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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? -- redwelly - End to Ender ------------------------------------------------------------------------ redwelly's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/4518 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42785 |
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1000 miles: Britain's End to End
Wow! That's some challenge. A 45 mile a day average for over three weeks. You must be rock'ard. -- Mikefule - Roland Hope School of Unicycling http://www.dolphin-morris.co.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mikefule's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/879 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42785 |
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1000 miles: Britain's End to End
Wow that sounds like quite a uni-tour and a cool adventure too! Was Rob Ambrose's record set on a uni or a bike? 12 days sounds quick on a uni, slow on a bike. Using metal tyre levers, such as the big long ones Park Tool makes helps when removing a 36" tyre. Also toe straps and wood clamps have been used in mounting 36" tyres - John Childs can probably help here. If you search for 'Tubeless Coker' and find GizmoDuck's original post about using Stan's No Tubes you'll find out how to make your 36er tubeless. A somewhat easier weight saving trick is to replace the standard 36" inner tube with a 29" inner tube. The 29" inner will expand to fit the 36" rim. There are directions for this 'conversion' (http://tinyurl.com/cpdjd) on livewireunicycles.com. -- TonyMelton - Cloud 9 The way to a man's heart is through his veins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TonyMelton's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/2118 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42785 |
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1000 miles: Britain's End to End
TonyMelton wrote: *Wow that sounds like quite a uni-tour and a cool adventure too! Was Rob Ambrose's record set on a uni or a bike? 12 days sounds quick on a uni, slow on a bike. * It was set on a unicycle! I also have a photo somewhere at home of two record breaking unicyclist at the end of riding from lands end to John o Groats. (sorry if my spelling is dodgy). -- peter.bier - Posting since 97 -Peter Bier ------------------------------------------------------------------------ peter.bier's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1506 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42785 |
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1000 miles: Britain's End to End
Good luck Sam, you mad eejit. Chris -- munidobs - Level - probably not ! "We have a firm commitment to Nato; we are a part of Nato. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are part of Europe." George Dubya ------------------------------------------------------------------------ munidobs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8790 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42785 |
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1000 miles: Britain's End to End
Good luck. Tony, the bicycle record is just under two days, 45 hoursish IIRC. But they go the short way which is 850 miles. EDIT: Quick google and it look like the record is nearer 40 hours now -- nickjb - I've lost a wheel (apparently) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nickjb's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1074 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42785 |
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1000 miles: Britain's End to End
Nice one Sam i was wondering when/if you were going to post here after reading it on your blog some time ago. Wasn't your orginal plan to use your 29er ? I'd love to join you on a uni for a few hours but i don't think that my 24 will keep up with that beast of a 36 Good luck and all the best, i'll keep an eye on the local tv. -- norry - Wanting more Muni rides ------------------------------------------------------------------------ norry's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6901 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42785 |
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1000 miles: Britain's End to End
Cool! Good luck mate - I did it a few years ago on a bike (a very scenic 1300 miles, 14 days) and had an excellent time. Actually, thinking about it, it was 17 years ago now - eek, I'm older than I thought It gets easier as you go on - partly because your legs get used to it and partly because all the steepest (although not highest) hills are in the first couple of days through Cornwall and Devon. Don't be tempted, like I was, to ride along the coast road to Bude through Widemouth Bay (1:3 hills down and up, rather slow progress that morning!) I like the idea of doing a long tour on a unicycle, but I really don't like riding it on the road more than I have to - it's dangerous enough on a bike Rob -- rob.northcott - Speed Freak (apparently) You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rob.northcott's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7436 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42785 |
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1000 miles: Britain's End to End
rob.northcott wrote: *I like the idea of doing a long tour on a unicycle, but I really don't like riding it on the road more than I have to - it's dangerous enough on a bike * The CTC have an off-road route for the LEJOG, at a mere 1,176 miles and 120,000 feet of climbing... Good luck Sam! you mentalist Phil -- phil - ex-studenty type Good, bad... I'm the guy with the Cattle Prod. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ phil's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/915 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42785 |
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1000 miles: Britain's End to End
phil wrote: *The CTC have an off-road route for the LEJOG, at a mere 1,176 miles and 120,000 feet of climbing...* Yes, I'm tempted to give that a go sometime. 5-week-old baby will probably mean it won't be for a bit though! Need to stick to more local stuff for a bit. -- rob.northcott - Speed Freak (apparently) You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rob.northcott's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7436 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42785 |
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