Fifty Shades of Badger ( aka - The Epping Forest 50 )

Makes you realise how considerate I usually am ;-)

Thank God I've gone geared then

Maybe the other half of the route is down hill IDK

It's not

I've made a terrible mistake :'(

Bloody hell, I'm sore

Going to tweak the route again today

Nothing broken though right?

So, if my tyres don't arrive from Italy by tomorrow does anyone have a spare 29er tyre I could borrow for the day?

I can't feel anything out of place :-)

Might have whimpered a little after sneezing yesterday...

I have a pair of nobby nics in my house in SE5, if you can find some way to get there tomorrow 6pm-7pm

Kind of quiet here, but please try and let me know if you're coming :-)

1-BN
2-TomvanHalen + 3
3-Howard?
4-umop3pisdn
5-dicki?
6-Ramsaye?
7-dimi3?
8-mk1mark ?
9-eyebrows?
10-Caz?
11-Caren

Aw yis

Sorry I am out :( I even have new brake pads on the way. Feel terrible about this

You monster

99.9% in. Hope to solve a mech problem tomorrow.

Anyone getting there from SE (in Brockley I am)?

Final updates for the route. Now at 46.5km, with bail-out points ( High Beach tea hut ) at 11km, 16km, and 37km. Stopping for tea & cake will only be at the 11km and 37km points, so be sure to carry enough food with you, and top up your fluid where you can.

This new & improved route has ALL the best descents.

And climbs? Sure you can't squeeze out another 3500m?

There's the same amount of elevation as the original route, but slightly condensed, and with added fun.

But 46 < 50 :(

I know some claypit hill trails we can add in....

You can do laps around the tea hut while we eat bread pudding

claypit hill trails

"ALL the best descents"

It's already in there.

Srsly tho, it's potentially an awesome route which I plan to refine and do again :-)

:-(

I’ve changed my status from nope to tentative

will be away for sure. have fun fellow badgers!