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No fry-up. Roll out of bed and onto bike immediately, snack until Goring, buy coffee and protein rich snacks, continue.
Hoping to set off at 5am and do 20kph. So that would give approximate timings of:
Goring 8.30
M40 9.45
Wendover 11.15
Ivinghoe Beacon (or just short) 12.30
Wendover 13.45
M40 15.30
Goring 16.45
Public spot tracker page is here:
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0bx26U7cnLKqq6caZ77hO8RGt0nIScday
I'll be on a red Salsa El Mariachi with black forks, wearing a red lycra top and black lycra shorts, with a green rucksack and a black and white Catlike helmet.
Excellent, hope to see you out there. If you're after the fastest possible time, stoppages make a huge difference (obviously). If you can start with your pockets/pack full of food, you could ride straight through Goring rather than stopping so soon into the ride. FWIW, I only stopped for water, carrying all food from the start in pockets/saddle bag. Of course, whatever tactic works for you is the best one 🙂
Somehow, it seems a faster plan when written as above
If I did Goring to M40 in 75 minutes* I'd be in no shape to go any further
(* I can't)
He's a bit behind schedule, but not much, keep going mol grips 8)
Still @ Goring, quite a bit behind schedule now.
He's actually set off then, not just made it out of bed?!?
Proper day for it, looks kinda lovely to be on a bike rolling out the miles.
Best of luck !!
He's off again 🙂
Went to try and give some encouragement as he passed by but looks like I just missed him
I caught up with molgrips on the Ridgeway near the A34 and rode with him for a few miles to Goring, where he stopped for some supplies. By 09:30 he had left Goring and was on his way to Grims Ditch near Wallingford.
He seemed to appreciate the lift of a bit of company as he didn't get a lot of sleep last night and was feeling a bit sluggish in the cold air of the early morning. Bloody gorgeous morning though! Seemed to be riding just fine. I'll try & catch up with him again on his way back.
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I've just been out on the Ridgeway on the section either side of the M40 which is one of the flatter areas. Did 20 miles and averaged just over 11 mph so hats off to molgrips. 180 miles is a **** of a long way
Lovely day for it mind (maybe just a bit warm) and the Ridgeway was in very fine condition
Hi folks from the ivinghoe car park where fortunately there is an ice cream van.
Average of 17kph inc stops, hope that will go back up on the flat bits again. Not had cramp on the inside thigh yet but it threatens.. this is what often gets me on long rides.
Many many thanks to pedalhead for the route and for meeting me on the way 🙂 made my day!
Daughter kept me up half the night which made me not only tired but pissed off this morning which coupled with not enough leg cover made a hard start.
Anyway.. thanks for listening, time to head home 🙂
Confused by that last picture above. That is going away from grim's ditch and towards the river?!
Hope it is going well. Better weather today than tomorrow!
are you there yet 😉
good luck man 😀
Hmm bit worried about the Spot track. Point #45 is off track and it hasn't updated since Wendover over an hour ago. Spot trackers are frankly pretty crap at the best of times, but I hope all is still ok.
Oh, and the final picture is just because he went slightly off track to resupply (Goring), so rejoining by retracing steps.
There is a #46 entry, still not updated for an hour though.
This spot track thing, is it a poor man's spot tracker ? Does Mol have to push a button to log a point or something ? Seems very random in its position updates.
It's an actual Spot tracker. Tbh, mine is always shit as well, but that off track point is unusual (unless he actually went off route 🙁 )
It does say that the battery is low, hopefully he is charging towards Barbary castle but his tracker is dead 🙂
SPOT trackers can be a bit temperamental. On the typical package they will "chirp" or transmit their position every ten minutes but only if they have contact with the system. On events like the Tour Divide and Highland Trail it's not unusual for any given device to not update for up to a few hours.
If the battery is low then if someone's got his mobile number a quick text ought to sort it out.
It's updated, phew. Excellent, off to say hello again.
Just passed through South Stoke. Looking strong, more perky than this morning even.
Hope he's got battery left on his lights 🙂
He is back at goring, will he need lights?
Go molgrips!
Yes he'll need lights.
Just fading now between goring and east ilsley. 30 min of light
Another triffic fred, hope it's all gone well, 180miles off road is some feet 8)
Just a few more miles in the dark, keep on moving....
about 15 miles, in the dark best part 2hours???? to go looking at the tracker and one last climb, which from memory drags on for an eternity! Oh and the absolutely horrible last descent back down to the Sanctuary.
C'mon Mols!
Spot is a bit behind again. He must be in for some serious rutting in the dark soon 🙂
looks like he is at Barbury Castle, so one little kick and downhill through the ruts and he is home. Hopefully he'll not do something stupid this late in the day.
At the White Horse on Hackpen Hill, not far to go. 🙂
🙂
c'mon molly!
Finished?
Looks like he's done it! 😀
Well done molgrips, a terrific achievement. 😀
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Great effort fellah
The man hasn't posted but everything says he's done it; what a fabulous achievement!
I applaud you and raise a glass - hic......
Great effort!
Fantastic achievement
Tip top stuff!!
DrP
Chapeau!
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Was watching this last night.
Well done Molgrips.
Looking forward to the ride report.