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fatboystew5
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I like your thinking, but do we want to call it a RACE? People may think its just an excuse for us to have a race round the UK....especially with everyone against speed these days!svxistentialist said:
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fatboystew5
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Tonymac, just a thought on the map - I only know the South East well, but it looks like your route takes in the A27 through Brighton - the A27 is a pretty horrible boring road IMHO! mostly dual carriage way with far far too many roundabout especially near Southampton and Portsmouth.
A nicer route would be either;
* from point 4 (maidstone) shoot south to Hawkhurst then pick up the A272 which runs all the way through Haywards Heath, Midhurst then Winchester, then on through Salisbury and back to your route. The A272 is a much nicer road to ride and more popular with the locals!
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* follow your route through Ashford etc but at point 6, Bexhill, shoot up to Haywards Heath and again take the A272.
Thats unless of couse everyone wants to follow the main trunk roads? :dunno: I realise that following the main A & M roads will get us round faster but surely there is room for some fun too??
Lastly is it set in stone that we have to camp? Wouldn't finding B&B's be easier? Less to carry on the bikes, no grief putting up tents after a days ride, warm showers and proper beds! I did a short break recently and we found loads of B&B's from ?25 per night. We will know the route and can work out where we will be every night so can pre-book. May be easier to arrange local paper coverage as a photographer is more likely to meet us at a B&B than in a field.... just a thought! :-:
A nicer route would be either;
* from point 4 (maidstone) shoot south to Hawkhurst then pick up the A272 which runs all the way through Haywards Heath, Midhurst then Winchester, then on through Salisbury and back to your route. The A272 is a much nicer road to ride and more popular with the locals!
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* follow your route through Ashford etc but at point 6, Bexhill, shoot up to Haywards Heath and again take the A272.
Thats unless of couse everyone wants to follow the main trunk roads? :dunno: I realise that following the main A & M roads will get us round faster but surely there is room for some fun too??
Lastly is it set in stone that we have to camp? Wouldn't finding B&B's be easier? Less to carry on the bikes, no grief putting up tents after a days ride, warm showers and proper beds! I did a short break recently and we found loads of B&B's from ?25 per night. We will know the route and can work out where we will be every night so can pre-book. May be easier to arrange local paper coverage as a photographer is more likely to meet us at a B&B than in a field.... just a thought! :-:
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matty-on-the-back
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No body would think its an excuse just to race around the UK. I race around everywhere everyday so i do not need a fund raising to do it for me. I was thinking on more on the name .. Ride For Life. Because your riding a bike to raise money to save lifes.
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Nursey61
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Ride for Life
Hi Matty,
Ride for life has been used by a few other charities, give it a google. I don't know if you'd run into problems by using it, or it may confuse potential donors etc.
Hi Matty,
Ride for life has been used by a few other charities, give it a google. I don't know if you'd run into problems by using it, or it may confuse potential donors etc.
silverfox.xx
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Tony, from the looks of things you could end up with a lot of bikes wanting to do the whole route, this may cause a congestion or even worse a problem with timing... we all know the more bikes riding together the harder it is to;Embabe said:
a. keep everyone together
b. maintain a good average speed.
I would suggest you limit numbers on the 'whole route' of say 5 ore 6 bikes ... and make section riders ride in multiple groups rather than on mass.
I which case I would be happy to pull out of the whole route and do a section as per Embabe.. (plus she'd probably get lost)h1d1ng2
You may want to reduce section distances to allow more bikes to join in also.
silverfox.xx
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Or you may be able to get say travellodge/sponsor to support you with rooms.fatboystew5 said:
tonymac
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Clive,silverfox.xx said:
This is already in hand. after many hours on the phone with cancer research i have used there info and done some research myslef with the approriate authorities. upto 20 bikes and we have outriders (volunteers will be neeeded). over 20 bikes at anyone time then we get police outriders and they will stop traffic at junctions and towns to allow us to go through. i can't see it being a problem if as suggested we stick to speed limits (mostly hehehe).
I do not want to say to anyone that wants to ride and support us that they can't. If they can do it in Ireland (as allready mentioned) with 200 plus bikes the why can't we do it with say 20/30. im not saying all the time because some are doing sections.
Whould anyone be happy if i said NO you can't. and im sure most (i hope) will agree with me (unless they prove me wrong).
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firstly I for one am doing the 3 days with pillion. As at present i am paying for fuel (aproached fuel companies) for just over 1000 miles + food and drinks etc i do not want the cost of b&b's.
Secondly, i am in talk with a person (will name when finalised) that we will have a support van. this will carry tents, clothes, or bike kit etc etc, so carry kit is not an issue. i for one will be camping but there is nothing to stop any of you getting a b&b near bye if you want to (altough would prefer for us all to stick together).
Tony
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Melzibub
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im good with camping! its only a few nights and itll add to the adventure!tonymac said:
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Melzibub
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like ittonymac said:
mick the knife
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I have to disagree with you entirely. In the last few days I've talked to several buisness people regarding sponsorship/pledges and the thing that pulls them in is the more riders the better.silverfox.xx said:
If you tell someone that 6 of you are doing 900 miles over 3 days the response is "so what?" now if you tell them we are looking at 50 riders the intrest becomes greater.
If we get a good response and get 50 riders together and need police outriders from county to county, with a few phone calls and a bit of public awareness IT WILL BE DONE. I will make sure of that!
Our greatest strengh is in numbers, and the key to a successfull fund raising event.
americanexpress
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I have sofabed, and a blow up mattress thingie, could also provide bacon butties, or buffet at the end of a day's stage, if neededMinkey said:
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Embabe
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No chance of that, I'll be following a slow red birdsilverfox.xx said:
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Embabe
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Query? Correct me if wrong, think fox is just doing section?matty-on-the-back said:
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Embabe
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ok appologies, I'll butt out nowtonymac said:
silverfox.xx
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Is the plan to start from Thetford ?