Pleeeeeeeeeease
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biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
its uphill one way and downhill on way back!
TonyEnjoyD
Guru
- Location
- Newcastle upon Tyne
Wow... Good luck!
Boris Bajic
Guest
You'll be fine.
Don't listen to that nonsense about it being downhill on the way back.
It's 74% uphill in both directions and even what appears to be downhill is actually just flat and level ground.
A glance at long-range forecasts suggests serious headwinds in both directions for 67% of your riding time.
The good news is that unseasonally heavy rain and sleet will help you to forget about the hills and the headwinds.
Look out for potholes.
Good luck!
Don't listen to that nonsense about it being downhill on the way back.
It's 74% uphill in both directions and even what appears to be downhill is actually just flat and level ground.
A glance at long-range forecasts suggests serious headwinds in both directions for 67% of your riding time.
The good news is that unseasonally heavy rain and sleet will help you to forget about the hills and the headwinds.
Look out for potholes.
Good luck!
PpPete
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chandler's Ford
I've some "inside information" about the provisional route, and although it has yet to be confirmed, I can tell you it is mostly flat.
Except for the hilly bits that is.
Except for the hilly bits that is.
You'll be fine.
Don't listen to that nonsense about it being downhill on the way back.
It's 74% uphill in both directions and even what appears to be downhill is actually just flat and level ground.
A glance at long-range forecasts suggests serious headwinds in both directions for 67% of your riding time.
The good news is that unseasonally heavy rain and sleet will help you to forget about the hills and the headwinds.
Look out for potholes.
Good luck!
What's unseasonable about heavy rain and sleet in July/ August?
that is some serious long range forecast - they cant get it right on the day - god knows how they can forecast it for 15 months timeYou'll be fine.
Don't listen to that nonsense about it being downhill on the way back.
It's 74% uphill in both directions and even what appears to be downhill is actually just flat and level ground.
A glance at long-range forecasts suggests serious headwinds in both directions for 67% of your riding time.
The good news is that unseasonally heavy rain and sleet will help you to forget about the hills and the headwinds.
Look out for potholes.
Good luck!
Nigel-YZ1
Guru
- Location
- Somewhere else... maybe soon.
Somebody talk me out of it and call me insannnnnnnnnne........
i have just agreed to enter next years London - Edinburgh - London
842 miles - 5 days to do it in........................
Go on, it'll be fun
168.4 miles a day ... erm, sure, easy peasy that! 
Have a word with our Andy - he might be able to give some sagely advice on training. Hell, he even wrote a book about it.
Have a word with our Andy - he might be able to give some sagely advice on training. Hell, he even wrote a book about it.
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
It's going to be fun!
I've even come up with a basic plan: Do the prologue, get to Brampton, sleep. I'll fill in the rest of the plan when I get to Brampton
I've even come up with a basic plan: Do the prologue, get to Brampton, sleep. I'll fill in the rest of the plan when I get to Brampton