gavin18787
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Did a 12 hour off road endurance bike ride last night. And oh my god I feel fucked now  
Anyone else done something simular?
did 75 miles which doesnt see that far but it was on the Bedgebury single track red route. Which involves lots of climbs and tecnical sections full of rocks that vibrate your teeth out on decents.
Came 12 out of 37 which I am happy with as the field had some sponsored riders in and raised £220 for charity 
Really cant be dealing with work tomorow though 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque  
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Nath
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Wow, fair play mate. Thats some effort!!
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Mike
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Well in mate 
Bet you slept well after that
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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I havent yet
Started riding at sun down finished riding at sun rise, drove home and been keeping busy to stay awake
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Marc
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My Dad does these, you're all mental!
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Pop
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Well done, 75 miles is far enough on a road let alone offroad. Hats off to you.
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Ben J
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Muchos respectos.
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gavin18787
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quote:
Originally posted by Marc
My Dad does these, you're all mental!
How does he find them.
Main problem I found was pace. I usually go for a ride 3 hours long max so I had to cut back on my usual pace. But it kept slipping back up which wasnt good
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Marc
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Not sure really, he does moutain marathons too. Does them with his mate. They aways take shit loads of cereal bars and powerade!
He always does well for his age bracket but hes never going to win anything!
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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yer I drank a hell of alot of lucozade and a few of those sports cereal bars
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Jon_C
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Good work Gav. Seems to be a lot of MTBers on here. Keep thinkin about diggin my old bike out.
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rustyarchs
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did pedal for scotland last weekend on the road 52 miles in 3 hours 40 on my mountain bike which was heartbreaking watch the racer boys fire past!
fuck doing 12 hours off road tho im shatterd after about 4 up glentress good going mate
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Conway563
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Well done Gav. A mate of mine does these but more often he does the 24 hour team ones.
As said you're all fucking mad though
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Ben G
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how did you manage to drive home after? i'd have been out cold in a field somewhere!
good job mate.
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mwg
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Hell that sounds tough! Well done!
I had to pull out of doing the Grizedale Challenge that was on yesterday, been having problems with my back
I've done a 45 mile cross country event for charity a few years ago. Started at Shap then rode off road across various passes in the Lakes towards the West Coast. Absolute killer! Will never ever do that again
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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Yer this course was like grizdales northface route
My backs feeling it today so yer you wouldnt have wanted to do it with a dodgy one.
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Corsa Sport Gav
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what light do you use? as im goin to be doing summat like what youve done and i need decent light.
well done btw
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mwg
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I'd like to know what lights too. Never done any night riding, would like to but the lights seem pretty expensive! Around £250-£300 for a good one
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Corsa Sport Gav
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i can get the Hope 4 LED ones cheap, but wanting to know other options
[Edited on 21-09-2009 by Corsa Sport Gav]
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gavin18787
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I am running a set of ay-ups
And they really are this bright
Only thing is I did the ride with them mounted on my helmet as I found on the teccy bits you need the lights where your intending to go not where the bike is currently facing. But you get mounts to do both and it only takes 5 mins to swap over
plus points
cheaper then other sets circa £150
light weight and compact
6 hours from the battery
extra batterys are £30 which is what I got so I had 12 hours of usage
Only downer is you have to import them from australia
Well worth it though was looking at the exposure lights before but these work out alot cheaper and are easily just as good
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Corsa Sport Gav
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cheers bud
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deano87
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I've done the Sleepless in the Saddle before, in a team of 4. That was tiring enough. Christ knows how you feel.
I'm all for the freeriding at Chicksands in the morning now, followed by a hearty Thai meal to finish. My XC days are long behind me.
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gavin18787
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need to check out chicksands whats it like?
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deano87
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Awesome. Bit of everything. Only about 1hr 45mins from you as well.
They've got a new website: http://www.chicksandsbikepark.co.uk
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gavin18787
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Link seems to be dead.
I only have a short travel hardtail so do xc and single track free ride is a bit much for me. Will I be ok there?
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