Well, today’s the day: Dave and Trev are off on their 320km adventure back to Colchester. You can track them here, and use the comments to wish them luck or take the mick. They’re planning to roll out at 5am and do the ride in 16hrs. You can also tweet them messages at @roadccdave and @trevor_ergon24 respectively. Good luck chaps!
Follow Dave and Trev on their 320km ride to Colchester!
16 hours is the target, but how will they fare on their West-East adventure?
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 04:27
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cruachan 43 minutes ago
@sizbut Yeah, I'm not sure why she's dragging that one up and blaming Kasia. Her own team got most of the criticism for poor communication that she went down, and not sending anyone to help, so much so that she left the team at the end of the season.
Rendel Harris 49 minutes ago
Nigel "courteous" comments coming in 3...2...1... CM's completely in the right and the pedestrian's a dick. However, as I commented on the Facebook video, it would have been nice to see CM thanking the people earlier who stepped aside without complaint. Every pedestrian and driver who gets a thank you or an after you from a cyclist when appropriate is just that little bit more likely to treat the next cyclist who comes along decently.
Wales56 1 hour ago
l o v e Mikey — keep at it. Hot London day, maybe. A big hello works fine in a cool rainy Edinburgh.
sizbut 1 hour ago
“When I crashed two years ago, she pulled full gas” - Blissfully ignoring the fact that with just 6k to go everyone pulled full gas, including her own team mate who won the stage.
Alex1098 1 hour ago
I just bought this light and it is very clever the high and low beam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_74inmIJR-Y
mdavidford 2 hours ago
1. Thinking they would do *something* and knowing exactly *what* that something would be in order to counter it are not the same thing, so I don't think that argument stands up. 2. She wasn't attacking - she was riding on Vollering's wheel as Vollering attacked, so that would apply as much, if not more to Vollering.
tomlew 2 hours ago
Not really taking sides here, but: 1. If she "definitely thought that they would do something. They always have a plan, so [she] wasn’t surprised.", that shows poor planning and/or situational awareness. 2. Attacking on the outside of a corner is simply ineffective (I was actually thinking of a stronger word). Not only it makes you vulnerable to what happened here (irrespectful of whether it happened intentionally or accidentally), but also forces the rider to take a longer line, which is obviously disadvantageous. Which goes back to 1. Sorry for her, bt that sounds like a bad case of bad loser.
Sredlums 2 hours ago
@Chris RideFar My experience with pulley wheels with bushings is better than with those with bearings. They spin just fine, and I've never had any problem with the. Bearings on the other hand can get very bad sometimes, and I've seen several that were very hard to move because dirt got in.
nortonp 2 hours ago
@Chris RideFar I admire your restraint in calling out what is, quite clearly, BS.
Rendel Harris 3 hours ago
@Jessiethedog Wise decision. When we got rid of our car during Covid and so decided to electrify our spare mountain bikes for shopping, long-distance elderly parents visiting et cetera we ordered two Swytch kits, cancelled them after six months of being promised over and over they were definitely on a boat and on their way. Then we were told if we ordered again we would absolutely definitely get them in three weeks tops...three months later after exactly the same rigmarole we cancelled again. Shame as it looks a good product (if pretty ambitiously priced compared to the competition) and we wanted to buy British (well, you know, British imported from China...) but it was just absurdly frustrating and the communication was abysmal. They should have made the move to UK production years ago, hopefully they can get their act together because from what I hear from people who have managed to get hold of a kit they've got a fundamentally sound product.
31 thoughts on “Follow Dave and Trev on their 320km ride to Colchester!”
I hope there’ll be someone at
I hope there’ll be someone at home in Colchester to let you in. You have told them you’re coming have you?
From the trace they look like
From the trace they look like they have taken a wrong turn! Colchester is East not NW.
That saddle looks a bit high
That saddle looks a bit high !! :O
Going good guys,Keep it up !
Going good guys,Keep it up ! 🙂
good effort so far gents,
good effort so far gents, making good progress
Looks like they’re hitting
Looks like they’re hitting Burford on schedule – I was hoping to ride out there myself to have coffee and cakes with them but sadly have been unable to get away from the house – well done gents, enjoy your break, and happy riding the rest of the day.
Great bike riding weather in this part of the country B-)
Good going…makes me pucker
Good going…makes me pucker up just thinking about being in the saddle for that long. I wonder if they’d be up for a little detour to join me for tea and cake on the seafront in Brighton this afternoon.
In burford enjoying a whole
In burford enjoying a whole foccacia to myself. Trev went for the croque monsiuer. We left 30m late so running behind a bit 🙂
I hope you went to Huffkins?
I hope you went to Huffkins? Best coffee shop in Burford.
Good luck today chaps
Croque monsieur? Sounds like
Croque monsieur? Sounds like an old school TDF cafe raid. Did he manage to filch a bottle of brandy and stash it in his back pocket?
Five hours in. Good going
Five hours in. Good going fellas. Just think of the bonus points you’ll score in July’s Metric Century Challenge!
Well done, lovely day for it.
Well done, lovely day for it. Hope there’s something in the legs for the hills in Colchester up to town centre.
Congratulations on finding
Congratulations on finding the secret Bicester By-pass.
Just out of interest, what
Just out of interest, what are you using to do the tracking?
Trev looks pro! You’re
Trev looks pro! You’re looking a lot thinner Dave! That road.cc jersey, is it Sportwool? Do Rapha know about it?
Nah, it’s actual wool. Black
Nah, it’s actual wool. Black is very slimming too.:-)
We’re using opengeotracker for the tracking, running from my phone.
Lunch now, lasagna and chips FTW!
dave_atkinson wrote:Nah, it’s
It’s very slimming when it’s a size too small all right… can I have it back soon.
When you arriving? I am off
When you arriving? I am off on holiday in that neck of the woods next weekend.
Husbourne Crawley for lunch –
Husbourne Crawley for lunch – did you ride through the safari park (I can recommend it).
Good luck with the rest of the ride.
Into the final hundred now I
Into the final hundred now I guess =D>
Lasagne, chips, Tangfastics. The food of gods.
C’Mon Guys you are doing so
C’Mon Guys you are doing so well, I reckon ya gonna do it well inside ya time ya set yourselves. Well done 🙂
Honey! I’m home!
Final scores
Honey! I’m home!
Final scores on the doors: 356.8km, 23.1km/h avg.
I have a beer in my hand & a fry-up on the way 🙂
Nicely done
Nicely done
I’m up to 356m at ave speed
I’m up to 356m at ave speed of 2.31 km/hr.
Well done guys, oh by the way the game crashed when you were away. 🙂
Well done Fellas. Nice day
Well done Fellas. Nice day out. That must have been one of life’s tastiest beers ever. What time do you start the ride back to Bath today?
simonmb wrote:Well done
I’m never riding a bike ever again
Well done gents! I salute
Well done gents! I salute you. Rest up and remember the recovery ride back to Bath to keep those legs loose 😀
Well done! Very impressive
Well done! Very impressive effort.
Thanks for all the comments
Thanks for all the comments guys, I am glad our little adventure seems to have provided some Friday entertainment for some.
I felt good when I got up for a ride this morning but as the clouds rolled in and the itv4 coverage of le tour came on my motivation evapourated. A touch of DOMS in the afternoon meant it was probably the right choice
An awesome ride from Dave who was strong as an Ox after the quadruple espresso stop at 265km – little did we know there was nearly 100km to go. This is definitely one of my most satisfying cycling achievements despite not involving a podium or podium girls. I hope Dave agrees too.
oh and simonmb – thanks for the comment regarding looking pro, I do try my best 😉
yeah, big thanks to everyone
yeah, big thanks to everyone for getting involved, it was fun, sort of 🙂
I can smell my mum’s fry-up from 100km out so that gave me a push. Trev was strong the whole way through, though we both got a bit bored of the lanes after lunch. you should have seen the pair of us TTTing down the A421 just outside MK, we hit 50kph along that bit and it wasn’t even downhill. much 🙂
Gonna try the ‘low’ route
Gonna try the ‘low’ route next time 🙂