London to Paris
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Topic: London to Paris
Posted By: AlanGoodman
Subject: London to Paris
Date Posted: 27 September 2013 at 10:07pm
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Hi All, Adam Lamb (via Facebook) has sent details of a charity event next July... Recumbents will be welcome!!  Details and entry form http://www.bhpc.org.uk/data/sites/1/uploads/L2PMaster.pdf" rel="nofollow - here (please be patient - it is a very big file) ------------- |
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Posted By: AlanGoodman
Date Posted: 04 October 2013 at 5:14pm
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Website is now live... http://www.c4charity.co.uk/" rel="nofollow - http://www.c4charity.co.uk/ ------------- |
Posted By: LeeW
Date Posted: 04 October 2013 at 9:10pm
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While recumbents maybe welcome on the ride, I notice the return transport is on eurostar where I belive recumbents are not so welcome, maybe something to bear in mind, you may need to arrange your own return transport. ------------- Current fleet: Milan SL MK2 #027, Fujin SL II, Beany! |
Posted By: AlanGoodman
Date Posted: 04 October 2013 at 9:12pm
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Posted By: Adrian Setter
Date Posted: 05 October 2013 at 5:30am
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To my reading, the wording of the ride website implies that riders travel by Eurostar but the bikes are likely to be going by other means. Relying on Eurostar to transport the bikes would restrict the numbers somewhat! I'm not aware that Eurostar won't take recumbents. There is a length limit of 2m (http://www.eurostar.com/uk-en/travel-information/travel-preparation/baggage/bikes-on-trains), but a fair number of recumbents would fit within that. If I were thinking of taking a trike, of either persuasion, I'd check first whether they would carry it. ------------- Challenge Hurricane - MicWic Delta (Front half) - Burrows Ratracer |
Posted By: Yanto
Date Posted: 05 October 2013 at 7:54am
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Not my kind of ride, too few miles for too much dosh, talking of which I can't find the actual price, I see £99 deposit, plus a pledge to raise money - of which ONLY "40% at least" goes to charity, so is the 60% of "non-charity" money used to pay for the trip and the £99 deposit all you pay? Following that train of thought through, if someone doing it paid the deposit and then raised the rest through sponsorship from family and friends then the sponsorship money is paying for the trip (holiday). That can't be right, can it? I actually detest rides like this, if you haven't noticed, organising companies making themselves rich on the pretext of YOU raising money for charity, hell if you want to do that organise your own ride, pay your own costs and give the charity money straight to the charities - and yes I have done that and raised thousands of pounds - and now I'm ranting so i'll shut up!
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Posted By: AlanGoodman
Date Posted: 05 October 2013 at 10:31am
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Good points well made I think Ian! ------------- |
Posted By: Wyndrake
Date Posted: 05 October 2013 at 2:27pm
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Once a mid-aged chap named Yanto Went on accasional Rantos His words raised eyes But Oh.., heard so wise That he was treated to a clucking Nando's.  Bye the way, in 2009 and 2013, Eurostar said "N0" to my trike. On the latest occasion I explained that the ICE would fold up. "It's still too wide sir". I had asked ever so nicely...... |
Posted By: Yanto
Date Posted: 05 October 2013 at 7:22pm
Thanks, I think  , i'm not sure what a "clucking Nando" is, I presume it isn't too insulting or rude coming from a gentleman such as yourself Mr Wyndrake.
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Posted By: Wyndrake
Date Posted: 05 October 2013 at 9:21pm
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Yanto - In the Soft South a "clucking Nando" is the finest Chicken dinner a Jobseekers Allowance can buy. I believe first introduced by Heston Services, or was is Heston Bloomingthingy .... can't remember.... one more bottles of single orchard Perry's Cider might help me recall ..... |
Posted By: LeeW
Date Posted: 06 October 2013 at 10:27am
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I agree with yanto here in that asking for sponsorship when most of the money actually goes to a private componey and not the charity in question should be illegal. IMHO, the entry cost of any ride like this should be the full cost of providing the ride, and then 100% any sponsor money you choose to raise should go to the charity in question. I would personally never give money to anyone doing a ride like this when most of that money is going towards their personal enjoyment and not the charity, however I doubt the general public realise that is the case when they are asked for sponsor money. </rant> If I wanted to do this ride or anything simular I would feel obliged to pay the full £700 out of my own money, I would be very uneasy about asking anyone else to fund my ride. ------------- Current fleet: Milan SL MK2 #027, Fujin SL II, Beany! |
Posted By: Karl
Date Posted: 06 October 2013 at 8:09pm
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I fully agree with Lee, I find it morally repugnant to expect 'my' ride to be funded on the ruse that I was doing it for charity. Ride and raise money for your charity very honourable, but I won't be funding your hobby. I feel this is in the same league as celebrities charging to appear for charity events, their fame is as a result of the popularity of the people coming to see them. Karl |
Posted By: Andhar
Date Posted: 08 October 2013 at 10:53am
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Well said Yanto and others. I often fall out with people who ask me for sponsorship for these type of events. I start off asking how much they are paying for their trip/holiday. ------------- Andrew Harrington |
Posted By: simon
Date Posted: 19 October 2013 at 8:54pm
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hi my brother in law did this ride this year entry was £250 canny pricey i thought anybody know of a good supplier of chromoly tubing ------------- SIMON |
Posted By: Karl
Date Posted: 19 October 2013 at 9:23pm
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Ceeway for all things cycle tubing orientated Web http://www.framebuilding.com Karl
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Posted By: Flag
Date Posted: 22 November 2013 at 2:50pm
| I became involved in cycling in 1996, in training for the first Royal British Legion's 'Pedal to Paris' - and have done every one (except 1996 - had to attend a wedding) since. And since 2001, I've done it on a Pashley PDQ recumbent - with a 5ft x 3ft Union Flag all the way. The Legion's P2P - as all their rides - is self-funding; by which I mean, each entrant pays their own way. These days, the P2P entry is £650, and we are asked to raise £800. And yes, that is a lot of dosh - but on the back of my experiences, I have organised rides myself - London to Berlin (not using the shortcut Hawich - Hook of Holland, but the full whack) LEJOG, a 2 day ride round the M25 (to commemorate The Falklands on its 30th Anniversay, 2012) and, for next year, The Italian Job - http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/news-events/calendar-of-events/general/the-italian-job-2014-70th-anniversary-cycle-ride" rel="nofollow - |