Red? Black? Fire roads?
What else should I be worrying about, besides 100miles mostly going up hill?
Ghosts.
It's all black, everything is black, the whole world black!
Midgies the size of bumble bees.
rain.
more rain.
mud.
puddles that swallow your bike up to its handlebars.
rain.
It will probably be raining
It's mostlt fir road sort of technicality, with some Blue/Red trails (whatever that means)
Do you think it will rain? 😯
no one can say for sure what it will be like, as the route has changed I am told
After 70 miles you'll be knackered, anything narrower than a fire road may become "technical". There isn't much black at Kielder. Red's vary. THe lonesome pine is red because it's exposed but is probably only blue in technical features. The Deadwater is red but some of the features are at the darker end of red compared to some places. I heard there's a fair amount of natural stuff which could be anything.
Wasnt technical at all last year. Tiredness makes stuff more techy though.
It will rain. Im sure.
Did anyone mention that it might rain!
Let's think the unthinkable and say it's not raining at the start. What lightweight waterproof do you take?
Skins waterproof, well mine is!! 😳
Mine was more of a showerproof really. Just something small and light to stick in a jersey pocket. Those man eating puddles do the job of a monsoon like downpour in less than one second!!
I'm happy to get wet but isn't a waterproof on the list of things they check you have?
Windproof jacket or gillet is specified.
I'll be taking a windproof unless it looks dire.
It's not rained for weeks so hardly likely to start now is it? Oh, hang on . . .