1000 miles: Britain's End to End

After much dreaming and making vague claims for years...

::I'm riding the great \"Land's End to John O' Groats\" tour next
month.::

That's the South Westerly tip all the way up to the North Easterly tip
of mainland Britain. The scenic route we're taking is going to be
around 1000 miles.

My support vehicles are in the form of three friends on bikes. We
should make it in a reasonable 23 days, at around 45 miles per day on
average. This is a fun challenge, not a record attempt. I believe the
record stands with Rob Ambrose, set in 2001 at 12 days, 1hr 59. I also
had a call from Brian Davis, I think the first person to unicycle this
route in 1985, who may meet us at the finish!

We're raising money for Tearfund, part of MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY. They are
a British Christian International relief and development charity, and
have been fantastic at finding us accommodation along the way - with
lots of churches and friends.

Starting on Tues 30th August, we'll be on the road until Thur 22nd
September. The listings of each day's location are on our website,
www.EndtoEnd.tk - so if you live nearby and want to join me on a
unicycle, drop me an email!

I'm going to be riding a 36" Quax wheel (Thanks to Unicycle.com being
the 'official unicycle supplier' to this ride, by donating part of this
unicycle).

Over three weeks doing nothing but unicycling...

Can't wait!

Sam


P.S. I've had a few puncture issues lately - the real problem being how
impossibly hard the bead is to get back on the rim (had to take it to an
LBS eventually!). Does anyone have suggestions for wrangling this tyre
onto the rim... short of hiring a gorrilla to opporate iron tyre levers?
Can the green auto-sealing tube goop work on a 36 tube?


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redwelly - End to Ender
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