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| craig0 | 05 Dec 07:34 |
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Joined: 05 Dec 2012 Posts: 3 Bike: | Hi All I recently found out my friend has cancer and thus because of this cannot ride like he use to or maybe not at all. He loves his biking and its all he talks about. Me and a friend from work would like to do a charity ride for him but between us we don't know any routes or challenges that we could do ourselves and we were looking for some pointers or ideas for what we could do. We are fairly fit so would like a challenge with a bit of credibility to it which will also help us raise as much money as possible. Thanks in advnace Craig |
herbie 
| 05 Dec 13:38 |
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Joined: 17 Oct 2009 Posts: 98 Bike: My Profile | why not jump on one of the arranged events by Cancer Research UK take a look at http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/home/ http://supportus.cancerresearchuk.org/Search1/?type=8&tab=Events |
| My Latest Route: Sep 2012 Birmingham to Worcestor Via Canal | |
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jonsea
| 05 Dec 14:43 |
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Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Posts: 40 Bike: My Profile | Hi, so sorry to hear about you friend . Have you thought ( if you have heard of it ) of doing the old pilgrims route from France to Spain ( route de St Jaques de Compostelle ) ? The route is about 800klms long on mostly tracks, with hostels ( refuges ) all along the route who charge between 6 and 12 euros per night for an evening meal/ bed and breakfast . I did the route at the age of 66 ( and not a keen cyclist ) in 13 days ..... is this the sort of thing you envisage? Just giving you something to think about and this route has lots of cred and a certificate at the end of the pilgrimage !! |
| My Latest Route: Apr 2012 lowestoft normanston park | |
| craig0 | 06 Dec 04:45 |
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Joined: 05 Dec 2012 Posts: 3 Bike: | Hi thanks for the replies. I've looked on the charity websites but its something we wanted to do on our own, if that makes sense. jonesa - that is soemthing that we would look at doing yes, but i think we were looking more at UK based challenges ? Thanks again for the reply its really appreciated. |
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rustyspoke
| 06 Dec 05:23 |
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Joined: 28 Aug 2011 Posts: 244 Bike: My Profile | First I would say i am verry sorry to hear about your friend having lost someone vry close to me because of cancer i wish you well. I have actually organised my own charity ride from John O Groats to Lands End. It takes a fair bit of planning you have to decide first where you want to ride from and to its then a case of routes ,timings ,dates ,back up crew,sponsors. The routes can found on CTC web sites or ask others who have done the route you want for advice. Once you get everything planned and sorted and the ride looks as though it will go ahead,then get some publicity by way of local radio,web and any thing that you think will raise the profile. If you plan everything it will work out its not just a case of say we are going to ride from here to here and thats it,you will have to do a lot of ground work first. Also if you have over a certain number in your ride then you you have to be very carefulwith all sorts of red tape, limit the team to no more than 10 riders your back up crew can be as many as you need but we had 6 riders four back up crew we used to vans those were sponsored by my employer that save a massive ammount of money Hope this helps. Good luck |
| craig0 | 06 Dec 05:27 |
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Joined: 05 Dec 2012 Posts: 3 Bike: | thanks rustyspoke i will look into it. |
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matthat
| 12 Dec 07:36 |
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Joined: 08 Oct 2011 Posts: 12 Bike: My Profile | Hi, It would help to know your location and also are you thinking a big 1 dayer say 70-100 miles or are you thinking a few days? There are various coast 2 coasts routes and also there is end to end where you can do it self orgnised or part of a team which you pay to http://www.ukend2end.com/enter! look at All the best. |
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