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JohnB said:

Richard Bates said:

JohnB said:

And my own are at No.130 on the above or at:
http://www.jpbdesign.net/EndtoEnd.html

Glad to see I'm not the only one who doesn't have a detailed
route-plan.

i'm a strong believer that rigid planning doesn't fit in with the
freedoms of cycing.

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Having never been a believer in travelling light, I weighed my kit.
Excluding myself andf the bike, my luggage weighs 37Kg.

Blimey - what are you taking?
Ours was less than half of that and it was for two =:-0

I like to travel/camp in relative luxury. I carry two stoves (and
therefore two gas cartridges), radio/palmtop computer, frying pan, two
saucepans, espresso pot ... it soon adds up! Add to that the two
cameras, tripod etc
--
Young Musician of the Year 2004 was a fiddle

Richard Bates said:

JohnB said:

Richard Bates wrote:

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Having never been a believer in travelling light, I weighed my kit.
Excluding myself andf the bike, my luggage weighs 37Kg.

Blimey - what are you taking?
Ours was less than half of that and it was for two =:-0

I like to travel/camp in relative luxury. I carry two stoves (and
therefore two gas cartridges),

Usually we take two stoves here too usually, a mini trangia tucked
inside a standard trangia, although for E2E we used a MSR Pocket Rocket
and two cartridges .

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radio/palmtop computer

No radio, but a palm 505.

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frying pan,

Yep - two mess tins.

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two saucepans,

As above.

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espresso pot ...

Ah, you got me on that one.

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Add to that the two
cameras, tripod etc

One digital camera, small tripod.

Still cannot fathom why your kit weighs so much.

Good luck though but more than anything, enjoy it, and may your legs be
like tree trunks when you reach Devon ;-)

John B

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JohnB said:

Richard Bates said:

On Sat, 15 May 2004 09:10:13 +0100, JohnB <[email hidden]> wrote:

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Having never been a believer in travelling light, I weighed my kit.
Excluding myself andf the bike, my luggage weighs 37Kg.

Blimey - what are you taking?
Ours was less than half of that and it was for two =:-0

I like to travel/camp in relative luxury. I carry two stoves (and
therefore two gas cartridges), radio/palmtop computer, frying pan, two
saucepans, espresso pot ... it soon adds up! Add to that the two
cameras, tripod etc

Fair play to you. Anyone who takes an espresso pot on tour gets my vote for
urc most stylish tourist 2004. Should your eccentric route take a bizzare
turn theres b+b in Dublin for you - I like decent coffee.

tony R.

Jon Senior said:

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Swindon probably isn't on any sensible route, but let me know if you're
passing. We do have a spare room and lots of bike tools!

Ditto for Edinburgh.

Edinburgh's on the canonical RRA end to end record route. Or at least
the bypass is. Not that doing the trip inside 2 days can be described as
sensible in any way, means of form, but you know what I mean.

RH

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Jon Senior said:

Quoted message said:

Swindon probably isn't on any sensible route, but let me know if you're
passing. We do have a spare room and lots of bike tools!

Ditto for Edinburgh.

Edinburgh's on the canonical RRA end to end record route. Or at least
the bypass is. Not that doing the trip inside 2 days can be described as
sensible in any way, means of form, but you know what I mean.

I was ditto-ing the offer of a room. I hope the bypass isn't on the
route, as it is out of bounds to cyclists.

Jon

Jon Senior said:

I was ditto-ing the offer of a room. I hope the bypass isn't on the
route, as it is out of bounds to cyclists.

You can't come on the Internet and expect people not to gratuitously
misunderstand any trivial ambiguity you may happen to utter ;-)

It was on the route in 1992, when I did a bit of support crew on a
record attempt. No idea what's changed since then (think that he used a
bit of what is now M74 as well. Indeed, may already have been M74...)

RH

Roger Hughes roger@hughes-MYSPAMFILTERSWORKPRETTYWELLANYWAY-
translations.com opined the following...

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You can't come on the Internet and expect people not to gratuitously
misunderstand any trivial ambiguity you may happen to utter ;-)

He he

Quoted message said:

It was on the route in 1992, when I did a bit of support crew on a
record attempt. No idea what's changed since then (think that he used a
bit of what is now M74 as well. Indeed, may already have been M74...)

Both definately out of bounds, but if it was a record attempt there may
have been some kind of odd exemption thing going on.

Jon

Jon Senior said:

Roger Hughes roger@hughes-MYSPAMFILTERSWORKPRETTYWELLANYWAY-
translations.com opined the following...

Quoted message said:

You can't come on the Internet and expect people not to gratuitously
misunderstand any trivial ambiguity you may happen to utter ;-)

He he

Quoted message said:

It was on the route in 1992, when I did a bit of support crew on a
record attempt. No idea what's changed since then (think that he used a
bit of what is now M74 as well. Indeed, may already have been M74...)

Both definately out of bounds, but if it was a record attempt there may
have been some kind of odd exemption thing going on.

Not with the RRA, which is a shoestring operation of the first order;
more a matter of temporary blindness on the part of the rider concerned.
The A74 *might* just have been re-classified between the reconnaissaance
and the mission; it was very unclear (and full of roadworks), and when
you've just ridden Lands End-Carlisle and are 30 minutes down on
schedule, you don't hang around to research alternatives; the Edinburgh
by-pass was just a normal bit of A road at the time. No idea where the
current record-breaker's route goes, since I don't really know the area,
but I'd guess it remains whatever mainish roads are closest to a
straight line from Moffat to the Forth Road Bridge.

Roger