Cycling forum Raid Pyrénéen trip 2012

lennymc

the pyrenees sound great. I would love to do the raid (or just lots and lots of hills). July should be good for me. Thanks captain!

NickDrake

Still interested. Will start putting money away

Captain Havoc

Ferry Timetables are out so I can start planning. Pricing was looking terrible until the good people at marble city travel stepped in to give us a special discount on the ferry. He can't do a whole lot on the accomodation side but will pass on any discounts as we're related. I'm thinking Monday 23rd July until Friday for the raid. If anyone wants to speak to me one on one, PM me your phone number, good time to phone and I'll get back to you. I hope to come back to ye with a final price very soon but I'm hoping for under a grand, actually balls, if it comes to over a grand I can't afford it anyway.

lennymc

sounds good captain!

manafana

captain if we looked at may june instead probably could get cheaper, im planning to take in the depart in liege then head home but well up for this. if we are in pyrennes outside tour it will be much cheaper too i reckon

lennymc

im easy on dates. It would be nice to catch the tour, but Ive seen it before, so wouldnt miss it that much...

Captain Havoc

manafana wrote: »

captain if we looked at may june instead probably could get cheaper, im planning to take in the depart in liege then head home but well up for this. if we are in pyrennes outside tour it will be much cheaper too i reckon

Tour finishes the day before the intended start.

markdrayton

I rode the RP independently in 2009. It's a fantastic ride. I was pretty fit at the time but being less fit wouldn't be a problem -- it'd take longer but all you need to do is eat, ride and sleep, so there's no rush.

Write up at http://sites.google.com/site/markdraytoninfo/rides/raid-pyrenean-2009.

manafana

Captain Havoc wrote: »

Tour finishes the day before the intended start.

sorry i mis read dates, yeah just after tour would be good idea, would be great idea, got remember be some serious heat too so imagine it will be though.

Captain Havoc

manafana wrote: »

sorry i mis read dates, yeah just after tour would be good idea, would be great idea, got remember be some serious heat too so imagine it will be though.

Yeah, when I cycled the summer of 2010, I was in 40 degrees every day for a week, I think I was going through one to two litres of water an hour. People need to remember it's not a race and you can stop at a shop for water, I think it's less than a euro for two litres in most mini-marts. I'm still hoping to do a pre-raid cycle. I'm on holidays next week and will work on it Tuesday and Wednesday and present it to my brother and see what discounts he can do.

lennymc

if its not a race im not going!! :P

manafana

any updates on this im planning my summer schedule, and wondering is anyone else still interested, im thinking of maybe basing out of mid pyrennes for week either way to do some climbs myself.

Captain Havoc

Sorry, my brother and I have been a little distracted recently.

lennymc

im still up for this, as is a friend. flight clearance booked with the boss

Carpenter

Man I would love to do this but me thinks you would have to be super fit

manafana

well as was mentioned its not a race its very doable over a day and i think the key is to enjoy the sites.

NickDrake

I am still on for this. Been saving up. Lets hope we can get enough people

Carpenter

So what is the over all price

lennymc

any update on this?
Myself and my mate are definates, flight clearance sorted with other halves. Charity picked for fundraising. Captain, if you need a hand organising let me know.

Lenny

manafana

Same as lenny i have this in calender, money put aside, would be great do it with bunch of board users,

anything you may need on french speaking side of things please ask.

ROK ON

+1 on help. Let us know what you need. I think the Capt speaks French.
If you need help on language the missus speaks fluent French.

lennymc

I speak del boy french. Aurevoir my son, aurevoir.

barrabus

velo.2010 wrote: »

Tempting. Didn't the lone journeyman Blorg and Barrrabus(or was it empty) do this a couple of years back?

Yep great trip, hard going after a month doing sfa in france. Would thoroughly recommend. Train tho, I had a lazy month on the build up and suffered particularly on day 2 . Abisque and tourmalet.

lennymc

How many people are still definatly on for this?
1. lenny
2. lennys mate
3.

Captain Havoc

lennymc wrote: »

How many people are still definatly on for this?
1. lenny
2. lennys mate
3.

1. lenny
2. lennys mate
3. Captain Havoc

ROK ON

1. lenny
2. lennys mate
3. Captain Havoc
4. ROK ON

AstraMonti

Is there a bugdet yet? I am a maybe...

lennymc

1000 was mentioned earlier on in the thread, so budget for about that i would imagine. Thats what Im doing.

coastwatch

1. lenny
2. lennys mate
3. Captain Havoc
4. ROK ON
5. coastwatch

ROK ON

AstraMonti wrote: »

Is there a bugdet yet? I am a maybe...

LOL. Astra if you sold half your campag blinged up bikes you could afford to take Concord out of retirement and fly us all to Biarritz and still have enough for a full Mavic style support car and a broom wagon.