Transcontinental Race (London - Istanbul) - #TCRNo4

Nice!

Obligatory beer photo..

Lost my passport in Brussels station frantically ran around for 30 minutes calling various numbers... My mum had seen it on the train table and put it into her bag

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This race is not going to start or end well.

Josh Ibbett just walked past while I'm sucking beers down. Psyche out!

carb loading, a legitimate tactic....

You need to enroll the assistance of Derren Brown to convince you that Donald Trumps hairpiece is chasing you.... breakin' all of the records.

Some riders have been reported as not taking this seriously enough...

Surely there's plenty of time to recover before Istanbul.

...These updates are making me thirsty.

Snap

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I guess starting the race in Belgium was always going to be a bit risky.

I'm safe from temptation: train stuck at St P due to plastic in the overhead wires at Ebsfleet. Alrerady 45 mins late :-(

Is that a Runners World 'Pirates' Jersey (top left)?

@hippy is this simply going to be a Belgium to Turkey pub crawl for you?

I doubt hippy will make it out of Belgium at this rate.

Somehow memories are flooding back of hippy drinking Guiness until 4am the night before the Tour of Ireland seven years ago.

He's got 2500km to ride off the hangover, I wouldn't worry about it.

Plenty more bars between the start and the French border. All have beer.

Isn't it 4000km or 2500 miles?

2500km to ride off the hangover, then 1500km pre-gaming for the party...

Fair point

Should be 241, twice the bloke for the price of one.

142 works just fine. Hang on, it should be 14billions, of course.

Right, my bike weighs a tonne, like its owner but what have I forgotten?

If you're only weighing a tonne, you've forgotten to eat.

142 hippy
155 frank9755

Amazing to think that frank9755 is fatter than hippy. The mind boggles.

This will be fun to follow. Go forumengers (including Emilia)!

First 1500km were to sober up.

Drama already...

Emily Chappell ‏@emilychappell
Emergency wheel rebuild needed in Geraardsbergen. (Probably tomorrow, as about to fall asleep now.) Can anyone help? #TCRNo4

Fingers crossed she gets sorted.