Polo Tour De France Road Ride - Avignon-Bourg d'Oisans 2013/07/13-20

Cheapest beers in Soho. I'm going to try and get there early to "secure" a table.

isnt that the place that kicked out the gay couple?

Yes.

Everyone knows that Mrak is really a big homophobic hoser.

I knew he had principles alright. Now I know what they are.

Internetz forums is like that sometimes.

True. Anyway, time to dress as a gay cowboy and head to the John Snow.

How about cardboard boxes? I'm sure there are bike shops Avignon. The nice ones will give you a box for free, the rubbish ones charge you a fiver.

I'm in for touring btw.

I have one of these:

which is Eurostar legal.

Le bump.
I got an email from Eurostar this morning saying booking's open for Avignon.

Booked already!

In! Carriage 4, seat 15.

Le bump.
I got an email from Eurostar this morning saying booking's open for Avignon.

Got mine 2 days ago.

It's all carrier pigeons Oop Norf.

Is there a plan yet?

See the first post...

I've never taken my roadbike camping. I am going to look at my tent, rack and barbag options before committing to a ticket.

Evening. At the risk of being a big ol' non-polo-playing Gooseberry, I'm hoping to gatecrash this trip - been wanting to tour in the Alps for a while, but also wanting for company. I'm planning to stump up for tickets and worry about a suitable bike between now and July - stupidly excited about this!

Just been chatting with Mrak about this. I'm in. Getting a Kaffenback in a few weeks, Perfect.

In.

Sounds like a great trip.....If your still working out the best way to take a bike on eurostar I have found the best way is to use something like this
http://www.probikekit.com/uk/accessories/luggage-transport/bike-transportation/scicon-pocket-bike-bag.htm

Then all you do is take the wheels off carry it on (gets treated as if you had a suitcase) then you pack it with the luggage at the end of your carrige. Just put the wheels back on the other side job done and the bag weights pretty much nothing.

Cheers. Most of us have done something like this on the Eurostar before (or even cheaper - I've used a large laundry bag a bunch of times). The big worry has been what to do with bike bags on the other side. I think this is sorted now, though?

Just been chatting with Mrak about this. I'm in. Getting a Kaffenback in a few weeks, Perfect.

In.

Buy the tickets now! They're still on £150 odd, but they'll go up.

Cheers. Most of us have done something like this on the Eurostar before (or even cheaper - I've used a large laundry bag a bunch of times). The big worry has been what to do with bike bags on the other side. I think this is sorted now, though?

I have various plans for the bags. We can get into details, routes etc later, but right now, the most important things are to get tickets, and to make sure you will have a bike with a seriously low ratio (1:1 or similar) at the bottom, that you are comfortable sitting on for 4 hours at a stretch.