This page covers activity in 2008 and 2009
There were two attempts at records, both successfully yielding two
records each.
2008 RRA #35 12 hours tandem-tricycle with Paul Mace
262 miles
2008 RRA #36 Land's End to London tandem-tricycle with Paul
Mace 13h 37m 35s for 290 miles
2009 RRA #37 12 hours tandem-tricycle with Paul Mace
273.2 miles
2009 RRA #38 London to Edinburgh tandem-tricycle with Paul
Mace 19h 15m 51s for 380 miles
Report on Land's
End to London 2008 with Paul **
Schedule for Land's End to
London 2008
Messages received around
the time of the ride
Actual times, Weather
charts, and a letter
Media mentions:
Bucks Free Press
article 1 Bucks Free
Press article 2
** To clarify the comment at the end of the
report, despite the 12 hour being around 262 miles, only the final 150
would have to be measured because the RRA already had measurements from
Land's End to Exeter.
We had it easy. Check out this
marvellous article from a 1936 edition of The
Bicycle, covering Innes and Thompson's tandem-bicycle ride over the
route. I'm guessing the photo was not taken immediately after the
finish.
(Also included are the names of the 12 riders in the North Road
Invitational 50. This race would attract the best 12 riders each
year, and was a high prestige event)
The Powneys from Kingston Phoenix RC were great tandem bicycle
riders in the 1950s.
Here's a report on their
Land's End to
London record ride from 1955
(swiped from the KPRC Facebook page - hope that's ok)
Report on London
to Edinburgh 2009 with Paul Schedule
for London to Edinburgh
In 2008, I also submitted schedules for
York to
Edinburgh with my brother Tim. We didn't do the ride.
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