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I'm pretty sure that Andy U up north and Graeme in Edinburgh will be running qualifying 400s. The whole history of the Auld Alliance 400 is as a PBP qualifier.

Andy U should be putting on a whole BRM SR series as PBP qualifiers. Usually from around Inverness area. Lucy may also be running some out of Galashiels.

A resident of Balmarino, Fife to be precise.

Sadly his wonderful wife Margaret passed away earlier this year and it has been hard on him. They were thick as thieves and their many adventures are catalogued wonderfully in the second volume RSF Achive Book. He is the organiser of some of the best perms going in Scotland including the 1590km Eightsome Reel that I did last year.

Photos to come!

I should add I was riding the DBAD bike @amey brought it to existance. It's finally living out its birth right and seeing some of the world.

PBP Qualifications are underway for me here in SE Asia.

This past weekend I traveled to Malaysia to take part in their "New Season 400" which was a bit of a main road bash around the Durian farms East of KL. Thankfully I like the smell of Durian...

The course was rolling hills but with over 150 entries there were big groups on the road pushing the pace. It was a nice change from UK riding and good fitness with an avg moving speed of 28 kph. Stopped time was significant with lazy street food, puncture and gas station stops. It was a nice to experience the different culture with stops at particular times of day at a towns mosque for the Muslim riders to do their prayers.
Wildlife highlights were monkeys on power lines spectating and Komodo Lizards (dragons) as roadkill.

On Friday I head to Philippines to take part in a double header from Subic in the NW of Luzon. The Saturday they are hosting a BRM 300, followed by a BRM 200 on Sunday. They are a little workman like with it being 150 out and back on Saturday, and then the same route but 100km out and back on Sunday. From a cost perspective though I am happy that I can get two rides done with one trip. With the 4am start I hope to be finished by lunchtime to make my evening flight back to Vietnam.

Ah, is it a change of organiser?

Yes, GWR are taking it on for this year and entries are yet to open. Will be able to enter online this year as opposed to by postal entry only

Shaun lives near Coventry I believe and not retired!

He ECE'd it too!

Looking to finish of my vivalo and looking for the following

1. Soyo Tubulars.
   
2. NJS 27.0 seatpost
   
3. NJS pedals and straps
   
4. Set of grips
   

Well keep in touch. Now that I am based in Vietnam, there is a lot of travel in the region for great riding.

Striking a little bit of fear into me with that description. It looks like a very challenging route no doubt, at audax pace I am 50-50 if I could complete, if I was to, probably would be without much sleep.

November 12th, so if you're at a loose end in a few weeks...
https://audaxthailand.knack.com/home?fbclid=IwAR1hp50Uidm3blOPhE5F_RKTnxtJj1f_zDnjT9s1LPLrwDJHVW_emZlPgI4#events/2023/route-details/617ad8b752244500204bbde7/

I've got a local contact with one of the orgs if you're tempted, otherwise they have lots of rides in their calendar.
https://audaxthailand.knack.com/home?fbclid=IwAR1hp50Uidm3blOPhE5F_RKTnxtJj1f_zDnjT9s1LPLrwDJHVW_emZlPgI4#events/2023/

My Velo Cult rando was done this way by forming the mudguard around the chainstay. The work was done by the framebuilder, Mark Nobilette not me, but it works wonderfully.

On my Isen I did some squeezing with a pair of plumbers grips to slightly narrow the pdw fenders to fit in the seatstays. I also put some helitape inside on the stays

Some ideas on how to do it here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CVFn2ECF5_J/

As we look to the new season, I am blessed by no windows for PBP qualifiers here in SE Asia.

My plans currently are a weekend at the beginning of December in the Philippines where they're running a Saturday 300 and Sunday 200.

For my 600 next month I found this devilish one in Thailand I am tempted to give a go, 12,000m of climbing though...
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41172784

Hello from my new home in Vietnam...

I've come across this pretty good condition 54cm Vivalo Pro Special NJS frame with NJS Dura Ace 7500 cranks, bb, headset and hubs.

What would a reasonable market price for this be no adays? The guy is asing around 400
This would include

1. Frameset
   
2. DA 7500 headset and BB
   
3. DA 7500 crankset
   
4. DA 7500 hub laced to nothing fancy clincher rims
   
5. Nitto Pearl Stem
   
6. Dia Compe Track Brake adaptors.
   
7. Izumi NJS chain
   
8. Seatpost
   
   
   
   

06.30 Debden start for me. Arrived from Vietnam yesterday and got the Isen all setup. Fresh tyres, sealant, chain and cassette
Heading up to Chingford tonight and plan to register tomorrow at 11.00am. Any tips on where to get some on the bike nutrition (bars, carb+electrolytes etc.) in the area?

Rims sold now. The nipples can be got from @broken_777.

Photos

Pair of rims I bought for a build that never happened.

Disc Brake Rims
Tubless Compatible
58mm deep and 24.5mm wide.
24H

£250 Posted from Aberdeen- I need to sell by Monday as I'm moving overseas. The movers come Tuesday and if they're not sold they'll be coming to Vietnam with me.

3T blurb

The spoke bed is also improved by what 3T calls double-angle drilling, which means that the holes are set both for the radial and tangent angles, creating a straighter line from the hub flanges to the rim. The alloy nipples are set internally for greater rim strength and they rest on washers that add strength to the rim and make it easy to tension if you ever knock the rim out of true. The drilling is also asymmetric, with the drilling closer to the left side than the right, to better balance out spoke tension for both the front and rear wheels, as both are dished. You know that rear wheels are dished, meaning the rim is centered over the axle, not the hub body, but with disc brake hubs, the same happens, to a lesser degree, in front.

How did you like the gore tex jacket?

I just got one in the yellow. I'm taking it this weekend for the Highland Fling 1000 audax which has a good chunk of rain forecast.

I'll report back on how it compares to my older rapha rain jackets

For BR events (including DIYs and perms) min avg speed

200 to 600 km – 14.3 kph - 15 kph - perms & DIYs at 14.3, organisers can chose to run min speed at 15
700 to 1200 km – 13⅓ kph
1300 to 1800 km – 12 kph
1900 to 2400 km - 10 kph
2500 km and over – 8⅓ kph
The maximum speed limit is usually 30 kph

For BRM events:
200 km = 13 hours 30 minutes
300 km = 20 hours
400 km = 27 hours
600 km = 40 hours
1000 km = 75 hours

More info here: https://audax.uk/about-audax/classifications/

Anyone besides @hippy and myself doing the highland Fling 1000 this Friday?

Patience is an Audax virtue…

Still waiting for the 2019 Easter Arrow Brevet cards and certificates back!

Yep.

That’s DBAD. I’ve had it with Andy for a bit of work to add di2 routing.

Kept with the white as a nod to the original.

I’m moving out to Ho Chi Minh City next month for work so looking forward to having this to get around on and use for further travels in SE Asia for Audax

Happy to make a forum donation and maximum salvagability. The piece I need the most is that big spring and black top hat bit in the centre of the paper.

I'm actually putting this on a ST-R8070 shifter.