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Love to do this.

Moving house on the 1st.
In-laws fly in on the 1st.

Chance of leave pass << 0

What is "the normal process of accreditation" for using Stratford?

hint: it's not "can you do a skid?"

Why not? I can't think of a more deserving and responsible bunch... No seriously, why not?

1. Spilt
   
2. Guinness
   

how much for novelty taxidermy?

what places
can you name where integration works?

Portland, Oregon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_in_Portland,_Oregon

A mix of dedicated cycleways and "bicycle boulevards".

The participation rates are hardly aspirational, but in an american context they're astounding.

Just been doing my packing for Super Brevet Scandinavia (on of the 1200s). All of a sudden it looks really scary and up close.

I know I should be OK on it but all of a sudden I'm finding little shit to worry about when I should be sleep banking. Not usual for me, but then, neither is a big ride in three countries I've never been to before.

I'm a little bit Jealous TSK. the scenery will be epic

just remember that even in summer the fjords are ice cold, so wind coming off the fjords is also Ice cold.
pack a good technical windbreak and some good gloves.

^^ yeah Rimas.

boast post: I saw Rimas at the end of the Ditchling Devil, but he rode solo and we chain ganged a good chunk of the way home.

^ Skinny if +9-10hrs excites, try and hang onto the fast guys in one of the bigger (attended) normal audaxes. BCM is a good one to try, because it attracts a fairly hungry-whippets field.

Forgo the sleep and find a group aiming for a sub 24 hr finish.

Fuuuuuu...

Someone buy this please. My wife would fuk me up!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=271257707604&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:GB:3160

It's 100km..... If you can ride 60 miles in the surrey hills, then you can ride 60 miles in the surrey hills.

Yeah.... so I might have been a little hasty. That tour of the hills is a tough arse ride.

Gels and littering

these cost £4 - load them up with gels before the ride [ they take about 5 gels worth]

5 gels!?!?!

what fucking epic ride requires consumption of 5 gels?!
climbing alp d'huez twice in a TDF stage?
certainly not riding 100 miles around the surrey fricken hills. Jeesus.

all the long scando ones seem to be like that. Races, but in bunches. Theyre mad for it

not too many 5 or 6 day ones going around though. The logistics for even 4-5 day events like LEL or PBP are huge.

I met a great guy this year doing uk audaxes. He just finished this today. The site needs updating, but I think he's finished 6th:
http://www.transcontinentalrace.com/

correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldnt most people who regularly ride long (400s and 600s) audax under uk domestic regulations (15kph) be capable of an 80hr limit?

Is there something I'm missing, like the parcours or the crowds that make this sound harder than it is?

..... oh hang on.....50hrs.
yeah that's a bit different. That's nearly no stopping, no sleeping if it's unsupported.

Yossarian - I'd love to do that 240 with you. probably more of a leave pass than I could swing.

Will be trying to angle for the tour of hills though I think.

^ Snap.

Looking at the 'Tour of the Hills' no gpx file, wanted to get an idea of the elevation over the ride. Being a bit of a wuss.

It's 100km..... If you can ride 60 miles in the surrey hills, then you can ride 60 miles in the surrey hills. just enter and take a gel with you in case of bonkitis.

also, the gpx is at the bottom of the page.

Might be keen, but it's a loooong way away.

bit confused by Greenbank's recommended 2010 ride schedule.

I'm hoping to do the Perth-Albany-Perth next year in Western Australia. Really epic countryside, and a great time of year to see it.

^ 2 great stories jordan. Sure there are more.

Hippy I variously heard dozens of conversations about you and your mersey adventure on this ride.

Household fkn name.

Damn there are some solid riders on that spreadsheet.

Stoked that Adam did so well - probably makes him one of the first fixed finishers.

Just finished three days of volunteering at Brampton.

You guys are fuckin legends. All the volunteers really make this ride special. Many of them were more tired than the riders and were so helpful and understanding - even when some of the riders were less than courteous - which isnt excusable but is understandable because your body plays with your mood a little from time to time.

I stayed in pocklington twice, and the people there were so lovely that it it felt like home by the time I rolled out the second time!!!

To those still out there, just keep rolling. You can do it - just dont give up on yourself when it gets tough. Back it off a few kph and keep trundling. The body is an amazing machine.

What a day.
Woke to discover that the slight buckle in my rear wheel was due to a cracked rim. Rode it to brampton with kid gloves and concluded it would hold...

But at the top of yad moss it went completely plastic. Thought I might end up walking down to barnard castle, but limped down to find there were no suitable spares and no hope of sorting anything.

Eventually manned up and rode the thing to just outside Thirsk, where a samaritan had left a loaner. Changed the cassette over on the side of the road and hit Thirsk a bit after 1.

To top it off the front developed a wierd flat spot from a rock hitting incident on Sunday.

And somehow I managed during all this to cycle 300km in the borderlands.

Ps. The borderlands are road bike porn. Except for the logging trucks.

No. Now time sleepy time.

There are some next level fkn riders on this thing.

Just had 3 punctures in 20km.

Oh, and I'm rider k40, in case my legions of adoring fans want to keep their blogs updated with my progress.

bout to jump on the bike and head off to rego

where's all this rain we were promised. Its fookin hot.
guess it will start at about 5:30 tomorrow mornin..

last minute crises of confidence

GP 4seasons in 28mm or 4000s in 25?

^ yeah, I dont think it's an always sort of problem

I think the consensus is that it has something to do with the maximum number of data points that the internal memory can hold before buffer overflow.

I am using the 705 and plan to just ride and record between controls for LEL. it's easier that way psychologically anyway because you're starting from scratch, and each ride is relatively short at 70km ish. you just have to do 20 of them.

the route sheets are split the same way, coincidentally

I also get really peeved when I end up with huge overdistances on audaxes.

One of the reasons I gave up on the buzzard was it looked like the "613km" route would end up at over 650km by the time I finished.

reading maps in the dark means carrying maps and reading in the dark
neither of which appeal to me.

I have enough to worry about without wondering if I'm lost.
also, it's hard enough to find some controls even with a line to follow that takes you right to the door.

I cycled around menai bridge for about 45 minutes this year. Last thing I needed.
It's amazing how people can live in a town of 200 buildings, and no one knows where the bldy scout hall is.

also, I can confirm that the garmin 800 has problems logging long rides. It's a known issue and is discussed at length on the various yacf audax threads.

most people I know save the file every 12 hours on 400s to avert garmin meltdown.