Kielder 100 – show us your bikes

and I’ll bet mine is the oldest and heaviest! Will get a pic tomorrow but interested to see what everyone else is riding.

Here’s my steed. Have put on some Stans Crest rims with Pro 2 Evo hubs since this shot though:

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Big wheels for me

Totally can’t decide between SC Superlight or Alfine geared on-one 29er.

she’s done me proud in 3x12hr races this year so i hope i can hold up for 100miles!

Riding this very gingerly!
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Let the racin season begin![/url] by Richard Munro[/url], on Flickr

I’ll be on this…

One thing I liked about the Kielder 100 was the sheer range of bikes doing it.

I’ll be on this:

Slumming it a bit, after riding the TD-1 last year.

Told you mine would be the oldest and heaviest!

Told you mine would be the oldest and heaviest!

However, I bet you’ll still cruise past some folks on their sooper-dooper, top-of-the-range, carbon-framed flying machines 😆

On this for the last two years

But time for a change this year:

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Same as last year:

Change of plan today on the bike front.

I messed up bleeding the front brake of my Inbred, which has never really been right. I also managed to snap part of my bleed kit. I’m not going to have the time or inclination to sort it out by the weekend, so…

…I’m going to be riding my brother-in-law’s geared full-sus Cube.

Two years ago, I rode my brother’s FS bike round the Skills Loop at Hamsterley. Once. Other than two or three rides with sus forks on my Inbred before it got nicked I’ve never ridden suspension, so it might be a bit of a learning experience 🙂

Bleed kit? A piece of tube does me. Oh, and a syringe of the type a dentist may give you for keeping a wisdom tooth clean.

If I were you though I’d be thinking about a disguise 😉

…I’m going to be riding my brother-in-law’s geared full-sus Cube.

However, I bet you’ll still cruise past some folks on their sooper-dooper, top-of-the-range, carbonsteel-framed single-speed flying machines… 🙂

Have fun. I bet it will be fast and lovely!

I’m going to be riding my brother-in-law’s geared full-sus Cube.

You’ve just left the circle of trust. You know how to get back in and it involves buying a bleed kit quick smart.

Bleed kit? A piece of tube does me. Oh, and a syringe of the type a dentist may give you for keeping a wisdom tooth clean.

I have both of those. I’ve somehow managed to jam the cylinder and it won’t push back in. I might get it sorted, but nice to have a back up 🙂

Left it overnight and the piston pushed back nice and easily, forcing out the excess fluid. Hopefully, that’s sorted it and I can cancel my order for a false moustache.

I’ll be on the usual:

Probably crying.

:o)

Seriously, you SS guys are nuts! 😈

Here’s mine, cleaned and ready to go.

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Compensation to the power of gnar![/url] by monkeysm8[/url], on Flickr

It did look a smidge funny when I put the bento box on it though 😀

Most of you have sweet bikes, I hope you all get good times!

Not too sure what I’ll be riding yet…

Can’t decide; either 26er:

Or this 29er:

At the moment it’s the Giant…

I’m debating saddle choice

This (not on this bike mind)

or this

I have serious bike envy 🙂

It seems like it will be a Giant FS party 😀

Although it has different decals on it now, and different tyres

Pacelets are up at http://tinyurl.com/k100pacelet2011

Can someone double check the figures for me? A couple of the checkpoints were only 1 mile more/less than a feed station, so I just used one figure for simplicity.