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I'm so gutted about this, so gutted and heartbroken that this has happened to any cyclist. So gutted that Mike was so close to the finished, having ridden so far across the continent. So gutted and heartbroken that this happened on a road I've ridden and know well.

Heartfelt condolences to Mike and his family. Will donate to the fund!

I did part of the route a few years ago on the way to Copenhagen, the bit between Groningen and Bremen.

In Groningen we stopped at a hostel near the town centre though we had to chain the bikes up outside (http://www.budgetthostels.nl) the night after We stopped of at a small town called Westerstede and stayed at a place called hotel Busch, which I'd recommend. (http://www.hotelbusch.de) I remember them being pretty bike friendly. Can't remember where we stayed in Bremen but it was pretty close to the old town and I'd recommend looking up a place called restaurant flett for some good hearty German food to help with your carb loading.

Route wise, I seem to remember being on bike paths the whole time. There is pretty comprehensive maps of bike routes in both Germany and holland, though can't seem to find the link now.

I cycled from Rodbyhavn to Copenhagen a couple of years ago on the way from London to Copenhagen and it took us about a day and a half. Don't know if you have any time constraints but we were pretty keen to get to Copenhagen at the end of a long trip and in time to see the worlds that were coincidentally on at the same time. What I remember was that cycling in Denmark is awesome and everything you hear about Copenhagen cycling is true.

One thing you might want to think about is getting across from one island to the next. Our route included stopping at an awesome guesthouse on the island of Bogo (a nice little place called Stalden Bed and Breakfast). We had planned to get the ferry from a little town called Stubbekobing across to Bogo. We knew that the ferry was seasonal but didn't know the exact dates that it ran. We had got the ferry from Cuxhaven to Rodbyhavn earlier in the day and busted a gut getting to Stubbekobing hoping to get the last ferry of the day, only to turn up to the little cafe that doubled up as the ferry stop to find out that the route had closed for the season a few days earlier. Because the only bridge onto the Island was the motorway that bike weren't allowed on, we were faced with a pretty big detour. Thankfully, a call to the b+b owners and they came picked us up. They have a little restaurant attached to the b+b, but it turned out the day we got there was the owners night off, but they made us all a lush dinner, went out themselves and said help yourselves to some beer. So yeah, make sure the ferries are running if you intend to rely on them.

So from Bogo, we crossed over to the Island on Mons and then up the coast to Copenhagen in time to see the end of the womens ITT and then spent about an hour trying to find the little mermaid.
hope this helps, and make sure to down a few pints of tuborg, oh and the carlsberg tastes better there, you can actually drink it.

bad day for orica

Johnny Hoogerland must be the most unlucky guy, that guy's always on the floor.

RIP dude.

Looking good so far. I picked up a '91 allez epic a few months back, and am looking to do something similar when time, funds allow. First thing I'll be doing is changing the forks, the original alu ones aren't great. Can't wait to see how it looks when it's finished.

RIP fella!

Ticked the patron box, this is done by paypal right. Would like to invest as it sounds like a great idea, like the bit where you said there's no reason you can't run 20% of the worlds forums, but having just moved overseas and being gainfully funemployed at the moment, not in a position. Good luck with it though, looking forward to seeing how it turns out!

I'm writing a thank-you letter to Tim Berners-Lee for inventing the internet with a link to this thread. This is the best thing I've read for a long time. Love that you had to hacksaw of the seat tube by the side of the road.

In Leipheimer's Affadavit I think.

It was only a matter of time before the dailymash picked this story up...

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/armstrong-now-taking-mushrooms-2012101144612

Haha, they did a great story last week about the rise of cycling in the uk which included the line "we're raising a generation that may as well be french"

I still don't understand...

It's a bit creepy isn't it, texting someone missus when they are at home alone and you know it. You might as well say "I'm coming to mess with you".

Someone's had a go at "guess redacted names"

yeah, that's some sloppy redacting. I thought the whole point was that you couldn't figure out who it was.

Rest in peace fella

I met Gav a few times through a mutual friend, and seen his design skills, he'll definitely give any campaign literature/posters a slick professional feel.

Gilbert and Sagan in a break 12 minutes up the road. Being sent up the road for Evans and Nibali?

dibs on the specialized allez sport - pm sent

dibs on the wheels - pm on it's way

Dibs on the shifters

Well done. You're still alive, something to be proud of.

not proud, but happy

So I'm gonna write up an incident that happened to me last night that could've easily resulted in posting a 'rider down' thread and also because bad things always get written up but good things don't.

So I work in london for the moment but live in cambridge, and went out for a drink after work, not expecting to. A quick pint turned into dinner and by the time I got off the train to cambridge it was dark. No problem, rummaged through my bag for my lights, and they weren't there. I didn't have money for bus/taxi so I thought 'fuck it, I'll ride without lights'

About half way home an oncoming taxi was indicating to turn right and started to pull out in front of me. 'oh oh' i thought, but at the last second, saw me and slammed the brakes, giving me the 'sorry mate didn't see you mate' wave instead of shouting 'where are your fucking lights' which he was totes entitled to do. End result I'm not splattered on the front of a taxi and my faith in humanity restored, albeit probably briefly.

Morals of the story

1. if it's dark use some fucking lights
   
2. Not all taxi driver's/other drivers are cyclist hating rabid pigs
   
3. not all cyclists are perfect and everyone makes mistakes.
   
   

thought i'd write this up cos everyone only ever remembers bad incidents, forgetting about the ones where people sometimes show respect, and its friday afternoon, and its my last day in my current job

sorry to hear that. you just know that h&S concerns (read, we don't want to get sued or get in trouble, it's more than my jobsworth) far outweighs any concerns about complaints from residents.

good luck finding somewhere else

yay go Leicester. I don't live there anymore and only recently got into fixed gears but pop into Casino and I'm sure someone there must ride fixed.

tash,

I used to work for the environment services section of a local council (not city of London) and while the letter sounds reasonable there's a few points you probably wont get very far with. First you don't make it clear whether residents have complained to the council or just the security guards at the car park. If they've complained to the council they almost certainly wont let you know who the complainant is, as it breaks data protection legislation.

If the residents have complained to the council, I'd imagine it would be on grounds of noise disturbance. This may be determined by the council as a 'statutory nuisance' under section 79 (i think) of the Environment Act 1990. If they assess that the noise is unacceptable in the residents flats they may go down the route of issuing a noise abatement notice, so it's not just dispersal zones the council could use to stop the fun. Of course if the council assess that there isn't a nuisance there's not much it can do.

I think your approach if defo a good idea though, just sometimes dealing with local councils can be frustrating.

good luck