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Only females have blood sucking tendencies
uhuh.

The Cafe have fire barrels they use when they do BBQs to keep them under control, they kindly mentioned them yesterday morning to Sara. DOH!

That's what I overheard. Plus, they'd look ace 🙂

moving the date?

Nope that's not likely to happen or at least by much of a variation.

Aye fire is brillaint.

Sorry Awesome.

From reading samuri's link, we just need to all hold our breath and have a few cows tethered within 100m. Easy!

I think I rode some of the second 50m with trickydisco (Gav?) and his cheery outlook kept me going (Thanks!).
Awesome adventure, perfect weather and excellent organisation… hoping to be back for more pain next year.

TeaBoyPaul? Were you riding the santacruz? Was good to meet you. Helped chatting to you along the way

as weird as it sounds. I felt the midges helped me in that they kept me riding and each time i had to stop they forced me to get back on the bike.

teaboypaul – I had the same experience with peeing, not helped by then spiking myself with my saddle on the Newcastleton singletrack OWWWW! Worked out I'd drunk at least 5 litres all day tho but obviously not enough.

They've got midge eaters at Ridley Hall, Haydon Bridge but I think their effectiveness is pretty localised. FWIW the midges were much worse when actually out on the trail than I've ever known. Riding through clouds of them which then sat on you and nibbled wasn't good – normally they get blown off!

It was so still though, expect at Newcastleton where it was too sunny and a bit breezy. Think I got a good spot as I have tanned arms and very few bites.

My tan turned out to be a mixture of bites and dust 🙂

As well as lube could we have people armed with skin so soft at the checkpoints?

coopersport1 it looks like our Garmin 705 were sining from the same hym sheet !!

As well as lube could we have people armed with skin so soft at the checkpoints?

Interesting suggestion.

"What some lube and can I moisturise you?"

Hmmm! Think someone else can do that job next year then given the male to female ratio.

I came in just under 11 hours. It was a really great event, many thanks to all the organisers and volunteers!

I was on a 5 inch full-susser with 2.35 tyres with plenty of air in them, not the quickest set-up but I avoided any tyre problems and I was able to just sit and spin on some of the rougher sections. I'm already thinking about how to go under 10 hours next year, despite swearing "never again" for most of the last section.

The wee cadet who was running the water station at 37 miles was brilliant. We were waiting to fill our bottles, one of the faster guys came down the hill and tried to turn left and go down the singletrack the wrong way, the wee man was standing screaming "NO, NO, NO, THAT WAY!!!" at him.

Fair play to all the marshalls, a lot of people seem to go into a bit of a trance and lose all their common sense, its nice of them to keep everyone in line. When I got to Newcastleton I tried to cut the corner and miss the feed station, got redirected, then outside the cafe I presented my chip to a very bemused man who was holding a digital camera in his hand, instead of a timing box. I really hadn't a notion what was going on. 😆

I could have done with some more udder cream too but I wouldn't wish the supply of that on anyone 😉

lol Shandy lots of bods tried to cut the corner at Newcastleton and all who did had that glazed "I need food" look.

paul4stones – you need some of THESE stashed in your drop bags 😉

Excellent! Now you wouldn't want to pick the wrong one up when dazed and confused would you.

Yep, was very nearly 1 incident of mix-up, thankfully spotted it once id ripped the top off and noticed it was the wrong colour 😳

Thanks again to Miketually, I strapped the timings to my bars.

I was riding a rigid Jones, my fork is more rigid than a normal rigid, but the Jones bars/ bike setup allows me to relax my grip on most of the descents except coming into braking bump zones, all things considered happy I didn't get any pain but definitely FAT if I do it again.

Major respect to you fast guys

Great day, even though i wasn't saying that during the last 5 miles, apologies to anyone who was in earshot of me f'ing & blinding along the hellish trail centre dolomite climb just before the finish.
Managed to come home in 12hr40mins, never stopped eating & drinking all day. I reckon i drank at least 12litres of water with electrolyte tables & that energy drink they were knocking out at the feed stations during the day & still only peed twice! half a kilo of jelly beans, fig rolls, gels. I inhaled 4 butties at Newcastleton, couldn't get them in quick enough!
I was the most challenging thing i have ever done, both mentally & physically, think i hit my lowest ebb at about 35miles thinking we were only a third of the way round. Felt ok at 65 & peaked at 80 thinking the back of the ride was broken. The last 10 miles were soul destroying, knowing you were so close, felt like crying at the 5 mile to go marker & as i said that last climb was torture!
Whyte 19 trail hardtail was fantastic, one squirt of lube from the guy at 65miles was all she needed!
Many thanks to everyone, organisers, caterers, feed station helpers, marshals (every one had a smile & words of encouragement, even if a few did tell porkies about it all being downhill from here!) The young cadet at 38 water station was a star along with his mate a little bit up the hill who was screaming her head off constantly to clear the road. All the riders i spoke to along the way & everyone else who helped to make it a fantastic event.
Having said all that i wont be back next year, been there, done that! Once in my lifetime is enough ;o)

I could have done with some more udder cream too but I wouldn't wish the supply of that on anyone

A guy at the 80mile point had some sort of undercarriage treatment in his drop bag. I very nearly asked him for some but the thought sharing that is just a bit too personal. Red raw!

I just don't get rigid single speed !!….i needed all the gears i had….Trek Top Fuel 9.9, Tubeless Conti Race Kings..bike preformed faultless….shame about the bloke riding it though !!

I feel dreadful 🙁 i was the marshall telling you all that it was only a coule of miles to go and mostly downhill but that's what i'd been told!

If i'd have known i was to be last marshall i'd have ridden it to let you know as i know how important that info can be.

Don't worry Diane….all is forgiven from me…it was good to hear the encourgement, it wasn't meant to be easy !!

I just don't get rigid single speed !!….i needed all the gears i had….Trek Top Fuel 9.9, Tubeless Conti Race Kings..bike preformed faultless….shame about the bloke riding it though !!

SS Ragley TD-1 with WTB Prowler 2.1SL tyres and carbon Nukeproof fork. No issues at all; I even turned down the free lube.

I feel dreadful i was the marshall telling you all that it was only a coule of miles to go and mostly downhill but that's what i'd been told!

Don't I had some people who some how didn't see the funny side when I told them " come on your nearly halfway" when coming in at 65 mile feed station. I stopped after a few but I was asked "Please tell me that sign saying 50m Check Point meant it's 50 metres to here and not the 50 mile check point" I felt kind so said "yeah well done you've made 65 miles".

Diane, if you are who I think you are you were right, it was mostly all downhill – don't sweat it. It was the 6.5 mile and the 5mile that did me in mentally. both were probably bang on, but those distances felt like a LOT more, all down to my impaired perception I guess.

I can totally understand SS, lighter, less to go wrong, no gear changes to screw up when you are mentally knackered and no more tiring when you are used to it. Rigid just sounds masochistic to me (no idea how much 29er wheels tame the bumps, but not enough I reckon)

SS Ragley TD-1 with WTB Prowler 2.1SL tyres and carbon Nukeproof fork.

Same here apart from different tyres. 🙂 As you say ss not a problem (except I struggled/gave up on those last rocky/sandy climbs in the last 5!) but rigid made it interesting. Feel fine today though and no soreness in hands/arms.

Diane, you & all your fellow marshalls were absolutly fantastic, the smiles, words of encouragement & clapping helped me forget, even for a few seconds, the pain i was in! I think you all underestimate the part you play in getting everyone round, well done.
Once again, thank you (downhill, my ar$e!!!) 😆

I think you misunderstood, when Diane said it's all downhill from here she meant the trail getting worse not descending.

TeaBoyPaul? Were you riding the santacruz? Was good to meet you. Helped chatting to you along the way

Yea, that was me! Let me know if you are planning a return next year, we seemed to be on a very similar pace.

Big congratulations to anyone who finished &
fair play to anyone who gave it a go.

An excellent route, brilliantly organised throughout(though the music at the castle was a little lame 😀 ).

I met some really cool people ,ross , mark ,bloke with a blue shirt who helped me out of Newcastleton to name a few.
Good to meet up with george again too.

I was chatting to mark about miketually's spreadsheet when a voice behind said "I did that" and lo and behold there he was, the man himself.
Very amusing…to me at least.

I think I amused a fella by swearing at the hill all the way up the Lonesome pine at 96 miles. sorry.

Definitely want to do it next year….does it get easier when you know what to expect?

Jason.

Great day on my bike (a green rock lobster, no 160) & I'll deffo be back next year but I'm dissapointed (gutted infact) because my chain snapped & went AWOL on one decents just after the 57 mile checkpoint & I was feeling quite well considering. ARGH!!

I'm confident I'd of got to the 80 mile point but after that I just dont know…

Diane, you & all your fellow marshalls were absolutly fantastic

My favourite was the marshal we caught having a piss. He just looked over his shoulder, grinned and pointed in the right direction.

I was chatting to mark about miketually's spreadsheet when a voice behind said "I did that" and lo and behold there he was, the man himself.
Very amusing…to me at least.

Amused me too 🙂

I was riding behind two guys who were chatting when one said "I've even seen some nutters riding this on singlespeeds", so I rode past and agreed that it was a stupid idea 🙂

Who's Daddy – As I was coming off the singletrack section to start the loop where the track was split into 2, just before checkpoint one, the young cadet marshall was shouting '160 cut the course' into his walkie talkie as a rider came whizzing down the fire road having missed out the little singletrack loop. What gives?

..blue shirt who helped me out of Newcastleton to name a few.

/wave

Thanks it was a pleasure I thoroughly enjoyed myself although I'll be happy never lubing a chain again.

Was Heather in a white jersey, from Newcastle? I think I was riding with her for a while but she was much more efficient at the Newcastleton stop than I was.

Spoke to you and Ewan on Friday at sign-on but didn't see you after the race.

Heather was riding a pink hardtail SS 29er with those weird bars (forget the name!)
Julie was in the white top.

Myself and Ewan had a shower then decided to hit the road (+5hrs journey home). Glad we did as I woke up in my own bed Sunday and had the whole day to relax and eat 🙂

FBJ – Was that the 57 mile check point? If so thats where my chain snapped & i had you push and scoot down the red to the finish. Otherwise i have no idea where you mean.

No, well before that – just before the first checkpoint we had to use the dibber things.