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Well the boys are off on Wednesday, those that I know and have met, Hippy, Big D and Fast Eddy, and maybe a few who are on the forum I haven't met. I just want to say I wish them well, as I'm sure others here do and am awe-struck by the distance involved. It makes the Dunwich exploit comparable to a trip to Tescos. Good luck everybody and we will be thinking of you.

we set off early thurs morning...bike serviced (and ID'd)...

...brand new helmet, gloves and set of tyres...buying some gels today...all i need now is a healthy lung for the ride (coughing all week but on the mend now)

Get well and I like the fleur-de-lys, v. apropriate!

Yeah, good luck all all! Bon voyage!

My bike sounds like it's about to snap in half.. great. Fucking underwater Wessex.
Nevermind. If I make it to Paris I'm not gonna want to see it again anyway. :)

Good luck everyone. I'm sure it will be great fun

Good luck everyone. I'm sure it will be great pain

Fixed.

Good luck and take some photos if you can.

Bon voyage . . . i expect to see a plethora of WAC stickers plastered around gay paris when i am there in a couple of months!

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yeah good luck guys, not that you will need it the collective hours you have been putting in. look forward to hearing all about it soon.

Bring it!

You'll probably find hippy, plastered, trying to beat off gays in Paris in a couple of months..

More like it....
Good luck lads, fly that (adopted UK) flag. if you get any hassle on the way back set fire to what ever you can around the ports. its all standard procedure for poor customer service - a bit of local knowledge there for you..

I cleaned the bike.. must be fucking serious now.

bon chance, sounds awesome.

we set off early thurs morning...bike serviced (and ID'd)...

...brand new helmet, gloves and set of tyres...buying some gels today...all i need now is a healthy lung for the ride (coughing all week but on the mend now)

How come that has a Santa Cruz sticker isnt it a Wilier?

fatboyralph is actually Santa Claus in real life.. don't you get it?! Sheesh! ;)

All ready to go! Got my team kit last night..........looks pretty good. Got FGSS T-shirt today............looks great! So got the on bike/ off bike wear sorted. I also decided the bike was getting old so semi-retired her in favour of sub 1kg frame carbon crazy-ride. Safe ride to The Big Fella, Desi and Hippy. I'm sure we'll all report on our return. FE

How come that has a Santa Cruz sticker isnt it a Wilier?

my surname. but yeh, it's a sticker i got from when i purchased my santacruz mtb.

All ready to go! Got my team kit last night..........looks pretty good. Got FGSS T-shirt today............looks great! So got the on bike/ off bike wear sorted. I also decided the bike was getting old so semi-retired her in favour of sub 1kg frame carbon crazy-ride. Safe ride to The Big Fella, Desi and Hippy. I'm sure we'll all report on our return. FE

team kit? you riding for one of the group1 teams, ed?

doin my packing tonight for bag drop off tomorrow. and im yet to clean the bike. only got to putting on the new set of tyres last night. worried im goin to forget something for this trip :S

Hey Desi, yeah, I'm riding for Trainsmart. I'm making the same trip tomorrow so see you at the pasta dinner?

Beaten by fasteddy.. no surprise :)

We are having a DIY pasta dinner I think..