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by **mlocke** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 8:06 pm

Looking on a tri forum and stumbled across a post of a group hoping to......

London to Brighton bike ride 2009... TWICE !!!

They plan to ride down, drive back and then ride the route again. Why not just there and back I dont know but they ave hyped this up to be the biggest ride in the world, to quote "Lets make history".

This made me think that what we do regularly I think we take for granted - riding 60, 70 or 100 miles in a go and sometimes on more than one day.

I still get shocked by some peoples reactions to what I tell them I am doing at the weekend, the conversation normally goes....

So what you doing at the weekend
Going fo a bike ride
Oh thats sounds good, anywhere nice?
Not particularly just my normal route
Oh, whats that then
A 60, 70 mile loop in surrey
WHAT!!

To me, and I suppose you this is just normal but to others this is madness and I sometimes love the crazy looks on their faces and it makes me chuckle

Locky

by **Snoop Doug** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:14 pm

We do a lot of good stuff eh. I like the idea behind this - what does it mean to be a member of ACC??

by **Brian Nolan** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:18 am

just tell them that a man should be able to walk or ride two days looking /gathering for food ' n stuff (c) some dutch writer geezer !

well done Locke !

by **Alex S** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:02 am

im doing the London to brighton and back on a singlespeed this year, just for fun.

by **Rob Q** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 9:23 am

[quote="mlocke"]Looking on a tri forum and stumbled across a post of a group hoping to......

London to Brighton bike ride 2009... TWICE !!!

They plan to ride down, drive back and then ride the route again. Why not just there and back I dont know but they ave hyped this up to be the biggest ride in the world, to quote "Lets make history".

by **Alex S** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 1:26 pm

i know a guy that does london to brighton and back 3 times a week

by **Dombo** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:03 pm

I get the same whenever I ride the 20 miles or so into work, and spend the day basking in my colleagues' admiration of my ahletic prowess

Little do they know the A23 is practically downhill all the way to London

by **-Adam-** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:22 pm

Perhaps its the shootings and stabbings you have to dodge on certain parts of that route that muster their admiration!?

by **mrP(Boonen)VT** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:41 pm

What's the big deal -- In a 12 hour, mileages around 238 are not uncommon, even more in George's case - 262 that's Brighton and back twice and down there again plus a bit of the way back :lol:

guru P

by **Snoop Doug** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:01 am

Maybe....just maybe....we should be encouraging these folk to do the best they can. One Brighton ride leads to another, then another. After all, you can't have too many enthusiastic cyclists...can you?

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