Tandems of the forum

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gbj_tester in reply to @6pt

There's always the take a tent, camp and ride back the next day possibility...

There's also the RRA:

London to Brighton and back:

Men Tandem 1976 J Patston & P J Woodburn 4:7:26
Women Tandem 1980 D M Franks & S Swetman 4:29:50
Mixed Tandem Standard to be beaten 4:40:0

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deleted in reply to @gbj_tester

London to Brighton and back:

Men Tandem 1976 J Patston & P J Woodburn 4:7:26>

Hory sheit!

Any idea what the route for that was?
Got to be down some pretty main roads?

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gbj_tester in reply to @deleted

Any idea what the route for that was?
Got to be down some pretty main roads?

I imagine the A23 was involved :-)

The method back then was to start at first light just south of London and ride in and out before the rush hour, then you only get a lot of traffic in Brighton, and you finish back where you started.

One of the reasons why few attempts are made on RRA records this days is that it's almost impossible to avoid heavy traffic pretty much anywhere at any time, and the roads have been adjusted accordingly, with many more traffic lights etc.

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