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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Simon Withers 1 minute ago
@Pub bike Good call on the Ridgeback - I should have remembered that, especially as I've tested one in the past!
mctrials23 6 minutes ago
@mdavidford When they will get a rude awakening and realise that like the people who use an exercise bike in the gym and humblebrag about their FTP of 340w after 6 weeks of cycling, they are just using a junk measuring device.
the little onion 7 minutes ago
I've spoken to at least 6 police officers who deal with video submissions by cyclists in West Yorkshire, and none of them were even occasional let alone regular cyclists. Can't comment on their physics qualifications, but a few didn't understand bike physics.
mctrials23 7 minutes ago
@cmedred Their target audience isn't serious cyclists so its not that important I would imagine.
HoarseMann 14 minutes ago
A guide was recently produced to assist the police in identifiying illegal motorbikes. However, it omits the crucial detail of _how_ the 15.5mph cut off is tested, leaving this up to the individual officer to determine. If the officer is not a proficient cyclist or equiped with a basic understanding of physics, there's going to be trouble! https://d2zif723tly95y.cloudfront.net/2144/A-Guide-To-Identifying-Non-Compliant-E-Bikes.pdf
jamesha100 30 minutes ago
Maybe he should have called the police saying that some dodgy characters were stealing his bike? That is effectively what happened here.
rideANDdie 32 minutes ago
... and road rage while on four wheels? That's an aceptable thing is it? "Sorry your hournor but I'm not a murderer. I just got so angry about seeing someone using a perfectly legal alternative mode of transport I tried and succedeed in killing another human being... but I never murdered no one" Yeah... road rage is a totally ok reason to kill someone, very defensible, slap on the wrist type thing.
rideANDdie 38 minutes ago
@DJameson yes I can... he intentionally drove at speed at a cyclist, hit them as he intended, and killed them as any reasonable person would have expected. None of that is in question, those are the facts, the only question here is why killing someone on a bike requires a higher standard of proof. Do you know of some reason why the driver would or could not have known that hitting someone really hard with a car would kill them? Driving too close to some one crossing the road without looking and clipping them and killing them is manslaughter, deliberatly driving at them to cause leathal bodily harm as succeeding is murder! Or at least is absolutely should be.
the little onion 48 minutes ago
Ignorant and arrogant police who don't know the law or basic physics, and can't admit they are wrong? Well, what a surprise (/sarcasm) many police officers are hard working and honest, but by no means all of them. I'm proud to support CyclingUK and the Cyclists' Defense Fund.
Pub bike 50 minutes ago
@mctrials23 Yes although it can be done with some accuracy if an on-bike wind sensor is used e.g. PowerPod (see DCR review) but then as you suggest the set-up is/was so complex you might as well buy a direct measurement power meter. Getting power meter pedals transformed my training for the better so it was worth the investment.
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 🙂