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Prees Heath RAB. It's where all the support guys setup for the 24hr. Helps that there's a chippy there.
I've found one Strava activity for the D12/1 and it looks like there's a middle section which doesn't go near the Prees Heath RAB. Looks a bit undoable on an unsupported basis if that's still the course.
The surface better or worse than the Newbury course? Potholes you can dodge or is it lane-wide trenches?
The northern circuit is worse than Newbury, by a considerable margin. Lane-wide bone-jarring trenches all the way across the road. Plus potholes. The smoothest line is to try and ride along the rumble strip by the side of the carriageway. It's smoother than the road surface.
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Hmm, I'm pretty shit with maps/directions/anything that's happened in the last 30 years but this seems quite different to the 24hr course:
https://mywindsock.com/uploads/1204569/I guess I just recognised the names and thought "yep, looks like the 24" but it seems to take quite a few different out and backs and loops, still pretty centred on maybe Whitchurch RAB though.
Hmm, fat guys, shit roads and fast tyres aren't a great combo. Guess I better kick off that heroin addiction sooner than planned.
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How much self-support do you need? It's best not to stop too often as it obviously takes time and the temptation to not get back on is not helpful!
I've done two 12 hours unsupported and planned on a one-stop stategy for each, so only needed to get to my car at about the 7-hour point.
Admittedly on one of them I dropped a bottle so needed a second stop at about 10 hours for a final bottle. -
On the Mersey Roads 24 there was a small marquee on Prees Heath RAB for the unsupported riders. Basically you could dump a large bag/box in there and then have access to it whenever you passed it (all loops of the 24 passed it except for the finish loop). Some people had made up 20+ bottles so they could just nip in, switch bottles and straight back out onto the bike.
I used it (and slept it in for 90 minutes whilst tummy troubles subsided) when I did the 24.
Might be worth asking if the same thing is happening on the Nat 12.
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frank9755
Greenbank
Prees Heath RAB. It's where all the support guys setup for the 24hr. Helps that there's a chippy there.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rontec/@52.9364912,-2.6603179,301m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sprees+rab!3m4!1s0x487a92220d996b25:0xfc5285c38f61583d!8m2!3d52.9367962!4d-2.6611269
The surface better or worse than the Newbury course? Potholes you can dodge or is it lane-wide trenches?