TORQ in your Sleep 12 hour solo

Good luck with this Pete (and anyone else who is doing it!), and has anyone got a spot tracker he can borrow? :0)

has anyone got a spot tracker he can borrow?

I'm hoping to not get lost...

I'm pit crewing for @BareNecessities and @Howard, so with their permission I can provide in-race updates here if there is interest.

It's of interest! A couple of updates would be nice ;)

Fine with me :)

"Pete's just stopped again, for ANOTHER lunch break"

"I'm a Doctor of Cake. Trust me, you do need another piece of Battenberg"

Fair enough! The six hour was painful enough. 12 is going to be tough. You should take many breaks.

Yay!
Some more (nearly) dot watching!

And someone look out for the mechanical doping!

The six hour was painful enough

Oh god no, I'm not ready. Did you take any breaks for the 6 hour?

I didn't take any breaks on Bigdog but I didn't plan to and I wanted to place well and finished top 20, 5:50 and just about the last on eight laps. So it went to plan. But:

I tried to pace myself but at the start you cannot go slowly enough. So no negative split for me. But then this was the bigdog course and it has more climbing than Torq.

Four hours in it gets hard if you haven't done many six hour rides. Take a break if you need to and you've planned to - it's supposed to fun after all!

Everyone received their 'final instructions' email now?

@Howard @jesm @xkittyx @Jon.

Yes. What are you transport plans?

Current plan is for @IR to deliver me safely to the course on Sunday morning, and then take back whatever's left of me at the end.

Thankfully he doesn't live a million miles away from Holls' place :-)

Yup, I'm praying that my new washers arrive from Paragon this week and help prevent a repeat of the chain-drop-gate that occurred at Big Dog.

@Howard, looks like the train might be relatively simple, depending on what's happening at Waterloo. Direct to Farnborough then a ride of 3.5 miles to the course.

help prevent a repeat of the chain-drop-gate that occurred at Big Dog.

Dropouts still slipping?

Gonna get zipcar or whatever I think

yeah, loads of chain drops at Big Dog. Frustrating but I don't think it made any difference to my final position. Hopefully the fewer hills and the longer duration at Torq in your Sleep will mean I won't be putting as much power down.

What's the reasoning behind the light flares on solo riders bikes? So the team riders travelling at pace can see us trudging along from a way off before flying past?

Mostly to offer encouragement when they pass which they do a lot. It's really heartening to get some positive vibes when you're dying on the course

That's nice of him!
And yes I've got it. Thanks for asking though.. it was in my junk folder which I haven't been checking over the two weeks I've been away.

Hah yea this. It really helps.

I have many different 'favourite' cakes, but I think what I'd happily stuff right after the ride would be some bread pudding :-)

Never made bread pudding before, but I will do my best (can't guarantee it will be warm at midnight though!)

It's so you can have a proper rave when you ride by the DJ.