Tour de France holiday
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Tour de France holiday
Postby briztoon » Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:54 am
Well my "family" won a Tour de France package for two people to this years Tour de France. Thanks Subaru, GreenEdge, Cycling Australia and SBS It's the Cycling Australia tour with SBS. Still some discussion as who gets to go as three doesn't go in to two We're trying to find out if there is a place left on the tour to buy.
Has anyone here been on one of the SBS tours in the past?
I am thinking of seeing if I can upgrade to the ride the tour package. But, I am unsure about riding up them big Alps hills As some one who is crap at climbing, I don't know if the tour allows for participants to hitch a ride in the support vehicles.
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Re: Tour de France holiday
Postby cyclotaur » Sat Jun 08, 2013 10:00 am
TIP : 3 into 2 doesn't go ? I sent my wife and daughter to Barcelona when I did a trip to TdF in 2011.
Have fun !!
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Re: Tour de France holiday
Postby roller » Mon Jun 10, 2013 11:25 am
congratulations! insanely jealous.briztoon wrote:But, I am unsure about riding up them big Alps hills As some one who is crap at climbing, I don't know if the tour allows for participants to hitch a ride in the support vehicles.
re: hills
just take it really slow & steady and you'll be ok.
could be worth putting in a few weeks of hills training between now and then though.
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Re: Tour de France holiday
Postby briztoon » Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:05 pm
Well, provided there is a place left on the tour, we'll be buying a third package. I'm still undecided about whether to go as a spectator or participant.
I plan on getting in as much riding as possible, but I still worry I won't be in any condition to seriously do any of the climbs in the tour package.
I started a new job two months ago and have been working two jobs. Pretty much the only riding I've done is commute to work on the days it hasn't looked like rain. A grand total or 26km return.
I'm also not sure what I'll need to take. I've never traveled before, so am totally clueless about everything.
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Re: Tour de France holiday
Postby cyclotaur » Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:17 pm
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Re: Tour de France holiday
Postby briztoon » Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:22 pm
Pretty much what I've been thinking, but I don't want to let down the other riders on the tour, being the person at the back holding the group back.
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Re: Tour de France holiday
Postby cyclotaur » Mon Jun 10, 2013 6:49 pm
You have 30 days to improve your general fitness and riding and then a fully supported tour.
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Re: Tour de France holiday
Postby roller » Mon Jun 10, 2013 7:43 pm
you won't be, in my experience (which is 2 overseas cycling trips now, old hand i am) within every group there's always people of wildly varying abilities, the really fast strong ones, the slower ones and then the even slower ones, i have no doubt you'll find someone to cycle with who is around your ability.briztoon wrote:I love the Australian mindset. "You'll be right mate".
Pretty much what I've been thinking, but I don't want to let down the other riders on the tour, being the person at the back holding the group back.
also, if you go to the tour de france on a guided all expenses tour with rider support. . . going over all these famous climbs and cols and wot not. .and you don't cycle, you will absolutely KICK yourself for years to come.
in the following years when the tour goes over the roads, cols, mountains that you could have cycled over, instead of sitting there in front of the telly thinking "i remember the day i rode that mountain" you'll be thinking "i remember the day i could have ridden than but i didn't because. . . ."
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Postby toolonglegs » Mon Jun 10, 2013 8:18 pm
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Re: Tour de France holiday
Postby briztoon » Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:19 pm
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Re: Tour de France holiday
Postby thecaptn » Mon Jun 10, 2013 9:24 pm
A bullhorn and trident.briztoon wrote:So for the experienced guys, what do I need to take?
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Re: Tour de France holiday
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Re: Tour de France holiday
Postby Chuck » Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:40 pm
BianchiCam wrote:Anything further from your trip?
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