Your biggest issue with gearing like that might actually be wheel slip on the steep climbs if it is greasy. I had 53/27 on the day and as I was out of the saddle on the steep one the back wheel did slip a bit.
You aren’t going to struggle with 42/30 though, may burn a bit more than you’d want but you won’t be pushing.
I was 5:43 on a 205W Av, 227 Np
Yep, as per my post further up. I’ve done it a few times in the wet and it’s not pleasant.
Enjoying the new job then? 
I re-ran my numbers on BBS as the 6h40 just didn’t seem realistic to me with using a lower IF/FTP and where my fitness is currently. I changed the course map to IMW 2023 and it amended my estimate to 7h07 which feels much more accurate. I don’t know if the course has changed recently or the original map I used was just inaccurate.
This was my pre race prediction from last year
Predicted: 153AP/159NP for 6:19
Actual: 155AP/184NP for 6:18
This bike is gonna be the death of me. Front shifter not working now after being recabled last week. So back down to the bike shop today for an emergency appointment.
Also spent ages wrestling with it to get the brakes to work with the disc wheel, which it turns out is a fair bit wider than the training wheel! 
The Trinity is horrid to work on. There is about 0.5mm of space for any excess cable to open the back brake up. Luckily, with 2 of us we managed to use that tiny bit of slack to just about open it! No way one person on their own could’ve done that. Also finding that taking the rear wheel on and off is flippin difficult with 1, but quite straightforward with 2 people due to the way the derailleur is shaped!
I really really really hope I don’t have any bike issues in Sunday! It’s my biggest fear. Months of prep to be undone by a shitty mechanical issue.
Is it horizontal drop out?
Don’t know what that means. It’s a tw@ of a bike. I know that.
That’s the only reason I’m going back again. 2017 was the only race I’ve ever had a dnf and all down to a mechanical. My stupid head wouldn’t let it go.
Best of luck to everyone racing this weekend. I hope you all have the day you are dreaming for.
I deferred to 2024, but my heart will be in Tenby this weekend, wishing I was listening to the national anthem with butterflies in my stomach.
Good luck!
Does it look like that? You’d probably know if you had one but that can be a pain, you have to have a ‘knack’ to get the wheel in and out quickly.
and shark repellant 
… and IM Wales takes place on the only day of summer 
Are they still giving out those vouchers for a meal the day before in the local places?
No, they went a while ago I think.
@gingerbongo if you do have horizontal dropouts I find it helps if you take the QR skewer off when taking the wheel off - it always seems to but up against the rear derailleur
Don’t lose the spring when you do it!
Eh?
May and June were bloody glorious!
I bought a 30m Cat6 cable to sit in the garden and work 
