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Fair play for giving this a go....250miles a day
Just seen that.
I hope the weather is kind to him.
I like guy martin.
But I couldn't understand a word/idea/concept he just spoke about.
I do know he's heading off tomorrow morning, however.
DrP
Excellent.
It's dark and cold enough down here in the SW. Can't help but feel he is going to have many many cold dark hours.
DrP - [i]Calendars[/i] innit.
is it being filmed ?
i hope so
he were in stonehaven last night
Round the coast of England? Ha!
Terrahawk are you going to be pacing him at any points?
His red pupils make him look slightly odd 😈
Is his location posted anywhere? I can't find it.
He'll have to come past my house - want to know what time to have a brew on.
Rachel
He's in Scotland I think, near Elgin Premier Inn..
[url= https://twitter.com/elginpremierinn/status/806450638091616256 ]https://twitter.com/elginpremierinn/status/806450638091616256[/url]
Terrahawk are you going to be pacing him at any points?
Depends on his rate of progress and whether I'm at work when he's around this way. Tricky to fit massive rides in at this time of year with work, kids, Christmas visits to relatives, etc.
Is there any website showing his location? Would give him a cheer if he passes me at a good time.
I stopped to give them a cheer on the stanes tour, they didn't seem that impressed tbh. MON THE TERRAHAWK = hard stare from Guy 😆
Wouldn't surprise me if he just wanted to get his head down & crack on for a lot of it, without people turning out to see him the whole time. Obviously will have to make regular stops to do TV bits though!Is there any website showing his location? Would give him a cheer if he passes me at a good time.
I'm sure the loyal GM [s]stalkers[/s] fan club will keep us updated though 🙂
trail_rat - Member
he were in stonehaven last night
Yep! 😀joeydeacon - Member
He's in Scotland I think, near Elgin Premier Inn..
I'll keep an eye out for him, i'm in Stroud, but given his TDR route - you never know 😉
I stopped to give them a cheer on the stanes tour, they didn't seem that impressed tbh. MON THE TERRAHAWK = hard stare from Guy
we were probably freezing our knackers off by then. Was it late afternoon, raining?
Who's got the GoogleFoo to find the details of the official record and its route? I can't seem to find a definitive source.
terrahawk - Memberwe were probably freezing our knackers off by then. Was it late afternoon, raining?
Near Peebles- you all looked pretty fed up tbh. I am aware that what to me was a charming and cheering huzzah may have sounded to his english ears like a blood curdling scottish battlecry, or a monkey on heat that thinks its found a match.
I'll keep an eye out for him, i'm in Stroud, but given his TDR route - you never know
Indeed.
GDMBR also...
Near Peebles wasn't too long after we'd started!
cozz - Member
is it being filmed ?
i hope so
29th december, 9pm, channel 4.
official record and its route
There's a book about it here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/22-Days-Around-Coast-Britain/dp/0946940037
ah, Nick Sanders has the record
I remember watching him do the motorbike across Australia ? on a R1 i think it was
another bloke who uses the most unsuitable bike for the job !
He comes across as being boxed in that video.
Anyone know what bike he's using. Looks like some sort of Kona in the video with an Orange RX9 in the background?
Can I ride along on Zwift?
Near Peebles- you all looked pretty fed up tbh. I am aware that what to me was a charming and cheering huzzah may have sounded to his english ears like a blood curdling scottish battlecry, or a monkey on heat that thinks its found a match.
As a Southron now staying in Fife I can advise normally sounds like the latter of those two options.
Will he have time to knock one out in those 250 mile days?
There's always time for that, it's more about the privacy unless you like the danger option.
Might struggle without his van!!
The bike with tri bars on is a Salsa Cutthroat which he rode the Tour Divide on in the summer hopefully his route finding skills will be better on this trip.
Sorry, double post
if he was on Stonehaven on Tuesday and then ended in Elgin then we know he's attempting it anti-clockwise.
Won't count sadly, sea front closed between rosall and chatsworth avenue for sea wall repairs.
In that youtube link I Cant work out whether he's taken too many tablets or forgotten to take his medication?
That's a fair effort just to sell a bloody calendar
Guy is using a Salsa cutthroat for this ride, however he used a salsa Fargo for the tour divide ride
The Fargo is on display at Louth Cycle Centre alongside his Rourke, where I am a mechanic
I will, when I can give more info on the cutthroat
Interesting time of year to attempt! Balmy up here in the not frozen North though..
Is there an official recorded route for this as a record attempt?
can't help but think that many miles on UK roads in winter is probably the most dangerous thing he's done yet 😯
Where can I find info on the route with progress etc ?
AFAIK You can't.
That is very commited Puffer training
I suspect his Puffer appearance may not happen this year.
What're the rules for this? Is it roads as close to the coastline as possible, or the actual coastline?
Shame we don't know the route and timing - he will go right past my door at some point.
Presumably he's not making a big deal of it on purpose, he doesn't seem keen on attention at the best of times. For him it's a personal thing, he doesn't care if other folk know or not....at least, that's the impression I get.
it's a bloody good average speed for so long, 250 miles a day @ 20 mph is 12.5 hours riding if it drops to 15 the would be over 16, what happens when he hits a 25mph headwind ? Won't be getting much sleep to stay on schedule.
Klunk - Member
...what happens when he hits a 25mph headwind ?..
Or a 38mph one as expected on north coast today, but it will drop to high 20s. 🙂
Doesn't anti clockwise mean he will have a headwind all down the west coast JoG to Lands End?
Yes but it means getting Hull over and done with nice and early.
Rachel
"Well it’s not gone quite to plan.
"I"ve cycled over 11,000 miles this year, including the Tour Divide in America, to and from work most days and I spent three weeks in China in October, back for a few days at work, straight to New Zealand for ten days racing motorbikes, back for a few days at work and then off.
"I badly pulled my achilles tendon on the left side after a day or so but thought I'd just get my head down and work through it. I kept good miles up and got to John O’Groats from Grimsby in 4 days and 8 hours, about 800 miles. But my leg was getting worse and I thought I could keep going and maybe do the whole lot in 30 days but I knew I'd be jiggered for a long time after and maybe even have serious long term damage, which would mean I couldn’t do the serious cycle trip I've got in my head for next year.
So I've put my push bike back in the shed for the rest of the year, giving my leg a chance to recover. I'm back at work and I realise I need to listen to my body more. By just manning up I was papering over the cracks. Thanks very much for the support, loads of folk wishing me well and that was mega.
"It is what it is and like I said ‘Ive got to stop it before it stops me’ and it did stop me."
😥 Good on him for giving it a go though.
I'm struggling with an iffy left Achilles too, a real bother on my 16 miles per day commute, I feel his pain... 😳
wonder what his plans are for next year, Grimsby to Grimsby via the rest of the world perhaps? now that would be mega!
He is due to ride his motorbike back from India at some point.
That will be proper mega.
which would mean I couldn’t do the serious cycle trip I've got in my head for next year.
Taking on Mikes round the world record by the looks of it!
Having watched Guy's desert ride in China, no real preparation before hand, apart from loading up with a couple of Kebabs, no fancy kit apart from his commute single-speed and some energy bars and stuff, then knocking [i]nineteen hours[/i] off the previous ride, I'm convinced that whatever he attempts, he'll do it or die trying!
I'd like to see the mad bastard have a go at the Iditabike!
then knocking nineteen hours off the previous ride,
I got the impression the previous 'record holders' hadn't really set out to set a record and rode it fully loaded with touring kit so not really surprising he took that much off.
aye it was a soft record to take, but 300 odd miles across a desert is still 300 odd mile across a desert,
why a salsa cutthroat for this record? because he'd done plenty of miles during the divide on it? surely the wrong bike though for the job?
and its a mega job
He did the TD on a Fargo, IIRC.
Ambitious project, sadly ended short.
Best wishes Guy, you're a lad.
Careful. You'll have the disciples of St. Guy after you.I got the impression the previous 'record holders' hadn't really set out to set a record and rode it fully loaded with touring kit so not really surprising he took that much off.
Careful. You'll have the disciples of St. Guy after you.
My card's already marked on that front.
I wonder if they have enough footage for the TV program?? It is due to go out on 29 December Ch4................