Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Are the locations ///up.steep.hill followed by ///down.gravelly.lane ?
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Are the locations ///up.steep.hill followed by ///down.gravelly.lane ?
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Next up is the Llanfair 400 on May 6th. The weight of my Ridgeback Platinum (18kg when fully loaded) made Saturday's hilly 300 tougher so I'm swapping the Shimano 105 5800 crankset for a Dura-Ace 9000 one to save a bit of weight. Every little helps.
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
17.8kg?
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
It'll be better than 18kg. The crankset was for another project which hasn't happened yet so I'll save 150g.
matticus
Guru
Better to eat plenty of fibre the day before??
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
Actually, no. The Brevet Cymru 2023 has minimal uphills (climb over to the Teifi valley and the post-Mariners kit muster (iykyk) hike up to Synod Inn excepted). Only 5 AAA points on offer.
Organiser has specified Golden Valley rather than crank up that narrow scenic road and followed by ///down.gravelly.lane to Hay.
I can't think of another ///down.gravelly.lane in the whole 408km (can you?).
I did lead a lost bloke to Llangattock school hall in the dark one year. I found him lost peering as some device or other: he was truly thankful. I recommend this tactic: make sure you're on the route and wait for the next rider who comes along. Then get lost in company; or not.
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
Try refusals.atom.herd Ian
matticus
Guru
I've just realised that with the new car-park start, this event will have more climbing than descending for many riders.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
It’s been 9 years since I rode BC and anything resembling accurate memories will be merged with many rides since. I do know that’s the event where I encountered the 10,000 tracklog point limit crashing my Etrex somewhere near Brecon. Thus, once I was aware, never had my Etrex choke on that again.
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
Think there is nowhere lower than the castle car park (maybe the pub by the bridge - see below) where you could get a PoP.
So I'd say this is 'all riders' and I recommend the BP fuel station just off the first roundabout after the climb/descent from Usk for PoP.
Ian H
Ancient randonneur
Travelodge Person- Have you got a bike with you?
Me- Er... yes.
TP- Thought so, I recognised the name. I've given you a ground floor room.
Last time I stayed here was nearly a year ago.
Me- Er... yes.
TP- Thought so, I recognised the name. I've given you a ground floor room.
Last time I stayed here was nearly a year ago.
matticus
Guru
Result! I've never had that pleasure ...
Can't remember getting a ground-floor room with the bike.
What I don't understand about that is that presumably for non-cyclists, ground floor is least desirable - more noise, might feel less secure, less of a view (cos we all know TL's are in the locations with the best views, right?). I guess the more infirm still struggle with luggage on stairs, but there's almost always a lift for those folk.
So why isn't there a glut of ground-floor rooms??
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I've always got a ground floor room with Travelodge (and other budget hotels) when arriving with bike.
That may be because I've always asked for one.
