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Ta for that rak
It is greasyrider - a big bike carry up and over a pass plus another pass perhaps more rideable plus a big river crossing. IIRC its not even a push but a carry. Shouldn't take the 9 hours or so he has not registered for tho
Also makes it tricky for some of the participants, if they are competing against others with faulty trackers.
Huw Oliver is in the shop in Poolewe! I do wonder if they warn the shops on route that they will be invaded by zombie MTBers
the leading group after HO are on the tricky fisherfeild section with speeds at walking pace
Simon Guignard is the lad I met who was chasing the win now 25 miles behind HO and we do not know where Angus young is. I don't think he had ridden in Scotland before 🙂
2 of the ruiders are struggling at the big river crossing. there is a hidden sandbar at the entrance to the loch IIRC or you have to go a mile upstream. I can imagine the cursing from here 🙂
Ha. I wonder if Alan will be lenient with them. 😂
Looked to me like they went to the loch mouth but crossed a hundred yards upstream - they didn't go to the easy crossing a mile upstream
they didn’t go to the easy crossing a mile upstream
Are you allowed to do that as long as you come back to the same point on the other side or do you have to follow the route exactly?
I think the rules are, if you consider it "unsafe" and come back to the point on the other side it's ok. Never been more than waist deep for me thankfully!
I have been do****ching on and off – is Angus Young human? He does not appear to have stopped yet and is at over 300 miles in a day and a half – and gawd knows how much climbing
He's human, I ride with him occasionally, but also doesn't sleep. His plan usually seems to boil down to win or scratch trying.
His last 3 GBDuros were losing to Lachlan Morton, scratched due to hypothermia (the COVID edition when it was self sufficient not just self supourted) whilst ahead by a very long way, scratched due to exploding freehub (finished first but not on the bike he started) whilst ahead by a similar margin. At some point his luck will change and he'll start setting course records 🤣
It looks like Huw is slightly ahead of Angus and they're both nearing Fort William.
About an hour and a half at CP8 according to adventurepedlars on IG. Some nice pictures there too.
Any news on who has finished?
Is there anything worse than an incomplete do****ch!!
Also makes it tricky for some of the participants, if they are competing against others with faulty trackers.
Arguably based on how this type of racing started out you shouldn't be concerning yourself with the other racer's dots, out of sight is out of mind so just focus on your own race. I say this as I once raced disconnected, original Great Divide Race style of no phone, no GPS, against other riders who were dot-watching on iphones as they rode. I very likely could have finished ahead of them in the final day or so but they were alerted when I got past them and could set off to chase. But I recognise that tech is in bike racing now and trying to eliminate it would be futile and pointless. Each to their own tactics.
Any news on who has finished?
Huw finished in around 3 days 11 hours with a faulty tracker.
Huw finished in around 3 days 11 hours with a faulty tracker.
Was he the first home?
Was he the first home?
Yes, according to the Café (where he had his recovery fish and chips) FB page.
Huw finished in around 3 days 11 hours with a faulty tracker.
Ebike? Jedi mind tricks? is he a marvel superhero?
His Instagram post said he’d done Ullapool to Tyndrum in one hit. So yes, probably some sort of Jedi!
Yes, according to the Café (where he had his recovery fish and chips) FB page.
Ah, great work. Clearly the tracking was not working well but it looked like he was a good way back after 48hrs. I guess that's what experience of the race/route does for you.
Angus Young started to feel unwell so booked into a bed for the night, giving Huw a clear run.
Huw also rode home and was in a good enough state to argue with me about the Real Food Café (which isn't as good as the American diner). But he does love recovery fish and chips.
I'm glad he's finally done alright at it given the shit times he's had doing it in the past, including getting ambulanced off.
Angus Young started to feel unwell
Bronchitis apparently,
and just seen the photos of Angus's bike, not suitable if you're about to eat dinner:
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Whatdafuq? I take it that's not from 'bronchitis'? I'd be heading for the nearest A&E!
Angus was involved in the accident on day 1 that saw one rider DNF. There's a photo of his leg with blood running down it. I wonder if there is a link between his symptoms and some sort of wound infection?
Whatdafuq? I take it that’s not from ‘bronchitis’? I’d be heading for the nearest A&E!
That was my first thought.
He's also taken what looks like a big flap off the front of his knee, but the blood splatter does look like it's from a coughy angle 😬
Looked at his instagram, and by the look of the latest pic he 'may' have been hacking so hard he gave himself a nose bleed. Or just given himself a nose bleed via other means.
These guys are a different breed.