I'm Doing A Charity BMX Ride - Advice Needed??

[Retrodan72]

Next year, I have decided to do a charity bike ride on a BMX.

I'm doing 50 miles and hope to raise some money for the Macmillan Nurses.

I have started my diet and keep fit regime (Christmas will get in the way of that) but I'm hoping to do this in March or April - this will give me plenty of time to be at my optimum fitness, fully prepare and get plenty of sponsors.

I know a few of you have tackled charity rides on you Old School bikes, so what advice can you lot give me?

Cheers, Dan.

[drinksexbmx]

Cover your whole crotch and bum area in vasaline !!

[griff]

nice one Dan 

padded seat cover 
padded cycling shorts under whatever you're wearing 

[Retrodan72]

Cover your whole crotch and bum area in vasaline !!

Is this what we have become? A newbie with their second post already commenting about a man's bum.

Cheers for the advice.

[drinksexbmx]

It works a treat and feels sooo Gooood..!
No rubbing/rashes etc

[Retrodan72]

It works a treat and feels sooo Gooood..!
No rubbing/rashes etc

I may just do that while I'm sat at home watching the telly, just for the feeling.

John, I've already got the shorts, was gonna get a padded Kashi off Moonster.

[drinksexbmx]

It works a treat and feels sooo Gooood..!
No rubbing/rashes etc

I may just do that while I'm sat at home watching the telly, just for the feeling.

John, I've already got the shorts, was gonna get a padded Kashi off Moonster.

Dont forget to sit on your hand for half an hour first 

[That Swan Guy]

Hey Dan Guy I have one of these on my CW and they are uber comfy.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Odyssey-Mike-Aitken-Railed-Seat-Black-/200972874863?pt=US_Saddles_Seats&hash=item2ecaeab46f

[Retrodan72]

Hey Dan Guy I have one of these on my CW and they are uber comfy.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Odyssey-Mike-Aitken-Railed-Seat-Black-/200972874863?pt=US_Saddles_Seats&hash=item2ecaeab46f

Cheers Swan dude, cheap enough, and it's only for one day.

I don't want my 4rse to resemble Stuart Lubbocks do I?   

[pickle]

Either a padded seat cover or change the seat for a mtb one.

Get the longest seat post you can find to stop your knees hurting.......sealed bearing hubs for smoothness

Good brakes for when the traffic lights turn red at the bottom of hills

Gloves

Small tool kit and spare tubes

Try and get a fair few miles in on your bike and build it up to about a 20 mile ride with in a few weeks of your ride

 

[Retrodan72]

Either a padded seat cover or change the seat for a mtb one.

Get the longest seat post you can find to stop your knees hurting.......sealed bearing hubs for smoothness

Good brakes for when the traffic lights turn red at the bottom of hills

Gloves

Small tool kit and spare tubes

Try and get a fair few miles in on your bike and build it up to about a 20 mile ride with in a few weeks of your ride

 

Top advice Rob, cheers.

I'm going to do this in my Supergoose, nice and light with a 44t on it. I was defo going for a longer seat post, and I know the rear brake is up to it, fortunately, there is only about 15 mile on the road, which is fairly flat, the rest is on cycle routes.

I did the route a few weeks ago on my MTB, took just over 3 hours, but I had a head wind most of the day, never even got into top cog, I'll do the reverse this time, hope the wind's kinder.

[pickle]

Sounds like you've got the fitness thing down dan if you can manage it on your mtb 

[pickle]

Where is it? Maybe we can get a team together?

[Retrodan72]

Where is it? Maybe we can get a team together?

It's from Llandudno on the North Wales coast to Chester Railway Station.

[pickle]

Oh fook thats a bit far for me to travel 

[Retrodan72]

Oh fook thats a bit far for me to travel 

Yeah, it is a bit out of the way, and you have to pedal like fook through Rhyl to stop the scagheads robbing you.

[That Swan Guy]

Where is it? Maybe we can get a team together?

It's from Llandudno on the North Wales coast to Chester Railway Station.

Fook me Dan you'll have to pedal like fook past Rhyl!

[That Swan Guy]

 

[monkian]

Good luck with this man. Great cause
There's a few of us on here that did a couple of the Moonriders events on OS 20" BMX.

Personally, I'd recommend training on the bike you're going to use for the event and slowly increase the millage and weight. This will allow you to work out any tweaks to the set-up and components etc along with muscle memory. Keep the weight to a minimum (in what you carry and wear) and I found it easier to load the bike rather than use a rucksack / camel back thing but it's up to you. Also if it's an organised event, a small bottle should be plenty to get you to one of the rest stops

Tool kit should just be the essentials to change a tube (mini 15mm spanner, plastic levers, pump, tube)
Allen Key or two and a couple of spare chain links plus a link splitter tool.

I did the London to Brighton on this:



All this talk and I've almost forgot how bad the London to Cambridge ride was...
I did say never again

Hope that helps some. Good luck

[brettypeeps]

Smooth tyres and a Big front chainring for that route Dan 46T/47T would work sweet imo and shoud be a cheap pickup for that size.

[insectbones]

Nice one Dan 

I slept in a shelter on Rhyl seafront at a scooter rally in the late '80s, got woken up by some drunk old fella chatting away about 3 in the morning, what a place 

Ride fast through there...

Good luck 

[In2bmx]

Nice one Dan  ..

I'll sponsor you 10p a mile 

[Retrodan72]

Cheers lads.