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Strathpuffer 24 hour Snowfest
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Posted 9 years ago #
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Boyfriend is in the solo category (having previously done it in a team of 4 once and as a pair twice).
The weather does seem to be forecast to clear up just in time...
We've hired a camper van (luxury! previous years we've been in a tent) and a friend is coming along with me to join the support crew.
Posted 9 years ago # -
I'm in the female pairs (Hannah, half of team Gearonimo or some such), seeing as I now have pogies I'm hoping for subzero weather to try them out. Chris'll be in the shop as normal if anyone needs anything.
Posted 9 years ago # -
"pogies"?? Spiked tyre of some kind I assume?
Boyfriend is hoping to get some use from his spikes.Posted 9 years ago # -
I thought they were Watersports gloves? The sort that cocoons both your hand and paddle but I guess could also be used to cocoon a handlebar.
Posted 9 years ago # -
Yeah, in the kayaking world they're a glove that wraps around both your hand and the paddle. Kind of like a neoprene oven mit with holes in each side for the paddle shaft.
Presumable the bike version just has the one hole!
Posted 9 years ago # -
Ah.
I wonder if that was what the link that SRD or someone shared on the Women's Cycle Forum Facebook page was about.Sounds perfect for Boyfriend Of Fimm, he always gets cold hands (and feet) and has about a gazillion gloves...
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Yep, exactly like the kayaking ones. They mean you don't have to wear big bulky gloves when it's really cold. I've yet to use mine properly but I'll let you know how they go. Downside is they definitely look like you're riding a bike wearing oven gloves.
Posted 9 years ago # -
It will be dark much of the time - so oven glove fashion faux pas should not be a problem!
Good luck to Boyfriend Of Fimm and Team Gearonimo - plus any other intrepids on this event.
Course should be nice'n'frosty.
Posted 9 years ago # -
You are of course, quite, quite mad.
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Posted 9 years ago #
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Keith Forsyth 1st with 28 laps
Guy Martin 2ndGearonimo did 15 laps - which was more than many. Well done to them. Totally OTT.
Boyfriend of Fimm ... report to follow I'm sure!http://lappedenduro2.sportident.co.uk/home/event.html?eventid=3d30b65f-25a7-452c-928f-0b7ee202b37f
Posted 9 years ago # -
Boyfriend Of Fimm did 17 laps and was 22nd solo out of 92 starters. He seems happy with that. He was still going at the end, (rather than bailing after 18 - 20 hours or something) which is something he wanted to do.
The support crew survived the experience! We hired a camper this year which made it a lot more pleasant than working out of a tent which we've done in the past (when he did it in a pair). No major mechanicals, and my fellow support crew person did most of the bike cleaning, leaving me to feed B.O.F. which suited me just fine.
Posted 9 years ago # -
Oh yes, well done Hannah and team Gearonimo.
There were several people in pogies which do look highly comical but I'm sure are warm!
Posted 9 years ago # -
@fimm 17 laps is seriously good going, how anyone can do more than 10 I have no idea! Pogies were slightly too warm, but I kept them on to compensate for not being able to feel my feet. Guy Martin was looking very cheerful every time I saw him, not convinced he's human. All over for another year!
Posted 9 years ago # -
Think last year's one might be featured on The Mountain next week. BBC monday 7.30.
Hannah has done this for a third year now (I think). Albeit with different teams. One year on a single speed. Pretty impressive! Not sure how often Guy Martin has done.
Posted 9 years ago # -
Yes, Boyfriend and I have been recording The Mountain and watched this week's episode later on Monday. We started laughing when we saw the Strathpuffer come up. I think there was a team from Cairngorm Mountain this year too, just going on a team name I noticed.
I also think there were more women taking part than I remember noticing in previous years. Certainly one year when it was on The Adventure Show there were only two female solos, this year there were 7.
Boyfriend is saying that he's all Strathpuffered out, but then the man he did it as a pair with is making noises about organising a team of 4 so who knows...
Posted 9 years ago # -
On Adventure Show now - BBC2
Posted 6 years ago # -
Even more mad than ever with all the snow
Posted 6 years ago # -
Balerno ladies did well.
Posted 6 years ago # -
Yes, a decent second, I don't think I know them though.
Posted 6 years ago # -
Is this a safe place to mention that I have always fancy having done the Strathpuffer?
Haven't ridden a mountain bike in 20 years though but you can but dream...
Posted 6 years ago # -
Is this a safe place to mention that I have always fancy having done the Strathpuffer?
A CCE team attempt on the Puffer would be a thing. I mean. You want to solo it?
Posted 6 years ago # -
Oh. oh.
OH.
(there's like a YEAR to get fit, right?)
Posted 6 years ago # -
I'm 0.959 chains so that MTB isn't going to be comfortable for multiple hours...
My thinking hadn't got far enough to actually consider how I would do it...
A team version would make some sense if we were targeting anytime before my next significant birthday.
Posted 6 years ago # -
I'm 0.959 chains so that MTB isn't going to be comfortable for multiple hours...
Posted 6 years ago # -
anytime before my next significant birthday
I'm liking the way CCE has just spontaneously and collectively given up on conventional measures of time and distance.
Posted 6 years ago #
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