If you are reading this particular entry, there is a good chance you came here after seeing our ride mentioned in a Retweet on Twitter..
For me,as a returning hobbyist cyclist, it's a real honour to have our ride promoted by cycle equipment companies like Prendas (@prendas), teams like Matrix (@onthedrops) , Team DS (and commentator and all round nice bloke of Scottish Cycling) Brian Smith (@BriSmithy) and elite riders like Lizzie Armitstead (@L_ArmiTstead) and Ted King (@IamTedKing)..
Thank you all. your support is really appreciated.
Please keep reading, donating, following (@swordpanda) and Retweeting...
C
Monday 16 April 2012
Sunday 1 April 2012
Update - "And I would ride 100 miles"
At least, I would have had my knees been OK , more of which later...
The lighter nights now mean that we can squeeze in rides after work. On Friday, I went round our local 10 mile "hilly" loop at a steady average of just over 16 mph.
On Saturday, we planned to do another "50", this time over a new route, looping north past Wokingham then south to Hook and Aldershot before heading north again. To mirror what we are planning to do on the ride itself, we planned to stop at 25 miles to fill up bottles and eat.
The ride went well, with no major problems other than my inability to ride Beacon Hill (past Farnham) at anything other than a crawl. but I DID ride it, without stopping. The same goes for the following climb up to Aldershot.
The ride, including stops, took us around 3 hrs 50 minutes with a rough average speed of 15mph.
Initially we planned to repeat this on Sunday, but on Saturday evening I had problems with my knees leading to fitful sleep and a decision to reduce today's ride to our smaller 26 mile loop (see the Check Test Ride post from the 19th March). The weather was glorious and the ride was good , despite my knees, and the two hills went even better than on the 19th again.
Total for the weekend for me 86miles, for Phil 76 miles (though he will get more riding in this week, more than making up any difference).
Feeling a little tired and stiff, but I'm happy with where we are at the moment and I have "a plan" of where we need to be each month as we get closer to the ride itself.
The lighter nights now mean that we can squeeze in rides after work. On Friday, I went round our local 10 mile "hilly" loop at a steady average of just over 16 mph.
On Saturday, we planned to do another "50", this time over a new route, looping north past Wokingham then south to Hook and Aldershot before heading north again. To mirror what we are planning to do on the ride itself, we planned to stop at 25 miles to fill up bottles and eat.
The ride went well, with no major problems other than my inability to ride Beacon Hill (past Farnham) at anything other than a crawl. but I DID ride it, without stopping. The same goes for the following climb up to Aldershot.
The ride, including stops, took us around 3 hrs 50 minutes with a rough average speed of 15mph.
Initially we planned to repeat this on Sunday, but on Saturday evening I had problems with my knees leading to fitful sleep and a decision to reduce today's ride to our smaller 26 mile loop (see the Check Test Ride post from the 19th March). The weather was glorious and the ride was good , despite my knees, and the two hills went even better than on the 19th again.
Total for the weekend for me 86miles, for Phil 76 miles (though he will get more riding in this week, more than making up any difference).
Feeling a little tired and stiff, but I'm happy with where we are at the moment and I have "a plan" of where we need to be each month as we get closer to the ride itself.
Charity Announcement
It's taken just a little longer to sort things than I hinted at the other week, but as you will no doubt see from the changes to the site, we are proud to announce that we are doing the ride in aid of:
Some of you may remember seeing these guys on Top Gear last year running a rally car for, and maintained by, disabled servicemen. At this time Phil and I were starting to discuss the idea of doing a ride like this and this organisation seemed to be the perfect fit.
Money raised will go towards supporting the Reskill Academy project, setting up a purpose built site where injured service personnel could learn useful skills maintaining and adapting off-road vehicles, as part of their structured rehabilitation programme.
The vehicles can then be used for Project Overland : providing fully tailored off-road safaris for those injured or disabled.
Project Mobility's third stream is the plan to enter a fully disabled rally team in the gruelling Dakar rally (Project staff and vehicles have recently supported rally car builder Bowler in the Tuareg Rally in North Africa)
To find our more about Project Mobility click here
If you wish make a donation in support of us on the ride and help a very deserving cause. please use the button on the right or go to our CharityGiving page and give what you can.
All monies donated are eligable for gift aid (for UK taxpayers) and will go to the charity
We are funding the logistics of the ride ourselves, along with the wonderfully generous offer of a Project support vehicle and drivers to back us up on the ride.
Thank you.
Money raised will go towards supporting the Reskill Academy project, setting up a purpose built site where injured service personnel could learn useful skills maintaining and adapting off-road vehicles, as part of their structured rehabilitation programme.
The vehicles can then be used for Project Overland : providing fully tailored off-road safaris for those injured or disabled.
Project Mobility's third stream is the plan to enter a fully disabled rally team in the gruelling Dakar rally (Project staff and vehicles have recently supported rally car builder Bowler in the Tuareg Rally in North Africa)
To find our more about Project Mobility click here
If you wish make a donation in support of us on the ride and help a very deserving cause. please use the button on the right or go to our CharityGiving page and give what you can.
All monies donated are eligable for gift aid (for UK taxpayers) and will go to the charity
We are funding the logistics of the ride ourselves, along with the wonderfully generous offer of a Project support vehicle and drivers to back us up on the ride.
Thank you.
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