2013-06-22/23 47th Styrkeprøven, Norway..

Wilko knocked out 486km in 12:00 hours, solo - So 540 in almost 14:00, in a group? Piece of piss.

ATEA used to be our IT support. They could'nt conect 2 printer networks in 14 hours let alone cycl 545km.

I'm there a lot. To be honest Oslo is fecking ugly in general. Theres the nice bit by the sea, and then its pure ugs.
perhaps, the citeh is abit of a mess downtown..
next time, i'll stay with my mate nr Ljan.. they have a great view of the Ffjord ;)

Found this in the results....Menn: ATEA Pro Aktiv – 13 menn på samme tid: 13:49:00........surly that can't be correct ?!!!!!!

course record i believe..

What we'd need is a fat yet fast rider. Used to doing 12/24 hour stints in the saddle. To stick on the front while we draft his bulk and eat Svele with brown cheese.

If only the forum had such a person.......

What we'd need is a fat yet fast rider. Used to doing 12/24 hour stints in the saddle. To stick on the front while we draft his bulk and eat Svele with brown cheese.

If only the forum had such a person.......
who is out everyday and has an aussie accent.. hmm can't imagine we have such a fellow

... eat Svele with brown cheese........
is this the goats cheese tastes like caramel??? i think i'm gonna puke again.. if i never see another slice i'll be okay..

'i think i'm gonna puke again.. if i never see another slice i'll be okay..'
My mate has volunteered to drive a back up vehicle so we could eat when and what we want....

I've cleared this with Mrs Smallfurry.

If I reduce the time I spend breaking myself on the rugby pitch over the next 12 months. I can break myself on a ridiculous length ride.

Sounds fair.

Brown cheese filled sveler are the fuel of champions BTW. ;-)

Only if you spread jam on it as well SF ;)

Careful. You're digging up painful memorys here. Last time we had pancakes my 4 yo left his last one. I saw the corner of brown cheese sticking out and thought 'awesome'. I stuffed it down so fast it took a while to register the smoked lamb sausage (vossafår), and jam, he'd also added.

Heres him making his own supper 2 nights ago.

Yes, thats peanutbutter on salami.

Yes, he ate it.

BTW. I hope my constant thread derailment doesnt distract from how fecking awesome it is, that you folks did this. The local climate can be an absolute killer on even the shortest of rides.

Chapeau x 100

thanks SF.. three days on, my appettite is slowly returning. We did so much in Norway.. visited war grave outside Trondheim, met so many great people along the way (542km), Kristian's family for supper with 5kg of prawns totally wasted on me, another supper with some old mates / ex-work colleagues, visited ski jump centre and opera house, and a few excellent bars for those £10-£12 pints of beer..

ha

I fancied 36 hours with a couple of snoozes and chatting to the ladies
aka Swiss Toni

I did a search on the ultimate* timing website.. There were 9 Brits in the 542km race for 2013, only 7 finishers and two of them ride for Norwegian clubs.. I reckon Robert Thomas was the only/fastest Welshman, while I was the fastest from NW8 and Kristian wins for letting us leave him at Kvam, only for him to catch us up later and before the finish.

Of course we were soft pedalling, for 200km ;)

With Kristian and Robert at Kvam..

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At the start 00:00hrs in Trondheim...

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A break from the rain 160 km in..

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Post race souvenir

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Skateboard heaven at Oslo opera house..

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Fine detailing by Snøhetta

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Ski jump centre, oslo

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Train bridge ffs.. Trondheim

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Great pics, Al! The three of you don't look nearly tired enough in those group shots, though, that's a bit suspicious.

thanks Bothwell

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and this..

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