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300-mile Charity Cycle Ride from London to Amsterdam Streamed Live
Facing Rain and Pain for Charity's Gain
News Release: 3 September 2011
Neither wind, rain, crashes, punctured tyres, nor lack of sleep could keep one group of determined cyclists from their aim: to cycle 300 miles across four countries in just 24 hours to raise money for the benefit of blind and visually impaired children.
More than 1.5 hours of the ride was streamed live courtesy of a LiveU LU60 cellular uplink backpack unit supplied by Garland Partners.
Once the team had made the ferry ride to France, they found their luck had changed; they now were riding with a tailwind and travelling on smooth, open roads. But after hours of night riding, the tiredness hit. “Darren Whitehead of IBC fame crashed his handcrafted, blacksmith-built 1932 steel ‘racer’ into the curb,” stated Joss. “The bike was fine, but Darren somewhat sore.”After almost 100 miles, the team stopped for a bowl of pasta and a quick change of clothes before heading off for the final leg of the journey. “Despite having to use the Netherland’s well-intended, but not always logical bike paths, a quick ferry ride and some very odd, tiredness-fuelled conversations, the team rolled in to Amsterdam in the early evening and we immediately threw our bikes to the ground,” explained Joss. “Rarely has a beer tasted so good.”
