gangzoom Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Morning all!! It's a lovely sunny day here at Land's End and am about to set off on a bike ride to John o'Groats with a few mates. It's going to take 10 days and on the drive down we started to realise how far it is.... Looking at Google maps also helped to confirm far we have to go!! Unfortunately I cannot do the whole ride due to work commitments but doing 60% in total..So stage one awaits, only a couple of 9% drags between us and some beers at the end of the day If anyone would like to help us raise some money for Dementia Care UK that would be much appreciated, as said I'm only doing 60% of the ride but the rest of the lads are doing the whole thing, so any contribution would be appreciate!! ...better get riding, hoping for tail wind all the way!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgerobertfreeman Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Good luck and all the best for the ride. Me and a few pals are also looking to do some long distance cycle this year, we are just heading out this morning for a training ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsexr Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 My back end aches just thinking about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgerobertfreeman Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 I did 80km today on the bike, not sure I will be able to walk in the morning. Good Luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snoged Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 best wishes guys ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangzoom Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 A quick update, have just completed LEJOG (Land's End to John O'Groats) on a pedal bike. I ended up doing just under 500 miles over 5 days and the rest of the lads who did the whole thing did over 900 miles in 10 days!!! 116 miles was the longest day, out of Moffatt, blasted past Glasgow and ended up north of Loch Lommand. Managed to some how sustain an average speed of nearly 16mph over some decent hills. Didn't have to stop on any hill, but the monster at Drumnadrochit out of LochNess nearly killed me, 10-15% gradient over 2.5 miles. Best bit was smashing it into Fort William at over 30mph as we all had unplanned 3 mile sprint to a non existent finishing line. We were lucky in having a support van (thanks to our other halfs) but saw lots of people doing it unsupported!! Its defiantly a once in a life time event but have really opened our eyes what the human body can do when pushed. The car is defiantly getting less use these days, after all I cannot really justify driving 10-20 miles to get to somewhere when I know I can now cover 100miles+ without problems on a pedal bike!!! Already planning the next challenge, probably a route trip across the Alps or California Plenty more photos to come but just want to get home and sleep in my own bed now!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Very lucky to have a support vehicle to carry all the weight around. Cool pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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