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      CommentAuthorjulianemre
    • CommentTimeApr 27th 2009
     
    Hi guys... as the HGV thread, stickied above, does state, I'm a courier with Excel.... For a short while longer at least... June 10 I leave from Rouen, France, with the intention of breaking the world record for a circumnavigation by bicycle. That will be 18000miles in under 194days as the record currently stands... The ride is not for charity, but it's a social thing, more like an awareness-raiser, suggesting that society is going down the pan and it shouldn't be allowed to, suggesting that I don't like the corporate manner with which the present world record was created.

    Anyway... check out the site ... www.thisisnotforcharity.com ... search for the same group name on facebook, and blogs and twitter will be keeping the whole thing updated as it trundles on.

    I'm back on the streets tomorrow morning, and will be working between now and departure, apart from the days I have to take off to tend to tons of organisation stuff... I guess I should be bumping into some of you. As an idea... if I get some t-shirts run off... does anyone fancy wearing one to work in... I figure I might as well use my day parading around the city for some advertising.

    cheers guys

    julian
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    you're mad
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      CommentAuthorangeleyes
    • CommentTimeApr 27th 2009
     
    i think i broke that record years ago with Mercury's one-ups from Pimliko to camden.In less than a month.
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      CommentAuthoroverdrive
    • CommentTimeApr 27th 2009
     
    @julianemre
    Good luck with this.I admire your reasons for making the attempt as I also dislike the way our society is going.
    But how are you funding this?Do you realise what you're taking on?If you break the record how will we know you've actually been around the world?I hope you suceed as I wanted to something similar around the coast of Britain on a fixed wheel but those cnuts at the Guiness book of records blanked me!
    Good luck again.
    • CommentAuthorjontyponty
    • CommentTimeApr 27th 2009
     
    theres someone on the other forum whose started his attempt. I think he's plannning on doing 120 miles a day, which would take some beating I reckon. Good luck though.
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      CommentAuthorjulianemre
    • CommentTimeApr 27th 2009
     
    Yeah... 120 miles a day would take a mass of beating... thankfully though, the guy is a month in and only averaging 100miles a day, so I think the record will remain in the same territory. As for funding... I've been working like a dog for the last year, and spending like a monk... so that's how I'm funding it... the thing is all set for the off now, and some sponsorship stuff is coming in... A GPS system will track me and link to Google maps, so that's how you'll verify the thing...
    • CommentAuthorakeley
    • CommentTimeApr 27th 2009
     
    staggering.....respect
    and good luck...for the odds are against you :)

    I`m sure Kirk`ll look after you when zoomin` thru Alaska
    • CommentAuthorjontyponty
    • CommentTimeApr 27th 2009
     
    what bike you using? rolhoff? this sounds well exciting man, i might sponsor you even though you dont want it.
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      CommentAuthorj001
    • CommentTimeApr 27th 2009
     
    respect... i'll be following your route mate (on the wbesite, that is)
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      CommentAuthorj001
    • CommentTimeApr 27th 2009
     
    actually i might come to rouen to say hi ... and show some support
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    Yeah, look me up. I'll buy you a red hot. Good luck.
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      CommentAuthornanu
    • CommentTimeApr 28th 2009
     
    Dear Julianemre,

    Bloody Hell! Massive Chapeau to you Sir.
    I wish you the very best of luck in your endeavour, may the gods of mad adventurous spirit travel with you in your panniers.
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    huge respect and good luck. Just read the website and I will be following your progress. Good luck again.
    • CommentAuthorsleepy
    • CommentTimeApr 29th 2009
     
    fookin nutter :shades:

    i wish you the best of luck and a continuous tail wind to sail you on your way.
    • CommentAuthordazzler
    • CommentTimeApr 29th 2009
     
    "working like a dog and spending like a monk" - so that's how you do it? I can only ever manage half of that equation. Must try harder.

    Good luck Julian, sounds absolutely amazing. good job.
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      CommentAuthorjulianemre
    • CommentTimeMay 1st 2009
     
    Hey guys... cheers for all the words of support and encouragement... I am doing it with a Rohloff hub, after months of indecision I decided that, in terms of gear mechs not getting bumped on flights, and in terms of not mauling lots of blocks, it would be the easiest way forward... also got quite a good sponsorship deal on one. Frame is as yet undecided, though a Surly long haul trucker looks likely.
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    up the hardcore stakes - go Fixed! 50 inches should get you up a mountain, and you'll have great fun going down. No worries about fucking up the transmission and you can carry a few spare sprockets as they wear down. Plus you would be the first guy to actually pedal around the world.
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      CommentAuthorj001
    • CommentTimeMay 5th 2009 edited
     
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    • CommentAuthorsleepy
    • CommentTimeMay 13th 2009
     
    good to meet you this morning julian. will do me best to get you some more kit for your travels. :smile:
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    good luck,

    Plenty of cream for your undercarriage, nothing worse than an arse blister.
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      CommentAuthorthirtythree
    • CommentTimeMay 15th 2009 edited
     
    I like the website,
    I like and agree with your thoughts on the state of todays society. The country is being fucked by these left wing cunts. We need a revolution.
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      CommentAuthoroverdrive
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2009
     
    looks like Julian is gonna break the record!
    Go on my son!http://www.thisisnotforcharity.com/
    • CommentAuthorsleepy
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2009
     
    900 miles in 16 days: 900/16 = 56.25 miles per day... laden... i hope he does it, will be a big push though IMO :)

    (i'm figuring the 107 miles per day quoted is including distance travelled by plane, if not then i think some EPO HGH testing needs doing :wink:)
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      CommentAuthoroverdrive
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2009
     
    Nah,he's an exenger,he's probably hashed out or in some sort of K-hole.
    • CommentAuthorjontyponty
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2009
     
    does he not have to go across australia to get the record? Or is it some other record (not the one that gormless Scotsman did recently, impressive though that was)? Or have I merely misinterpreted his map?
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      CommentAuthoroverdrive
    • CommentTimeNov 27th 2009
     
    Yeah,he missed australia but who can blame him?
    • CommentAuthorsleepy
    • CommentTimeDec 3rd 2009
     
    25 miles!

    • CommentAuthorjontyponty
    • CommentTimeDec 3rd 2009 edited
     
    amazing acomplishment, my above comments were in no way meant to cast aspersions on this chaps nangfulness, only to question whether he would seize the record from that orange-sponsored dour scotsman. Fuck, whilst I've pissed away the last few months he has achieved greatness. Oh well.
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      CommentAuthoroverdrive
    • CommentTimeDec 3rd 2009
     
    Shit, I've pissed away the last 25 years.
    Anyway,Julian,I dont know you mate but I'm happy it was done by an ex London courier.
    You've done us proud!
    :clap::clap::clap:
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    I think he's still officially a London courier, Overdrive. He was at Excel until a week before he left. They'd never have given him his deposit back due to a flimsy excuse like a round the world jaunt. I bet MD Greg Hoy will find a reason to deduct a portion of his deposit when he walks in to collect it next week.
    I don't think it's worth your while meeting him. You'd think he was a middle class twat.
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      CommentAuthoroverdrive
    • CommentTimeDec 7th 2009
     
    Oh really?I'll make up my own mind about that.
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      CommentAuthorSideshow
    • CommentTimeDec 7th 2009
     
    Some bloke from Excel with an umbrella and a cheap suit tried to scout me the other day while unlocking my bike. When I asked what his top riders were doing per week he was in oblivion. I bumped into him a few minutes later hassling a post room. Kinda reminded me of ol' Gil from the Simpsons.

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      CommentAuthorwinston
    • CommentTimeDec 9th 2009
     
    What an achievement, love it! possibly the best cycling achievement by a working courier ever!....and his blog posts are hilarious, especially the last one.

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