Amy and Kyle's Around the world challenge

[Animo]

It's beginning to knit back together nicely according to the BBC interview.

Pogacar will be seething that he only has the second most discussed collar bone in cycling at the moment.

 

[fossyant]

Looks like Kyle doesn't have any sick pay/accident insurance as Amy has asked for more 'Buy me a Chai Latte' donations so he can stay off work longer !

 

[wakemalcolm]

Looks like Kyle doesn't have any sick pay/accident insurance as Amy has asked for more 'Buy me a Chai Latte' donations so he can stay off work longer !

He's in the building trade isn't he? I'd imagine any PHI would be extortionate to the point of not being worth the bother. That and the fact that no insurers take cash in hand 😉.

 

[fossyant]

He's in the building trade isn't he? I'd imagine any PHI would be extortionate to the point of not being with the bother. That and the fact that no insurers take cash in hand 😉.

He is, but it's a risky move if you don't have insurance but have a mortgage to cover !

 

[rualexander]

53 punctures, and 6 'offs' 😮
An she's 'super happy' with everything 🤔

 

[Jameshow]

That's a lot of punctures???

 

[geocycle]

Tyre choice aside, that’s a pretty good test of a Pinarello gravel bike with grx gearing for very long distance bikepacking. Chapeau.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

That's a lot of punctures???

Yeah, one on average every 680 miles is very frequent. A total of 6 offs scaled to 36,000 miles not so much.

 

[Mike_P]

Yeah, one on average every 680 miles is very frequent. A total of 6 offs scaled to 36,000 miles not so much.

Per bike it was one every 1360 miles

 

[Sea of vapours]

A total of 6 offs scaled to 36,000 miles not so much.

Do you really fall off your bike once every 6,000 miles? That seems an awful lot for riding on roads; unless you're racing perhaps.

 

[Mike_P]

Did Amy have an off when Kyle broke his collarbone? If so that's a third of them accounted for.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Do you really fall off your bike once every 6,000 miles? That seems an awful lot for riding on roads; unless you're racing perhaps.

I don’t, but it is not an outrageous number. Some are not so good at avoiding potholes or gravel on corners. Plus you have to remember their bikes were 35kg, more than half their weight. Bit like a super tanker and no easy to avoid things and easy to overcook corners.

 

[Sea of vapours]

My interpretation of at least three of their falls was that whoever was in front braked and whoever was following was too close to stop. That will have been exacerbated by the horrific weight of the bikes (covered in unused sleeping kit, tools, and duplicate medical kit).

 

[cougie uk]

Per bike it was one every 1360 miles

They are quite heavy bikes though and some of the roads were gravel etc...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Per bike it was one every 1360 miles

How did you calculate that? Six offs between two of them. Thus 3 off each or some variation. Each rode 18,000 miles. 18,000 miles divided by 3 is 6,000 miles.