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@spotter and I decided to do it in the form of a mini tour between the 27 and the 30th.
He rode the Genesis and I swapped tires and fitted mudguards and front rack on the cross bike.
We both had a set of panniers and he also carried the rack bag. It was my first time doing this kind of winter/loaded riding.
We rode from London to Kidlington (North of Oxford) on day 1 (114km)
http://www.strava.com/activities/233473736
both crashed in the mud long the canal - then in the last 30Km @spotter had a "little" rack incident
On day 2 we were planning on riding from Kidlington to the New Forest, but we had to get to a bike shop to repair the Genesis, which made us incredibly late on our planning so we took a train from Kidlington to Basingstoke then rode Basingstoke to Whiteparish (75km)
http://www.strava.com/activities/233881917
No accidents this time, but a couple of very very very icy roads.
On day 3 we rode from Whiteparish to Brighton (139km)
http://www.strava.com/activities/234233870
The longest ride in life for me so far.
On day 4 we were supposed to ride from Brighton to London.
After 10km everything started to go very wrong, we had go back to Brighton and take the train to London. Swapped bikes and finished it.
http://www.strava.com/activities/234696995
It was hard work and so fucking cold.
Next year, I might give up the loaded bike though...