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24hr solo for me and a couple of mates. I rode a team 24 last year but felt like I wasn't getting enough riding in!
Should be good, although I have developed a swollen knee this week so hopefully that won't cause problems.
Part of me wants to take it easy and have a nice time, maybe a beer and a snooze, but when it comes down to it I'm sure I'll be grinding round all night.
Got to say am really looking forward to the weekend. Not sure why but 24hrs of pedalling seems a great idea might not think that at 4am.
although I have developed a swollen knee
I've developed a boil under my gentlemans sack. That wasn't part of the plan 😐
Get squeezin'!
Two pairs of shorts
MTFU.
Liberal application of arse butter and you'll be fine.
Two pairs of shorts
But that would change my Pedal/Saddle length and KOPS, no way I'm doing that, imagine the loss of watts....
Soloist here, hideously unprepared and going to be lugging a Trigger round. Will probably try to get a couple of hours sleep overnight.
I have already resigned myself to coming last.
longmover - MemberI have already resigned myself to coming last.
That has been our team tactic since we started doing the Twentyfour12 & it's held us in good stead. Crack on & enjoy it! 😆
We'll cheer you on - look out for the Salsa gazebo.....somewhere trackside in the main field.
I have already resigned myself to coming last.
Unlikely. Last year's results show that of the 86 24hr soloists, sixteen didn't make more than five laps and three only managed one lap.
That has been our team tactic since we started doing the Twentyfour12
You never told me that!
I've been riding my nuts off every year while you lot just mince around!
(may not be true)
Car packed with my stuff, waiting on a mate to finish work and pop down before we set off for the ferry early doors tomorrow.
Hard packing for potential mudfest when the sun is splitting the flags outside.
I must be awful at packing as the mondeo estate looks quite full already...
Does anyone do a 24h on a hardtail? I'm looking and my (new, shiny) racebike and thinking "oooh, lightweight! Less to go wrong!" and at the same time my Anthem thinking "oooh, comfy, heavier! Leaves might stick in it".
This may just be pre race worry of course 8)
Yes, loads of people.
people have been known to do it rigid too, and not slowly...
97er+ rigid here
mudfest
Eh? Forecast I'm looking at doesn't say that
Forecast seems to be settling down for the weekend down here. It's pretty dry already so as long as it's showers and not sustained it should hold up ok.
local trails are a a joyful swoopy dust-fest 2 miles away from newnham park.
Gutted not to be doing it this year as clashes with my daughter's birthday, I have done every one (at newnham that is, not the very first one) either in 24hr teams or as torchbearer 4 times (my best race result ever was when I came third in torchbearer on the ridiculously flooded red weather warning year as pictured earlier in tis thread 8) ), which btw since the demise of the 6pm-6am version of the erlestoke 12 is now also the bestest 12 hour solo race ever, much quieter on the course, because well over half the riders stop after the first 12 hours, and small hours/dawn laps rule!
Get here tomorrow afternoon and make a super long camping weekend of it.
And get thee to the Miner's Arms nearby, its proper good there. Jail Ale FTW.
Lots of people may do 24hrs on HTs but at 12hr races I get a lot of comments from HT riders jealous of my Spearfish (as they pass me)
Unless it was billiard smooth I couldn't.
Local showers might happen but forecast is awesome and been baking here (near Exeter) for ten days.
few little showers today, nothing heavy, still warm, likely to be OK for the race!
10.2km laps, the top guys and girls will be smoking round.
That's short! Double laps ahoy.
My Plan A for the solo 24hr is to ride until nightfall, have a decent kip then ride again just before first light. This will go completely out the window once i'm on lap 3 and having an ice cream.
I'm riding 12hr pairs with mboy.
Packing has so far focused on bbq, suitable food and drink. We won't be troubling the podium.
Snap on 12 hour pairs. I've not considered packing yet.
We won't be troubling the podium.
Damned straight!
Packing has so far focused on bbq, suitable food and drink.
This packing you talk of... Sounds a little organised! 😉
Joking aside, will be glad to ride a few hours on a decent track, catch up with some friends, and have a couple of pints after... I think these kind of events are so much better when there's no pressure to actually do quite well!
Yes packing.... Will start that soon.
Getting my haircut first, it's important to have good aerodynamics and look on point.
Longmover- sleeping wtf? 😉
Arrived, tent is up and drying out from last years event...
The Pivots look inviting... :-/
Just remember that the 2 am hallucinations about big cats in the woods may actually a big cat.
This packing you talk of... Sounds a little organised!
Simon (Loco) is already there and has spread the contents of his van over a suitable area to accommodate us all.
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Just remember that the 2 am hallucinations about big cats in the woods may actually a big cat.
And to add to the lynx that I posted about.....
😆
Give us a wave...
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Good luck to everybody, enjoy the next 24hrs. Signing off now to top up some tan lines before the start 🙂
Good luck all. After an 8hr ride on the Ridgeway I was very glad not to be racing for 12hrs.
Anthem definately correct choice for the more decrepit rider.
Good luck all. After an 8hr ride on the Ridgeway I was very glad not to be racing for 12hrs.
Quick thread hijack, how's the Ridgeway at the moment, has there been any rain there the past couple of days or has it missed it?
I'm planning on doing a Ridgeway Double next week and was hoping that it's still going to be dry.
Bone dry, not a speck of dampness south of Wallingford. Last week was very muddy under the trees above Wendover but that was it.
What time are you aiming for? This ride was training for a second attempt trying to go under 14hrs but I'm suffering severe motivation issues.
Btw a couple of the chalk descents have enough dust to grab your wheel at speed - very nearly a big off.
Sounds similar to the past couple of weeks when I was up there then. A little damp in some places at the Ivinghoe end but otherwise bone dry.
It wasn't the descents that had me off this week but the rutted section west of Bury Down, first time was annoying but doing it a second time was a bit stupid 😳
I was initially hoping to get under 14h but realistically I'll be happy with anything under 15h.
Good luck - I'll eait to see if I have to do it again!!
Great fun, best time was giving out the free beer & the look on people's faces when you tell them to keep there money.
Nice chilled out event, the antithesis of MM
My fastest lap is 37 minutes so far but I had many beers last night so using that as an excuse
And a fine rain has started... 🙁
Gonna see how it progresses and decide whether to just get some sleep...
And a fine rain has started...
Gonna see how it progresses and decide whether to just get some sleep...
This is Devon. That's not rain it's just damp air...
Well after riding for nine hours straight and reaching 5th, I'm out. 9 months physio hasn't fixed my shoulder and a i got to the point where I nearly had a very nasty accident as my left hand grip became weaker and the pain stared to make things blurry.
Anyway, I'm now watching you all with two bottles of Moretti and a bottle of Rioja.
The rain is stopping in time to avoid the dust becoming mud I see.
By good those pizzas are are good. I've just polished off a veggie pizza with anchovies and capers.
Still raining, the band is good though
Kryton come to the beerbabe stall in the arena and have a beer