Forget LEJOG! ...this is better!

[Lucy.P]

This looks much more appealing than Lands End to John 'O'Groats...quite like the idea of finishing with a dip in the Med!!

Event title: London To Monte Carlo
Event date/s: TBC
Event location: London-Monte Carlo
Event organiser: European Cycling Tours
Your relationship: Cycle Chat member passing on info
Cost of entry: POA
Minimum sponsorship: No Minimum (Open Event)
Beneficiary: Open Event - Can be used for your chosen charity
Event link: Here

No 2017 date set - looks like it's a charity/group enquiry.

Mod Edit: Link removed as this member seems to be here primarily to promote the company mentioned above.

 

[gavroche]

That looks good. If only I was 30 years younger.

 

[steveindenmark]

LEJOG...this is better.

You mean this iconic London to Monte Carlo ride that people travel from all over the world to take part in?

LEJOG is know as one of the classic long distance rides in the world.

The London to Monte Carlo ride may be very nice. Except there is nothing in Monte Carlo, I would stop in Nice. But you cannot compare it to LEJOG.

Try and compare it to the Transcontinental Race.....maybe not.

But I am always wary of anything where the organisers dont even give a guide price.

 

[robgul]

Looks like another of those tour outfits with rides for the cash-rich, time-poor Hooray Henrys to me . . . and as Steve says, it's not iconic - LEJOG/JOGLE certainly is.

IF you want to ride to the Med then arriving somewhere to the west of Marseille would make a rather better ride and destination (and easy to get home by train, plane or Bike Express)

Rob

 

[tomshooter]

Couldn't agree more @robgul ...chalk and cheese.
LEJOG is an epic ride that should be on everyone's to-do list (cyclist or not for that matter!)

 

[Grant Fondo]

That looks good. If only I was 30 years younger.

Tandem old man?

 

[Grant Fondo]

Couldn't agree more @robgul ...chalk and cheese.
LEJOG is an epic ride that should be on everyone's to-do list (cyclist or not for that matter!)

LEJOG is a pain when you live right in the middle.

 

[ColinJ]

LEJOG is a pain when you live right in the middle.

One way or another you have about 900 miles of extra travelling to do. Does it matter how you split it up?

You could always ride to JoG, then down to LE then back to Cheshire. A CHESHJOGLECHESH would be pretty special!

 

[robgul]

LEJOG is a pain when you live right in the middle.

I do live in the middle but it really makes no difference to the overall travelling - the difference to me is how long it takes to get home after the ride - JOGLE and the train at lunchtime from Penzance saw me home by about 2030 - LEJOG and it took a day and a half to get home.

Rob

 

[snorri]

...quite like the idea of finishing with a dip in the Med!!

Too hot, I'd rather the Pentland Firth with the possibility of sailing over to Orkney.

 

[jefmcg]

This looks much more appealing than Lands End to John 'O'Groats...quite like the idea of finishing with a dip in the Med!!

Event title: London To Monte Carlo
Event date/s: TBC
Event location: London-Monte Carlo
Event organiser: European Cycling Tours
Your relationship: Cycle Chat member passing on info
Cost of entry: POA
Minimum sponsorship: No Minimum (Open Event)
Beneficiary: Open Event - Can be used for your chosen charity
Event link: (no more spam)

No 2017 date set - looks like it's a charity/group enquiry.

Really surprised to see this has been edited by a moderator, but not deleted. Lucy P is clearly a shill for a bike tour company. Everyone of her posts mentions them by name and links to them. I've been suckered into giving her "advice" previously.

 

[mustang1]

LEJOG...this is better.

You mean this iconic London to Monte Carlo ride that people travel from all over the world to take part in?

LEJOG is know as one of the classic long distance rides in the world.

The London to Monte Carlo ride may be very nice. Except there is nothing in Monte Carlo, I would stop in Nice. But you cannot compare it to LEJOG.

Try and compare it to the Transcontinental Race.....maybe not.

But I am always wary of anything where the organisers dont even give a guide price.

Nothing in Monte Carlo? Is there anything at, ya know, JOG?
But in the whole I agree with you, lejog is a classic and like someone else mentioned, London MC seems like a tour outfit. Might as well do LN-Istanbul.

 

[steveindenmark]

Nothing in Monte Carlo? Is there anything at, ya know, JOG?
But in the whole I agree with you, lejog is a classic and like someone else mentioned, London MC seems like a tour outfit. Might as well do LN-Istanbul.

JOG....fish and chips......real beer.

2 of the things I miss from the UK. :0)