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byke95 World Chat Champion
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Posted: 12:01 - 18 May 2006 Post subject: London to Brighton cycle (Part 3: sponsorship/plan for day) |
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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.
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Ste Not Work Safe
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Posted: 00:39 - 20 May 2006 Post subject: |
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Getting on... well I've started thinking of excuses if that counts.
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. |
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Posted: 16:48 - 21 May 2006 Post subject: |
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I haven't even started to get sponsors yet, so I really need to get on with that.
I'm probably as fit as I ever have been but that isn't saying much. 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... ____________________ Photos and that |
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haha, the bike I used for London Sothend was about 4X lighter than G's I think! ____________________ 05 ZX10R, (**05 WKR) |
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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.
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? ____________________ Photos and that |
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Dom wrote: | 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.
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? |
as far as i know, the way train tickets work, is you can take whatever route you like to get somewhere, so you could just take a route which most ppl wth bikes wdnt be going on.
after london to brighton run is done, there may be a lot of people with bikes at brighton station, but you could just bike it to the station one up the line, and get on the train with your bike before it gets to brighton, it goes to brighton, another 5 bikes get on, and it goes to london
or you could get another train that goes along the coast to southampton or something and then have a route that goes from there ____________________ colin1 is officially faster than god |
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Posted: 23:18 - 04 Jun 2006 Post subject: |
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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. (Why they failed to mention that on Friday I don't know )
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? ) ____________________ Photos and that |
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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.
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Posted: 16:14 - 13 Jun 2006 Post subject: |
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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!
I'm so screwed, I haven't trained half as much as I should have! |
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Posted: 16:47 - 13 Jun 2006 Post subject: |
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Does chocolate cake count as complex carbs? ____________________ 3516 Miles, 11 Countries |
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Posted: 17:31 - 13 Jun 2006 Post subject: |
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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. ____________________ Pictorgraphicalfantastical |
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byke95 wrote: | Korn wrote: | Does chocolate cake count as complex carbs? |
I've been classing beer and nuts so chocolate cake is in for sure!
We need some sort of plan as far as meeting up goes:
Anyone got any ideas of how we can share mobile numbers sagfely? Or, as G is our team leader, should we just PM him mobile numbers?
I'm hoping we stay reasonably together throughout but my girlfriend isn't confident she'll be able to keep up (yes, my girlfriend, I'll have no problem at all ). Either way, it'd be nice to have a chat with you all before we set off and even better if we plan some kind of meet up point in Brighton for a well earned beer at the end of the day before we all head home.
BHF advise that riders "should not" turn up more than 30 mins before, anyone got any ideas where we can meet up?
Reuben wrote: | 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. |
I'm stopping over at a mates house on the Sunday who lives in Brighton (and I live in Bournemouth anyways) so I can't help you on that one. |
On the phone number thing, just put it in your 'personal details' in your profile and then set everyone doing the london-brighton as a friend. Then they can see it by clicking your profile link and nobody else can. I just added you, ste, korn, reuben and g, is that everyone?
Personally I'd be happy taking it really easy for the first half and then see if I've got anything in reserve for the second half (ha! ). Unless we go reeeaally slowly I'm gonna need a decent 30 minute plus break at some point I reckon. Won't be breaking any records, that's for sure.
As far as meeting up, I don't know the area at all, but it would be good if we could catch up before we had to get moving. If anyone knows somewhere good then I'm all for that. I'm guessing that finding each other when there are thousands of other cyclists in a few square miles could be tricky.
I'd love to know how much training you guys have all put in, you're not all doing 60 milers every weekend for training are you? ____________________ Photos and that |
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Posted: 18:17 - 14 Jun 2006 Post subject: |
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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? |
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Posted: 18:26 - 14 Jun 2006 Post subject: |
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I've done about Sweet FA, thanks to busyness, work, a dodgy back and crashing motorbikes the last two weekends .
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 - 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. |
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Posted: 00:14 - 15 Jun 2006 Post subject: |
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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...
What sort of time are we aiming for? Apparently 6/7 hours is the "average" once you include the rest & water stops. ____________________ 3516 Miles, 11 Countries |
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Posted: 10:05 - 15 Jun 2006 Post subject: |
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Dom wrote: | On the phone number thing, just put it in your 'personal details' in your profile and then set everyone doing the london-brighton as a friend. Then they can see it by clicking your profile link and nobody else can. I just added you, ste, korn, reuben and g, is that everyone?
I'd love to know how much training you guys have all put in, you're not all doing 60 milers every weekend for training are you? |
Nice idea Dom, thanks You are all now my friends, like it or not!
I didn't even own a bike prior to deciding to do the BHF ride, I got a speedo when I bought the bike: my total training (over 6 weeks) has been 70 miles.
Ste's 30 mile a day/full route training has gotten me slightly worried!
Korn wrote: | 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...
What sort of time are we aiming for? Apparently 6/7 hours is the "average" once you include the rest & water stops. |
There are 5 rest stops along the way (so every 10 miles or so). I rekon we should use them.
As we're starting at 9am a time of 7/8 hours is apparently the norm as we will get 'held' up by the slower of the earlier starters.
Thank god for slow riders!
In all (after these recent posts) I'm looking forward to it: we all sound similar in our abilities, should be a laugh! G, bring those ropes you mentioned, we can hook ourselves to Ste!
Is anyone else doing the ride on treaded ('mountain bike') tyres? I was told when i bought it I should get slicks put on but I can't be bothered spending the extra money or time putting them on. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 17 years, 336 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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