The around the World club

iPete
iPete Posts: 6,076
edited April 2012 in Commuting chat
It all started with a sporadic free finance purchase and 966 days later the Allez* has now, according to Guinness, circumnavigated the world! Not up to Mark Beaumonts standard but at 18 miles a day, not bad going! So who else here has got their steed around the globe?

03/09/2009
An ugly ducking with sora, alex rims and toe clips it was only downhill from there with me at the helm!
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June 2010: 1,407 unsupported fully loaded miles to Rome
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And today half way around Richmond Park
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*original parts: frame, forks, headset, bars and stem.

Another lap?

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  • raymondo60
    raymondo60 Posts: 735
    Well, I'm impressed! Well done sir!
    Raymondo

    "Let's just all be really careful out there folks!"
  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    Good going. How many BBs, tyres, chains etc have you gone through?
    How many miles is it to the moon?...
    FCN 3: Raleigh Record Ace fixie-to be resurrected sometime in the future
    FCN 4: Planet X Schmaffenschmack 2- workhorse
    FCN 9: B Twin Vitamin - winter commuter/loan bike for trainees

    I'm hungry. I'm always hungry!
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    Good going. How many BBs, tyres, chains etc have you gone through?
    How many miles is it to the moon?...
    The moon is on average 238857 miles away :) so its doable...eventually...


    I was thinking I did 5000 miles last year (aiming for 6000 this). And in the last few years must have done at least 4000 a year or so but never really recorded it (wasn't OCD on it til I got the garmin :lol:).. so my 2007 Pinnacle must have done about 21,000 miles... 3 sets of tyres, 4 chains and one new cassette, but original wheels/hubs...
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:
  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    Good going. How many BBs, tyres, chains etc have you gone through?
    How many miles is it to the moon?...

    It's on its 3rd BB, about 6th chain/cassette, second groupset [crank, shifters and derailleurs]. Hmm tyres, at a guess 6th set.

    The PlanetX Model C front wheel is on about 14,000 miles, never serviced, the Halo Mercury on the back about 5,000.
  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    Good going. How many BBs, tyres, chains etc have you gone through?
    How many miles is it to the moon?...
    The moon is on average 238857 miles away :) so its doable...eventually...

    33 years at my current average!




    doable :twisted:
  • Stag on
    Stag on Posts: 99
    Well done

    O/T but is that Brett Johnson with you in Rome? If so, used to play for my team (aldershot town). Quality quality player.
  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    Stag on wrote:
    Well done

    O/T but is that Brett Johnson with you in Rome? If so, used to play for my team (aldershot town). Quality quality player.

    Indeed it is! He might be a paid footballer but I had to lead out all the way! He hasn't touched a bike since :lol:
  • Stag on
    Stag on Posts: 99
    If you see him, tell him he would always be welcome back with the shots!
  • iPete
    iPete Posts: 6,076
    Stag on wrote:
    If you see him, tell him he would always be welcome back with the shots!

    I live with him at the mo so I'll give him a nudge in that direction :wink:
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    iPete wrote:
    OptimisticBiker wrote:
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    Good going. How many BBs, tyres, chains etc have you gone through?
    How many miles is it to the moon?...
    The moon is on average 238857 miles away :) so its doable...eventually...
    33 years at my current average!
    doable :twisted:

    M'eh! Only a fool cycles to the moons average orbit distance. You need to aim for the nearest point - 221463 miles; well over 17,000 miles nearer. That saves a couple of years at least :wink:
    Faster than a tent.......
  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    If we did it as a group.... how many miles did we collectively do on that Cycling Challenge last year?
    Invacare Spectra Plus electric wheelchair, max speed 4mph :cry:

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