After a hard day in the hills, the Cycle team were hoping for an easy day cycling from Dieppe to Cergy. We started the morning with a great view and gentle route along Avenue Verte…
Moving on to the public roads…
Then France brought on its finest weather to ruin a cheese plate and glass of red wine…
Despite the bad conditions and dampened spirits the team made it to Cergy and are looking forward to getting to the Linx Evry office tomorrow.
The cycle team was given a big send off by Linx staff and EAAA and we couldn’t have asked for better weather on our first day.
84 miles in the British sunshine kept the spirits high. The group stayed together and kept ahead of schedule letting us enjoy a beverage a Tower Bridge.
Thanks again for our support team, especially keeping the drinks cold for the end of the day.
With two days before the grand depart, the Linx team had a Sausage Sizzle (BBQ) to raise money. Considering it was the only day this week without sun, we managed to raise £450 over lunch taking the current total to £6,134!
Thanks for everyone who braved the cold.
Lots of action last week! A large group participated in the Cambridge 100 on Sunday the 1st May. It was the team’s first chance to test out the kit for the ride.
Last week also saw lots of fundraising, with the total getting of 20% of our target breaking £2,000. A big portion of this was the £445 raised in the daily car wash by the riders as well as a few Linx directors.
2 Linx Directors helping out at the #charity car wash for #EAAA wearing their native attire (Australia & Scotland) pic.twitter.com/UU6fG1sozx
— Linx Printing (@LinxPrintingTec) 6 May 2016
The daily car wash was also received a visit from the East Anglia Air Ambulance van.
A second bake sales is running today (Monday 18th May) to raise money for East Anglia Air Ambulance. As requested there are lots of savoury baking over the weekend.
You can also donate at Just Giving.
Over the last few weekends I have been out testing the routes for day 1 and day 2 of our ride.
St Ives to Bromley
A few weekends ago I rode a shortened route from Cambridge to London to check the suitability of the route. Day 1 is a long day in the saddle covering 81 miles. For the 57 miles tested, it is a pretty nice quite route… Lots of easy hills and nice views. Around Harlow it is a bit hectic, but then eases off through Epping before hitting Stratford and London. All the roads around London have been resurfaced, so it should be a pretty smooth run into the city.
https://www.strava.com/activities/533390920
Bromley to Newhaven
Day 2 couldn’t be any different to the first day. Whilst it is only 56 miles, the hills just keep coming and coming. I rode form Greenwich to Seaford which is pretty much most of the route we will take. This is going to be a real test on the legs with three climbs at Beddlestead Lane, Toys Hill and Chuck Hatch Road.
https://www.strava.com/activities/540270617
The first training session will be next weekend on Sunday the 20th March. It’s a 50 mile loop starting in Royston.
The suggested group training dates are:
Sunday 2oth March – 50 mile starting at Royston
Weekend of 2nd April – TBC
Saturday 23rd April – The Dare 2B Rutland CiCle Tour
Sunday 1st May – Cambridge 100
Weekend of the 14 May – TBC
Our fund raising will kick off with a bake sale at the Linx canteen on Wednesday the 16th March. Sweets and savouries baked by Paul, Mark, Jason, Wayne, John and Chris’s mum.
All funds will be going to East Anglia Air Ambulance.
We have set up a Strava club so we can track our training progress. You can join, keep track and compete for the weekly leaderboard here Linx Strava Club.
Linx Cycle Challenge from St Ives to Evry by Bike - Raising £10,000 for East Anglia Air Ambulance 