Mind boggling just thinking about it never mind riding – wonder if he’ll go for the Roumd the World record next ?

Crazy daily distances.

Read that the guy who currently holds the cycling record of 37 days…..then decided to run it and now holds the record for that too !!

No worries.

I’m selling these if any good to you ?

RockShox SID Select RL3 120mm

Certini have Chisel FS in stock

https://www.certini.co.uk/bikes/mountain-bikes/2025-specialized-chisel-comp-shimano-mountain-bike–gloss-moss-green__95907

I’ve a set of  RockShox SID Select RL3 Air custom Charger 3-mode damper 120mm forks, 44mm offset – 152mm steerer – that came off a Spark – I had them up for sale here a month or so ago – was looking £260 if they’d be of interest  ?

(Not so) stealthy nudge but there’s a nice Mason Definition 2 for sale over in them there Classifieds :) – pretty good winter / summer / wet / dry bike

brilliant but I think we were really lucky with the weather – conditions were pretty good and rivers all crossable.

we followed Scotroutes advice and went Blair atholl to Kingcairn, Inner loop, then Kingcairn to Braemar & Braemar to Blair atholl.

beautiful route in those conditions – we all took MTBs and glad we did – as mentioned above, outer loop is okay on the gravel bike but the MTBs made everything a bit more enjoyable, especially the gravel road descents 🙂

if you’re in Aviemore for breakfast, couldn’t recommend the Coffee Pot highly enough – lovely way to start your day.

if I can work out how to post photos, I’ll get some up later

That’s great – thanks for all your help.

And yes, Smidge in the bag :)

Resurrecting this thread as we’re doing it Thursday to Sunday this week – we’ll be mostly following your route, Scotroutes and forecast looking okay at the minute, but anything / place we need to look out for / avoid ?

Pirelli Cinturato  M – in 40 or 45 – expensive (unless Merlin have them on sale ) – great long lasting tyres

Doesn’t Utah have some very suspect business practices?
They’re not all saints.

deserves more credit ! 🙂

The Marlborough pub in Marlborough – stayed there last year when doing KAW – was great and able to leave the bike in the stores out the back

Yes – been great so far – Nino never seems to have any luck at this race, does he ?

Guy from our club was doing it but freak accident at the finish line on the 1st stage left him with a punctured lung & 2 broken ribs – really feel for him & his partner as they’d both put in a huge amount of training…gutting !

And Howard Grotts is brill :)

Yes – saw them a few times (too) many years ago – last time was in Phoenix Park racecourse in Dublin and the line up that day was:-

Steel Pulse, Eurythmics, Big Country, Simple Minds & U2

Stuart Adamson was another to leave us too soon.

Thanks for all the info – definitely on MTB .

Scotroutes – I don’t suppose by any chance you’d have a GPX of the (your) route ?

Happy to buy you a drink in Aviemore when we’re passing as a thank you for your help :)

You’re a star – thanks !

Will keep you posted.

@intheborders – that sounds great but I’d be worried that if I suggested that, they might go for it instead – so I’m saying nothing

Brilliant – and bikepacking, so we’ll have tents with us too.

We’ll be coming across on the ferry from Belfast – so plan is to drive to first or best accessible point, and then plan route from there – so, based on that, any suggestions on starting point ?

I knew you’d come through Scotroutes !!

Yes double route – so all rideable ? and 60 odd mile a day not too onerous ?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156021517899?itmmeta=01HPMHC7PCAGRS37GZQFWJTNFG&hash=item24539b6e4b:g:588AAOSwWQ1lrnla&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwOvUUq70mN1soj2ELOi1jhahHIwEf9kRiXPa1buV6xikaAqLBnalSjqGehI%2FQJfmdTtHhP6J6dCnuO%2FCCelqNLMX%2Fw%2BdWuKli7lomOlQMRj9T4mDQ8kn2CuOm22cgfcCTeh486eTiGf3HpX4yvPqrfWn%2FZjZ3H0rulXQJPq0P0ygqlcWmQyFanwLQPyS4Wy%2BiXyuED1isb078%2Bluk1mTS223nLNiOXjVpynCHAvdRCEgmjzIUNuVfESluAXSzuD8Nw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5z7sJG1Yw

i wouldn’t be so sure about that accommodation  – I did KAW last September and 6 weeks prior, there was nothing reasonable availabke at all – ended up a wild camp and a £100 night in Marlborough

Mason Raw or ISO or Exposure ?

Steve,

I’ve a couple of sleeves that I got machined a few years ago – you’re welcome to have them to see if they work for you ?

PM me your address if you’re interested.

Johnny

@Rocketdog – is that first photo the 3 stages of becoming a Rocketdog ?

Molgrips – try through Wiggle instead ? CRC don’t always seem to offer the extra10 option ?

Just bought a pair of MW702 in a 42 which is my normal size – very glad I didn’t size up as they are a good fit but there’s easily enough room for thicker socks too –  0 deg out tonight and toes were all good 

Soooo – would you risk returning something ?

Bought one of the Race Aeffect droppers but don’t need it anymore.

Cheers for the info, Sola

Sola,

Can I ask if you get much mud build up behind that rear guard or does it clear quite easily ?

https://www.mcconveycycles.com/bikes/specialized/mountain-bikes/hardtail-mtb/instock/onsale

just over budget…just

Oh, cheers Dickie – I’ll check that out

Hi Kryton,

yes, it is the RC900 team – which came with the SID Select+ RL3 100mm fork.

I do intend to keep it so based on this, think I will upgrade the fork.

many thanks for your help.

Thanks – that’s sad to hear as they were great to deal with on a bike I bought from them.

It was just a quick query about it but I’ll try Open direct.

Cheers for the heads up.

Lonnnnnngggg shot

http://www.timetriallingforum.co.uk/index.php?/topic/141531-for-sale-cannondale-caad10-stealth-frameset-size-54/

actually used to be mine – shouldn’t have sold it  -:)

CAAD10 is definitely much closer to the old Supersix Evo – great alternative if you can find one

To add to TJ’s post….HMRC being helpful too :)

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/26/hmrc-boss-tells-mps-innocent-errors-dont-attract-penalties-after-nadhim-zahawi-tax-row

what a class act….. and yet another to pancreatic cancer (Terry hall & Frank McGarvey both died from it recently)

I remember him at the World Cup in the USA when he just shaved his head because it was too hot :)

Classy tribute from Sampdoria too:-

https://www.sampdoria.it/news/club/2023/01/06/una-firma-per-sempre-ciao-luca-vialli-uno-di-noi/

Just Fitted a set of Cinturato M – 700 x 45 – initial impressions are that they’re great off road, especially in the mud – pretty good on gravel too and roll really well on the roads. The benefit of the extra volume from the 700 x 40 I was using during the summer is noticeable too. All in, very pleased with them.

Zipp 303 ? Recommend what you got 🙂