lot of geekery going on today....

Just found this thread of people estimating their time for 2011.

http://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/phpBB ... ?f=7&t=271

How expectations have changed

Like Ian said,

Ian wrote:17.8% beat the 2011 record

Nuts!

Low number of bail-outs this year surprised me.

(Haven't done the stats/graphs though)

I still think that doing the event solo, on a 26er, a week earlier than everyone else, at my age, has a 2 hour 38 minute time penalty - just think - I could have done it much quicker if I tried (and was younger, had a bigger bike etc etc)!

Well done to everyone - even though the times were generally quicker I think this way round is harder - it's the last 20km that swings the balance though. Healing vibes to the fella who was hit by a car - any news on how he is?

Woh Woh Woh. Stu, I want to protest my time, I was not a whole minute behind Roy and Dainius, we came in together. I just stopped to close the gate after them, hence I was a few seconds back. :D

Ok I was a whole 26 hours behind some of the front runners, but I finished and I loved it.

Zippy wrote:Just had a thought.

What's the age of the oldest and youngest finisher of the Bear Bones 200? And then also sub 24..?


(p.s. I'm 24 and hoping I'm the youngest finisher, and sub 18 hour finisher... )

I'll own up to being 50+ but be surprised if that makes me the oldest finisher ..

nostoc wrote:Low number of bail-outs this year surprised me.

(Haven't done the stats/graphs though)

I think the Good-for-Wales weather had a lot to do with that. Poor old George that DNF'd did so has he'd exhausted all his tubes, patches & sealing foam by 60k. If I'd had that many punctures and a split tyre I'd have probably called it quits too.

Thought I'd correct our times and make clear who finished together.

1 SIMCOCK Phil 13h 08m
2 BARRINGTON Ian 13h 58m
3 GOLDSMITH Alan 14h 17m
_ RICHMOND Phil 14h 17m
5 RUSSELL John 16h 58m
6 REEVES Chris 17h 13m
7 EDWARDS Jon 17h 27m
_ HEADING Steve 17h 27m
_ SHELDON Alan 17h 27m
10 HOULBROOK Adam 17h 51m
__ HOULBROOK Matt 17h 51m
12 WATSON Luke 17h 51m
13 RODERICK Kevin 17h 7m
14 MACNAB Ian 19h 06m
15 STOCKER Kenny 19h 08m
16 ALLEN Nicholas 19h 15m
__ PARKINSON Alan 19h 15m
18 COCKIN Neil 20h 35m
__ LAWRENCE Andrew 20h 35m
__ MAK Gabriel 20h 35m
21 CLUTTON Gareth 20h 50m
__ KANE Dave 20h 50m
23 GLOVER Mark 22h 08m
24 EVANS Mark 22h 19m
__ FITZPATRICK Ian 22h 19m
26 BASKERVILLE Adrian 22h 32m
27 LEECH Nigel 22h 41m
28 DARBY Simon 23h 23m
__ WRIGHT Stuart 23h 23m
30 BRUCE Tom 23h 24m
__ GRATWICK Peter 23h 24m
32 NAYLAR Richard 23h 29m
__ OLDFIELD Shona 23h 29m
34 DAWSON Bryan 23h 45m
35 PURT Chris 24h 16m
36 NIGHTINGALE Ian 24h 32m
37 FOSTER Chris 25h 05m
38 THOMAS Michael 25h 30m
39 DAVIES Mike 28h 50m
40 BURTON Paul 29h 0
41 PITCHER Keith 29h 05m
__ WEBB Oliver 29h 05m
43 McINTYRE Robert 33h 0
44 BROOKS Roy 40h 24m
__ DILBA Dainius 40h 24m
46 MIDDLETON Tom 40h 25m
47 CROWE Dominic DNF
48 DAVIES Paul DNF
49 FARRAR Ben DNF
50 LACK George DNF
51 MANANCOURT Paul DNF
52 METCALF Michael DNF
53 POMFRET Paul DNF
54 ROSSI George DNF
55 TURNER Neil DNF
56 YOUNGHUSBAND Adam DNF

Kevin Roderick made 6th though (+ first CX bike?), so you need to allow for that. Think this is correct:

1 SIMCOCK Phil 13h 08m
2 BARRINGTON Ian 13h 58m (first SS)
3 GOLDSMITH Alan 14h 17m
_ RICHMOND Phil 14h 17m
5 RUSSELL John 16h 58m
6 RODERICK Kevin 17h 03m (first CX)
7 REEVES Chris 17h 13m (youngest rider)
8 EDWARDS Jon 17h 27m
_ HEADING Steve 17h 27m
_ SHELDON Alan 17h 27m
11 HOULBROOK Adam 17h 51m (joint first in the bearded category)
__ HOULBROOK Matt 17h 51m (joint first in the bearded category)
13 WATSON Luke 17h 51m
14 MACNAB Ian 19h 06m
15 STOCKER Kenny 19h 08m
16 ALLEN Nicholas 19h 15m
__ PARKINSON Alan 19h 15m
18 COCKIN Neil 20h 35m
__ LAWRENCE Andrew 20h 35m
__ MAK Gabriel 20h 35m
21 CLUTTON Gareth 20h 50m
__ KANE Dave 20h 50m
23 GLOVER Mark 22h 08m
24 EVANS Mark 22h 19m
__ FITZPATRICK Ian 22h 19m
26 BASKERVILLE Adrian 22h 32m
27 LEECH Nigel 22h 41m
28 DARBY Simon 23h 23m
__ WRIGHT Stuart 23h 23m
30 BRUCE Tom 23h 24m
__ GRATWICK Peter 23h 24m
32 NAYLAR Richard 23h 29m
__ OLDFIELD Shona 23h 29m (first woman)
34 DAWSON Bryan 23h 45m (only person under 24 hours with a full nights sleep)
35 PURT Chris 24h 16m (first blue badge)
36 NIGHTINGALE Ian 24h 32m
37 FOSTER Chris 25h 05m
38 THOMAS Michael 25h 30m
39 DAVIES Mike 28h 50m (first green badge)
40 BURTON Paul 29h 0
41 PITCHER Keith 29h 05m
__ WEBB Oliver 29h 05m
43 McINTYRE Robert 33h 0
44 BROOKS Roy 40h 24m
__ DILBA Dainius 40h 24m
46 MIDDLETON Tom 40h 25m
47 CROWE Dominic DNF
48 DAVIES Paul DNF
49 FARRAR Ben DNF
50 LACK George DNF
51 MANANCOURT Paul DNF
52 METCALF Michael DNF
53 POMFRET Paul DNF
54 ROSSI George DNF
55 TURNER Neil DNF
56 YOUNGHUSBAND Adam DNF

Before the final history is written I ought to say that my time as entered on the finish sheet was actually 17.03. My handwriting might not have been too clear at the time.
And I'm more than twice as old as Zippy.
And that John Russell knows how to pass a knackered old bloke in the final km with good grace.

In the event of a tie in the bearded category are final rankings decided by length / thickness / colour etc?

Mattie_H wrote:are final rankings decided by length / thickness / colour

Still talking about beards right?

composite wrote:

Mattie_H wrote:are final rankings decided by length / thickness / colour

Still talking about beards right?

Always

Mattie_H wrote:In the event of a tie in the bearded category are final rankings decided by length / thickness / colour etc?

If you can provide photographic evidence, I will award first place accordingly

Ian wrote:

Mattie_H wrote:In the event of a tie in the bearded category are final rankings decided by length / thickness / colour etc?

If you can provide photographic evidence, I will award first place accordingly

I think it's probably best to call it a tie

Mattie_H wrote:I think it's probably best to call it a tie

Must be an extremely long, narrow and colourful beard.