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Starting tonight and ending sometime at the weekend, Guy Martin and l will be riding our bikes coast to coast across Scotland from Berwick on Tweed to Stranraer, riding all of the 7 Stanes mountain bike trails along the way.
On arrival in Stranraer, we’ll be getting on a ferry to Northern Ireland (Friday evening hopefully) and riding from coast to coast there too, also riding the four MTB trails over there. The total distance is about 600 miles, about 150miles of it is offroad.
We’ll be dining on petrol station cuisine and sleeping in bus shelters, but mainly we’ll be pedalling.
This is in aid of the Ride For Michael charity, helping a Michael Bonney get back on a bike after an accident left him paralysed from the neck down.
More details (and a handy link for donations!) here https://www.gofundme.com/getmichaeltopedal
Good luck!
You're both mental! But then again....
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I'm sure Ginsters have fuelled many an athlete> I will bung some money your way sir. Good luck you maniacs!
Donated! Good luck, you nutters. 🙂
Good luck gents
Excellent Tour Divide training,good luck.
Donated, Mega 😀
Good luck. When you're doing Dalbeattie you don't need to ride all the way to the start of the trails but can join them at colvend or Barnbarroch. That's presuming you're taking the coast road thhough rather than the not so nice main road from dumfries.
Gary - that's the plan. We're planning to meet Michael at the cafe at Colvend as well.
cheers.
What tyres for .........
What tyres for .........
grippy front, terrifyingly fast rear...
[i]Gary - that's the plan. We're planning to meet Michael at the cafe at Colvend as well.
cheers. [/i]
If you've got a spare 10 minutes nip down to the anchor for a pint of Criffel, oh hold on thats probably not a good idea 🙂
Donated and good luck, I hope you get decent weather!
Are you able to post a few pics of the bikes you will be riding?
Donated. Good work chaps.
By eck chief!
Good luck.
here's Guy's bike
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I've not actually packed yet.
Excellent stuff!
Shame with work I'm heading the other way tonight or I'd come up and waved you off.
Good work but bloody hell can you get him to put his lid on properly?! It's F-all use like that
I think it's a bit small. In fact I think it's the dog's helmet.
Hope the weather supports you as well.
Every mobile tea wagon in the borders is on high alert...
Are you starting a day early now as the funding page says tomorrow night?
Well done, donated. Hope you reach the target.
There is a nice off road route that links between Mabie and Dalbeattie - though it does involve a long climb.
Good luck Jason and Guy.
Surely there are some STW forum members who could put you both up along the way so you don't have to sleep wild. Or at least let you erect tents in their garden so you can have a proper shower and a mug of tea before you set off.
The trip from Castlewellan to Rostrevor will be nice - if you were a week later I'd have come to see you with tea and cake
Good luck tho - and I've donated
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and a mug of tea before you set off.
Are you mad?
Have you not seen how much tea these guys can get through?
Are you starting a day early now as the funding page says tomorrow night?
2am is "tonight" in my world 😉
Good luck!
What's the spec for guy's divide bike?
Not sure I'd want a water bottle with no cap in the firing line from my front wheel....
2am is "tonight" in my world
Got you now. Hmmm! I might be happen to end up that way around then.
Good work. Definitely worth a sponsor.
Very awesome! Will break out the wallet.
Remember to have fun too!
Stuck a few quid in. Have fun !
Copshaw kitchen in Newcastleton.
terrahawk - Member
I've not actually packed yet.
A 7 pack of Snickers doesn't take up much room anyway... 🙂
Good luck and enjoy the ride.
Great challenge hope the weather's kind to you enjoy the ride
not riding tonight so will donate my beer money but don't fancy handing bank details over is there a paypal link?
Is it possible to follow you on strava, or some tracking website like on the tour divide?
You'd be welcome to kip for a few hours/shower/get food at my house as i guess you'll be passing through Kirkcudbright at some point on your route. I may even join you for a spin round Kirroughtree if that wouldn't be an imposition, but i'd have to ride my ebike.
I have a spinal cord injury myself so i'll bung a few £ to your fund
Good luck!.
I'll offer a bed and tea in Hawick bit out of your way but more than welcome.
As with the nature of my job plans have changed and I'm stuck in the SE area so I'll not get up as I'll be here hours yet.
This must be worth a sticky.
Good luck Jason and Guy may the wind be behind you and hills more down than up!
Stop in at The Breakpad bike shop at kirroughtree and we'll make you a brew. You'll need one by then
If you're passing through Annan (daytime) or Dumfries (evening) and need a brew bringing out, give us a shout - we have the technology!
Good luck fellas!!
Room in Inners if you need
you brought the sunshine with you!
I guess the sleeping wild is training and testing of equipment for the tdr so you'd be hindering them (in a way) by offering a bed and a brew.
Hope they find time to put some pics up.
We have room at the inn at Smiths Hotel Gretna Green guys, get in touch 01461 337007 and we'll put you up - plus a bite to eat! 🙂
Good luck!
Hope they find time to put some pics up.
Jase is Instagramming: https://www.instagram.com/jasonmilesracing/
Spotted them coming out of innerleithen at about 2.30, thought they wanted cheering up so shouted "Not far to go" 😆
Bump...
Excellent excuse to eat a load of pies!
What are you waiting for, breakfast in bed? @rideformichael #c2c2c2c @Team_JMC #30daysofbiking @…
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Amazing effort.
No double dipping chaps 😉
Rain and occasional hail wi a bloody cold wind in Kirkcudbright at the moment, good luck peeps and stop in if you want a heat by the fire and a fish n' chips refuel before carrying on (tweeted you jason from @somacose on twitter)
Passed you guys on the A75 outside of twynholm in the pissing rain, looking miserable. Stay strong and keep up the good work.
Didn't realise it was you till I got home and saw you on border news.
I just realised the McDonoald's they stopped is the one near me, I could have given them a cuppa at work.
The Scotland bit.
[url= https://www.strava.com/activities/546407453 ]Strava[/url]
The donation bit.
[url= https://www.gofundme.com/getmichaeltopedal ]Donation link[/url]
Another bike ride @rideformichael #c2c2c2c #30daysofbiking
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lol 10 thousand calories. That's a lot to eat back.
[url= https://www.strava.com/activities/547677698 ]The Ireland bit.[/url]
Strava track doesn't show a Dalbeattie/Mabie trail centres being visited (+ others probably). Thought they were riding all the centres ?
Well done you lot, very impressive.
🙂
Great effort. Donated.
Thanks all. Got home at 11 last night. Got to go to work now....
Well done. Work dear me I'd need at least a week off.
Strava track doesn't show a Dalbeattie/Mabie trail centres being visited (+ others probably). Thought they were riding all the centres ?
aims of the ride, in order of priority, were to:
1. Raise awareness of Michael's situation and raise money
2. Ride coast to coast to coast to coast.
3. Get a load of miles in
4. Make it back for work Monday morning
5. Play at the trail centres
We did 1-4 but we didn't do all of the trail centres - our average speed (taking into account tea stops) and the ferry timetable and their policy on foot passengers on certain crossings didn't allow us to do all the trail centres. We basically had to sprint the last 90 miles to Cairnryan otherwise the whole job would have gone tits up.
Absolute top effort, hope you both get the donations you thoroughly deserve for Michael. Sprint 90 miles, on a good day most of us are lucky to do 90 metres. Again well done to you both.
Cycling 90miles along the A75 whilst attempting to avoid being squished by the ferry traffic and **** -wit drivers is more of an acheivement than riding any trail centre - well done peeps.
Ah, understood!
Top effort chaps, are you "productive" today 🙂
as productive as a dead hamster. :-/
Fantastic effort from all of you - hopefully it's raised a fair bit of cash too
over 5K raised so far - you can still donate!
https://www.gofundme.com/getmichaeltopedal
At least you evolved to not need sleep Jason!!!! Shame about the trade in
Impressive.
Fundraising total almost at 6K - can we push it higher?
- https://www.gofundme.com/getmichaeltopedal
Donated. Awesome effort. I'm currently getting into long distance events/rides, so this is pretty inspirational.
Heads up all- The page is very slow once you submit your details. It took a few minutes and I only got an email confirmation, the page was still processing.
I wouldn't do the ride to Berwick on my motorbike never mind cycle it. Nutcase.