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  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    I'm on a train, waiting to go back to Old Trafford to pick the car up. I can report that I saw Gaz en route.There were special circumstances, which I'm sure he will include in his report. Don't want to steal his thunder. The last 10 miles or so were horrible; bad headwind in Lytham or somewhere like that - lasted all the way to Blackpool.

    Almost got cramp after about 45 miles or so. Could feel my legs trying to seize up, but luckily it held off. \o/

    Saw two accidents which looked serious. Hope the riders are OK. :(
    MTB commuter / 531c commuter / CR1 Team 2009 / RockHopper Pro Disc / 10 mile PB: 25:52 (Jun 2014)
  • Jay dubbleU
    Jay dubbleU Posts: 3,159
    Looks as though he got into the finish around 16:27
  • FyPunK
    FyPunK Posts: 160
    They did look bad, both riders were not moving, the one in Haigh Hall happend a few secs before we passed, I nearly came a cropper in there and ended up off road in the mud. Didn't see anyone en-route, sounds like Gaz was somewhat behind me. Well done everyone, roll on next year.
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  • Roougers
    Roougers Posts: 36
    I'm relatively new round here and I have to say thats an amazing effort, gives inspiration to us all. I started riding last year when I was working in London and lost a few stone, and that was hard enough and difficult to maintain, but that is one amazing story.

    Hope the ride went well today!
  • capoz77
    capoz77 Posts: 503
    The rider who was hit by a car I think near Heigh Hall was white as a ghost and not moving when I passed :(

    There was another spectacular crash, guy on a racer doing around 20mph on the dual carriage way and for no reason went completely over the handle bars landed on his helmet and the bike crashed down on him then both rider and bike rolled over each other a couple of times. He got straight up and took bike to side of road all the spokes were snapped!

    Whether spokes snapping was a result of the crash or what the crash caused I don't know :shock: If he hadn't have had a helmet on i'd reckon he may not be here now.

    First time i've done the ride and as I was expecting Heigh Hall climb to be one super steep sharp climb it was a nice surprise when all the climb/flat/climb/flat steady gradiant turned out the be the climb I had been dreading :)

    The worst bit was final 15 miles heading towards the beach and then down the promenade with those headwinds! Took like 2 hours to cover 15 miles :oops: :lol:

    Loved it, 8 of us raised £2k for christies and will be doing it again next year.
  • jimmypippa
    jimmypippa Posts: 1,712
    Said hello to Gaz somewhere near the start (about 10-miles in). (Gaz, I was the person who introduced myself as "Jim", which is my real name, as opposed to a school nickname...).

    Some of my 126-colleagues saw the guy who had been hit by the car, he was snorting the happy stuff in the ambulance.

    There was a lot of headwind at the end, but my commute was obviously good training, so the worst part for me was the 8-miles on my knackered mountain bike to a colleague to give me a lift at the morning....


    Hope everyone enjoyed themselves
  • attica
    attica Posts: 2,362
    Many congratulations Gaz, I'm looking forward to reading the full report.

    It's probably a good idea to set yourself another target to aim for now, I find it so much easier to train when it's for a specific event. a few more metric centuries and you'll be contemplating an imperial!!! Go Gaz Go!
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  • gb155
    gb155 Posts: 2,048
    Morning all, Thanks for the kind word, Apart from sore shoulders and sun burn I actually feel ok this morning.

    Thanks for saying Hi Jim.

    Also thanks to the forum meber that stopped after the accident I was involved in, Im really sorry but I can remeber your name with everything that went on, So please stand and raise your hand :D

    Right Im off to write the report as im off work today, I also have 60 mins worth of helmet camera footage to edit too :)

    SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR :D:D:D
    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.
  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    gb155 wrote:
    Also thanks to the forum meber that stopped after the accident I was involved in, Im really sorry but I can remeber your name with everything that went on, So please stand and raise your hand :D

    Unless anyone else did, that was me (black & white "skeleton" jersey, and I was wearing the tan musette I have in my avatar). Now you've given away the "special circumstances" I hinted at in my earlier post. :lol: Looking forward to the report.
    MTB commuter / 531c commuter / CR1 Team 2009 / RockHopper Pro Disc / 10 mile PB: 25:52 (Jun 2014)
  • gb155
    gb155 Posts: 2,048
    Agent57 wrote:
    gb155 wrote:
    Also thanks to the forum meber that stopped after the accident I was involved in, Im really sorry but I can remeber your name with everything that went on, So please stand and raise your hand :D

    Unless anyone else did, that was me (black & white "skeleton" jersey, and I was wearing the tan musette I have in my avatar). Now you've given away the "special circumstances" I hinted at in my earlier post. :lol: Looking forward to the report.

    Report just finished and yes it was YOU :), Thanks again for stopping mate
    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.