Hi there all, just like to say thank you to the couple that helped me try to get my bike(Kona King Kikipu) back into the ride today. I managed to remove the granny ring, only to find the thread had stripped inside the frame, doh. So it was no go for me from there onwards.
I waited around the campsite to thank you but didn't see you.
It was a great shame not to have continued as it was turning out to be a good day. And another thank you to climb on bikes for getting me back to the campsite.
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 unlucky matthew, you missed a good, but incredibly hard ride.
i had mechanicals too, my right pedal fell-part after 4hrs and i mostly had to walk/one-legged pedalling for nearly 2hrs.
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 Yep, the 75k was very tough indeed, but superb event, really well organised, routed, marshalled, great food etc
David - I did wonder if that was you in the BM top on the blue Liquid! ...I was the guy on the grey Cotic riding near you for quite a while. Then you overtook me & I saw you later & asked if you were ok... sorry, not a lot I could do as you asked for a new pedal!
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hey james, i remember you, well the bike at least;)
what kind of time did you finish in? i'm just wondering how long it would have taken if i didn't have the pedal malfunction
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 Passed you as well on the Pace forked grey Epic while you were trying to fix your pedal.....sorry to hear you did not manage to fix it. We finished around 5h15.
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mark, i think i was riding behind you for a quite a while, just trying to hang onto your back wheel was hard work
how cool was the foodstop at the farm, they even had bacon butties on the go!
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Thanks for the compliment, I tagged along with a guy called Tim on the Pace machine that gave me a bit of extra encourgament to keep going and pushing those gears. I think our positings were dicing back and forth for a while.
Maybe the extra weight of the bacon butty did it for your pedal....I deliberatly stayed away even thought they smelt fantastic as i knew there was a fair climb shortly after.
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About 5hr20m David.
(Should we look out for a forthcoming BM review slagging off those pedals?!)
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i didn't go for a bacon butty, but was tempted:) i struggle to keep food down when i'm riding. flapjacks were nice though
this was only the second ride on these pedals so it might (hopefully) have been a one of
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http://www.bikemagic.com/news/images/rough_ride_01_hi.jpg
LOL, how did I know you'd include that photo of me David?!
Still, you did apologise for taking it at the time! ;-)
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sorry james ;)
i know people don't really like their photo to be taken when riding up a hill, but the camera provides a good excuse to stop, "i'm not knackered, no, i need to get a photo!"
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Did anyone leave a wooden dog at the campsite by mistake?
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Hi Mathew glad you got back safely and sorry we couldn't be more help. Me and Debs finished at gone seven thanks to my poor pace. See you next year?
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Keith and Deb
I was really greatful for your help. As for the bike it appears to have left the factory without that side of the swingarm bolt lock-tighted in, hence the failure.
And to get the crank off, it took two of us at the shop with 2 pieces of 3ft tube, one on the allan key and the other on the crank in order to remove the chainset, hence the failure of my fantastic tool.
Looking back now it was the first time I had to stop a ride in 14 years of mountain biking. So I feel I have been pretty lucky.
And as for deb making the comment 'you can never have too many bikes' music to my ears, take care.
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