 Poster: A snowHead
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@gixxerniknik, I think you carry your fuel for the day, but not breakfast, dinner and the following day’s fuel. That’s the same for lots of events.
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@davidof,best bit of the mega is the start !! done it twice and one year had a 1000m white descent before the snow disappeared , was awesome fun , the rocky overtakes that come next are the bit to worry about
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Dabber wrote: |
| @davidof,best bit of the mega is the start !! done it twice and one year had a 1000m white descent before the snow disappeared , was awesome fun , the rocky overtakes that come next are the bit to worry about |
Looks really good from coverage I've seen.
Which bike did you use ? are the tires restricted or is everyone on rubber spikes ?
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| andy from embsay wrote: |
| @BobinCH, I haven't - lots of my mates have and rave about it. It used to go right round the island following the coast but they now go along the Tramantura then back along the plain and do a loop down the east coast. The last feed stop apparently involves paella and beer... |
Reservations don’t open until October but have booked an airbnb in anticipation. Thanks for the heads up!
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Also added this to the list. A mate did the Sion event last year and enjoyed it. Tuscany is a wonderful place to ride in October!
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| BobinCH wrote: |
Also added this to the list. A mate did the Sion event last year and enjoyed it. Tuscany is a wonderful place to ride in October! |
you will probably find it a bit easier than the Maratona event you did as although there is a lot of climbing there are fewer long sustained climbs
also the Berg Konig near you: https://blogs.letemps.ch/jerome-bailly/2017/09/26/bergkonig-chic-et-velo-vintage-a-gstaad/ - article by my ex-colleague Jerome Bailly who you may know. His brother runs the Lyon-Canton (yes that Canton, in China) e-bike race.
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Marathon du Medoc. 23 wine-tasting stops en-route. A fantastic day out - no expectation to run fast (or much at all). If you run one marathon this should be it...
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Mallorca 312 on Saturday. Only been on the bike 5 times this year - whoops. Hopefully the skiing helps 
Anyone else doing it?
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Good luck
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@BobinCH, you obviously missed my comment(s) in the road bike thread 
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Not in Europe but im signed up for the silk road mountain race this summer. 2 weeks to cycle (and plenty of hike a bike) 1800km with 30500m climbing through the kyrgyzstan mountains. Definitely something a bit different.
In UK Bob Graham round is the one that tempts me although not really an "event".
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You know it makes sense.
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@boarder2020, good luck, that looks both beautiful and horrendous
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| Arno wrote: |
| @boarder2020, good luck, that looks both beautiful and horrendous |
Thanks. I've spent quite a bit of time out there so am aware how beautiful it is. Definitely going to be some suffering!
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Poster: A snowHead
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| boarder2020 wrote: |
Not in Europe but im signed up for the silk road mountain race this summer. 2 weeks to cycle (and plenty of hike a bike) 1800km with 30500m climbing through the kyrgyzstan mountains. Definitely something a bit different.
In UK Bob Graham round is the one that tempts me although not really an "event". |
If you want a warm up for the Bob Graham, you could have a go at “The Old Crown Round” either as a race event, or an event at your own time of choice, or as a walk. https://www.fellrunner.org.uk/races/35eceb3d-987e-4a50-87f6-331f4f9b6f1e
When the pub organises it they sometimes get a barrel of beer to each relevant summit - so a barrel of “Skiddaw” at the top of Skiddaw, a barrel of “High Pike” to the top of High Pike and so on. Maybe that part isn’t for the serious runners though
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Arno wrote: |
| @boarder2020, good luck, that looks both beautiful and horrendous |
+1. I had to have a lie-down just reading that!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@boarder2020, I will probably be dot watching from the comfort of my office
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| adithorp wrote: |
Good luck. I've got a club mate riding but last time I spoke to him, he was considering one of the shorter routes as he hadn't managed enough training. |
Thanks! Unfortunately I’m in the same boat as your mate but still looking forward to some sunny riding
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@JHS, I did the Old Crown Round a couple of times years ago, before it became a big thing. First time solo, great fun, then with the son-in-law, he had done a couple of half marathons by then but was nowhere near tough enough. His legs were collapsing underneath him on the descent from Blencathra, so I abandoned him at the phone box at Mungrisedale and finished on my own. He did manage to phone others in our party and get rescued - they found him collapsed on the floor of the photo box.
He did get revenge though, ten years after I had last raced a mountain bike he signed me up for a 40 mile enduro race in deep Thetford Forest winter mud - almost killed me (especially as he had told me it was 32 miles!), but at least I finished.
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Majorca is simply stunning to cycle in, great roads too, not sure about 312kms of them though! Good luck Bob.
I think I watched a youtube documentary on that silk road race, with a crazy French postman / courier who won it. Was soul achingly beautiful made me want to get out there. There are some great escapist bike packing videos online.
Crete in Winter is also on the list. Go to Greece most years but have never been when its anything other than brown and bone dry.
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Does it need to be a formal event? Both the following are absolute classic IADs of their type, but you just go and do them:
Black Cuilin Ridge on Skye
West Highland Way by bike
If you're into rock climbing then soloing 100 routes on gritstone is a good one, and significantly easier than the above.
In terms if events, Fred Whitton is a proper classic.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Holy cow!
I had.no idea you were doing this and the Bec in the same week...
I think you need at least 1 day of Milsy inspired lolling by the pool before you swim the channel
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You know it makes sense.
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Great write up and epic effort @BobinCH!
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Excellent, Mallorca looks really pleasant.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@BobinCH, big day out, well done!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I did the Passportes du Soleil a good few years back, great fun lift assisted mountain bike tour in a day.
Id rather take my chances at the MdS @gixxerniknik than the Megavalanche, it’s total carnage at the top and definitely a young riders game, not one for my aging bones.
Last year I did the Calder Divide challenge on my gravel bike, very nice low key two day event and signed up for it again this year.
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Wow! Well done!
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| rungsp wrote: |
Holy cow!
I had.no idea you were doing this and the Bec in the same week...
I think you need at least 1 day of Milsy inspired lolling by the pool before you swim the channel |
Probably not the greatest preparation but when the Bec is in condition you’ve got to go
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Great ride Bobin. Know a few who have done the full 312, and a couple who have done the original route round the island.
It's a great place to ride and the coast road is stunning.
Nice jersey btw (I have the orange version!)
Another one for you is the Route des Grandes Alpes, from Thonon les Baines to Nice / Antibes.
Or there's Raid Pyrenean - 96 hours to get from Med to Atlandtic (or vice versa).
There's also a Geneva to Venice, traversing the Alps west to east.
All the Spring Classics have fondos - so Flanders, Paris-Roubaix etc
I've done 3 Etapes du Tour.
There also the Tour du Mont Blanc which is something like 300 kms and 8,000m elevation IIRC.
Simply there are loads and loads of cycling events and challenges in and around th Alps.
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| davidof wrote: |
| Excellent, Mallorca looks really pleasant. |
It has its good days, 
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| JDL65 wrote: |
Great ride Bobin. Know a few who have done the full 312, and a couple who have done the original route round the island.
It's a great place to ride and the coast road is stunning.
Nice jersey btw (I have the orange version!)
Another one for you is the Route des Grandes Alpes, from Thonon les Baines to Nice / Antibes.
Or there's Raid Pyrenean - 96 hours to get from Med to Atlandtic (or vice versa).
There's also a Geneva to Venice, traversing the Alps west to east.
All the Spring Classics have fondos - so Flanders, Paris-Roubaix etc
I've done 3 Etapes du Tour.
There also the Tour du Mont Blanc which is something like 300 kms and 8,000m elevation IIRC.
Simply there are loads and loads of cycling events and challenges in and around th Alps. |
Thanks for those ideas. Cyclotour du Lac Léman and Tour des Stations on the list for this year. Tempted to return to Mallorca next year if it doesn’t clash with the Patrouille des Glaciers. Mallorca is a fabulous place to ride!
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