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Perfect, thanks!
Isle of Wight sounds great. We took a hovercraft over and did a bus tour on it almost exactly 15 years ago. We also visited the dinosaur museum. My wife would probably be up for visiting again. I recall the roads looked a bit lumpy.
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Thanks, signed up to the email list for the 2027 edition.
I’m usually the fastest in the slow group, or the slowest in the fast group. Solo I can do a moving average of about 14 MPH, or 12 MPH with a camping load. I can hang in a group that averages 16-18 (about 20 on the flats.)
I’ll be comfortable enough, but do have fuzzy plans to earn a little extra beer money doing ISO 17025 auditing a few times a year. At my current savings & benefits, the general rule of thumb is that working three more years will give me 10% more per year to spend once I’m retired. It’s just not worth it to me. I’ve got shit to do.
Thanks all so far. Taking notes.
Rendell, although my wife is not “into” cycling like I am, I bet she’d appreciate seeing the Tour de France Femmes Grand Depart, so that’s a great idea. Oh, and I’m 55 which is early, but it’s what I’ve been working toward. I’ve seen too many people, including two who seemed quite healthy, work into their sixties and only get 3-5 years of retirement after working for 35-40 years.
I’m becoming tempted for my commuter bike. Plenty of sealant in there, but this week I’ve been pumping up at least one tyre every morning and every afternoon before leaving work. It only takes two minutes, but still…
Still 90% happy with tubeless as it’s never made me stop and remove a wheel during a ride, which is a bit of a faff on either my commuter or my Brompton which both have internal hub gearing.
Day 2 (Friday).
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So far made it Heathrow to Abingdon, then next day to Corsham. Mostly good cycling except the A419 (M4) into Swindon was quite horrible. Once in Swindon, the network wasn’t too bad.
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All packed up and leaving in five hours. Brompton is safe (I hope) in the Vincita bag.
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Dang, if I’d heard of it I may have come over a week earlier!
Ok, tentatively day one is cycling Heathrow to Abingdon. I’ll be staying in a houseboat on the canal.
I was just there one night in 2024, unfortunately. I had a great meal and a pint at the aptly named LoveBeer Brewery.
Thanks, I appreciate it! I’ll post back here once it gets closer and I know what I’ll be doing. I have no plans to hire a car, but my brother and my father will both be over for the same event, so I may be offered rides.
I just ordered a Vincita Sightseer 4.0 Padded Travel Bag for my Brompton.
Undoubtedly true, but a cousin lives there (actually, I think Abingdon) and has let me crash overnight before.
I’ve been to Oxford once and enjoyed a few pubs, so I could do that again.
Ooh, maybe a short version of the New Forest Tour on Sunday if I can catch a ride down there from my brother.
https://www.ukcyclingevents.co.uk/products/the-new-forest-tour-2026-sunday
