martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
You can have my place in 2017 cos I won't be doing it twice!! 
London-Edinburgh-London 2013: The thread
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Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Paul,
I wouldn't chuck your hand in too soon.
A couple of people I know who had knee ops were up and about in no time - very little nursing required.
Obviously I'm no doc, but you and the wife might be pleasantly surprised at the speed of recovery.
PMarkey
Guru
- Location
- Queensbury,West Yorkshire
That's good to know , I plan to leave the decision to cancel until the last possible minute and hope for the best .
Signed up , and everything organized thought everything was going to well
You can have my place in 2017 cos I won't be doing it twice!!
Paul
PpPete
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chandler's Ford
Re the nameplates mentioned upthread
We've done a test print !
The only difference betweeen these and the final version is that the final version will use Italic typeface
you can choose two lines of text as above,
or just one, which gives a bigger font size, like this:
Tandems can have a "double width" version like this:
The schizophrenic can use the double-width version to declare their allegiance to both CycleChat and YACF.
All above the are photographed against a Carradice Barley so as to give a sense of scale.
You can play with the various options to see what your chosen text will look like using:
Powerpoint Template http://sdrv.ms/Ytff0r
Open Office Template http://sdrv.ms/Ytfqcf
If you want to print your own off those and laminate it yourself, you are quite welcome to do so, but it won't look as good as the professionally printed version.
Cost for one off single width version is just £1.80 including UK postage. Second and subsequent copies to same address £1.50/ea
Double width is £3.50 inc UK postage (£2.50/ea for second & subsequent copies)
Payment by Paypal as Gift / Personal Payment to:
Specify your personalisation and provide postage address on this form:
http://www.jotformeu.com/PpPete/LelNameplateOrderForm
Before 20 April.
Any questions feel free to PM me (although don't expect an instant answer as I'm away for 10 days from tomorrow).
We've done a test print !
The only difference betweeen these and the final version is that the final version will use Italic typeface
you can choose two lines of text as above,
or just one, which gives a bigger font size, like this:
Tandems can have a "double width" version like this:
The schizophrenic can use the double-width version to declare their allegiance to both CycleChat and YACF.
All above the are photographed against a Carradice Barley so as to give a sense of scale.
You can play with the various options to see what your chosen text will look like using:
Powerpoint Template http://sdrv.ms/Ytff0r
Open Office Template http://sdrv.ms/Ytfqcf
If you want to print your own off those and laminate it yourself, you are quite welcome to do so, but it won't look as good as the professionally printed version.
Cost for one off single width version is just £1.80 including UK postage. Second and subsequent copies to same address £1.50/ea
Double width is £3.50 inc UK postage (£2.50/ea for second & subsequent copies)
Payment by Paypal as Gift / Personal Payment to:
Specify your personalisation and provide postage address on this form:
http://www.jotformeu.com/PpPete/LelNameplateOrderForm
Before 20 April.
Any questions feel free to PM me (although don't expect an instant answer as I'm away for 10 days from tomorrow).
Jersey/gilet - anyone thinking of NOT getting the official jersey?
I probably will but I'm aware that I don't need another jersey, and probably would rarely wear it. It'll be a souvenir and sit on the shelf with the others.
There's also talk on the French randonneurs site of a French LEL jersey!
I probably will but I'm aware that I don't need another jersey, and probably would rarely wear it. It'll be a souvenir and sit on the shelf with the others.
There's also talk on the French randonneurs site of a French LEL jersey!
JoeyB
Go on, tilt your head!
- Location
- Fareham, Hampshire
Yep I'm slightly panicing too! Need to up the mileage!
arallsopp
Post of The Year 2009 winner
- Location
- Bromley, Kent
Yep... Time to get a training plan into place, I feel. Those of you who aren't members of the LEL cyclechatters mycyclinglog team should think about joining. Its nice to gauge your mileage* against other efforts
* unless your mileage is more than mine, in which case you'll undermine my confidence
* unless your mileage is more than mine, in which case you'll undermine my confidence
Mista Preston
Veteran
Lupin !Yep... Time to get a training plan into place, I feel. Those of you who aren't members of the LEL cyclechatters mycyclinglog team should think about joining. Its nice to gauge your mileage* against other efforts
* unless your mileage is more than mine, in which case you'll undermine my confidence
oldfatfool
Guru
Too much hassle getting from the camping to Buck house for me to bother + I want to be off reasonably early so asked for a 6.45 kick off, if you are wanting to start early happy to put in 'cycle chat' as team name.
jefmcg
Guru
Third on the list current AND the slowest. Add in the painful elbow, and I'm a triple threat!Yep... Time to get a training plan into place, I feel. Those of you who aren't members of the LEL cyclechatters mycyclinglog team should think about joining. Its nice to gauge your mileage* against other efforts
* unless your mileage is more than mine, in which case you'll undermine my confidence
JoeyB
Go on, tilt your head!
- Location
- Fareham, Hampshire
I've just been having another look at Pete's spreadsheet.... every which way I program in sleep stops at least half of them land in daylight hours. Should I just sleep when the schedule tells me to or should I be aiming for night time sleeps, daytime riding...?
I don't have a problem riding at night, but i would imagine its tougher when you are tired.
I don't have a problem riding at night, but i would imagine its tougher when you are tired.
tubbycyclist
Senior Member
- Location
- Hebden Bridge
Suspect that you need to reconsider your ride schedule. I think some night riding is inevitable but figure that some stops from 2am-5am are probably going to happen at the speed I ride at. It is definitely slower at night, so I would avoid a schedule that actively plans for night riding.
If you are very fast then I can see how there would be a potential issue - but I would have thought that most people would end up with a Pocklington/Thirsk 1st night and after that it kind of sorts itself out, unless you are starting at 10.30.
JoeyB
Go on, tilt your head!
- Location
- Fareham, Hampshire
I was aiming for Thirsk as a first stop but I would land there around 8am...which means a daytime sleep. After 24hours of riding I'm sure that won't be an issue mind.
