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LittleWheelsandBig

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Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #25 on: 21 October, 2021, 11:32:02 pm »
Seven of us here now. Still hoping.
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JonBuoy

Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #26 on: 21 October, 2021, 11:39:24 pm »
This is going to be very close...
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cygnet

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Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #27 on: 21 October, 2021, 11:42:37 pm »
Very!
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JonBuoy

Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #28 on: 21 October, 2021, 11:45:39 pm »
Made it by five minutes I reckon   :thumbsup:
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aidan.f

Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #29 on: 21 October, 2021, 11:45:52 pm »
Yay!
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cygnet

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Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #30 on: 21 October, 2021, 11:47:26 pm »
Whoo! Nailbiting
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Pingu

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Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #31 on: 21 October, 2021, 11:50:13 pm »
RwGPS claims he's not live logging. Has he given up on the 24 hour?
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LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #32 on: 21 October, 2021, 11:56:39 pm »
He stopped, we congratulated him, rode off to the Underground, ran onto the platform as our last possible train pulled up. Wins all round.
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Mr Larrington

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Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #33 on: 22 October, 2021, 12:02:45 am »
Quote from: MikeFromLFE on 21 October, 2021, 08:03:47 pm
Quote from: Mr Larrington on 21 October, 2021, 05:26:43 pm
When I lived on Green Lanes in the mid-80s it was known as the Green Line, after the one in Beirut.
I lived just off Green Lanes 1957-67 being at school there during the time it was the front line of the 1963/4 Cypriot troubles

Still was when I lived there; the Greek Cypriot yoof used to come down from Highbury and smash up Turkish Cypriot shops.  And, for all I know, vice-versa.
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grams

Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #34 on: 22 October, 2021, 12:05:24 am »
We rang our cowbells at some guy in an aero helmet on Col du Manor House. He looked very confused.

We didn’t smash up any shops.
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Pingu

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Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #35 on: 22 October, 2021, 12:06:52 am »
Quote from: LittleWheelsandBig on 21 October, 2021, 11:56:39 pm
He stopped...

Can't blame after that effort  :)
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MikeFromLFE

Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #36 on: 22 October, 2021, 07:04:16 am »
Quote from: LittleWheelsandBig on 21 October, 2021, 11:56:39 pm
He stopped, we congratulated him, rode off to the Underground, ran onto the platform as our last possible train pulled up. Wins all round.
So, to confirm - he's broken the record? By how much?
And given up on the 24hour?

Either way, bloody impressive.
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LittleWheelsandBig

  • Whimsy Rider
Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #37 on: 22 October, 2021, 07:07:45 am »
It looks like he got E-L by around five minutes (exact time to be confirmed) and he stopped at that point.
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24hourmaths

Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #38 on: 22 October, 2021, 04:26:05 pm »
Provisional new RRA record - Edinburgh to London in 17.42.47

It is impossible to know where to start when thanking everyone for the what they have done to help us achieve this goal. Helen was amazing as always, running the top support crew in the business, but the sheer number of people out by the roadside totally blew my mind.

Coming through from Huntingdon to Royston I had assumed it was no longer going to happen, I was mentally writing my assembly on failure for after half term. But then the A10 from Royston to the M25 was like nothing I have ever experienced in all my years cycling, people cheering from every layby and every bridge all the way in. Cowbells, whistles and shouts pulling me out of my gloom and back to the positive place that I need to be in.

Those people made me find something inside that I didn't have and my 32kph turned into 38kph. Thank you everyone - I will try to write more later, but for now I am pretty broken!
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MikeFromLFE

Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #39 on: 22 October, 2021, 06:06:03 pm »
Well done sir.
Words aren't enough.
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aidan.f

Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #40 on: 22 October, 2021, 06:11:43 pm »
Mike, thank you for such an honest post. The assembly is going to be inspiring. Wishing you and your your family all the best. from us noisy lot.
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Peter

Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #41 on: 22 October, 2021, 07:28:57 pm »
Terrific achievement, Mike - well donen!
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hatler

Re: Edinburgh London / 24 Hour Road Record Attempt
« Reply #42 on: 22 October, 2021, 07:44:19 pm »
Wow !!!   Incredible stuff. Chapeau. (Though that doesn't really do the achievement justice.)
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