Hi Megan,

I’m here, I just wish he was too.
I miss him.
I’ll certainly aim to be there & I’ll ride over from Telscombe.

Hit me up if anyone wants to meet up & ride over – off-road from Woodingdean through Stanmer & down the Beacon should do it.

I messaged Mark after Christmas & this response is how I will remember him. Simon xx

Hello fella, your offer to come and comfort me with cake and acerbic conversation is damned tempting- alas, in my current state I don’t think I could. Not you I promise – but I don’t even resemble the superhero you make me out to be, and am currently a shameful shell of a man. My shame is great. You can, however continue on your punk-related expeditions and continuing to air them on FB as they cheer me immensely,,,,

Be safe old friend x

Thanks for coming everyone!

We had a great day putting it in for you.
I’ve just completed operation ‘clean sweep’ and there’s hardly anything left – you wouldn’t know that we’d been there!
Even the football pitch is in perfect nick and ready for some injury feigning activity.

We’ll announce next year’s date in November when B&H Council publish their 2016 Agenda – expect more thrills, spills and belly laughs. And a few nice surprises…

Thank you!

Bargainicious & a great fit!

Met Rob Colliver at 17:38 east of the A27 at Lewes & rode with him and Carl (his outrider) for a few miles before I flatted.
They’re now heading to Alfriston with an eta of a 38 hour-ish triple.
Aiming for the water tap on the A27 by Lewes at 23:30 on the 4th leg tonight & 54 hours est. total time. He’s remarkably clear & we chatted about the Tour Divide, kayaking & welding.
Photos on FB – search for me (name in profile).

My Type by Saint Motel

Not your exact spec’ but I’ll mention it anyway, I have un-used Reba RL tapered Maxle forks for sale if you would like to make an offer:

I brought these new in January and I’ve never used them. They are boxed and they haven’t been fitted to a bike.
Like these (http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/reba-rl-29-solo-air-100-tapered-ml15-pushloc-white-143273)
Please ask for photos if you’d like pictures – simoncatmurAThotmailDOTcom
• Travel: 100mm
• Weight 29″: 1564g, *Weight based on 265mm 1-1/8″ steerer 15mm Axle
• Damping 29″: Motion Control
• Available Springs: Solo Air
• Adjustments: External Rebound / Lockout Threshold / Low Speed Compression to Lock / Air pressure via single Schrader valve
• Steerer: 29″: 1 1/8″ tapered
• Crown: Forged, Hollow AL66 TV aluminium
• Upper Tubes: 32mm, 7000 series straight wall aluminium
• Lowers: Magnesium, post mount disc brake
• Maximum Rotor Size 215mm
• Colour: White
• Remotes: Push-Loc remote
• Tapered Steerer: uncut

Bloody excellent! Iggy is an icon & an idol of mine.

First time I’ve seen an in-line seat post on a Jones.
Would like to swing a leg over this at some point.

Tim – are you on your Jones tomorrow?

Thank you for all of your kind comments & general feedback.
We’ll have an event de-brief later this week – please post here if you have anything that should be considered for next year – BigDog 7th Edition.
We’re aiming for Saturday 8th August 2015 and that’s subject to Council approval in November.
Patience required.

Thank you all again – we wouldn’t do it if you weren’t all so awesome! x

It’s all coming together but a ‘Rory Incident’ meant that I couldn’t ride the course last night – sounds a hoot, sorry to have missed you all. I may find time to squeeze one in (or out) tomorrow in between other duties.
Meanwhile this might help (below) – have a great ride tomorrow – play nice and look after each other.

BigDog 2014 Timetable
06:00 Stanmer Park Opens
07:30 Marquees arrive
08:00 Toilets Arrive
08:00 Traders and food retailers start to arrive
08:30 Paramedic in place
09:00 Children’s Sign-on open
09:00 Commissaries taken around course and any requests acted upon
09:00 Children Races start
10:00 Marshal Briefing and distribution of bags and radios
11:00 Children’s Races end
11:00 Cakes to be submitted
11:00 BigDog Practice Laps open
11:40 BigDog Practice Laps close
12:00 BigDog race starts
13:00 Clif Shots laps open
15:00 Beautiful cakes judged
17:00 Clif Shots laps close (last rider off)
18:00 BigDog race end
18:00 Marshals to clear course on way back to Arena, handing in radios etc.
18:15 BigDog Prize Giving starts
19:00 BigDog Prize Giving ends
19:00 Course and Arena tidy-up
19:30 Marquees packed down
19:30 Bin man arrives
20:00 Party at Velo Café starts
20:30 Stanmer Park Closes
00:00 Party at Velo Café ends

I don’t have the fat fork & run a 2.4 Ardent – suits me well and it could take a much wider 29 tyre.

A slight hijack..

Does anyone from Brighton area fancy doing a smash ‘n’ grab raid to BikeFest?
Leave very early Sat am, ride 6 or 12 hour event then hightail it back home?

Any interest?

Hi Everyone,

Pleased to see so much interest & the usual suspects on this thread.

Saturday August 16th confirmed for the 6th edition with the after party at the Velo Cafe.
Course to be decided with safety, challenge, fun and being cool with all other park users as our priorities. More course details to follow in due course. Of course.
Nice mug colour this year and maybe a third marquee. I think that CX bikes are ok; not sure what wouldn’t be ok tbh.

Not much more to add at the moment – great to read your interest and enthusiasm.

Cheers

Not going but I thought this review will prepare you:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/live-music-reviews/10510453/Black-Sabbath-The-O2-London-review.html

Well I like it! Said Florence, hopefully.

Jeff Jones article very good; always enjoyed what I’ve read in it but I don’t always get the time to spend reading it that it deserves.

I can vouch for Hummerlicious’s credentials; he can’t half ride that there bike quickly around Stanmer Park – as seen at this year’s Brighton BigDog.

The Ramones Museum.

Oh, you mean the cheeky chalky chimney. Nah, wouldn’t be the same without it.

Thanks for your kind comments and feedback – you make it all worthwhile.
Glad the new course worked well for you all.

Well, I was on site at 6am and it was empty, lots happened, then I left an empty park again at 22:15.
How did that happen?

Same again next year?

Thank you for coming. Peace.

Prestige Cycles will be there to fix stuff and they will carry limited spares but no Giant or Freedom Bikes this year so bike components will be limited. Contact Prestige now if you need them to bring anything for you to buy on the day.

Plenty of traders (Morvelo, Lazer, Marin, Apres Recovery Drinks, i-Ride, Privateer, Broken Riders, Mr Bamboo Man, Green Oil, Kinesis, Chickens, Exposure etc.) but no components as such – we did invite them but..

Food’s gonna be good again – Sue’s burgers ‘n’ things, Dinkycino coffee, Tea and home-made cakes in the marquee, Stone baked fresh Pizza, Hawaiian meats BBQ and Handlebar Juice (he cycles to pulp fruit, you drink).

Oh, some beer too (Dark Star), 3 separate masseurs and the Ride Journal DJ’s (spinning and tag team racing). Bring enough water with you.

Over

Hi, really glad to hear that everyone’s looking fwd to it. We’re super excited with the new course.

The solo pit lane will be tighter for space this year because of the route being used back into the arena. We will be trying to squeeze more cars into a smaller area and we’ll insist this year (unlike previous years) that that area is for solo’s only and we’d prefer you to pit using the back of the car or a box rather than a gazebo in that area – but we’ll see how it goes. Please bear with us – the layout is new for us too and we genuinely need to configure it in a way that works for the majority.

We’re marking and taping the course from 11 tomorrow – please look ahead for us and add time to stop and day ‘hi’ – the actual day passes so quickly and we don’t always get the chance to spend time with everyone despite being on site between 6am and 22pm (last year anyway).

Still looking for general help in the Arena area if anyone’s at a loose end (my email is in my profile). And Rory, Nigel and me are trying to ride as a team of 3 this year – say ‘hello’ if you see us on the course.

Woof woof!

Hi Phil, check with Biff, last time I spoke with him (3weeks ago) we were looking for a 3rd person for our trip.
Cheers
Simon

Leave things as you’d like to find them.

Thank you for that, I didn’t spot that.

You’re right and then there’s the USA postal charges too.
Back to the drawing board.

Wow, that extension bar is spot on and I wouldn’t waste the investment in the Chain Keeper. Thanks.

No, super silly light at the front and skips around like an excited puppy until it’s been trained.
Carbon wheels probably don’t help in that respect; but my, does it climb & ‘float’ – a great bike, which will be even lighter when I go 1 x 10.

Wwaswas – was I riding with you on the Prestige shop ride on Sunday cos they sound like my Niner comments, only I didn’t know you by that name?

Sage, fresh or dried; they don’t like it up ’em.

“Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past” (Orwell 37). 

Shame on her.

Clubber,

Pls mail me (addy in profile) & I’ll mail pics tomorrow. Bike that is; the legs are all for Tim. :P

Hi Clubber,

I’m 6’2″ with a 33″ inside leg & I ride an XL DD at 58″ with a 110mm stem & an in-line seat post.
It’s really comfortable and I could play with a layback or a defferent stem but it fits ‘just right’ as it is.
I’m in Brighton if you’re ever around to swing your leg over it.
Cheers

Oh and..
Nirvana – Territorial Pissings

Sex Pistols – Bodies

Gets me everytime; brilliant.

I have no useful contribution to make

Love my Trek 69er; it’s a keeper. Rolls & accelerates – great combination.

her penis.

Another vote for Ady and Jo at Riviera – we raced the 24 hour race with them at Finale a few years ago.

In.