Manxman to cycle the world!

[Manx Cat]

To try to break the standing World Record.

Boy, its always been a tough one, now its really tough.

http://www.isleofman.com/news/article.a ... icle=42931

Paul has to cycle 138 miles a day for 5 months.... I do really wish him well, and will be watching his website frequently for updates on progress of course. Here is his link....


http://www.three.fm/goout.php?to=http:/ ... world.com/

He pedals off on Wednesday 15 Feb. I will be thinking about him... He has a send off on Wednesday, I am going to see if I can go... (work dependant)

[LollyKat]

Sounds like cruelty to cyclists.....

Best of luck to him!

[snibgo]

All the best to him. Five months is fast going.

It took Sarah Outen 7.5 months to get from London to Tokyo, but she's doing the entire round-trip by human power. (We might be very picky as she's not carrying her boats on her bike or vice versa. But I'm not picky, just in shock and awe.)

[Cygnetory]

http://www.greatbikeride.com/globalbicyclerace/

The Global Cycle Race starts from Greenwich on February 18 - is Paul joining them or pedalling independently? I didn't see his name in the list of riders.

[The Mechanic]

His name is on the list.

[snibgo]

His name is up there now. (Not under "United Kingdom", of course, as the IoM isn't in the UK.)

[Cygnetory]

His name is up there now. (Not under "United Kingdom", of course, as the IoM isn't in the UK.)

Well, I've certainly revealed my ignorance again - I didn't even look outside the UK part of the list.

We hope to go down to Greenwich on Saturday to watch them go, so will give Paul a cheer!

[Manx Cat]

Paul is still going strong! What a man...

He is now in New Zealand, and is cycling from East to West in his world record attempt, so I assume he is getting the horrible head winds we all try to avoid

He isnt home until July. Dunno if he is managing his 138 miles a day, but he seems happy enough.

[Nedrow]

http://tweetedtrips.com/map/42/paul-cycles-world/ tracks his progress around the world. Seems a very useful site for tracking tours etc.

[Trigger]

Mike Hall is romping this, 3000 miles ahead of 2nd place

Surely he's on for the record?

[Manx Cat]

Trigger where do you get your info from?

I would love to follow this, but not sure where to go? Something I could say to Paul, is that he hasnt proclaimed his ride to the world very much, and following his progress isnt easy. Be nice to read a bit more of the ride from all the cyclists, but I expect they are a bit busy!

MC

[Trigger]

http://worldcycleracing.com/latest-leaderboard-11/

[ossie]

I was following on this link, click on the name on the right and you can visit their facebook /twitter pages with loads of detail

http://worldcycleracing.com/live-tracking/

and also this link from Brooks which summarises things nicely

http://blog.brooksengland.com/wps/

Mike hall is bloody awesome - never heard of him before but he if carries on he will make a name for himself. There have been some dramas, road accidents, illness etc for most.

[Cygnetory]

30 minutes ago, Mike Hall reached Greenwich 92 days after leaving it to cycle round the world. He's smashed the world record as well as winning the race. What a phenomenon! Apart from articles in the Mail and Guardian almost no coverage of this race - the Guardian even had a sour cycle blog about it, http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/b ... -bike-blog apparently because he didn't stop to chat to the locals. Anyway, congratulations to MIke for the most amazing achievement.

[Barrenfluffit]

I'm afraid I'm with the Guardian's blogger on this.