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Heading towards London, thinking of it as a long run home after work with a bit of a detour! At the moment the plan is to be pretty much unsupported and hope the wife is willing to come collect me when I run out of steam or time.

I've been looking for a challenge and thanks to rhb posting a bit of warning I snapped up a place for EfM next year! Really excited, furthest run so far is 50km but I've got a year to prepare for what is at the moment way above my head! Any advice would be much appreciated from the insanely impressive ultra runners on here.
My primary concern at the moment is the navigation, my sense of direction is poor to say the least and think I am going to have to rely on technology a lot. By the looks of it I am going to have to start saving for a high end Garmin to upload a pre planned course to or am i missing something? I can't seem to fathom whether something like the 735xt is going to be sufficient or do I need to be looking at the 935 or Fenix? Would Apple watch be any use given I could get a heavily subsidised one through health insurance, presumably battery life would be the main hurdle here?

Thanks very much in advance.

Dibs, PM incoming!

Depends how fast you are, I prefer doing it in off road shoes as the paths are pretty narrow and it’s been very busy lately so when lapping people you usually end up on grass which is very muddy at the mo but you could easily avoid doing that and is tarmac or hard pack paths the whole way.

Not sure about breakfast, there will something around Tooting Bec station.

Dibs pending question, will PM.

Thanks very much Scrabble, that seems like a much more sensible place to start!

Thanks to everyone else for the advice too, hope whoever goes enjoys the ride.

Yes that is fair, I was going to have to ask for the crash course in group riding / hand signals, if this isn't the place to do this fair enough, thanks for the honesty!

Hi,

How unrealistic am I being considering going on this ride? I commute just over 18 miles round trip daily. I run 3 or 4 times a week including a run commute quite happily for the 18 miles as well so have reasonable endurance. However I haven't ever really done long distances on the bike / ridden in a group. I'm sure I could do the distance but not sure if I would be a hindrance on the average speed. I do a lap of Richmond Park in just under 24 minutes (average 17 mph). This is on 48x17 gearing, the hills in Richmond Park are a challenge but it's not the end of the world, how do the hills on this ride compare?

Am I just caught up with this being thoroughly inspirational in the way everybody seems to approach this and in the idea of loving a challenge which seems to be the general idea of this ride (i.e. hard day on a fixed gear), or is this like me trying to run a marathon with sub 3 hour guys (which i certainly couldn't do)?

Certainly don't want to be a hindrance so some honesty from the wisdom of your experiences would be much appreciated.

Levers and Bagman now sold, thanks very much guys.

Wheel, Fork and Bar still available.

Bagman

Chrome Fork and Bar

Classic Front Wheel

For Sale

Pair of Paul E Levers, 23.8mm clamp. Used but in great condition no scratches. £30 each or £55 the pair (Currently £58.5o new.)

Classic Silver Front wheel, Shroom Components Hub with 20mm deep Kinlin double-wall rims. Used for about a year commuting but plenty of life left for the winter! Some scratches but still true. Brake surface fine. £30.

Carradice Bagman Quick Release saddlebag Clamp, the version with out the bag support. Clamp is used but has unused attachments which ziptie onto the bag. £15.

Classic Chromed Steel fork from BLB. 1 1/8" threadless steerer. Tube cut to 19.5cm as off a small frame. Legs in good condition, some tarnishing to the underside of the crown but not visible with a wheel in. £20.

Charge Slice Bullhorn Bar in white. 25.4mm stem clamp and 23.8mm brake clamp. Fairly tatty paint around the clamp and where lights go but nice comfy bars. £5.

Would prefer not to post but can at buyers cost. Based in SW17 for collection and work in NW8 or could meet somewhere in between.

Pics to follow!

Thanks very much for the info.

Hope you are enjoying the bike!

Would love to know how this build is going, love this frame!

Can I ask where you bought the frame did you go direct to BB17 or via some other route???

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Interested in the frameset, pm'd!