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Hartlepool by bike!
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shooter mcgavin
Coach
What the f*** are you on?
The Fitter
Coach
It depends.[b said:
Will you be riding a Chopper?
canveyshrimper
R.I.P
Better start now.[b said:
Interpol Shrimper
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Maybe Lance Armstrong is a closet Southend United fan & stumbled upon this message board and used the psuedonym "Wiggy" as a reference to the hairloss during his cancer treatment.
Hence, if this deduction is correct, I predict South East Essex to Hartlepool would take about 11 hours
Hence, if this deduction is correct, I predict South East Essex to Hartlepool would take about 11 hours
moneypit23
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I'm not enjoying that thought.[b said:
SUFCFARAWAY
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Well lets see;
By car = 7 and a half hours including stops.
By bike (avoiding all motorways)
= on average 6 miles an hour
= 298 miles /6 hous
= 49 and a half hours continous cycling
but you will never do 6 hours per hour so you are looking at 70 hours
By car = 7 and a half hours including stops.
By bike (avoiding all motorways)
= on average 6 miles an hour
= 298 miles /6 hous
= 49 and a half hours continous cycling
but you will never do 6 hours per hour so you are looking at 70 hours
Matt the Shrimp
aka Harry Potter
Well, according to the AA, it's a shade over 300 miles:
Roots Hall to Victoria Park avoiding motorways
As a cyclist, you can assume that you'll be able to manage 12 m.p.h. - but let's be conservative and say 10 m.p.h. (makes the numbers easier).
That would represent a raw figure of 30 hours' worth of cycling.
You should then factor in that you need probably a 15 minutes stop every hour - for a breather, a wee etc., and 4 longer stops during a days' cycling - an hour for lunch, an hour for tea, a coffee break etc.
So, factoring in fitness levels, breaks, meals, sleep and things like punctures, you'll be doing well if you cycle for more than 6-7 hours in a day. So, let's presume you'll travel 70 miles a day, then it should take you somewhere between 4 and 5 days to get to Hartlepool from Southend.
Oh, and it'll take between 4 and 5 days to get back, obviously.
So long as you set off first thing on Tuesday morning and put a big day in, then you should theoretically be in Pools in time for a 3pm kick-off on Saturday; coming back, you should be back by some time on Thursday the following week.
That said, out of an abundance of caution, I'd clear two weeks in your diary - leave Southend on the Monday, and bank on getting back by the Friday after the game.
All part of the friendly SZ advisory service, you know...
Matt
Roots Hall to Victoria Park avoiding motorways
As a cyclist, you can assume that you'll be able to manage 12 m.p.h. - but let's be conservative and say 10 m.p.h. (makes the numbers easier).
That would represent a raw figure of 30 hours' worth of cycling.
You should then factor in that you need probably a 15 minutes stop every hour - for a breather, a wee etc., and 4 longer stops during a days' cycling - an hour for lunch, an hour for tea, a coffee break etc.
So, factoring in fitness levels, breaks, meals, sleep and things like punctures, you'll be doing well if you cycle for more than 6-7 hours in a day. So, let's presume you'll travel 70 miles a day, then it should take you somewhere between 4 and 5 days to get to Hartlepool from Southend.
Oh, and it'll take between 4 and 5 days to get back, obviously.
So long as you set off first thing on Tuesday morning and put a big day in, then you should theoretically be in Pools in time for a 3pm kick-off on Saturday; coming back, you should be back by some time on Thursday the following week.
That said, out of an abundance of caution, I'd clear two weeks in your diary - leave Southend on the Monday, and bank on getting back by the Friday after the game.
All part of the friendly SZ advisory service, you know...
Matt
Matt the Shrimp
aka Harry Potter
That's bloomin' slow cycling, if I may say so.[b said:
I'm not exactly Lance Armstrong, but I can achieve 12 mph cycling in London - it's pretty standard cyclist speed.
Matt
Uncle Leo
This cook is an anti-semite
Another. Stupid. Hartlepool. Thread.
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