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JamesBradbury

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Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #75 on: 19 May, 2015, 04:46:40 pm »
Quote from: mattc on 18 May, 2015, 02:56:41 pm
And another chevron-based Q: the last few k to the bunkhouse - is it actually worth going up that hilly lane just to avoid Betws-y-coed and a few km? (I know it's tourist hell, but it should be ok at 370km-oclock :) )

Having taken the steep little lane last year, taken a wrong turn into someone's drive and struggled with tired legs to get going again on the slope and walked for a bit, I'm going to try the main road this year.
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LEE

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Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #76 on: 20 May, 2015, 03:14:37 pm »
I have a room going spare (twin beds) on Sunday evening at Tewkesbury Travelodge (if you wanted a good sleep before heading home).

I'm looking to get my £27 quid back but will take highest offer by Personal Message.

It's not transferable but Travelodge tell me you just need the confirmation number and my name to use it.

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bikey-mikey

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Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #77 on: 21 May, 2015, 02:04:21 pm »
Quote from: JamesBradbury on 19 May, 2015, 04:46:40 pm
Quote from: mattc on 18 May, 2015, 02:56:41 pm
And another chevron-based Q: the last few k to the bunkhouse - is it actually worth going up that hilly lane just to avoid Betws-y-coed and a few km? (I know it's tourist hell, but it should be ok at 370km-oclock :) )

Having taken the steep little lane last year, taken a wrong turn into someone's drive and struggled with tired legs to get going again on the slope and walked for a bit, I'm going to try the main road this year.

Yeh,  - there was a whole group of us that ended up in front of someone's house, trying and failing to be quiet...

I walked for a bit then because it seemed unlikely that the guys in front of me would stay upright, and I was too scared to ride past them as they were wobbling from one side of the road to the other, somewhat randomly

Main road for me this time...
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Lady Cavendish

Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #78 on: 25 May, 2015, 07:04:15 pm »
So in 3 weeks I may be

a) sulking in some random place in the middle of nowhere in Wales
b) in a B and B admiring some scenery having decided riding bikes a long way in one go is a silly idea
c) wondering how to rescue my car from Tewkesbury having got on a train
d) dead

I am still ridiculously scared of this ride but looking forward to a lovely route in Wales. I may miss the cut off by about 4 days ;)
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Dom T

Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #79 on: 25 May, 2015, 07:33:28 pm »
I'm looking forward to it. Wish I had more miles in the legs, been off the bike for a couple of weeks with a fractured elbow so going to take it easy and try to get round in one piece!  ;D
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LEE

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Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #80 on: 26 May, 2015, 12:15:17 am »
Quote from: LEE on 20 May, 2015, 03:14:37 pm
I have a room going spare (twin beds) on Sunday evening at Tewkesbury Travelodge (if you wanted a good sleep before heading home).

I'm looking to get my £27 quid back but will take highest offer by Personal Message.

It's not transferable but Travelodge tell me you just need the confirmation number and my name to use it.

Room has been taken (Adam).

Perhaps a post ride get-together with Chillmoister and Keeks (using the other room in my name) is in order.
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BlackSheep

Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #81 on: 26 May, 2015, 11:56:00 am »
Classic riders, check your in-boxes. The GPS  files are too big to host on the AUK site, and are now with you.

Classic Route sheet is available to download from event page.

Standard riders, your event info will be sent out this afternoon some time.
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Bikeabilityman

Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #82 on: 26 May, 2015, 12:12:36 pm »
I am on the standard then (5:30am start). The pressure is off qualifying for PBP, now that I've done the Flatlands, but this'll sort out June's RRtY ride. Doubt I'll be ECEing it though.
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Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #83 on: 26 May, 2015, 12:36:53 pm »
Quote from: BlackSheep on 26 May, 2015, 11:56:00 am
Classic riders, check your in-boxes. The GPS  files are too big to host on the AUK site, and are now with you.

Classic Route sheet is available to download from event page.
Nothing received here, but I don't need the GPX files, so no bother :)

( I assume the route sheet has changes since the version I downloaded earlier in the month? )
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Clemo

Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #84 on: 26 May, 2015, 01:00:38 pm »
Email received Mark thanks for that  :thumbsup:
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vistaed

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Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #85 on: 26 May, 2015, 04:33:26 pm »
Quote from: Clemo on 26 May, 2015, 01:00:38 pm
Email received Mark thanks for that  :thumbsup:
Neither email received...
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BlackSheep

Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #86 on: 26 May, 2015, 04:38:27 pm »
Quote from: vistaed on 26 May, 2015, 04:33:26 pm
Quote from: Clemo on 26 May, 2015, 01:00:38 pm
Email received Mark thanks for that  :thumbsup:

You're a standard James, still to get home and post.

That was a good BCM after - party.
Neither email received...
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Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #87 on: 26 May, 2015, 06:42:34 pm »
I got my email...

Are some of you restricted on the size of incoming mails perhaps ??
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Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #88 on: 26 May, 2015, 07:04:59 pm »
Quote from: bikey-mikey on 26 May, 2015, 06:42:34 pm
I got my email...

Are some of you restricted on the size of incoming mails perhaps ??
Mine turned up a good hour after BS' post.

About 5Mb of files - that could well trip some size limits.
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graunch

Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #89 on: 26 May, 2015, 07:38:25 pm »
I got the email too.  Have entered this after snapping my setapost and DNFing Flatlands.  This will be a bit different but I love the idea of riding in Wales (albeit with some fear of the hills).  Did I see mention of a bagdrop?  That might be lovely.  I generally end up carrying a whole bunch of food around uneaten, so it would be lovely to carry some of it only halfway around...  Shorts and a Jersey would be a luxury too.

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mds101

Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #90 on: 26 May, 2015, 08:28:26 pm »
If I was to be thinking about riding this on fixed (just thinking) but can't currently view the gpx files, is either of the options more suitable?

For me this would be less steep climbing more of the long drawn out type.
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BlackSheep

Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #91 on: 26 May, 2015, 09:49:00 pm »
All those currently down to ride on the "Standard" route have e-mails on the way to your in-boxes.

Once again, if your service provider thinks that Bcc e-mails are SPAM, check there as well.
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vistaed

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Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #92 on: 26 May, 2015, 10:10:31 pm »
Yay, I have the email, thanks Mark. I'll stick with the 'standard'. Looking forward to plugging the tracks in to my computer to see where your sending us Mark.
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Jack_P

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Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #93 on: 29 May, 2015, 08:38:37 pm »
vistaed, all being well I should see you there James, down for El Classico and riding over and back. Ready again for a biggie.
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Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #94 on: 31 May, 2015, 04:47:53 pm »
Having struggled round the Snowdon and Coast 400 this weekend with its less than 5000m of ascent, I'm now properly worried about joining Mr Pickwick on his search for stuff and things up hills in Wales. This is supposed to fun isn't it?
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Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #95 on: 31 May, 2015, 04:52:47 pm »
As I mentioned on the other thread you did the S&C ride the wrong way round geographically and temporally  ;)
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Hammerman

Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #96 on: 01 June, 2015, 09:51:45 am »
I've entered this, it'll be my first 600 and the finale to my first SR. I know the route from Brecon to Llanrwst very well, Llyn Brianne is a favourite as it's only 20 miles from home so I cycle there a lot.
Question, should I be getting excited to the fact that I'm about to beast myself around a large section of God's country or should I be worried at the fact that I'm about to beast myself around a large section of God's country.
I did a DIY 300 last weekend and saw a few weary rider as I made my way around Nant y Moch, and started thinking if I'd actually done the right thing.
To all who have entered, see you at the start, I'll be the one bricking it, and faffing around delaying to start until I realise it's not a dream but the start of something big.
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Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #97 on: 01 June, 2015, 10:43:49 am »
I suspect it will be a hotbed of faffing and worried/excited folk. Personally I'm looking forward to what riding on the longest day will be like, previously all my long rides have finished either middle of May or in the case of PBP middle August.I'm kinda hoping I'll only be in the same amount of darkness as i was in a 300 in late March.
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JamesBradbury

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Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #98 on: 01 June, 2015, 12:39:56 pm »
In my limited experience, being a bit nervous at the start of an event is a good thing. If I start too cocky I end up going a bit too fast and struggling later.
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Trailhound

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Re: Mae Mr Pickwick yn mynd i chwilio am ddreigiau a chwedlau (PBP 600))
« Reply #99 on: 01 June, 2015, 06:18:35 pm »
Still not received gpx file.
Any ideas??
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