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Path: number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!feeder.erje.net!lightspeed.eweka.nl!81.171.88.16.MISMATCH!eweka.nl!hq-usenetpeers.eweka.nl!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!npeersf01.ams.highwinds-media.com!newsfe20.ams2.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail Message-ID:  From: _  Newsgroups: uk.transport,uk.rec.cycling Subject: Re: On yer bike: Why there's never been a better time to saddle up Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:34:38 +0000 References:   <13f2eddb-3bcd-4b78-927a-f002e88c1cb6@g1g2000pra.googlegroups.com>  <54ed6837-edda-4fa5-bd20-c9816bb849a4@i18g2000prf.googlegroups.com> <6s9n4bF4ttv6U9@mid.individual.net>  <6sadf9F503h4U1@mid.individual.net>  <6sbrf6F546o0U8@mid.individual.net> Lines: 23 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <6sbrf6F546o0U8@mid.individual.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.21.204.127 X-Complaints-To: http://netreport.virginmedia.com X-Trace: newsfe20.ams2 1231086919 82.21.204.127 (Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:35:19 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:35:19 UTC Organization: virginmedia.com Bytes: 2708 Xref: perfectly-safe.chapmancentral.co.uk uk.rec.cycling:682243

Conor wrote: > In article , _ says... >> Conor wrote: >>> In article , JNugent >>> says... >>> >>> I have driven 24hrs virtually non stop before in my younger days. I >>> would suspect 1400 miles is not unachievable. >>> >> Yikes! The best I've ever managed is less than 900, in 20 hours at the >> wheel through France in a Minor. Its tougher at 60mph cruising, since >> the lower speed becomes monotonous much more quickly on the autoroute. >> > Until November, I was regularly doing 400-450 miles 5 nights a week in > the lorry. > > Yes, I was sorry to hear you were a casualty of the current gloom. To be honest, I don't know how you actually did it - I only took the Minor on seriously long journeys (say, 500+ miles) two or three times a year, but I found the sheer misery of sitting at 60 for hour after hour after hour that my 'new' Minor has a 1380cc lump and a 5-speed box purely so that on those few journeys I can travel at 10 or 15 mph more!