To Paul78, I looked for somewhere to stay local the nearest campsite is a overpriced caravan park, gave up so driving up early in the morning, looks like a wet front is blowing in tonight anyway.

Used Rab Bergens in Welsh Summer and Alpine 4000’s fantastic mountain trousers 🙂

Latest weather looks a bit windy at Macnynlleth but not much rain!

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/wl/machynlleth_forecast_weather.html

add in the fact it’s a not much above sea level going to be a blustery evening in the tent on the hills 😀

Cheers, I’m using the wind farm as descent, looks like there are 4×4 roads through it.

27 gears for me and 26″ wheels 😥

Just a quick last minute check, is the wind farm (North of the start) accesible?

Anybody going off piste and planning on hike a bike to go a bit more as the crow flies?

Route planning? plot points and draw straight lines between them 😕 Just raided gear shops, more stuff ditched 😯

Printing route onto waterproof paper, 114k for the main loop, 79k extra bit to get everything. GPS loaded, no more work for a few days, bags packed, head to Snowdonia on Friday, before drifting south on Saturday morning 🙂

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

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

I’ve put a spare in my frame bag 🙂

Shall I go see if I have a spare?

Where Wolf card is a grid reference finder

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

I’ve just dumped lock ons after years of use for ESI ‘fat’ grips, reviews seem good everywhere. Way comfier than Ergon imo.

Yeah blew the 4kg, went with more clothing, tools and included more food!

Also forgot the Garmin GPS60. May also take more Gels, although Tesco has Jelly Babies on buy one get one free.

Should be able to just ride, maybe grab a snack on route.

Bike handles perfectly, will be a grind going over cadair though. 😉

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That was my thinking, around 100 miles is two days riding! I’m setting up for a cruise back in on Monday if it goes to plan, probably show up Tuesday tho’ 😆

This is the planned load so far;

Lomo 12l Drybag Strapped to the handlebars using Revelate ‘Strap’ Harness
Terra Nova Laser Comp
POE Peak Elite AC sleeping pad
GoLite Ultralight Quilt #1
Ajungilak Inflatable Pillow
Rab Down Expedition Socks

Mountain Feedbags(x2)
Torq Gels (x15)
Mule Bars (x3)
Electrolyte Tabs

Seatbag
Revelate Dry Liner
OMM Kamleika Pants
Socks (x2 pairs)
Mont Bell Down Half Sleeve
Arc’teryx Merino Leggings (sleep)
Arc’teryx Breva Vest
Aloksak; MSR Pack Towel, Wet Wipes, 25ml Tooth paste, Folding Toothbrush, Deodorant, TP
Stuff Bag; Anti Gravity Gear Pot Cozy, MSR Ti Kettle, Optimus Crux Stove, Primus Windshield, 100g Gas Cartidge, Primus Fire Steel
Mont Bell 330ml Ti Mug
Super Noodles (x2)
Pepperami Snack Size (x2 bags)
Expedition Meals Main
Expedition Meals Pudding
Instant Hot Chocolate (x2)
Buff
SIS Recovery Drink Mix (x2)
For Goodness Shakes Recovery
Montane UL Pants
X Bionic Arm Warmers

Framebag
Lezyne Tool Caddy
Crank Bros MT19
Patches (Glue & Instant)
Tyre Boots
Gerber Clutch MultiTool
Disk Pads (x2 sets)
Tyre Levers
Crank Bros Cleats
Chain Lube (Juicy Lubes Wet)
Terra Nova Laser Comp Pole
Raidlight Folding Cup
Alpkit Padded Cell 1 & Pentax Optio WP
Sunscreen
Adventure Medical 1st Aid #7
Aloksak – Paramol, Diclofenac, Pro Plus
Chamois Butt’r (x3 sachets)
Mont Bell Titanium Trowel
Lhoon
MSR Ti Fork & Spoon
Petzl Zipka
Exposure Joystick, Piggyback Cell & Beacon Diffuser
Hope Battery (spare)
Lithium AA Batteries (x4)
Contact Lens Eye Drops & Spare Lens
Avon Skin So Soft (Insect Repellent)
Silva Exp. 4 Compass
Wherewolf Card
Coffee
Aloksak – Cash & Cards
Aloksak – Phone
Aloksak – iPod Shuffle & Headphones

Frame
Camelbak Podium 750ml
Camelbak Podium 625ml
Lezyne Pump
Awesome Strap w/ Supersonic Tubes (x2)
Hope Vison Two & Battery

Wingnut Splitback
3l Osprey Bladder
OMM Kamleika Smock
Arc’teryx Celerus Vest
Buff
Spare Gloves
Panasonic HD Video Camera
Aloksak – OS Maps 1:25 (x2), Memory Map Route Prints

Worn
X Bionic Helmet
X Bionic LS Energizer Base
Mammut Extreme LS
Assos Mille Shorts
X Bionic Leg Warmers
Icebreaker Socks
Mavic Switchback Shoes
Specialized BG Gloves
Julbo Race Zebra Glasses
Giro Athlon Helmet
TNF Puddle Jacket

48 hours or sunday night?

what about obsessing over gear choices?

Que Sera Sera, it rains it rains! It’s not about the goal it’s about the journey, If it comes easy, if it doesn’t require extraordinary effort, you’re not pushing hard enough: It’s supposed to hurt like hell!

I’ve always wanted to know how the hell they get funding to make these films???

haha that’s better than mine all leaving their tips about 6″ in the ground as we pulled them out.

What was wrong with a shark that can attack a 747 in flight?? 🙄

Mega Shark is cool, but the sequel is so much better featuring Tiffany’s breasts as a starring role!

Terra Nova Carbon Fibre Pegs? Do you know about the failure rate on them, the ends pull out very easily.

Breakfast buffet £5 😉

yeah it’s staying up there to rain doubly hard when we head off 😉

Met Office have issued extreme warning for Wales this week for the high winds, and thunder showers for Thursday 😆

The bike is loaded managed to get everything bar waterproofs stashed onboard, and god knows what the weight is as I’ve gone prepared for lousy weather. 😯 Now the postman needs to be a good guy and get my stuff to me!

The folks bidding on this are probably the type of people who’d pay £30k for a small hatchback, just because it says “BMW” on it.

No we aren’t we can afford to buy from LBS 😀

Hate them! I also believe God Hates Them too!

I’ve got bored of weighing stuff, so just raided the gearboxes, assumed it Wales and it will be wetter than a crushed melon.

Glamping or Tarp, hell I’ll hire some sherpas to pedal me around the checkpoints, establish camps and cater.

yeah I bought a Cool Camping book too 😆

I’ve only got Waitrose carrier bags

The moment i picked them up and thought yes or no, I realised I had just condemned the cleats on my shoes to break next week 😕

carrier bag, what brand, have you got a weight on that? I’m sat here doing a ‘skin out’ gear weighing session, and modelling the best packing strategy with Excel. 😯 The super lightweight approach is being revised, spare cleats weigh 44g!

Rummaging through gear boxes has me wondering, what brake pads for WRT?

I thought the hardened tarpists wouldn’t be wanting tents? 😉

the assumption of light from 4am to 9pm is based on nice weather, forecast is heavy rain this weekend, i reckon its gonna be wet next week, and dark clouds 🙁 I’m going with Vision 2 with extra battery, and joystick w/ piggyback cell.

Anybody taking lights, or are you all bedding down and forgetting night riding?

Cool, thanks if they stay in place and are solid that’s all I need to know.

Do they stay in place and are they solid, wondered with the amount of metal removed to get that weight do thye flex a bit? Hence thinking carbon, and the Easton ones?