[Closed] Your chance to be really cold and miserable - StrathPuffer entries open tonight.

stw's most unlikely candidate is sat poised over the entry button............... 😀

Shhh, it was supposed be to a secret.

Working anyway 😕

Maybe not..
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Anyone driving from Essex area?

Damm I'll be back in 30c sunshine and long days by then.
Will the
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Be doing it Tandem?

Wonder if Mr Martin will be having a go and trying to beat Mr Hawk again?

Cheaper and quicker by train
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ska-49 - Member
Maybe not.

I've never paid anything like that for a fare to London, and the flight is much shorter than 7 hours!

You trying to deter button hovering? 🙂

(Flybe are under 2 hours and about £70 single at the moment.)

Oh crap... I may be in the process of getting a team together of STWers !

10th year for us lot... 11 riders in a mix of solo, pairs and quads....

See you there Ton..

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Anyone driving from Essex area?

Or you could not do the most expensive option and fly via 2 different countries, and just go direct for £48 round trip.

But that wouldn't be very STW, would it? 😉

I'd eyed this up but no way I could do it solo. How do the teams work, do you just take it in turns?

I would imagine teams is pretty much a free for all. Each rider prob has to complete 2 laps , the rest can be done by other nutters.

Why o why am i reading this thread ? ?

New category tis year too! Sounds like copious beer should be taken if in this category 🙂

We have a special category this 10th Anniversary year - for one year only (probably) - Ten Teams of Ten riders paying £10 each. The aim of this is to give people who have always wanted to enter the Puffer but felt that doing it as a Quad/Pair or Solo was too daunting a way to get involved. The same rules apply as to the other categories - i.e. only one rider on the course at a time - with the additional stipulation that 10 different riders must complete at least one lap each. To make the admin manageable the team entry will cost £100 to the first name on the list but you can enter as many TBC's as necessary while you gather your team together - each team will only be allowed 2 vehicles on site at any one time and there will be a specific parking area with easy access for the Teams of Ten - Fancy dress is optional?

nickdavies - Member
...I'd eyed this up but no way I could do it solo. How do the teams work, do you just take it in turns?

I think after every lap there is a brawl, and the loser goes out.

The teams of ten sounds a hoot.

I've done the last 3 years as a quad, time to step up to pairs I think....

Really fancy a crack at this - can't see me getting any kind of team together and I ain't doing it solo.

Anyone fancy a STW randoms team of 10 with a couple of kegs of finest for pre, during & post ride motivation...?

Looking for another rider to pair up with potentially!

just been told by my wife that i cant enter this. it is the 1st time in our 25yr marriage that she has told me i cant do something.
she told me that doing something like this 5 months after heart surgary would be pretty stupid.

i suppose she has a point. 🙁

It's lucky I like telling people to * off, because every year when entries open I end up doing it quite often. "Hey Andrew, do you fancy doing the s..." "* OFF!"

i'd do it as part of a 10 team if anyone is short of numbers 😀

Ton, join my 10 team? 😀

Sort of see where she is coming from Ton... how about a pit bitch job to still be part of the action without the physical grind.. ?

There go go Tony. You'd only have to do a couple of laps.. maybe one in daylight, one in the dark.

I have a cake due out the oven 2 minutes before the signup goes live... burnt pineapple upside down cake it is!

all you pissed-up teams of 10 better stay out my way en route to The Podium (i *think* thats the name of the local pub)

I am currently watching every single 'puffer video on you tube trying to decide wether to do it solo :/

Do it solo

I'm deliberately not watching every single puffer video on youtube 🙂

I'm doing it solo !

Wow - solos sold out in under 2 minutes 😮

I'm in as a solo. If i'm going to be cold and knackered I'm going to be REALY cold and knackered!

Waited for an hour to enter, hit refresh at 10pm on the dot as it changed, session end crashed and by the time I got back in I was on the waiting list.

Beyond angry, so so pissed off.

Gutted. I had a spot but checked my hoodie size so didn't click next until 22:04 and missed out!!!

Jojo and I in as pears

Bit nerve-wracking that. Hit refresh on the stroke of 10pm, skipped all the hoodie options, pressed next and the bloody session crashed! Refreshed and it came back and paid and got in as a soloist. Phew!

Not had an email yet though. I presume if the SiEntries site says you're in then you're in?

Solo entry for me, again.

I'm signed up in pairs.

I have a feeling it's going to be an emotional roller coaster!

Frick - by the time I clicked 'go' I was already too late and on the waiting list 😯

Amazing (and great!) to see an event so well supported and subscribed. Just gotta wait for the drop-outs *crosses fingers

terrahawk - Member
Solo entry for me, again.

Do celebs (and reigning champs) have to sign up with the plebs then? 🙂

I didn't want to enter anyway.

For hire-

1 pit bitch, skills include but not limited to falling asleep when you need me most, banging pans when you really need sleep. etc

Have entered and been confirmed a team of 10
at the moment called Fatties

so come on you fat bike lot join the team as at the moment it is a team of 1 (me)
and I dont really want to do the whole thing on my own

I'm in. Quite looking forward to it as I've never done a 24hr race before.

My boy is in 🙂

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I'm in. This time I'm going to put some pressure on Terrahawk.

I'm going to try to exceed a ? of his lap count. 🙂

ton - Member
...she told me that doing something like this 5 months after heart surgary would be pretty stupid...

If it's any help, I've done it on 2 occasions when I've been in the intensive care (ambulance job) and then the cardiac ward 4 to 5 weeks previously. It just makes it a wee bit tougher, but be sensible and ride easy.

Best to ask your doc.