Ton,saw this post a few weeks back.I’ve just realised I’ve got the Friday off from work which means I can drive up from West Lancs Friday & stay Fri / Sat night so if there’s a place left I’ll take it.
I’ll bring my Halfords http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/psa-halfords-cx-bargain-250 bargain CX bike!

If you’re serious, I think I’ve got a pair of 29er wheel with rim brake surfaces. Still not sure if we’re going to make this, would very much like to come but Mrs NBT’s having some trouble with her legs at the moment 🙁

Busta I am heading up from Lancs so we may be able to share a lift

NBT I may be serious depends on how trough it actually is as basically I have a road bike or an Orange 5 or a SS.

All looking good to me. I suppose I’d better remind my legs what hills are, I’ve only been riding the flatlands since December.

Bustaspoke…….places left mate. more the merrier.
email in my profile

Junkyard, the offer of my 29er still stands. I have some spare CX tyres or 1.75″ Marathon Mondials that would fit.

Ton YGM!

Tony, where is my guess at the day 1 route wrong?

All this talk of tyres on road bikes is putting me off. How much ‘offroad’ is there exactly? I was banking on taking a basic Spesh Allez (cos that’s the only roadie type bike I possess) Or should I HT it???

colin, from wigtown. was gonna follow the road nearer the river cree.

jim, the offroad is forest tracks…..ok on a touring tyre like i said.
or a h/tail with slicks.
i have some 26” marathons if you want to borrow em.

There’s about 8 miles of forest road cycle route 7 from Clatteringshaws to Loch Trool – that is all – nothing else so don’t get worried. but as this is a forest road it can often get rather cut up by forestry vehicles and weather – Last november i had a warm showers guest staying for a couple of days and i plotted him a 100m+ route through the best of Galloway (he was used to massive adaux’s so 100m was easy for him) and it included the section above – he was on 25mm road tyres fitted to a Genesis CDF and found that section very rough/stony in sections and quite cut up in places but as long as he took it real slow he was ok – apart from the punctures :(.

He loved the route btw but said he would definitely have preferred larger section tyres for the forest road, and for most of the roads to be honest.

Can only do the Sat @ at push, working @ 6pm!
I fancy coming along after work Fri, riding Sat just to meet y’all and Ton who I’ve not seen since a ride at Kirby Thingy organised by a former STWer who has since passed away, D-Jay 😥
came across an e-mail when I was arranging to meet him and his mates over in Osmotherly the other day which reminded me of Ton and that wet day we met!! 😐
If I plan it right I can be there for around 8. But! My old man isn’t keeping well atm so will need to be a last min decision.

Trekster, be nice if you can make it…..bring Stuart too. not seen him for a few years.

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Trekster, be nice if you can make it…..bring Stuart too. not seen him for a few years.

Have mentioned it, he’s into sailing these days.

Hi all.. I’ll be ridin my disc Shand stoater with marathon racer tyres… But could bring either, or both, of the following spare bikes for people who want something a bit more rugged than a std road bike

Both size med.
Singular swift, fully rigid, flat bars, 10sp.
Charge filter cross bike, discs, file tread cross tyres but could put something narrower on. Actually, this is a small… But feels like a med. Could easily run a smaller stem for someone shorter.

I’m 5’8″

Email stuartATbiggestjourney.com

Stooo , thats a nice offer for someone 🙂
Great people on here

paid in full now everyone.
there are a few spaces left if anyone fancies it?

you dont even have to ride with all us old farts, bring your mtb and ride kirroughtree.

Or bring your fishing gear & you can come with me!

How many of us are going in total then?
Oh and thanks for bikes offers as well as I am either going to have to buy a bike or borrow a bike…..decisions decisions

Oh aye, a roll-call would be good.

16 deffo. 3 pending wives approval.

We definitely need to know who those 3 are!!!

1 wont have a helmet.

😆 Do you know how the helmetless one is getting to Newton Stewart?

no idea, tardis?

Do you know how the helmetless one is getting to Newton Stewart?

Tandem?

Those three can have special bibs if they make it

Do you know how the helmetless one is getting to Newton Stewart?

High horse?

Piemonster dragged me 74 miles round Speyside today. The pervert even ate pancake and maple syrup and no bacon!!!!

I’ll be bringing TJ.

I shall bring a spare helmet for him

Well looks like there is a reasonable chance I don’t have to decide which bike to bring.

My road bike might just be gubbed 😐

BB wobbling around and not in a knackered BB way.

I’m already internet window shopping for frames ffs

you can borrow my 160mm full susser if you want……… 😀

Looking forward to this,must be 7 or 8 years since I was last at Minigaff.
I’m tempted to also bring the mtb for a pootle round Kiroughtree.
I’ll bring the Halfords wonderbike for the ‘touring’ http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/psa-halfords-cx-bargain-250

you can borrow my 160mm full susser if you want………

I’d rather borrow your credit card 👿

Just bring the 29er

What sort of time are folk planning to arrive on the Friday (and what time do we get access to the hostel?)

I will find out and post a time.
might be riding dalbeattie trail on the way up. so arriving mid afternoon.

looks like we can get in a 5pm.

Is it too late to do any training?

I’ve not started training, yet, loadsa time left. 😳
Mmmmm, 2 weeks, might pop out for an hour this aft.

I am off training in the lakes tomorrow, if anyone fancies.
either helvellyn, blencathra or grizedale pike.
it will be slow………. 😀