Scotland : Perthshire Highland Perthshire Challenge 2014

[Louch]

should sign up, its for a good cause

 

[edindave]

should sign up, its for a good cause

As long as yous don;t mind dragging me round

 

[Louch]

That's hardly ping to be the case. If weathers crap may drop down to the 50 mile route if they allow it

 

[edindave]

That's hardly ping to be the case. If weathers crap may drop down to the 50 mile route if they allow it

Sounds like a reasonable plan!

 

[Scoosh]

I'm doing my usual non-commitment-till-I've-seen-the-weather-forecast thing for the 50 miler and might 'negotiate' with them about the 'lid rule' .

 

[edindave]

I'm doing my usual non-commitment-till-I've-seen-the-weather-forecast thing for the 50 miler and might 'negotiate' with them about the 'lid rule' .

I wonder if Sportive organisers tend nowadays to stick the timer chip tags on helmets as way of enforcing helmet policy.

At the same time I'm sure the helmet manufacturers state that you shouldn't put stickers on helmets, as it might affect their performance, and/or corrode them!

 

[Edwardoka]

I wonder if Sportive organisers tend nowadays to stick the timer chip tags on helmets as way of enforcing helmet policy.

At the same time I'm sure the helmet manufacturers state that you shouldn't put stickers on helmets, as it might affect their performance, and/or corrode them!

Most of the time it's just a requirement from the insurance company/planning bodies, I imagine. Even I will be wearing a skid lid, just to shut them up (also I don't really want someone's chainring embedded in my skull.)

 

[edindave]

Most of the time it's just a requirement from the insurance company/planning bodies, I imagine. Even I will be wearing a skid lid, just to shut them up (also I don't really want someone's chainring embedded in my skull.)

Yes it's obviously down to insurance, but I have noticed that (for at least the ones I've entered this past year or two) they've moved away from a chip that was embedded in the number you pin onto your frame to a chip that 'must be stuck to your helmet'.

I was just wondering if there was a deliberate intention to stop people ditching their helmet after sign on...?

 

[Scoosh]

Could well be, @edindave. My 'problem' is that a helmet jams against the back of my headrest, so I am permanently in head-poked-forward mode which is uncomfortable for 1km, let alone 80 !

"No, the headrest doesn't come off"

 

[Louch]

Could you switch to a more Bmx style round helmet?

 

[Scoosh]

Not really - it would still catch and, besides, I'm low enough down and nicely tucked in that the risk of injury is much reduced. IMO, of course.

 

[Edwardoka]

Just got my "good luck next weekend" email

 

[Louch]

Kevin has emailed me back and said doing the 50 if the weather is poor is not a problem

 

[Scoosh]

There's no way @Edwardoka would wimp out and only do 50 - he's proper hard, he is

 

[Edwardoka]

There's no way @Edwardoka would wimp out and only do 50 - he's proper hard, he is

I think you will find that it is spelled "mental", not "hard"