Ride plan for 2013

hoping to ride most of these this year... and get in shape for next year!

date	ride	kms
19-Jan-13	Willy Warmer	200
20-Jan-13	harphilly100	100
09-Mar-13	chilterns	200
30-Mar-13	Ddutch	200
06-Apr-13	hard boiled	300
07-Apr-13	dorset coast	200
27-Apr-13	oasts & coasts	300
05-May-13	porkers	400
11-May-13	severn across	400
18-May-13	brian chapman	600
01-Jun-13	YLY	600
08-Jun-13	brimstone	600
09-Jun-13	ditch devil	200
30-Jun-13	vaujany	173
06-Jul-13	marmotte	174
27-Jul-13	LEL	1400
04-Aug-13	ride london	160
10-Aug-13	Baltic Tour	5000
05-Oct-13	anfractuous	200
06-Oct-13	falling leaves	110
02-Nov-13	upper thames	200

Picked up the bike!

I picked up the finished bike yesterday from Stuart at Bikefix...

he fitted the mudguards

then had some pizza

then I was ready to set off on my first ride... back home... in the rain

Countdown to the big day...

RTW Bike is on order, deposit paid :-)

Click here to see the beast!

Mike Hall wins World Bike Race in 92 days

Mike Hall has won the world bike race and broken the Guinness World Record in an awesome ride of just under 92 days

Click here for more

Getting closer to buying the RTW bike

It's looking like my RTW bike could be a Bacchetta recumbent with Rohloff 14-speed hub, supplied by Bikefix in London.  More here

Will I have to wear a helmet?

There are a few, very few fortunately, misguided countries in this world which no doubt think they are making cycling safer by forcing their citizens to wear plastic hats of no proven safety benefit when they ride their bikes.  This helpful entry on wikipedia shows that I am planning to ride through five such countries: Australia, NZ, Canada, USA and Spain.  I guess I will have to buy one as I arrive in Darwin, and bin it as I cross the Pyrenees back into France.

I found the wikipedia link in this useful Sydney Herald article which does a good job to explain the futility of compulsory helmet laws.

Evidence for views expressed here