Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
They won’t be fitted till early July. Just some good prices and availability at the moment. For now they’ll sit in a dark dry corner.
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They won’t be fitted till early July. Just some good prices and availability at the moment. For now they’ll sit in a dark dry corner.
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
That's very laid back. Are they special race tyres?
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Not that special, just mid range road tyres in terms of rolling. Certainly not Continental GP5000 level of rolling. I normally run touring tyres (lighter end of that) for my every day. I did some tests during one of the 2020 lockdowns and mid range road tyres compared to my touring tyres added between 1.5 to 2 km/h to my averages on a fairly flat bit of road I tested on over an hour. Which will add up to a lot over LEL timescales. For everyday I’m happy enough on touring tyres, which are faff free, and last a long time.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Entries open again . Get in there whilst you can, and shrug off the shucks.
https://londonedinburghlondon.com/enter
Tribansman
Veteran
Thank you! Just entered. Now just need to confirm with Mrs T that it's a good investment in my health and fitness. Think she'll just about be ok with it!
matticus
Guru
Ming the Endurance Sport Influencer. He's Merciless you know.
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
He won't take that epithet lying down: 'Ming the Supine'.
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
I’m sure @Tribansman will be cursing me when they are on top of Yadd Moss at 3am, it is blowing a hoolie and tipping down, and they have a puncture. The consolation will be that I Ming, will be out there somewhere as well, in the Merciless weather.
Tribansman
Veteran
I may well be, but hopefully that will all be forgotten at the finish when I'm supping a beer having limped in with minutes to spare, exhausted but ecstatic!
On my last long audax (1200km), I finished with 10 mins to spare, having spent too long over a pizza when I got complacent about how much time I had in hand. Will have to sort the amount of time I spend faffing at controls and also be better at setting my alarm so I don't wake up having had two or three hours more than planned!
Really looking forward to this, now need to put a rough training schedule together. Confident that I've got an ok endurance base, just need to factor in some long, overnight rides and back to back 200 mile days
Goldenretriever
Veteran
- Location
- Near Norwich
It's nearly here, just want to wish good luck to all of you who are riding. I'm volunteering, Sunday and Monday at Boston and then down to Great Easton for the next four days. I may be rather tired at the end of the week, but probably not as satisfied as the people who ride and finish. Hopefully be able to put some faces to names somehow.
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
Best of luck to all riders. I am running Registration on the Saturday (preceded by many hours registration bag stuffing for the team Thu pm and all Friday) at Debden/Loughton. Know your rider number please 
and thoroughly read the FAQs on https://londonedinburghlondon.com/faq before arriving.
and thoroughly read the FAQs on https://londonedinburghlondon.com/faq before arriving.
Best of luck to all riders. I am running Registration on the Saturday (preceded by many hours registration bag stuffing for the team Thu pm and all Friday) at Debden/Loughton. Know your rider number please
I'm at Debden too. Friday to Sunday. Organising the car parking, whilst my partner is heading up the refreshments and food.. See you then.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
See you next Sat. Nice easy four hour leg loosener today. All bike fettlings done a week ago are good and bike ready for its long awaited adventure.
Alien8
Senior Moment
- Location
- (A little bit north of) Cambridge
Any riders want to reveal their number/start-time?
I'm AN23 starting at the back (14:45).
This time around, here's hoping there'll be some food left at the early controls!
I'm AN23 starting at the back (14:45).
This time around, here's hoping there'll be some food left at the early controls!
