Hello my friends. Often when things aren't always going straight in my life, I watch this video with you, think about the many epic and strenuous moments along the route and gain new strength and hope again! Thank you all for joining us and I hope to see each other again along the way. Best wishes to Vicky, Shu, Chris, Stafan, Alistair, Dom, Steven! Special greetings to Hanno, Andreas and Ichi! Miss you. Frank 2013+2017
Watched this awesome movie two years ago. Yesterday I completed my first ever 200km brevet, aged 53. So happy to be in the brotherhood (February 2024). So far I have completed 5x200km successfully in 2024 (October 2024) :)
An amazing man. I had the privilege to know him at school. This man has done more for Sacriston than most people will ever know. I have the utmost respect for him.
all participants were amazing.... but 1400 k on a stairmaster on wheels? (whatever they're called)..... astounding! as were the single gear guys (was the young mathematician on fixed?)...... mind-bogglng. many thanks for creating this video, and sharing it..... MadeGood indeed!!!
BTW I'm a keen cyclist and I happened to see some of these guys this summer, a couple weeks ago, I happened across their route. I cannot bury myself in the dirt enough to grovel in respect :) To people I know me doing 100 miles in day is amazing, and I'm knackered the next day, to do 200+ then do it day after day ... wow!
I was all for the guy near the start until he insulted our British (English!) breakfast :) Little fun fact for you, years ago I worked for a fairly long time in Dublin, staying in a place that served breakfast. They called it an "Irish" breakfast, but it basically was what anyone from the UK would call a "Full English" breakfast, with added fried Soda Bread on top. I had to contribute to the cost, so I got my money's worth (I'm Scottish, so stereotypically about as tight as a gnats ring). so about ... 1000000000 kCal a morning :) Suffice to say, despite the fact I walked to where I worked etc + the stress .. I gained weight! (Edit: It wasn't just that B&B btw, it's a cross old cultural thing, a mug of tea and a plate of friedcrap is cross cultural as "breakfast" across our islands :) When I got home for a while I used to regularly have beans on toast with a fried egg on top (fairl healthy) to wean myself off!)
:) Re the guy at 3:00 minutes in with the accident, it's funny how the luck of the draw works ... when I was a teenager I came off a road bike more than once on bad / loose roads and once, and I sh1t you not, I hit the curb so hard and so fast I did a flip over the bars and literally landed on my feet. I couldn't do it now if I tried.I was listening to the great band weezer yesterday and a song that had the lyrics: "There must be A guardian angel Or some kind of destiny we have Cause we should have died A long time ago The way that we were livin' in our paths" Given all the stupid I used to do as a kid (and I'm not even STARTING what I used to do as a BMX rider) .. maybe not wrong!
Thank you for a great video. If I have one question it is " how on earth do they do it ! Even those that may have had to give up should feel proud they even crossed the start line of a mammoth challenge. Wonder how this years riders are doing.
