Dorset Gravel Dash 2018

Tamer, hah...

It's a bit of a mixed bag. Day 1 is about 5 miles longer than day 2. Day 2 also has less sketchy stuff, but watch out on the final descent from Old Harry into Swanage, past the cows on the chalky descent down the grassy hill: That's where one of my companions for the final leg two years ago washed out on a 35mm CX tyre and broke his femur. Waiting for the ambulance and the Army evac guy is how I got DFL and won a Straggler frameset.

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For 1 day or both?

Both - the full 50/50

Well that was a lot of fun, despite the horrid mud section on the second day. Very very glad I went for the 29er not Pompino. I pitied the people doing it on cross bikes.

I can barely walk up the stairs today!

Awesome awesome ride. Carried on yesterday having started the ride two days early. Now on a train back to London. Already mourning the weekend. One of the best/toughest weekends riding in my life.

We did it on cross/gravel bikes. It was fine.

Bar the bent hanger. Broken hanger. 3 broken chains and having to push my mate the last five miles.

Not a word I use lightly but really was an epic weekend. Recommended to anyone who's never done it. Bring on Next year.

This is how I pretty much felt all weekend.

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Cross bike wasn't so bad, only thought I was going to break some bones on a couple of occasions :D