Just a thought: seems like there are quite a few YACFers up for this entertainment. Would it make sense for support crews to join up, to support each other as well as us riders?
Mrs eck will be there, hopefully bodach's pal Mike, perhaps Mr & Mrs Megajoules, and that nice Mr Jogler fancies his chances of spending another night with Mrs eck.
Just thinking it might help the time pass, and spread the load a bit. What does the team think?
From my point of view as a rider without backup, it would be good if there was a feed station or two, especially on the night section. Support for unsuported riders has been on the decline since I sarted riding 24 hr TTs.
I don't know how many others will be without backup. Robert Watson I expect, who usualy rides with his saddlebag.
There will probably be the bag drop to Prees Heath again.
I think it might make sense for support teams to all chip in together, if done right. Ideally, you want to see your support at least every half hour. That allows for one food pick up and one drink pick up every hour. It'd definitely be better for riders. Most of the traffic, especially at night, seems to be support teams.
It is tricky to identify riders at night. If we have a large support team, it could be done the other way around. Set up a feed stations with signs saying what you are handing up and offer it to anyone who wants it.
The official bag drop will not hand up food or bottles to riders like they did when I began riding 24s. Elf'n'safety killed that off.
If we're handing stuff up, each rider may need to fill in the support car form at the start. Hopefully blackburnrod will be along to put us right if the idea does catch on.
I see that Chris Hopkinson is on the start list too.
Good to see pretty much a full field, which is quite rare in a TT these days, I believe.