Brevet Cymru/Bryan Chapman warm up 400 29/4/17

[Hot Flatus]

Who's doing it?

[GPS]

Yup - looking forward to getting the route sheet & plotting it out.

Hope it's warmer in the night than last year ...

[bikey-mikey]

I'm in...

Is it just a name change for a year?? Looks the same.... but would I remember?

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[mattc]

Who's doing it?

I'm guessing:

bikey-mikey (if he remembers)
GPS
MattC (80%)

Flatus - as he said he can't use a chequebook and post-box

[Bianchi Boy]

Me and two club mates who are significantly faster than me.

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[veloboy]

Yep, I'm in and toking forward to it!

[Hot Flatus]

Who's doing it?

I'm guessing:

bikey-mikey (if he remembers)
GPS
MattC (80%)

Flatus - as he said he can't use a chequebook and post-box

No need to guess, matt, GPS and Mike have posted above you to say they are doing it. I expect you are still tired from Saturday.  Perhaps take it easy today and avoid posting on the Internet.

I'm not riding this event this year, although it's a great event. I am, however, staying in the vicinity of Llandovery on Saturday night and planning to ride up there via Brecon, and then do the Lliane Brianne-Tregaron-Cwmystwyth-Elan loop before either wussing out and taking the Newbridge road and main road back to Llandov or being an idiot and going for Beulah to Abergwesyn-Devils staircase-Gamalt then turning left to go back over Lliane Briane and drop down through Cilycwm back to the pub.

Will possibly coincide with some riders at Llandovery and Tregaron, so just wondering who to look out for 

[simonp]

Me.

[mattc]

I'm not riding this event this year, although it's a great event. I am, however, staying in the vicinity of Llandovery on Saturday night

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Will possibly coincide with some riders at Llandovery and Tregaron, so just wondering who to look out for 

Well if you'd just said that in the first place it would have avoided any possibility of doubt!
_{[statistically, these sort of threads are almost always started by actual participants. mea culpa for making an assumption  ]}

I shall look out for your usual cheery wave

[Hot Flatus]

I doubt I'll see you matt, as I won't be at the start. I'll probably drive to Aust and take the Usk road, but I'm unlikely to be on that 1 mile stretch from Bulwark to Budgens at exactly the same time as the BC departs. If I see you at Llandovery it would be on my return to pub and bed, but I doubt I'll be feeling cheery 

Nevertheless, I hope you have a pleasant ride

[U.N.Dulates]

HoE done. Brevet Cymru is the next outing for Thunderbird 2. Looking forward to it - favourite 400 but too long since I've ridden it.

[simonp]

I've started 7 times, one DNF, plus one DNS.

[hellymedic]

What times are the Llandovery controls open?
I will be in the area that weekend.

[Somnolent]

What times are the Llandovery controls open?
I will be in the area that weekend.

YHPM

[hellymedic]

What times are the Llandovery controls open?
I will be in the area that weekend.

YHPM

Thanks!

[Bianchi Boy]

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone knows when the route will be finalised and the official route sheet released? The email I had from Richie said that the Bwlch control was being used and the attached route sheet went to Llangattock.

Also there is the question of the first section and what will be used, there are some options.

BB

[simonp]

Unless there is an info it's the classic route for me. No gratuitous hills.

[Hot Flatus]

You would also get to miss out that annoying fucking dog that runs in front of you for miles on the single track to Hay, keeping an eye out for any (futile) attempt to overtake him.

[Paul Rainbow]

Im in  Going to ride over and hand deliver my entry tomorrow... hope I can find my cheque book!

[Bianchi Boy]

You would also get to miss out that annoying fucking dog that runs in front of you for miles on the single track to Hay, keeping an eye out for any (futile) attempt to overtake him.

That was fun with the dog. Best bit of audax in 2016.

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[Hot Flatus]

It was bizarre. He was covering all our attacks so we ended up having to emulate racing tactics with the old one-two.

He knew what he was doing though. I expect he'd been reading the AUK calendar page.

[Somnolent]

Unless there is an info it's the classic route for me. No gratuitous hills.

Classic, as in Golden Valley?

[Ian gaggiaport]

Ha loved the sheepdog..but was worried that he'd get lost.
I quite like the new lane route as the surface on the golden valley is really poor .

[mattc]

routesheet arrived by email. Phew - I was getting worried that there might be confusion right upto 0559 Sat (and beyond!)

All looks ... "normal". But there seems to be a new Info in (or just after) Monmouth, and no INFO on Stage 2 - didn't there used to be one just before Builth Wells?

I'm looking at the bit to Hay; CROSS ASH and MICHAELCHURCH are passed through - does that mean it's the 2015 variation?  I'm sure it's all good ...

[Somnolent]

I see the penultimate control has reverted to its pre-2014 location, and I've only ever done it with the Llangattock variation.
Anyone got a more precise location for that village hall?
I don't know how obvious "On LEFT (bottom of hill)" will be at silly o'clock on Sunday morning and I'd prefer to have it as a waypoint on the GPS.
[/wimp]