MongooseMan

Report?

People have, but it’s very tight any mud and you’d be in trouble

Rabbit hole complete, frame arrived yesterday and I built it up last night (and only swearing was due to not knowing how Sram stealthamajigs work, which cost me 3 hours 🙈). Currently running gravel suspension fork I bought from @guidodg, along with 2.1" Vittoria Mezcals, because you can't find 2.1" Thunder Burts anywhere these days thanks to Dylan Johnson. Plenty of clearance: Ready for the ruts of Ronde 😎

Roughly - 36k - 81k - 121k

This bit:

They do, but I'm still scarred by that 20km corrugated section from last year...

Could be slightly more muddy than last year, depending on how well it dries after Tuesday and Wednesday...

https://raceclocker.com/211c1147

Most recent photo I can find. It is pretty, especially if you have a tailwind

Old Mamre road is safer than N7, but quite pot-holed.

I will note that Sani Pass Ascent gets a difficulty of 147, making it harder by that metric: https://www.strava.com/segments/2512457

Also had a few wonderings, added some others:

Yeah, you can’t miss it (it’s very obvious on the right just after you through Hermon)

With that said, if you asked me for a 50k gravel route, here's what I'd suggest: https://www.strava.com/routes/3349433692798663906 https://www.strava.com/routes/3349434012327790004

Quite a few topics on this:

Matt makes a cameo guest appearance "...it's like 520/530W for 20mins" 🤯

As I understand it, it’s more likely to be a lapped course, rather than a single loop. Opens up possibilities around Tokai, etc

Thanks, lowest effort video possible: stick the insta360 under the Garmin, tell it to take 30s every 10mins, chuck the result into “auto edit”, change music, done 😂

Really enjoyed that route, nice mix of everything. Was wishing for 2.1s in some of that sand though 😂 766148819158.mp4

looking fresh

And Hayley in 4th

Not convinced this forecast will stick around, but here we go…

Great report. But how were the tyres? 😉😜

But very hot Friday, so could have some nice hardened ruts by then 🤣