Time is ticking, we've only days to go!

17th May 2005

My trust steed has been in for a few repairs & a service.

• New Chain
• New Brake Blocks
• New Cassette
• New middle ring (Chainset)
• New Bottom Bracket
• New Brake Cable

I've had a little test this morning with Dom and it seems to be just like a new bike.  

27th April 2005

Damo's bought a new bike. Quoting from his email .."it's the dogs dongles"!

I'm not quite sure where the pedals go, but he says, "You'll be spitting out of my slipstream on Saturday".

Seriously, it does look nice. It's a "Trek OX1". It's a road bike, so we'll have to find loads of bumpy, rocky paths (like the "Wirral Way" but loads worse!!!).

18th April 2005

Dom's finally got his bike, a "Specialized Crossroads". Three cheers and all that !!!!  

He's promised to be quite diligent in his preparation now. With so little time left to prepare, Dom'll need all the encouragement we can muster. He was out last Saturday & Sunday for "bottie" training, which by all acounts (groans and screams of pain) were a great success.  

12th April 2005

Just over a month to go. The better weather should be upon us, but not by judging this morning.  

We should all be well into our preparation and should be increasing our effort (if possible).
Remember, it takes about 10 days for any training to take effect.

That means we've really only 35 days to go !!!!

Scarey, yeh ?

11th March 2005

Bloody windy today!!!! I'm not looking forward to my return home.  

We've 77 days to go and I'm sure we'll all be putting in the effort to prepare. If there any lazy bods out there hoping to wing it, I shall be peddaling pain-killers at £10 a pop.

10th March 2005

I've confirmed our booking at the "Red Lion", Malpas and Ian (the publican) has confirmed that there's a shed to store our bicycles.

Our Accomodation
• 28/05/2005 Night 1 : Travel Inn (Macclesfield South). 3 * Twin.
• 29/05/2005 Night 2 : Red Lion Hotel, Malpas. 2 * Twin(£50), 1 * Single(£30). Breakfast is included.

10th February 2005

Got some new goodies from Wiggle. I ordered them yesterday afternoon and they arrived this morning.
I've got myself a new pair of shoes, some cleats and two pairs of "Ron Hill" bike shorts.

03rd February 2005

Here's our proposed route. It is open for debate, and we can rearrange our over-night stops. Note that the maps are from "MapBlast" and may not exactly match the route. They're good enough for now.

17th January 2005

Added a "Training" page for tips and progress.

13th January 2005

Hi there. I'll be using this space to keep you abreast of this year's little jaunt.

This year we have five participants.Here's the list of victims :

Contender	Class	Email	Phone
Dermot	Fat Bazzer	[email protected]	Home: 632-6589    Mobile: 07811-381791
Sean		[email protected]	Home: 632-0574    Mobile: 07854-132106
Dominic		[email protected]	Home: 632-0903    Mobile: 07720-888194
Michael	Fat Bazzer	[email protected]	Home: 641-0967    Mobile: 07712-485593
Damian	Fat Bazzer	[email protected]	Home: 632-0574    Mobile: 07854-132106