Lands end to John O'Groats - sans training

[Mich the Tester]

It is probably a valid point. I think men have more latent strength and fitness than women.

Possibly, but you're talking about 'men' and we're talking about SY01 here.

[Mich the Tester]

WK2P2S.

It's not the fitness that will kill you, it is the lack of acclimatisation to being on a bike for anywhere from 5-8 hours a day. If you haven't trained you will be in agony by the end of the 2nd day.

You need to be doing 30-40 miles a couple of times a week for a couple of months to get used to being on the bike before you go and to make sure you have the bike set up right. It's no good discovering that your handle bars/saddle/gearing are wrong when you're two days in, your arse is too painful to sit on and your arms and shoulders have seized up because your position on the bike is crap.

February is a Bad Idea. Cold, wet and windy is not the weather you want when out on a bike all day. It will drain you of any enthusiasm you may have had to start.

May to early June is the best time to do it. The weather is better but it's not too hot.

Yep, WDBS.

Laurence Dallaglio has done a lot of cycling trips for charity; he´s extremely fit, but had a tough time adapting. Someone who isn't fit to start with will have an even harder time.

[lukemg]

Whichever route and timescale you decide on, make sure to tell everyone you meet for the next 10 years about your trip. It's a certainty they will be mightly impressed and see you as instantly more interesting.
Seems to work for marathon runners....

[d000hg]

Just remembered. I had a dodgy chinese the other day and then had a very odd dream the other day about the poster d000hg.

Dreaming about CUK is a new low in needing a life.

You are of course welcome to your opinion. It makes you look a miserable twat, in my opinion.

Aww, and the insecure man-baby turns personal when someone doesn't agree with him. How unpredictable.

[shaunbhoy]

Possibly, but you're talking about 'men' and we're talking about SY01 here.

Good point Mich. SY, try not to run before you can walk. See if you can't talk some long distance lorry driver into hanging you up from his rearview mirror like a fairy air freshener, and make the journey that way.

[EternalOptimist]

Its easy to listen to the 'words of wisdom' about how much agony you will be in on day 3. how much your arse will be bleeding on day 5. how much you will be crying and missing the kids after a week.

bollocks.

You dont do something like this without knowing a few things
its gonna hurt
its gonna cost
its gonna hurt
you will make friends that will be friends for the rest of your life (if you live that long)
you will be having some of the best piss ups of your life
you can finally call MF bedwetter and mean it


if you do it. I will run the mini bus and organise the stops and the food

[Zippy]

That's a good offer EO

[suityou01]

Its easy to listen to the 'words of wisdom' about how much agony you will be in on day 3. how much your arse will be bleeding on day 5. how much you will be crying and missing the kids after a week.

bollocks.

You dont do something like this without knowing a few things
its gonna hurt
its gonna cost
its gonna hurt
you will make friends that will be friends for the rest of your life (if you live that long)
you will be having some of the best piss ups of your life
you can finally call MF bedwetter and mean it


if you do it. I will run the mini bus and organise the stops and the food

Stopping every 50 miles to chew on EOs baps. Mmmmmmmmm ok I'm in

[doodab]

Have you taken the baton from Troll?

Is that a euphemism?

[realityhack]

if you do it. I will run the mini bus and organise the stops and the food

If you're serious, you're on! I agree with K2P2 et al - you need to know what >30 miles in the saddle feels like - and know you can double that over 10 days at least. You need to know your bike, and your limits. Fork hotels - take a lightweight tent/bivvi and rough it.

What charidee would you nominate?