We’re heading off tomorrow, and are finally good to go.. We’ve also received the GPS tracker from Trident Sensors,
You can view the Track-Us page directly, or view the map below, which updates every 15mins when we are cycling.
Our major training ride is now complete, Dieppe to Paris and back:
some photos of the ride in the flickr set: Dieppe -> Paris -> Dieppe Photos
Bring on Barcelona!
I had a quick preliminary pack this weekend, surprisingly light!
The kit below, some bits missing, but the majority of what I’ll be taking:
Bike kit
So with all this mad training an what not, I have been digging around for some good quality snacks and meals that will help to replenish all of those vitamins and minerals in order to aid recovery. My favourite so far it has to be said is this little beaut:
Being fairly techy, we’re taking quite a lot of tech gear to aid in the trip, as well as to record the events….
Garmin Edge 705
This will be replacing the Garmin forerunner 405 for GPS data display, due to lack of mapping and accurate direction data.
The Garmin Edge 705 was a fairly recent purchase, allowing us to have turn by turn directions, GPS data logging, cadence, speed, HRM stats as well as all the standard cycle computer functionality. Due to be tested in Europe next week to Paris & back!
Polaris Tracker
The Polaris tracker is being kindly provided by Trident Sensors LTD.
The sensor, primarily designed for yacht, ships and other vehicle tracking, the polaris sensor will be providing GPS updates online, so our current position can be tracked online via some Google Maps in near realtime (stay tuned for more details).
MD-80 camera
The MD-80 is a small, cheap 720p camera. The camera is available for £12-£16 on ebay, and takes SD or SDHC cards (up to 8gb max).
Providing up to 30fps at 720p it’s a perfect cheap alternative to a FlipHD or ActionCam. We’ll be testing this on Paris and will provide a couple of short videos.. Also neatly clamps onto handlebars.
50d & 970 IS
I’m currently debating on what camera to take.
Either the 50d with the 24-105mm.
Or the much lighter/compact Ixus 970IS…. decisions.
Weight difference 1.4kg (50d + 24-105mm), compared to around 150 grams for the ixus.
Other smaller items include: MIFI 3G modem for providing an adhoc wireless network, hopefully using some local french & spanish sim cards. A Devotec Solar charger for providing some USB power. An AA battery powered USB charger, for providing USB power for the Garmin 705, MIFI & iPhones. I’ll also be taking an I-Gotu GPS data logger for extra data logging (in the very unlikely event the 705 & Polaris fails!).
Another weekend of training, I competed in a half-marathon on Sunday, not biking.. but all in the right direction.
Pete also cycled from Godalming to Brighton and back, roughly the kind of distances we’ll be covering each day during the trip.
Now only 8 days till our training ride to Paris (and back)..
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Yes i was stupid enough to do this race on a mountain bike! 
So Jo and I (Pete) both managed to complete the Jigsaw 20:20 Duathlon, this Saturday just gone. Myself in a time of 3 hours 45 minutes and Jo in an impressive 2 hours 39 minutes. The race was won by Lee Kemp in an amazing time of 1 hour 53 minutes with a total of 48 participants altogether. Continue reading →
We’re competing in the Jigsaw 20/20 (10km run, 20mile bike, 10km run) on Saturday 26th June as a bit of training. An event run by the charity we’re supporting for the Barcelona bike, the race is around Dunsfold park, the 10km runs are trail runs, with the bike being 5 loops of the Dunsfold Aerodrome.
For more info visit the race site, Jigsaw 20/20
For donation and sponsorship, please visit our sponsorship page for Barcelona.
900 miles,
10 days,
70-120 miles a day,
not accounting for wrong turns.
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