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Swimming the English Channel = Cycling ?????
A good friend of mine has just completed swimming the English channel in 15 hours and this got me thinking ? what would be the equivalent “event ” for a cyclists ?
Lands’ end to John o Grout’s (or the other way) ?, La Marmotte ? Mt Blanc ? London – Paris ?
But all of these have 10,000’s of people completing them every year were as the channel has only just got over a 1000 in the last 80 years !!
So thoughts and suggestions ? My current thinking is that it might be something to aim for in 2014 !
If you're new please join in and if you have questions pop them below and the forum regulars will answer as best we can.
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- Steve K 0 sec ago
So it is literally a "before" picture, showing how much congestion there was before LTNs, 20mph zones, segregated cycle lanes etc (not just at Bank...
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How on earth can you mark a winter tyre down for being "not as grippy or as fast as a summer tyre"? That's ridiculous logic.
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- ubercurmudgeon 1 hour 19 min ago
I doubt you'll need to worry about facing that particular dilemma: by the time you find yourself in need of a pump, it'll probably have fallen off...
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Except that presumed liability is usually a matter of civil liability, so you wouldn't be prosecuted as a result of it (though you may be held...
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I always find it surprising how little often needs to be changed, to have the bike feel more comfortable. Often literally a case of lifting...
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- brooksby 3 hours 56 min ago
Thanks - was about to say that.
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Thanks the PBP looks interesting ! The tunnel ? Not sure even I am that crazy ( or stupid !) to have a go !
Cycle all the 100 best British climbs in a week.
Flanders/Roubaix pro rides.
Lands end to John o'Groats and back again in 2 weeks.
12/24 hour TTs are a dying spectacle.
Food for thought.
The Paris-Brest-Paris brevet? Only held once every 4 years, limited to 385 from the UK now, to *get* there you have to have ridden a 200 km, 300 km, 400 km and 600 km ride that year, and the ride itself is 1200km in under 90 hours? (15-30% don't make it). It's a challenge.
Or even... do it on a brompton. It's been done, but I think only a handful have made it under the limit.
What about climbing to road to the Salang Tunnel and then cycling through it? Thats gotta be a rare one?