Author Topic: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020  (Read 195717 times)

Bianchi Boy

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Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #325 on: 24 June, 2016, 03:57:36 pm »
Marcus - I think we all owe you an ice cream.
I checked the tracks Marcus did and they matched mine in all but one small section outside Keswick - I checked the route sheet and I had made an error.

If we do go wrong, it will be all together.

Really looking forward to this. Super low gears fitted with bar end changer. New tyres ordered and waiting till after Up The Downs to fit.

BB
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Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #326 on: 24 June, 2016, 04:16:31 pm »
email!


I guess the emails are being drip fed, nothing received here yet (and I have check my junk mail folder). Was there any additional info in the email, or the same as on the excellent website linked to much earlier in this thread?

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Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #327 on: 24 June, 2016, 04:20:14 pm »
email!


I guess the emails are being drip fed, nothing received here yet (and I have check my junk mail folder). Was there any additional info in the email, or the same as on the excellent website linked to much earlier in this thread?

They appear to be the same two pdfs available on the website.

Andy Corless

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Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #328 on: 24 June, 2016, 04:25:31 pm »
The event information is more or less the same as before. It's the route instructions that are different. There's about 35 more to send to entrants by email.

Andy Corless

Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #329 on: 24 June, 2016, 04:31:25 pm »
Have a great ride everyone. I had planned to join you, but somehow managed to also book a place on La Marmotte and as I am in France I will ride that one.
Won't have to deal with those high gradients either, hehe. Have fun.

marcusjb

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Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #330 on: 24 June, 2016, 04:47:59 pm »
https://ridewithgps.com/events/CAL-1000-Mille-Pennine

Will from ACB has done these ^

I will try and check them against mine and see if we have any discrepancies.
Right! What's next?

Ooooh. That sounds like a daft idea.  I am in!

Bianchi Boy

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Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #331 on: 24 June, 2016, 07:44:48 pm »
Have a great ride everyone. I had planned to join you, but somehow managed to also book a place on La Marmotte and as I am in France I will ride that one.
Won't have to deal with those high gradients either, hehe. Have fun.
You have no taste  :facepalm:
BB
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Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #332 on: 25 June, 2016, 09:08:29 am »
Thanks Andy

Any idea on sizing for these - are they generous for the stated size or tight?

I have a 38" chest and the Force GB Medium i have is a snug fit, so i've gone for a Large this time

Large is too big  :facepalm:

Anyone got a Medium that is too small for them and would like to swap?
@CorbieLinnRider

Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #333 on: 25 June, 2016, 11:19:14 am »
Hi!
Andy, did you receive my jersey and Carl's?
Also, thanks a bunch to Marcus for uploading gpx-tracks. My husband Carl and I will be very busy worrying about staying on the right (left, that is) side of the road, being Swede's and all, so it's good to have the route on gpx as well as on paper.
/Solmaz
(pretending I didn't read all the stuff on this thread about the "steepest hills" and what not...)

marcusjb

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Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #334 on: 25 June, 2016, 11:31:39 am »
Marcus - I think we all owe you an ice cream.

I will only accept it with sparkly shit on top:



Remember that?  Jeez! That was 5 years ago.  My first ever 600 (yours too?)!  Young bucks and all that!

(That was DrMekon's breakfast at 10am in Dunwich on the 2011 Seething 600)
Right! What's next?

Ooooh. That sounds like a daft idea.  I am in!

Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #335 on: 25 June, 2016, 11:37:35 am »
Was that your first 600 too? That was fun. Still my fastest 600.

Jersey arrived. Def relaxed rather than race fit. Mines a medium (187cm tall, 70kg - and it's a bit loose - don't size up)

Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #336 on: 25 June, 2016, 12:06:58 pm »
Jersey arrived today. Good fit. Getting excited and also apprehensive about challenge ahead

Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #337 on: 25 June, 2016, 12:28:46 pm »
Getting excited and also apprehensive about challenge ahead

+1

thanks a bunch for the GPX MJB  :thumbsup:

Bianchi Boy

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Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #338 on: 25 June, 2016, 01:05:13 pm »
Was that your first 600 too? That was fun. Still my fastest 600.

Jersey arrived. Def relaxed rather than race fit. Mines a medium (187cm tall, 70kg - and it's a bit loose - don't size up)

I am a bit superstitious and will only order a jersey if I finish.

BB
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Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #339 on: 25 June, 2016, 07:41:30 pm »
Was that your first 600 too? That was fun. Still my fastest 600.

Jersey arrived. Def relaxed rather than race fit. Mines a medium (187cm tall, 70kg - and it's a bit loose - don't size up)

I am a bit superstitious and will only order a jersey if I finish.

BB

I'm not going to bother if they're all printed the wrong way round like that

Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #340 on: 25 June, 2016, 10:22:58 pm »
ABSOLUTE FIRST DRAFT - will review them again this afternoon. Do not download them and use them yet. You will die of lostness.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14498375 - there's a small one-way issue at km107 to tidy up
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14498861
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14499085
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14625420

Nice one Marcus.

Oh my god, it includes Littlebeck on day 3 :o I reckon that's the worst hill in the Moors. I broke a chain up there last year.

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Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #341 on: 25 June, 2016, 10:30:34 pm »
I drove up the way we are coming down at Littlebeck about a month ago and I have never eexperienced a road like it. 

Felt steeper than any other road (including lakedistrict) I've been on and was also pretty narrow. 

 Seriously,  a section to be careful on especially if we are tired...

Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #342 on: 26 June, 2016, 12:14:00 am »
I'm more worried about descending Sutton Bank when tired and the schlep along the Moors Road (which is shit).

Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #343 on: 26 June, 2016, 09:35:48 am »
I remember climbing Sutton when I was younger and fitter (YES I WAS!). If I'm still riding with anyone by then, I'd best hang back if they have disc brakes!
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Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #344 on: 26 June, 2016, 09:47:22 am »
Bit steep is it?

Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #345 on: 26 June, 2016, 10:00:51 am »
Busy more than anything. But it is quite steep, with a couple of sweeping hairpins.

http://www.kirkbymoorside.info/traffic-accident-sutton-bank/

Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #346 on: 26 June, 2016, 10:41:48 am »
Busy more than anything. But it is quite steep, with a couple of sweeping hairpins.
http://www.kirkbymoorside.info/traffic-accident-sutton-bank/

I've seen people do that to their cars in London in the middle of summer so no change there then :)

Doesn't look like I'll have the new bike so will probably be skating down the mountains out of control on the TT bike again... weeeeeeee!

Bianchi Boy

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Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #347 on: 26 June, 2016, 02:33:40 pm »
I will be using a Michelin Pro Race 4 25mm on the front in an attempt to get the best grip on the descents. Wonder what other people will be using. Down hill grip will be important in one or two place on the ride.  :thumbsup:

BB
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Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #348 on: 26 June, 2016, 02:42:52 pm »
I will be using a Michelin Pro Race 4 25mm on the front in an attempt to get the best grip on the descents. Wonder what other people will be using. Down hill grip will be important in one or two place on the ride.  :thumbsup:

BB

30mm tyres and hydraullic disc brakes

Re: Mille Pennines 3rd July 2020
« Reply #349 on: 26 June, 2016, 02:50:18 pm »
I'd love to be able to throw my Kinesis 4S Disc down those hills with hydro brakes and fat tyres but it's looking extremely likely the poor PX will be out again.

We're not going up that track to the Tan Hill again are we? Sense of humour failure waiting to happen up there ;)