Riders’ Registered:

Bryany Benson, Steve Buchanan, Mark Butler, Andy Champness, Connor Chatfield, Paul Coleman, John Corrigan, Paul Coward, Paul Evans, Kizzy Felstead, Karl Fisher, David Gavriluk, Richard Haley, Andrew Hunter, Martin Jackson, David Jones, Ian Khan, Thomas Maxwell, Ian Mercer (Legend), Michael Milburn, Kenneth Nicholls, Peter Oglesby, Joshua Pewsey, Simon Phillipson, Malcolm Singleton, John Slinger, Russell Stephenson, Mark Stevenson, Jeff Stobbart, Benjamin Teasdale, Ian Todner, David Turner, Nat Wallbank, Roy Willan, Geoffrey Willis, Dan Withers, Ann Withers, Mike Wong, Anthony Woolgar.

Service Team List:

• Angela Mercer
• John Webster
• Carol Webster
• Simon Fox
• Nick Wilson
• Gary Pewsey
• Dale Collinson
• Debra Baxter
• Anne Bedington
• Jim Hancock

What we would like our service team to do:

• To transport riders and equipment to and from event and along the route.
• To provide support and help along the route, give out food and drink when required.
• Help with repairs to equipment and first aid if needed to riders.
• Take lots of nice pictures !!
• To be at designated checkpoints

Bikes:

• You can do the challenge on a racing bike - there are 3 miles of rough sections. It depends how much you value your racing bike!!
  
  
• If you are doing it on a mountain bike I suggest you have slick tyres put on, as rough tyres will give too much drag and make it very hard.
  
  
• You will also need a bottle cage.

Transport:

• We will allocate the minibuses and transit vans for you,and where possible we will load the bikes up the night before.
  
  
• When loading the bikes, I suggest you bring some  packing material to stop your bike being damaged.  Any suggestions on how we should do this?
  
  
• We intend to set off at 6am sharp, and hopefully arrive at Whitehaven at 8:30.
  
  
• On return, we will have hopefully finished by 5 or 6 and depending whether we stop for a bite to eat arrive at approx 8pm.

Equipment Required:

• Bike
  
  
• Waterproofs (hopefully not needed)
  
  
• Sun cream
  
  
• Cycling gear
  
  
• Sleeping bag
  
  
• Insect Repellent
  
  
• Tent (& equipment) if camping
  
  
• Overnight bag (towel, smelly stuff)
  
  
• Plenty of cream for your bums!!! (I use Dakatrin)
  
  
• 2 Drinking bottles
  
  
• Mobile phone.
  
  
• Camera for plenty off nice pictures.
  
  
• Money for Lunches
  
  
• Most importantly a big smiley face, especially for going up the hills.

Food:

• You can bring your own food and the service team will hand it out when required.
  
  
• Or bring some money as there will be plenty of places to stop along the route.
  
  
• We will have to decide whether we stop for a evening meal on the way back or just go straight home.

Drink:

• We will give out water or electrolyte energy drinks.
  
  
• I suggest you try the SIS electrolyte energy drink to make sure it agrees with you.
  
  
• Bring 2 bottles with marks on for mixing powder(labelled with your name) - one so service team can mix it whilst your riding and one for the bike.
  
  
• If you want your own drinks just bring them along and the service team will give

Sponsors:

Here are the sponsors that have supported our challenge so far….

• North West Engineering
  
  
• Axon Resourcing
  
  
• Helme’s Garage, Lancaster university
  
  
• Robinsons Newsagents, Lancaster university
  
  
• S.Stalkers Newsagents, Halton
  
  
• Line and Jones
  
  
• Bardon Agregates

If you know of any other companies or shops that would help. Please contact me.