GS Avanti

What’s The Puffer?
Freezing temperatures. 17 hours of darkness.

Miles upon miles of gruelling terrain. A brutal mix of ice, wind, hail, mud and snow,
and maybe, just maybe, a glorious Scottish winter sunr […]

Steve Rodgers replied 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the advice, Jonathan – all very good.
We’ve been prepping for some time – Rob’s big camper van plus the Avanti gazebo – added side panels to keep out the wind – should see us through.
I’ve a worx portable jetwash with a spare battery – haven’t had a really muddy cx race to test it in anger yet but I’ve been making sure I use it at home to clean up bikes after rides.
I’ve 4x 1100 lumen lights with 4x add-on battery backs which I’ve been riding with in the evenings to get used to. Plan was to always have 2 lights+battery boosters on the bike on-course and the others charging when I’m resting. Additional spare lights might be helpful though – once I’ve been through a few more runtime tests at home I might take you up on the offer of a loan for emergency spares- thanks!
I’ve spares of everything, Rob has a full spare bike – a recently acquired 26″ race bike.
We’ve both got a set of spare wheels with ice spiker tyres on, too.
I’ve got some spare brake pads that I’ve not broken in yet but I’ve read about baking them to break in en-masse – tried that?
Steve Rodgers replied 2 months, 3 weeks ago

PS – if we survive it this year and get a taste for it – is it something you might like to join a team for on another year? 🙂

Steve Rodgers