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I have 25mm one pros fitted on Hunt disc wheels. They grip a lot better than hutchison sector 28s and went on first time using a cheap zefal track pump. No soapy water required.

I have to top up the air about once a week.

Cheers. I've got a fork mount for a light so that's one option, and creative use of this kind of thing (or better variants thereof) might solve the rest:

http://www.topeak.com/products/xtras/barxtender

Or I could remove some or all of: light, backup light, backup backup light, garmin, phone, cache battery, camera, bell, whistle.

Cheers. I will see if I can get hold of a few to look at in person.

Any recommendations on handlebar widths? I have 42cm bars (outside to outside) which don't seem to leave a lot of space.

Are any of you using aerobars for long audaxes and long distance racing? Extra positions sound good, and LEL has plenty of flat kms.

Are there any good options that leave the tops usable?

There is cycling in Singapore but it happens very early in the morning. Loads of expensive carbon bikes head over the boarder into Malaysia at 5am. Take a look at Singapore audax for routes.

Singapore itself is fun to cycle in if you are well prepared with loads of water - one bottle per 15 miles for me.

The highlight was seeing lots of baby monkeys around the Thompson reservoir, but do look up the kranji loop, rifle range road, and mount faber.

Drivers are generally OK, partly because the roads are so wide. Just watch out for left hooks which happen a lot due to junction design. Singapore's equivalent to road tax (COE) can cost over £25,000/10 years so drivers can feel somewhat entitled.

The "food" on a wiggle sportive is barely fit for human consumption. That's why they call them feed stops - like you would for cattle :-)

(Actually I do quite like a fig roll but it doesn't really compare to the bacon roll, pasta, rice pudding and TWO cakes I ate yesterday. Plus an ice cream en-route.)

No Strava. But I did a 19:21 acw lap and a 20:01 cw lap - both new PBs, under similar conditions.

I guess this means I'm not fast enough to go TTing yet. (Plus I don't have an aero bike.)

You could just ride back. That is my plan if the weather is good. (And if the weather is bad I'm not going.)

Also in for the Devil. Weather forecast looks good and it will keep my RRTY going.

Nice one. Going to try it clockwise tomorrow morning and see how much difference it makes.

First go at the 3 lap challenge so was pleased to come in at 58:38 - especially as I've only ever done one sub-20 min lap in the park before.

Starting at 5:30am was probably cheating.

Skinny - 50:20 (G)
6pt - 52:31 (G)
iPete - 53:14 (G)
6pt - 53:20 (F - 84")
Brain-Stew - 53.53 (G)
Bainbridge - 53.57 (G)
woods_alexis - 54.00 (G)
Eyebrows- 54:31 (G)
Harpoonist - 55.06 (F - 86")
Hovis - 55.17 (G)
Blue Fleet - 55.39 (G)
.gaz. - 55.44 (F - 81")
BringMeMyFix - 55.55 (F - 78.9")
Erik Jonsson - 56:15 (G)
Bouncy - 56:21 (G)
amey - 56:31 (G)
vunugu - 56.32 (G)
bmx_fred - 56.48 (G)
Jacobjd - 57:02 (F - 90")
Chadders81 - 57.13(G)
Sasmon 57.15 (G)
umop3pisdn 57:34. (G)
Moserism 57:44 (G)
Elswick 58:12 (G)
IAmNotARobot - 58.13 (G)
Sam - 58:38 (G)
inappropriate_bike - 58:38:23 (G)
iltmimi - 58:53 (G)
dancing james - 58.59 (G)
joe smiff - 59:21 (G)
FixedCheese - 59:23 (G)
chris0 - 59.26 (G)
T-V - 59.30 (G)
adoubletap - 59.30 (G)
jim1985 - 59:39 (G)
Damo - 59:39 (G)
Commie - 59:40 (G)
FixedCheese - 59:42 (F - 74")
toby.d - 1:00:14 (G)
Pharoahsanders - 1:00.15 (G)
Bouncy - 1:00:54 (F - 72")
william1984 - 1:00:59 (G)
Olly398 - 1:01:00 (G)
Sacredhart- 1:01.01 (G)
TeddyUK 1:01:55 (G)
youramericanlover - 1:02:02 (G)
villa-ru - 1:02:03 (G)
vunugu - 1:02:50 (F - 79.6")
shinkuu kiss - 1:03:26 (G)
Rod Munch - 1:03:32 (G)
edscoble - 1:03:45 (G)
dysar - 1:03:48 (F - 76")
Wrongcog - 1:03:54 (G)
Ordinata - 1:04:15 (G)
green0 - 1:04:22 (G)
willski - 1:04:30 (F - 76")
laner-1:04:45 (G)
edscoble - 1:04:50 (SS)
Doutzki - 1:04:59 (F - 75.5")
Sandy_l - 1:05:28 (G)
Yukirin - 1:06:12 (G)
smiff - 1:06:15 (F - 67")
Sparky - 1:06:19 (G)
Damo - 1:07:06 (F)
Bris - 1:08:18 (G)
Balders - 1:09:28 (F - 48:16)
dbr - 1:09:36 (G)
Greenbank - 1:09:54 (G)
dst - 1:10:17 (G)
villa-ru - 1:11:04 (F - 68")
Greenbank 1:11:48 (F - 67")
Sparky - 1:12:05 (F - 48:18)

There was basically every kind of kit on the shark from summer to artic.

I went with winter jersey/wool base layer and shorts. Odd but it worked perfectly.

The Shark was ace...

In my memory. I'm not so sure I enjoyed it as I was riding the first half in the rain.

I certainly did enjoy nipping up Toys Hill and having a pint of shandy at the top in the sunshine before carrying on.

I am also riding the Shark. I feel underprepared - riding up Swains Lane twice this weekend might be slightly inadequate.

I know you wrote off Mason, but the Ultegra Di2 Disc Resolution (£3.7k) should be back in stock next month according to their website. For something like the TransAm they might let you jump the queue.

Are gears OK for this one?