Soops….any chance you could have a look for 107 & 146 too please.
Was a great day & thanks to 0091paddy for the place – was nice to meet you.
I didn’t puncture and was amazed at how many people seemed to be having mechanicals/punctures. I even went past one bloke who’d ripped his rear mech & hanger off!! I went for Fire XCs over my slightly faster Speed Kings as the Fire XCs are a doddle to get off, whereas the SKs aren’t and it’s not worth 5secs/lap if you then have to stop for 15 mins cos you can’t get your tyre off and back on again!
It was my first attempt at a long solo really and I managed 7 laps. Could have gone for 8, but decided to have a decent rest before going out and getting one more in. Even around my final lap, I kept thinking of speeding up to get through the start/finish before the 6hrs was up to get another one in. But, I only did it for a bit of fun so wasn’t going to kill myself and that grassy climb near the start after you double back on the outgoing riders was a killer towards the end!