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GB Divide 2023

11/8/2023

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I have rewritten this bit so many times!
So I am just going to chuck some bullet points down:

Day 1

Just cruising, felt really good, holding my legs back, was mainly riding in 4/5th but was as high as 3rd.
Really windy, switching from bright sun shine to heavy rain all day.
Hit a massive hidden pot hole in a puddle (which would lead to me scratching).
Noticed the tyre had gone down at first stop for food 155km in and sealant had kept tyre from going flat.
Just before the start of the South Downs way stopped to pump up the tire and it seemed to hold okay.
Going onto the SDW gust of wind blew my glasses off, I tried to catch them fell on the bike, full weight on handlebars, snapped by the brake lever (half way through).
Continued riding until it got dark but didn’t feel comfortable with broken bars.

Day 2
Slept for 8 hours was in no rush to get up and ride with broken bars.
Decided to ride on and find repairs further up the trail.
Felt sick all morning, stopped a number of times and just sat waiting for sickness to pass.
Bars were okay on the uphills but the cracking sound from the carbon was very disconcerting on the downhills.
Rear tyre started to go down every hour or so, decided to put tube in but punctured straight away.
Couldn’t find any issue with the tyre, sealant was all gone now, ran out of inner tubes.
Rider stopped to offer help (not in the GBD) I bought a 29er tube off him for my 650b 47mm wheel!
Put it in stayed up for a bit, than stopped for a burger at a van and bought a 700x50mm tube off another random rider.
Pump up rear tyre, repeat every 20 mins.
Bumped into James from Squirt, he gave me a packet of sealant. Seemed to do the job.
Gears started playing up, going out of index, left James and decided to head 8 miles off course to Chichester for repairs.
Arrived in Chichester, shops all closed, booked into Park hotels, decided on a plan for day 3 reset and push on.

Day 3
Been stopped for over 14 hours already and went in search of bike repairs.
Halfords didn’t have any bars at all, tyre holding pressure and seems fixed, headed to 99 Bikes.
99 Bikes were amazing, had just 1 set of bars in stock, narrow but went with them anyway to get back under way.
Left my bike to be sorted, went into town to eat sausage rolls and get my phone dried out, talk to statue and buy some more reading glasses I had some how lost!
Returned to 99 bikes, bike almost finished, great service, repacked my bike, hit the trails again at 12:30.
Long 8 mile climb back to meet the trail (where I left) Felt amazing, chatted to man picking berries (he gave me some).
Joined the trail at Cadence cafe and straight into a brutal off road climb, really feeling good. Tyre starts going flat by the top!
The tyre continued to go flat at increasingly short intervals starting around every 30 mins to every 5 minutes by the end.
Got to Winchester its now after hours all the shops were closed. 55km to CP1…I can push on and make it.
No I can’t! Its now getting dark, either I camp or…stuff the tyre with grass.
I start stuffing the tyre with grass, trickier than I thought, what is the correct grass to volume pressure for a 47mm tyre?
Whatever it is I couldn’t get enough in to make it ridable and still get the tyre back on.
Its now dark and nowhere suitable to camp, I walk down into the nearest town to see what my options are.
There was nothing there, post office that was closed, its now 23:00 and I am mentally tired.
Decided to continue on the route but now walking to a possible bike shop 5 miles further along.
At a junction I stopped to let a car go through, the window winds down, questioning me as to what I was doing.
I explained, he thought I was mad, he son also cycled, so offer me a lift, I didn’t need asking twice.
And that’s it I scratched, I tried to take my front wheel out to get it in the car but couldn’t figure it out! I was trying to undo the wrong side, my brain was frazzled from all the constant issues.

Conclusion

I met so many great people who helped me along the way, although things didn't go to plan, I would do it again tomorrow.
Now I am back the mechanical issue are quite easy to solve with the right equipement. The tyre had 4 punctures, 2 the sealant had sealed, and 2 smaller holes either side of the tyre at the point of impact near the rim (which the sealant didn't reach). Its just one of those things, I will carry more sealant next time.
The handlebars, I have had a few comments about them being carbon, yes they were. I think if they were aluminium they would have just broken but the bars held on (and never completly broke) for another 110km on the South Down way. Yes I took it easier than if there were not broken but still they did an amazing job.
The gear problem from the end of day 2 turns out to be the B screw because I took the rear wheel off so many times it allowed the B screw to wind out which brought the top jockey wheel too close to the cassette. Again easy fix on a bike stand but not something obvious on th etrail when you are tired.

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