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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Fri May 04, 2007 9:33 am

Talking to Adam last night, he had an idea :idea: for 2008, to ride from here to Nice (in a week).

Sounds like a great idea - no plans yet on dates, route etc, but in principle would need a backup vehicle.

Any thoughts :?:
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Postby huw williams » Fri May 04, 2007 10:04 am

I've done similar before - rode to Monte Carlo from Belgium - 4 riders 1 car - rotated the driver so that everyone had a rest day every 4th day. Awesome experience- So I'd be interested
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Postby higg » Fri May 04, 2007 10:07 am

It might be worth checking if the CTC have routes for this type of thing. I know their holiday arm do a variety of this type of trip and are not very expensive but most trip leaders limit the mileage to 80-100k a day though.

Not sure what the mileage would be for a weeks trip but it's probably more like 100miles a day.
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Postby Richard (Apples) » Fri May 04, 2007 10:16 am

Sounds great . I'd be up for this .

Mrs.A usually takes the kids away for a week during the school summer hols with her mum and sister so as long as it was the same week I'd be ok
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Postby Elliot M » Fri May 04, 2007 11:17 am

sounds cool

support vehicle could come in handy - i know someone who claims that he rode from his RAF base in germany back to the uk in 2 days - drafting behind a minibus the whole way!
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Postby -Adam- » Fri May 04, 2007 12:45 pm

Blimey Paul you got in their quick, mind you i suppose its going to need a fair bit of planning. But my grand idea does incluude doing the last leg of the journey following the Route des Grand Alpes...

[url]http://www.routedesgrandesalpes.com[/url]

Mind you this is supposed to take a week but im sure thats negotiable! So yeah any thoughts would be great. Alls i will say is theres no point taking my car, a little peugeot 106 is only enough for me and my bike let alone 5+ of us' stuff! :wink:
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Postby Andrew G » Fri May 04, 2007 12:59 pm

Excellent. 8)
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Postby Andy S » Fri May 04, 2007 1:26 pm

Sounds good - and sets a goal for 2008

I could be up for this but depends on dates.
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Postby mrP(Boonen)VT » Wed May 09, 2007 8:53 am

[quote]last leg of the journey following the Route des Grand Alpes...


Excellent. The first few hundred miles are pretty flat, and last year I averaged 110 miles a day with 2 huge fully loaded paniers :!:

I can't wait :!:
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