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General Category => Audax => Topic started by: vorsprung on 16 April, 2010, 01:24:10 pm

Title: The Great Tour
Post by: vorsprung on 16 April, 2010, 01:24:10 pm

Yes, it's yet another "do what AUK does, but for charity" ride.  Strangely there isn't one of these for the Mille Cymru yet :)

The Great Tour : Homepage (http://www.thegreattour.org/)

Note that the event is limited to 100km a day(!) so the "funded" places couldn't be used to get AUK points

If my job goes tits up around this time however, it could be fun to ride the event at randonneur pace

Title: Re: The Great Tour
Post by: Chris N on 16 April, 2010, 01:26:31 pm

Can't be that great - it goes to Skegness.

Title: Re: The Great Tour
Post by: Weirdy Biker on 16 April, 2010, 01:29:35 pm

George Berwick did the Peniperipheral as a bone fide audax ride.  He is a god.  Or at least the patron saint of tramps.

Title: Re: The Great Tour
Post by: Pete Mas on 16 April, 2010, 04:23:07 pm

Have always wanted to do a similar (round the coast)  ride, ever since reading the Nick Saunders book in the 80's.

Not til after I finish working, though (no, not 5.30pm!)

Title: Re: The Great Tour
Post by: The Seldom Killer on 16 April, 2010, 04:44:22 pm

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Keeping the sea to their right for 64 days the riders will never lose the sight, smell or sound of the sea during their epic 6600km pedal for charity.

This should prove pretty interesting down the west coast of Scotland.

And Wales

And Devon and Cornwall and Dorset...

Title: Re: The Great Tour
Post by: Pete Mas on 16 April, 2010, 05:02:35 pm

87,500m of climb... :)