L'eroica 2012

That's not quite the same as mine....I'll take a picture in a minute and upload it in a bit.....I'm out the door to work now.

This is it

And on the bike...

Looks old school?

that's wicked!

Looks great!

Just had my entry confirmed(phew)

Just had my entry confirmed(phew)

woop! all good tony my man - should be a good one this year

Nice one tony :0)
We will all have to arrange a place to meet..... You guys that have done it before will need to educate me!

By the way, if anyone is struggling with transport from the airport, I will have a spare place in the hire car.... Your bike box can't be too big though, as mine is fucking huge!!

which route are you doing stedlocks? you're welcome to ride with us 4 on the 205km if you are scared of italians :)

I am staying in Radda, I want to meet you guys. last year i only met PeterV briefly. I am arriving friday afternoon too.

It has to be the 205.....! Thanks for the invite, don't mind if I do :0)

It's my birthday today, me and the family were just at the local Chinese eatery and I mentioned that my wife could next year for a holiday.....lead balloon, comes to mind!

excellent well we should exchange details the week before - i've met a lot of forum guys on here out at l'roica but our arranged meeting last year failed a little and i think we got our times mixed up.

my name is tom and i shall be riding this... comes say hi if you see me aimlessly walking around the market

photo 2.JPG by monomaniac(tom), on Flickr

and happy birthday!

Tom, you are gonna die using those bars man!!!!!!

Stedlocks - where did you get your bar mounted bottle cage from? I'd love to procure one for my Holdsworth as I don't have any braze ons for a cage and am terrified of marking the paint work on the frame if I used a clamp.

This wouldn't mark your paintwork. It might bruise your knees tho'.

This is my ride......looks a bit different at the moment though.

Nice mercian! Good to see the honey brooks!

I've tracked down a good, replica looking water bottle from 'muscletech'

http://www.dolphinfitness.co.uk/en/muscletech-water-bottle/29288

Plan is to remove the logos and 'age' them a bit, then fit the classic cork with string.....only £2.50 each too ;0)

Tom, you are gonna die using those bars man!!!!!!

moustache are meant to be good for touring and they are definitely better up hill am still perfecting the angle though :)

Some nice bikes there. It is my dream to one day do this ride but am just too skint to consider it now. ....hmmm need to get me some gumwalls, what are the tyres on that Mercian? Are they 25's?

This wouldn't mark your paintwork. It might bruise your knees tho'.

Brun, you have a one track mind!

Some nice bikes there. It is my dream to one day do this ride but am just too skint to consider it now. ....hmmm need to get me some gumwalls, what are the tyres on that Mercian? Are they 25's?

they are grand bois cerf tyres 26 (very squishy feeling)

^great, never even heard of 26's. Just read a few reviews and they seem pretty good, though not that easy to find. Admittedly I only did a brief google but could only find them for sale at

http://cyclotouriste.co.uk/page3.htm

for 40 quid each which is a bit ouch for me, might have to go on the birthday.chrimbo list. Thanks, happy touring.

Here is another ride
http://www.laottaviobottecchia.it/percorso.html#

at look mum no hands - who did i have a conversation with regarding my sunrace/shimano 13-32 screw on 8 speed freewheel? i lost your number, sorry.

Not long to go now before the off. Driving down again which will be fun after a dozen cans of what ever energy drink I can get my hands on to stay awake or the journey.
Tilover will you be at the cafe nex to the entranc to the market again? It is it the usual jolly whatever it's called bar?
And any one doing the 135km route?

Not long to go now before the off. Driving down again which will be fun after a dozen cans of what ever energy drink I can get my hands on to stay awake on the journey.
Tilover will you be at the cafe next to the entrance to the market again? Or is it the usual jolly whatever it's called bar?
And any one doing the 135km route?

if anyone has a spare ticket going i've had an offer for lift down.

been feeling sad about not going this year - so would love to get hold of one now!