Its almost here-Thank You ALL
gb155
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I have only been cycling for 12 months this month but have gone for someone knocking on deaths door to someone who is less than 24 hours away from doing the Manchester to Blackpool ride.
What am azing 12 months its been, I just wanted to thank you all for the amazing support you have given, especially the "caped one"
I was a little worried about joining a cycling forum for fear of ridicule etc but you have all been amazing (bar one poster who will remain nameless) So lets hope I repay the faith you have all shown in me by not only getting to Blackpool but getting there NOT in LAST place.
Of course I want to give a special thanks to everyone that has sponsored me too, showing faith in someone like me is just such an amazing thing and I thank you all.
Thanks again everyone
Gaz
What am azing 12 months its been, I just wanted to thank you all for the amazing support you have given, especially the "caped one"
I was a little worried about joining a cycling forum for fear of ridicule etc but you have all been amazing (bar one poster who will remain nameless) So lets hope I repay the faith you have all shown in me by not only getting to Blackpool but getting there NOT in LAST place.
Of course I want to give a special thanks to everyone that has sponsored me too, showing faith in someone like me is just such an amazing thing and I thank you all.
Thanks again everyone
Gaz
On a Mission to lose 20 stone..Get My Life Back
December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs
July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles
http://39stonecyclist.com
Now the hard work starts.
December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs
July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles
http://39stonecyclist.com
Now the hard work starts.
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Gaz. Good Luck mate. Just enjoy the day and not worry about where you come - revel in the fact that you are there.
That's what is important
(Oh and if you fancy a pootle around some great country lanes - give us a shout and bring your bike )Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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GB Good luck and may the goddess of the tail wind be riding with you!I can afford to talk softly!....................I carry a big stick!0
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Kieran_Burns wrote:Gaz. Good Luck mate. Just enjoy the day and not worry about where you come - revel in the fact that you are there.
That's what is important
(Oh and if you fancy a pootle around some great country lanes - give us a shout and bring your bike )
Of course, Its about taking part, last year on the day the event was run I was knackered cycling one mile.....but there will be around 7000 people, I CANT come last I just CANT
Yeah that would be cool, What bike ? lolOn a Mission to lose 20 stone..Get My Life Back
December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs
July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles
http://39stonecyclist.com
Now the hard work starts.0 -
Mithras wrote:GB Good luck and may the goddess of the tail wind be riding with you!
Thanks and FINGERS crossed for that Tail windOn a Mission to lose 20 stone..Get My Life Back
December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs
July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles
http://39stonecyclist.com
Now the hard work starts.0 -
Good luck, Gaz! I'm sure you don't need luck, apart from the absence of our puncture fairy friend.
I might have seen you on the ride, as I have a number and everything. But I can't actually get to Manchester for my start time. The earliest train from Lancaster to Manchester gets me there at 11:30am - 3 hours after I'm supposed to start. Public transport in this country it crap. So I'm not doing it after all. :roll:
Enjoy the ride, dude. Looks like the weather's going to be kind.0 -
Agent57 wrote:Good luck, Gaz! I'm sure you don't need luck, apart from the absence of our puncture fairy friend.
I might have seen you on the ride, as I have a number and everything. But I can't actually get to Manchester for my start time. The earliest train from Lancaster to Manchester gets me there at 11:30am - 3 hours after I'm supposed to start. Public transport in this country it crap. So I'm not doing it after all. :roll:
Enjoy the ride, dude. Looks like the weather's going to be kind.
Gutted for you mate, Can you not change your start time ? Im sure starting 4 hours after me you would still catch me ::)On a Mission to lose 20 stone..Get My Life Back
December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs
July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles
http://39stonecyclist.com
Now the hard work starts.0 -
Best of luck, remember to push yourself back onto the wings of the saddle on the climbs and you will trounce the hills.
Which reminds me must get my entry in for the tour of dartmoor the classic was ace.+++++++++++++++++++++
we are the proud, the few, Descendents.
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symo wrote:Best of luck, remember to push yourself back onto the wings of the saddle on the climbs and you will trounce the hills.
Which reminds me must get my entry in for the tour of dartmoor the classic was ace.
Never thought of that, ThanksOn a Mission to lose 20 stone..Get My Life Back
December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs
July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles
http://39stonecyclist.com
Now the hard work starts.0 -
Good luck tomorrow Gaz With all the work you have done to date you shouldn't need itThe older I get the faster I was0
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Gaz,
Although I joined this forum in '07 I didn't really stick with it; my bike was stolen, I didn't replace it and lost my cycling mojo!
I now have a new bike and I returned to the forum yesterday for a look around. I saw you mentioned in a thread and read some of your blog yesterday, it really blew me away.
I tend to lose weight by cycling as it's something I enjoy, I'm down to 18st something from 21st something, but what you have done is truly inspirational.
Best of luck for the ride, I'm looking forward to the update when it's all over!
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Gaz
what is your start time and whats your number, I am starting at 8am and my number is 1691, white adidas cycling jersey with Adidas.com/eyewear on the back, red/black helmet, if I pass or you pass shout hello. Bike is a darkish grey ridgeback hybrid.
Good luck, weather is looking good so far.www.justgiving.com/aidyneal Cycling Manchester to Blackpool. Look out for number 16910 -
Good luck both of you - wherever you come you're going to be a winner gaz - just look how far you've come in the last 12 months 8)0
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FyPunK wrote:Gaz
what is your start time and whats your number, I am starting at 8am and my number is 1691, white adidas cycling jersey with Adidas.com/eyewear on the back, red/black helmet, if I pass or you pass shout hello. Bike is a darkish grey ridgeback hybrid.
Good luck, weather is looking good so far.
Yes,..
I'm 2681, start 08:30
Raleigh pioneer with one Vaude pannier High-Vis Ronhill running top and tracksters (probably)jimmypippa wrote:I wear a ronhill high-vis (I guess) running top. EDIT: £15 from Magic Mountain in Glossop
The trouble is it is also my best top as far as temperature control, so I wear it on the hills.
I do get noticed in it.
But I also look a twassock:
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Thanks again everyone
For those that asked im 518, Should I put the number on my bag or my front ? Starting at 8, so I know most of you that start later will pass me, I will be on the Scott Sub 30On a Mission to lose 20 stone..Get My Life Back
December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs
July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles
http://39stonecyclist.com
Now the hard work starts.0 -
i still need to sponsor you and i will do tomorrow!BMC TM01 - FCN 0
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I may be doing it after all (seems my wife doesn't need the car as I thought).
If so, start time 8:30, number 598. I'll probably be in full lycra, but pootling. Black and white skeleton jersey, black white and yellow bike. Might substitute baggies for the bib shorts, so I don't look like a twonk on my pootle.0 -
All the best and good luck.
I look forward to reading all about it.0 -
spasypaddy wrote:i still need to sponsor you and i will do tomorrow!
Thanks mate, Still using the poster tooOn a Mission to lose 20 stone..Get My Life Back
December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs
July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles
http://39stonecyclist.com
Now the hard work starts.0 -
Agent57 wrote:I may be doing it after all (seems my wife doesn't need the car as I thought).
If so, start time 8:30, number 598. I'll probably be in full lycra, but pootling. Black and white skeleton jersey, black white and yellow bike. Might substitute baggies for the bib shorts, so I don't look like a twonk on my pootle.
Excellent, I will have 30 mins on you but suspect it wont take you long to make that upOn a Mission to lose 20 stone..Get My Life Back
December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs
July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles
http://39stonecyclist.com
Now the hard work starts.0 -
ince wrote:All the best and good luck.
I look forward to reading all about it.
Cheers Hope the report is a goodOn a Mission to lose 20 stone..Get My Life Back
December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs
July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles
http://39stonecyclist.com
Now the hard work starts.0 -
If any of you are still watching, its raining here in Blackpool, nope sorry wrong info, fffffiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngggggg chucking it down, hopefuly it will empty itself tonight.www.justgiving.com/aidyneal Cycling Manchester to Blackpool. Look out for number 16910
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FyPunK wrote:If any of you are still watching, its raining here in Blackpool, nope sorry wrong info, fffffiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnngggggg chucking it down, hopefuly it will empty itself tonight.
In the word of James May, Oh COCKOn a Mission to lose 20 stone..Get My Life Back
December 2007 - 39 Stone 05 Lbs
July 2011 - 13 Stone 12 Lbs - Cycled 17851 Miles
http://39stonecyclist.com
Now the hard work starts.0 -
Gaz,
Good luck for tomorrow, I've followed your quest from the start and it's SERIOUSLY impressive what you've done - tomorrow will be a piece of cake compared to what you've done in the last 12 months. I don't think a bit of rain can stop you now. Go and kick some Blackpool a**e!!0 -
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Enjoy it matey, you deserve to.
By the way, cycling in the rain isn't nearly as bad as it looks before you start."Impressive break"
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Good Morning from a dry Blackpool. Setting off in the next half hour and the weather is dry, now for the bad news, it's blowing a propper hooligan and it has changed direction, it is now blowing from the west. Good luck everyone, see you enroute.www.justgiving.com/aidyneal Cycling Manchester to Blackpool. Look out for number 16910
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I came on this thread late but good luck to everyone, and now i guess it is I hope you enjoyed it"This area left purposefully blank"
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Well... he's 2 hours in now. I wonder where he is right now? and how he's doing 8)Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
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Good luck / well done Gaz, I've just been and donated, meant to do it a while ago but only just got round to it.
I've really enjoyed reading your posts on here and your blog, very impressed with your achievement so far. The world would be a better place for a few more people like you willing to put themselves out there and take a bit of a risk to improve themselves and also willing to give something back.
Can't wait to see the report, so don't keep us waiting too long!FCN 6 in the week on the shiny new single speed.
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Kieran_Burns wrote:Well... he's 2 hours in now. I wonder where he is right now? and how he's doing 8)
He has this link on his blog so ppl can track his progress:
http://www.codegate.co.uk/cyclingmap.php
Seems that he has made it to Preston.
Well done mate! Nearly there.FCN 7: Dawes Galaxy Ultra 2012 - sofa-like comfort to eat up the miles
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