Classic event do it people
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there is a 200 later on in the year!

Cheers rich

Mmm… Rohloff with 40mm tyres or poorly geared fatbike….

someone finished on a cross bike and tent last year which is nails as its essentially doing the 3 peaks, with a tent, and for 300k. so no excuses.

200 was a good day out but would go for the 300 for an adventure with pain

Entered it last year, but failed to even turn up as I moved house at the same time. eddie11 won’t shut up about it, so maybe, just maybe…

I did the 200 this year. The best ride I had in the UK in the year.

Will be doing the 300. It is supposed to be individual but doing it as a pair is fine

C

A bit much for us. Might do the route over 3 days with B&Bs on the way 🙂

Took too much kit!! Really a lot depends on the weather forecast and how much you are prepared to tough out maybe four or five hours of semi-sleep. Apart from the first two back most bivvied somewhere between Fleet Moss and the start of the BW from Dent to Ribblehead. I bivvied on the Pennine BW before the descent to Newby Head. Where you bivvy will also depend on the weather: last year it was warm & humid so you really didn’t want to be somewhere sheltered near vegetation because of the midges. Equally it was forecast to start raining overnight so being up high could also have backfired (it actually began to rain at about 6am).

A lightweight inflatable mat like the Klymit x-frame, a down summer sleeping bag (PHD) and a bivvy bag (Alpkit HUnka) will weigh under 1Kg but could cost a significant amount of cash 😆

You are allowed to use (but not pre-book) any facility you find on route. Last year most tried to get to the Dales Bike Centre before it shut but that might be a bit harder to do this year as the new route adds about 15Km before you get there (comparing the two route maps, it is 15Km shorter in the latter third)

skinny bike no problem!
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I’m in!

Will you be completing it on Mr Hoppy?

It was our first go at bike packing, three of us set off hoping we could make it. We managed 150km by 02:30 & realised we would not make the time cut off that night – that meant a 60km ride back to the start…which was brutal!

Great event & we met loads of good people. Highlights were riding over fremington edge & down to langthwaite as night fell, dropping down gunnerside Gill in the pitch black (interesting!) & climbing up buttertubs at first light. Bring on the dales200…a tad more achievable we hope

We took too much stuff and the effect on the bike handling was noticeable, think we lost a couple of hours over the day with this & coupled with dallying at the cafes this meant we were three hours behind and out of the running.

We are doing the 200 – packing light, buying food en-route and aiming to ride through to the finish…with maybe a short three hour kip if needed

Anyone have the gpx of this year’s 200 & 300? I may give it a go later in the year. Had a crack at last year’s 300 but I believe it’s changed slightly this year. Awesome place to ride! Thanks

No, i was on a Puffin and my mate was on an On-One Fatty.

We rode with the guy on the Dune for a while early on but never seen him again after the end of the first day

What were you riding Whitestone?

I remember you at the start

I spent most of the first day laughing at the nutters on the CX bikes – christ they were struggling with the DHs

I bet it was tough in places on a rigid 29er!

Only a couple – the descent of Friarfold Hush down to Gunnerside Gill and the set stones at the bottom of the drop from Whernside to Ribblehead. So maybe a total of 300m out of 300Km, not a huge amount really.

@ChrisE Drop Stuart a line, sure he’d listen. I wondered about the BW down from Cray as well. Also there’s a bit heading in to Hawes where it makes a short loop from the road which I’m not sure is a BW.