Amy and Kyle's Around the world challenge

[ivegotabike]

Latest youtube with the end date and guidance for supporters as they get to the finish

Finish ETA is 0900 Wed 2 Sep at Sudbury Stables Cafe


View: https://youtube.com/shorts/s3Vxn2gE0cQ

Asking cyclists to only join them for the last 10 miles

 

[rualexander]

Your right, I'd lost the black line that was showing their intended route after Portugal, I've managed to get it back now.

How did you get it back? It's been missing for me since they rerouted out of Portugal

 

[chriswoody]

I shut the page, deleted the cookies from my cache and then re-opened the page.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Will be back in UK today.

 

[Sea of vapours]

Will be back in UK today.

Not when they've booked a ferry at 2300 they won't ;-)

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Not when they've booked a ferry at 2300 they won't ;-)

😛

 

[rualexander]

Should have started and finished their ride in Caen 😂
Tracker says they've already done the 28970km which is the target distance.

 

[Sea of vapours]

When they were approaching Auckland, the tracker 'Distance travelled' figure was a few hundred kilometres higher than Amy said their distance travelled actually was. Presumably she's using the numbers from their gps devices, not the tracker one, and they're still lower than the tracker,so they'll be only just over when they reach Sudbury on Wednesday morning.

That said, there appears to be nothing in the Guinness rules to say that they could not retrospectively declare their start/finish as being any point along the outbound route that they'll be rejoining later today. i.e. anywhere between Caen and Sudbury. If they were allowed to do that, and actually wanted to, they could knock up to 36 hours off their total time taken.

 

[Sea of vapours]

That's the 'around the World' bit done then (the green line being their track):

 

[Rainbow Spirit]

They are back cycling in the UK, around 20km north of the ferry wharf in Portsmouth, the ride has pushed them to their limits, not far now, go go,go!

 

[rualexander]

Had to sleep on the floor on the ferry using the mats and sleeping bags for the first time in the whole trip, Amy only got 1.5 hours sleep, so a tough day ahead.

 

[figbat]

I’m still in two minds about going out to see them past. I know they don’t want people riding with them until tomorrow but it’s such a great effort and the opportunity to cheer them on is not that far from me.

 

[Sea of vapours]

They've given the impression that 'cheering on' is perfectly fine and welcomed, have they not?

 

[matticus]

They've given the impression that 'cheering on' is perfectly fine and welcomed, have they not?

They've given ME that impression - can't speak for anyone else!!!

 

[JonBuoy]

Kyle explicitly stated that roadside support is fine at about 1:00 in this video:
View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s3Vxn2gE0cQ