The 2011 Welsh Ride Thing is GO!

turn of the page, get in. 😀

Bless … I’m so happy for you. I might have ‘flatfish – simply the best’ tattooed on my bum 😀

I’ll bring the indian ink and some needles 😯

WRT tatoos in the Tipi 😉

It’s not as much fun now Ian’s flounced off from the lack of page turns. 🙁

Where Wolf card is a grid reference finder

http://www.mapkiosk.com/pages/kroamer.html

It’s not as much fun now Ian’s flounced off from the lack of page turns

I did see it was up for grabs earlier, but I thought it was someone else’s turn to make fool of themselves 😉

that’s a simple bit of kit but very useful does any shops stock it as I guess if I buy one it may not turn up before Friday???

Shall I go see if I have a spare?

oooo that would be very nice of you sir 😉

I’ve put a spare in my frame bag 🙂

Cheers thank you

I’ll be with a dark blue On One Inbred with red drybag on the front and grey altura saddle bag.

I’m a big lad probably I’ll be dressed in black 😉

Johnny ‘Valleydaddy’ Cash this weekend then Pete 😉

White Inbred/carbon suspension forks, black luggage, i’ll be in black head to toe 😉

ha indeed thinking I’ll be suffering from this though 😯

Cash

White Inbred/carbon suspension forks, black luggage, i’ll be in black head to toe

It’ll be like come dine with me at this rate 😉

Starting to panic about kit choice now, bivvy or tent, tent or bivvy, bivvy or tent???
My current plan is to bin off points 9, 3 and 16 (in order of the list Stuart sent out), bag 10, 6 and then shoot down towards Machynlleth, grab some food at a pub and then over towards 12 and find somewhere to doss down for the night on the way. Sunday plan is to bag 13, 14, 8, 2,7 ,4 and 11 then grab some food/beer in Cenmaes then find somewhere to kip down for the night. Monday plan will be to bag 1 and 5 then roll back to the finish before collapsing in a heap.

Food plan is to just take easy to cook stuff like couscous and eat proper food in the day/early evening when near a pub/village.

I’ll be driving down from Burton on Trent on Saturday, morning if anyone from any point along the way wants a lift down let me know.

Pete, did that frame bag fit your frame in the end?

Yes great thanks will be superb this weekend no doubt 😀

But may have the Singular built if the wheels turn up from Hope 😀

Maybe not the best thing building a new bike on Friday before the event??

What Singular? When did that happen?

‘fraid its Ian and me that did that to him. 😳

SSSSSSSSSsssssshhhhhhhh 8)

Well it all happened a few weeks back when I was with Taylor and Ian and I was on my wee Inbred 26er and those big wheeled bikes just made sense especially for a big lad 😉

So I procured a second hand Swift frame set last week and I am awaiting bits from my LBS to build it up but don’t think everything will be available by Friday but you never know 😉

Just having a play sorting out my gear, picked up some food items yesterday, this looks like a winner:

413kcal for an all up weight of 123g, which includes a plastic fork.

That’s breakfast on Sunday sorted then. Pius if I bag up the noodles and sauce in advance I’ve got a light weight plastic cup/bowl for eating and drinking anything else out of.

You kept that quiet Pete! Is that what you want the SLX bits for?

I see your logic Nick but I really couldn’t imagine eating that for breakfast 😉

@Mark … should be enough sheltered spots about for a bivvy/tarp. Forecast looks dry for Sat night, haven’t seen Sundays yet though.

Indeed Steve it is, I am hoping it’s going to be a sweet bike for sure, I maybe building it in the back of the van on the way up at this rate 😆

You are aware that all Singulars should be built up SS aren’t you Pete? … It’s the law.

Indeed Stu but I am going to build it 1×10 at the moment and work towards SS. I am hoping it will look like this one 😀

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Very nice. My Carver’s sometimes set up 1×10 (34×11:36) works a treat 😀

that’s the gearing I am going for too, will I need a chain guide gadget to catch the chain if it decide to jump??

Right gear sorted.

Clothes – optional daytime
Assos Leg Warmers 117
Endura Arm Warmers 64
Gil eVent Jacket 294
dhb eVent Shorts 174

Clothes – Night time
Lowe Alpine trunks 66
Extremities Powderlite Beanie 21
PHD Ultra Down Vest 152
Socks – long 103
Marmot fleece 3/4 leggings 138
Long sleeve zip neck Merino top – Ice Breaker 203

Cooking
Tibetan 550, Lifeventure 450 mug, Vargo Triad, Livestrong band, Caldera Clone 212
Fruit Shoot bottle – 250ml Meths 233
Tibetan Lhoon 16
Matches, water purification 55

Food
Expedition Meals 2x main, 2x dessert 640
Evening Meal/ Breakfast Pack x2 600
Trail Food Pack x2 1,360

Packs
Wildcat Handlebar Harness 123
Wildcat Frame bag 255
2 litre bladder & hose 167
Inov-8 Race 12 (no internal pad) 424

Personal
Loo Roll 22
Black Diamond Ion headtorch 26
iPhone 4 & case 155
First Aid Kit 27
Insect Repellant 65

Shelter/ sleeping
Terra Nova Laser Photon 860
Thermarest NeoAir Short 261
PHD Minim Ultra 900 372

Tools
Box of spare bolts, disc pads, chain tool 160
Set of allen keys 90
Pump & puncture kit 121
Spare tube 146
Awesome Strap 44
Leatherman 238

Total 8004

@Ian … still no maps. I thought you were joking when you said you’d commited the route to memory.

@Pete … Everyone will tell you you’ll need one. If you run your chain nice and short and use an unramped ring you might get away with it 99% of the time, give it a go without, you’ve nothing to lose.

EDIT: Except your chain (said before someone else does) 😉

@Pete … Everyone will tell you you’ll need one. If you run your chain nice and short and use an unramped ring you might get away with it 99% of the time, give it a go without, you’ve nothing to lose.

that’s what I thought, plus I have some touch up paint if the chain does jump and decides to scratch the lovely paint

OK, yes I haven’t added in maps. I wasn’t entirely joking as there are parts of the route that are imprinted on the inside of my head having looked at the map for so long, but I best take them in case I go off route. I do have a bit of a photographic memory which reminds me, I haven’t included my camera, which is something like 350g in its little case.

Also feel like i’ve over done it a bit on the food. When it’s all laid out in the kitchen it looks a lot…

Is that weight of 255 for the frame bag for a full triangle sized bag? Is that a ‘production’ one?

weather is improving, showers now really only on Sunday 😉 fingers crossed they won’t appear.

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Wales/Machynlleth~2643251/long.html

It best bloody rain after I just spent out on a tent 😈

Mind you, it’s all I’ve got at the moment.

don’t worry I am sure there’ll be some damp stuff falling from the sky at some point I just hope it’s during the night so you can use the tent Yeti man 😉

9.464kg all in, bags and everything (not bike or water though)

That doesn’t seem too bad to me

No hot drinks Ian? 250ml of meths is cutting it fine isn’t it? Can’t you just use the camera on your phone?

My food list is far greater than yours though!. I’ve got breakfast (50mls) snack (25mls) Lunch (25mls) Snack (25mls) Dinner (50mls) supper (25mls), thats 200mls of meths per 24hrs for my appetite!

I’m waiting for the official weigh in 🙂

SouthernYeti, did you still need a pop-can stove, how is the kit gathering going?