Team Boards.ie/Wheelworxs Race Around Ireland from September 14 2010

Beasty

Raam wrote: »

Shaun, I've really missed your posts around here. Don't ever leave us again.

He's no RAI to worry about this year, so has started his hibernation plans a bit early. I believe he has agreed to take any leftover cakes off your hands after you complete the trip, as he's got to bulk-up for the long winter ahead ...

jeffontour

Beasty wrote: »

leftover cakes

You've never seen Raam eat have you?

jeffontour

petethedrummer wrote: »

With all this prep work yous are going to have to win it now. No pressure.:D

Caroline has played an absolute blinder on the PR/sponsorship front. If there is anyone out there looking for a whirlwind to whip up enthusiasm I can thoroughly recommend her!

We've a busy couple of weeks ahead and then the serious work of hugging/cajoling/screaming/mothering/beasting the riders round starts. I can't wait for it and am quite envious of the lads doing the riding but I doubt I'll be thinking that when I first see one of them drooling and sobbing his way into a headwind in the arse end of nowhere some cold night

rash

any idea on dates/times when ye might be in Kerry during the trip

Raam

Some time on the 16th I guess.

emtroche

rash wrote: »

any idea on dates/times when ye might be in Kerry during the trip

We have a schedule which can be downloaded here

That gives a rough idea of expected times at given speeds. The website will be updated regularly during the race so it should be a lot easier to know when people are passing a certain place.

Caroline_ie

emtroche wrote: »

We have a schedule which can be downloaded here

That gives a rough idea of expected times at given speeds. The website will be updated regularly during the race so it should be a lot easier to know when people are passing a certain place.

I think they're after the cake ...

cycleofusa2010

Hi guys,

Just want to send you a big good luck for the upcoming race.

We're doing some long days in the saddle at the moment (3 Irish guys travelling from Seattle to Washington D.C. over 7 weeks) but it's a different ball game altogether doing such distances in one go.

Hope all is well with the training and you stay safe on the road.

Best,
Eoin and the Cycle of America 2010 Team
www.cycleofamerica2010.com

jeffontour

Preparations coming along nicely. Team meeting last night just drove home how much of an undertaking this is but I for one haven't lost sight that it's going to be a great experience.

Wondering if anyone has any insight into excess insurance when renting a camper? I've got it in the past for standard car rental but can't seem to find any for camper vans.

Cheers folks.

Caroline_ie

Thank you Premier Foods and Cadbury! We got 2 of of each of these: Cadbury Cake Cars, Cadbury Mini Rolls, Gateau French Fancies, Gateau Swiss Rolls, Mr Kipling Oatibakes


PS... i'm only 5foot nothing ...

Lumen

Holy transfats!

Caroline_ie

Lumen wrote: »

Holy transfats!

I wasn't expecting them to be so generous tbh

shaungil

Just for Raam.

You've gotta get some good results with that. It's really taking the biscuit.

Raam

shaungil wrote: »

Just for Raam.

You've gotta get some good results with that. It's really taking the biscuit.

I'm biting my cadbury's fingers in anticipation of the event.

shaungil

Custard creaming yourself with excitement

jeffontour

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Thank you Premier Foods and Cadbury! We got 2 of of each of these: Cadbury Cake Cars, Cadbury Mini Rolls, Gateau French Fancies, Gateau Swiss Rolls, Mr Kipling Oatibakes


PS... i'm only 5foot nothing ...

Holy cr^p! We're gonna need a bigger camper van.......

Caroline_ie

jeffontour wrote: »

Holy cr^p! We're gonna need a bigger camper van.......

... and another toilet.

The tax man

@Caroline Tried to send you a PM but your PM inbox is full(must be people looking for cake) so I've sent it to Tom.

100Suns

It would be a grave insult to your sponsors if the riders didn't eat every last morsel of what's in every one of those boxes before the event. Absolutely no sharing and no secreting chocolate in vases, household appliances and pets.

Caroline_ie

100Suns wrote: »

It would be a grave insult to your sponsors if the riders didn't eat every last morsel of what's in every one of those boxes before the event. Absolutely no sharing and no secreting chocolate in vases, household appliances and pets.

Yes, D., you can have some as you are racing and you're a real boardsie ( but noone else on your team ).
We will be happy to share the Gateaux Swiss Rolls with visiting cheering Boardsies at the start and finish too

Beasty

If you get the timing right, I'm going to try to get to the finish - any chance of saving me a Cadbury's Mini Roll?

Caroline_ie

Beasty wrote: »

If you get the timing right, I'm going to try to get to the finish - any chance of saving me a Cadbury's Mini Roll?

We only have about 120 of these ... I am not sure there will ne any left

Lumen

Caroline_ie wrote: »

We only have about 120 of these ... I am not sure there will ne any left

Each mini roll contains 116 calories. This is enough to fuel approx 8 minutes of cycling.

If this thing takes 4 days and we only had mini rolls to eat, we would need approx 720 mini rolls, plus another 275 ish for background metabolism. That would total about 1000 mini rolls, which would weigh about 26kg, the weight of an average 8 year old boy.

...and that's just for the riders. The crew would have to eat each other.

Caroline_ie

Lumen wrote: »

...and that's just for the riders. The crew would have to eat each other.

Which of the crew member would be more calorific to eat ..? I am thinking me, however i am smaller and not as lean as Dirk so there would be more proteins in Dirk than me.

Raam

There will be no cakes left.

Beasty

Lumen wrote: »

we would need approx 720 mini rolls, plus another 275 ish for background metabolism. That would total about 1000 mini rolls,

So you're admitting you are nearly 900 mini rolls short. Sounds like bad planning to me. Who's responsible for this fiasco?

Blowfish

Beasty wrote: »

So you're admitting you are nearly 900 mini rolls short. Sounds like bad planning to me. Who's responsible for this fiasco?

It's ok, apparently all they need to do is kidnap an 8 year old boy and they'll be fine.

jeffontour

Lumen wrote: »

The crew would have to eat each other.

No crew members may be consumed until deemed replaceable, surplus to requirements or they block the jax in the camper.

shaungil

8yr olds?

Midgets on bikes now I'm getting reaaaaallll interested.

godihatedehills

jeffontour wrote: »

Preparations coming along nicely. Team meeting last night just drove home how much of an undertaking this is but I for one haven't lost sight that it's going to be a great experience.

Wondering if anyone has any insight into excess insurance when renting a camper? I've got it in the past for standard car rental but can't seem to find any for camper vans.

Cheers folks.

Rented one once before and you couldn't reduce the excess, so try not to rent it from total cowboys....

Caroline_ie

godihatedehills wrote: »

Rented one once before and you couldn't reduce the excess, so try not to rent it from total cowboys....

what about not crashing ...?

mloc123

Caroline_ie wrote: »

what about not crashing ...?

Its not the driver of the camper you need to worry about. Over on ART when they were doing the Malin to Mizen run 3 people crashed into their camper van. Typical impatient drivers trying to squeeze by them etc..

rash

Best of luck, hope all goes well, will be keeping a close eye on the progress and if you're passing thru Killarney/Tralee at a a decent hour I'll try to get out to cheer ye on.

emtroche

Caroline_ie wrote: »

We only have about 120 of these ... I am not sure there will ne any left

If thats what you guys got i cant wait to see what the 8-person Cadburys team got!!

jeffontour

emtroche wrote: »

If thats what you guys got i cant wait to see what the 8-person Cadburys team got!!

They haven't got Caro working for them so we probably got their quota.....

Caroline_ie

I had two option for minding these boxes. Dropping them off at Lumen's knowing that his body is a temple, however, he has 2 young kids and I don't trust them. So I decided to leave the boxes with Tom ... however, I think the toddlers might have have been a better idea.

emtroche

jeffontour wrote: »

They haven't got Caro working for them so we probably got their quota.....

Think me may try and get Caroline working for the race organisation next year!

niceonetom

Bad news, team-mates. Those boxes turned out to be a lot emptier than we first thought. Some of them have nothing at all in them except empty wrappers.

In completely unrelated news I seem to have suddenly become quite obese and now have type 2 diabetes.

toomuchdetail

Is there anything apart from shouts of encouragement people can give enroute to support the extended team ?
Trying to follow th earlier enclosed schedule but there seems to be a big window where people are going thru.

Raam

toomuchdetail wrote: »

Is there anything apart from shouts of encouragement people can give enroute to support the extended team ?
Trying to follow th earlier enclosed schedule but there seems to be a big window where people are going thru.

Sandwiches! Failing that, shouts of encouragement will do just fine

See you on the road.

Beasty

Chasing them up the hills in mankinis may encourage them to go a bit faster ....

Caroline_ie

Hermy had to pull out of the race - We need a replacement with a full drivers licence to help in the support vehicle.

Please if you are available from tuesday to saturday, let me or RAAM know.

Thanks

jeffontour

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Hermy had to pull out of the race - We need a replacement with a full drivers licence to help in the support vehicle.

Please if you are available from tuesday to saturday, let me or RAAM know.

Thanks

GoHardOrGoHome has been roped in, I mean volunteered. Thanks to Hermy for all his help up to now.

Raam

That was a scary hour and a half. :pac:

Caroline_ie

Here it is!

Caroline_ie

Guys - we are planning to finish the race with Boards.ie kits - we would need the loan of 2 M jerseys if possible ... I originally asked for S ... but our riders have started the cakes already ...

Please let me know if you can help!

thanks a mil!

emtroche

The Race Around Ireland inbox has gone spookily quiet over the last 24 hours! :rolleyes:

100Suns

Is it possible to OD on cake? Would appear so!:eek:

Raam

100Suns wrote: »

Is it possible to OD on cake? Would appear so!:eek:

I've come close a few times.

Do you prefer Cadbury's Rolls or French Fancies? We may have some to spare :P

ROK ON

Raam wrote: »

I've come close a few times.

Do you prefer Cadbury's Rolls or French Fancies? We may have some to spare :P

Keep me a fancy and I may help you as you come thru Kerry:D
Choc or Pink one. You can keep the yellow ones.