London to Brighton cycle (Part 3: sponsorship/plan for day)

byke95 · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Karma :

How's everyone getting on? I've completely forgotten who's going!

Has anyone got an idea for a meet-up point?

Are we going to get there early so we can have a chat/bacon butty?

Are we aiming for a 'team' effort or has anyone got a personal time they are going for?

I've raised £75 so far (personal target is £85).

Tina (the girlfriend) has the same target and I think she's over it already.

Cheers,

Phil

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Getting on... well I've started thinking of excuses if that counts. Razz

Ideas for a meet-up point... dunno, will other people be taking phones along?

Getting there early... hopefully not.

Aiming for a team effort... everyone finishing? Personal time I'm going for is less than 24hrs. Wink

Irezumi aka Reuben · Carrot Top Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Karma :

Raised about £100 so far, might be able to get £150, not sure.

Meeting up will involve using phones to locate at the time.

The team effort will involve waiting for/pushing g along, so no rush.
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Reevo8 · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Karma :

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

Dom · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Karma :

I haven't even started to get sponsors yet, so I really need to get on with that. Confused

I'm probably as fit as I ever have been but that isn't saying much. Laughing

I've not even done a 30 mile ride yet (longest run I've done is about 26 miles on/off road I think) so whether or not my body will fall apart after the half-way point we will have to see.

Incidentally does anyone know what the situation is likely to be with bikes going on the trains after the ride? My guess is loads of people will be wanting to do that, but if the train companies are sticking with some stupid 'only 3 bikes per train' rule then there could be problems...
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byke95 · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Karma :

Reevo8 · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Karma :

haha, the bike I used for London Sothend was about 4X lighter than G's I think!
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Dom · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Karma :

Looks like I'm going to have some problems with transport. Initial plan was trains/a lift from the rents, but I've just rang South West trains re getting from brighton to havant (my local station) and they say they're not going to change their normal system (max 6 bikes per train, only 27,000 bikes taking part ffs!). And my parents have decided to go on holiday that weekend, having previously offered me a lift. So I'm a bit screwed. Confused

I probably could get the train to london the night beforehand and stay at my uncle's, but I can't see how I can get back from Brighton after the ride.

How's everyone else getting to london/from brighton?
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Korn · Admin Joined: 01 Feb 2002 Karma :

Dom · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Karma :

Thanks very much for the offer Korn, I appreciate it. Fortunately it looks like I don't have a problem anymore though as my folks told me today that actually they hadn't booked it yet and could go the weekend after, so lifts should be fine. Very Happy

(Why they failed to mention that on Friday I don't know Doh!

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Anyway, two weeks to go - how are people getting on? G, you still doing the Bike of Death?

I did a 27 miler today which took me about 2.5 hours all on road with a few nasty hills thrown in. I felt like I could go on quite a lot longer without dying, so I reckon the ride shouldn't be too bad. (Famous last words...)

I do seem to have a broken bike though. Does anyone know what needs replacing when you get a clicking noise from the front sprocket area when you are pedalling hard? I'll take it all apart tomorrow evening anyway, hopefully it's something obvious enough.

(Oh and byke, you do have a bike now, yep? Razz

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KLR600 · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Karma :

With regards to no bikes allowed on trains I saw an article years ago in a bmx magazine about ways of getting around it.

Basically they made a sort of suitcase out of their bike a bit like this picture I just knocked up.

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/serenaur/bieksuitcase.jpg

Their version had a skateboard base to make it easier to move about but I think if you could take the wheels off your bike and cable tie them to your bike frame somehow and then cover it with something no one would bat an eyelid as it'd just be like a big suitcase you could put in the luggage bit of the carrige near the doors.

Alternatively if you knew someone with a bike bag designed for taking bikes on planes perhaps you could borrow that as again, I doubt anyone would know what was in it and you could leave it in the luggage bit of the carriage.

HTH
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Irezumi aka Reuben · Carrot Top Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Karma :

byke95 · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Karma :

I take the recent silence of the london to brighton cycle means everyone has been far to busy training and eating complex carbs to even think about posting! Razz

I'm so screwed, I haven't trained half as much as I should have!

Korn · Admin Joined: 01 Feb 2002 Karma :

Does chocolate cake count as complex carbs? Shifty

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Irezumi aka Reuben · Carrot Top Joined: 28 Sep 2004 Karma :

No idea.

What's happening about transport home, is anyone heading toward's South London that could drop me off? If not I can get my own lift back.
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byke95 · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Karma :

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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Training... did 30 miles off road yesturday morning and am going to do London to Brighton distance tomorrow.

There should be plently of stopping for breaks Dom at pubs along the way.

Who'll be the first to get a puncture then? Razz

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

I've done about Sweet FA, thanks to busyness, work, a dodgy back and crashing motorbikes the last two weekends Neutral

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So, looks like no super heavy bike for me as my back is still aching.
Hopefully will have a big fairing, though may not do that either Sad

- as ever it is with me, hopefully have it sorted for 'next time'.

I'll try and get a list of everyone's phone numbers and sort somewhere to meet.

Korn · Admin Joined: 01 Feb 2002 Karma :

I've been out on my pushbike a few times but nowhere near enough to be called "training". Will probably die at some point along the way... Embarassed

What sort of time are we aiming for? Apparently 6/7 hours is the "average" once you include the rest & water stops.
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byke95 · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Mar 2004 Karma :

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JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

Feck me, I just started riding my pushbike and it's bloody hard!

Been doing a loop of 13.5 miles in about 1 hour. Got a proper heart rate monitor and I am getting up to about 191 BPM on the steepest parts of my loop.

Gutted that I didn't enter for this ride now as it would have been good fun!
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