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The beauty of the M1 is that you don't necessarily need to go to the fork crown, you can mount to two fixed points on the fork.

You could probably use the M1 Rack from Nitto / Riv. One set of stays to the mid eyelet and one to the fork dropout eyelets with the extra long stays that are offered.

Fresh Tripe just got stock of them this week:
https://freshtripe.co.uk/nitto-m1-p-front-rack/

Will you be running a front rack?

I noticed in the last photo that the front of the front mudguard is quite extended from the fork crown. You might want to consider an additional stay to help brace this from flopping about like a diving board. This could mount to the mid fork eyelets. If you have a rack perhaps its one with a mudguard mountint eyelet at the front.

While I'm moaning I may as well chuck this in! My experience, from one extremely wet night, is that having a reflective over your waterproof buggers the waterproofness of your jacket by holding a layer of water right on its surface.

Totally agree with this. My PBP gilet is a bit of a nightmare in damp conditions as it holds a lot of water. I've reverted to either using my RCC reflective gilet or if wet the harness type.

This is 54mm diameter, 68mm length

58cm Speedvagen.

Looking to sell a 54cm polished alu R900 frame.

Don’t know too much about this one. Anyone interested?

Anyone able to help with a reasonable price?

Nice looking rack, sadly I think this model is for 26" wheels, for which I don't have a bike.

Cheers for looking and getting the photos.

Sim works obento if you want to go bling

Super nice, but not sure it'll exactly suit this bike.
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16255509/

Also the wide tombstone will make rando bag attachment a pain due to side pockets.

It is the front one.

Got a photo of the rear? Might be interested too!

Looking for one of these for my Bridgestone Atlantis

Another Restoration has begun. I've just got from the Philippines the more sophisticated big brother of my Eurasia -tThe fancier luged and fancier quadruple butted Atlantis.

I've bought the frameset only so will be building up in a similar rando fashion to the Eurasia with Japanese components and likely a 9 speed Dura Ace triple groupset.

Indeed. Thought did cross my mind. Also the test were run by schmidt.

However to be honest they doesn’t sell the iq-x and we’re very complimentary.

The AAA grandfathering can also go both ways. Indeed many old perms never were evaluated.

When I road the Eightsome Reel 1500 this past August, the AAAanalyser actually suggested that I should have got a couple points for the section of the route up in the NW corner of Scotland.

There is an interesting article in the most recent issue of Bicycle Quarterly with some of their testing comparing the Beacon, IQ-X and Edelux II.

Conclusion is that for road riding the Beacon performs particularly poorly in terms of beam shape and lux at 10m compared to the other two. The IQ-X is generally brighter than the Edelux-II, but does draw more power and has a slightly poorer beam shape.

Would it be possible to share the presentation material you gave at the reunion? I'm sure there are plenty of nerdy folks here who'd be interested in the methodology.

Not my project to decide :)

@danera, how you feel about the link being public?

That would be the one... wasn't sure if the URL was being shared beyond orgs.

There is a webapp developed by the AAA delegate for him to evaluate gpx files. This works by interpolating the Ordanance Survey's DSM model along the route.

This isn't in public circulation, but was shared at the AUK reunion a few years ago. @danera could shed some more light or a public roll out.

I've taken it on this year as it was last run in 2018 with no future plans from the previous orgs.

It usually sells out, but I've done a soft launch so far with no promotion beyond it being published in the calendar. We'll have ~100 spots so plenty still available at this point.

So...

The history of the The Snow Roads 300 audax goes back to the early days of Audax UK and was one of the original AAA events. The way the story goes is that there were 4 events each year across England Scotland and Wales and to get the AAA award you had to complete all these events.
The route gets its name from the 2 passes it takes in past the Glenshee and The Lecht Ski Centres as well as other Cairngorm roads with Snow Gates installed for winter closures. It sets out from Kirriemuir in Angus across The Mearns, an agricultural belt between the Mounth range and the North Sea. The Mounth is then crossed via the Cairn o' Mount(h) as it drops into Deeside. Heading North across the Don River valley toward the Garioch and the pictish fort on Bennachie hill with its Granite Nipple prominent from many miles around. Westward towards Rhynie before another large pass over The Cabrach a now desolate moorland that once was a thriving farming community before the clearances. Efforts are being made to reestablish communities here. The Cabrach descends into the heart of Speyside Whisky at Dufftown where the tangy smell of the mash and distillates hangs in the air. A tough 18 mile stretch towards Tomintoul is just a warm up for the hardest climb of the ride up to The Lecht Ski centre with ramps of over 20%. Crossing the top we pass back into Aberdeenshire and descend down near to the source of the Don at Cock Bridge and Corgarff Castle. Not much rest before a pair of hills known at the BHs need to be tackled taking you first to Gairnshiel and then to the village Crathie, home of Balmoral Castle. Riders then head upstream along the Dee to Braemar for the final control. From here the last major climb of the day is tackled with the steady by 15km long climb up Glen Clunie to the Cairnwell Pass home of the Glenshee Ski Centre. Cresting here it is 50 odd km back to the finish all downhill (except the parts that aren't) via Glenshee and then Glen Isla.

The village hall at Kirriemuir will be available from Friday evening for riders to congregate and for a few quid (to help cover hall costs) stay the night before coffee/tea and butteries (Aberdonian Croissant) for breakfast. Similar accommodation arrangements are available after the ride where the famous Kirriemuir Bridies will be offered for food.

Entries are here: https://audax.uk/event-details?eventId=9433
It is registered as a centenary BRM 300, so special ACP Brevet Cards and Medals will be issued.

You're very much welcome to come up for my Scottish one.

The plan is to have accommodation the night before and after in the village hall.

I tend to run Alfine 8 in ATF, and Nexus 5 in this Silkolene stuff

What is ATF? Automotive Transmission Fluid?

For my Alfine 11 townbike I've been using the Rolholff cleaner and oil setup.

If you can find one a Columbus Hiver is nice, but I think they are discontinued.

Are you set on a carbon fork? A steel one would more than likely meet your requirements.

Travel plans are shaping up for this LRM ride in June next year in Sweden
Midnight Sun Randonee 1200
http://vasterbottenbrevet.se/msr1200-en/