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simonhill wrote:"More than 500,000 km of testing under its belt on all continents and in all weather conditions."

Is that believable, all in 4 years? Do the maths.

It wont all be on the same bike. Think 100 bikes doing 5k would be more realistic

what protection would you have through paypal as it was not an ebay item?

Chris certainly got helpful conditions considering the time of year. Warm days and cloudy nights. Ok no major tailwind but nothing against either.

Feeling quite positive about this one

Had another tracker refit as it was not updating but looking like on schedule so far so good

Dotwatching here

https://frrt.org/lejog2020/?center=54.6 ... 113&zoom=5

This should be good fun to follow

Check out Chris's bike. It looks fit for purpose!

https://twitter.com/2137Lejog/status/13 ... 85/photo/1

happened across this article about a man who was driving 60mph in a 40 zone crashed and killed a cyclist. The sentence was banned from driving for 2 years some unpaid work and a suspended sentence so no jail time. I guess this dismal sentence is pretty standard for these incidents? I try not to look...

Honestly, the obsession with combing over every inch of this ride is not a great look

I know we're all a bit starved of dotwatching but maybe we just sit back and let the rider ride....

Just catching up with this amazing attempt Maria

To me, it seems a shame they wouldn't allow her the 10 days for a first. I know we're a bit obsessed with records on here but I get the feeling this more of a personal journey and raising some money for good causes.

From the racing I've watched INEOS are second best by a margin. I know what you mean, but I don't think we've seen anything like the ineos best effort, more of a fact finding mission. The magic question is have the others played their full hand. Were ineos training right up to race day with little ...

Bernal is the second favourite at 10/3 I know they didn't have a great showing at the Dauphine but those seem pretty good odds for a team that's won last 5 in a row.

all in all a successful event. They took some flack when they announced it as we were just coming out of the tight lockdown but they've shown it can be done.

I hope to see more events of this type in the future.

Another option popular with the ultra light community is this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tyvek-Housewrap-breather-Membrane-2-8m-Wide-by-the-metre-Cheapest-anywhere/283896942603?hash=item421993900b:g:Gr0AAOSwsG9ervXz or this from the barebones shop https://bearbonesbikepacking.co.uk/shop/?product=per...

She's down to the last 10% of the course.

No idea how what grows in the very north of Scotland but there's lot of wild fruit that can be picked round here at the moment maybe that could just give her the few extra calories she needs.

Something like this polycro ground sheet would be a viable solution

https://backpackinglight.dk/tents/tent- ... roundsheet

Though I may want something not see through for extra protection