The fantastic folks at Transport For London did a sponsored ride from London to Canterbury.  This was the third year they've done a "Challenge"

Date was = 6th June, 2009

Raised a very impressive £15,170.13

ROUTE

• London - starting at Greenwich
• http://www.re-cycle.org/How_To/Sponsored_Ride/Rides/UK/London_to_Canterb...

Meeting at 07:15 at BOTTOM of Greenwich Park (King William Walk) outside the Vietnamese restaurant (straight on from The Cutty Sark and over main road)

• Dartford
• Chatham
• Tunbridge
• Royal Tunbridge Wells
• Ashford
• Canterbury

Stop and Rests

(Water, bananas, malt loaf, Jelly babies only will be provided)

Knowle Road (circa 1 mile before Burham)
Mum & Dad Tucker

Horsmonden Village Green (as on the trial run)
Beth Grainger & Geetha Bala

Stubbs Cross (on Ashford cut-across)
Mark Berzins (& another?)

Bike presentation given by Duncan at the group meeting, 27th Feb.

Download as Powerpoint - or -  OpenOffice

Re~Cycle to provide support functions

• Bikes for tfl riders - we have a couple of refurbished racing bikes ready in Colchester (50 mins from Liverpool St Station) for anyone needing a bike for the ride, and we will add more to the list as they become available...

Carrera Kinetic Racer - 59cm frame, 501 tubing, Continental Ultra slick tyres, 14 speed in Silver & Purple. Paintwork a bit scruffy but otherwise a nice bike. £65  (pic below - more + bigger pics at bottom)

Raleigh Aveo cro-mo 21.5" (55cm) frame. 14 speed. Schwalbe Blizzard Sport (slick) Puncture Protection tyres. Shimano Deore rear mech. SunTour front mech (not original). & Shimano Exage 300LX chainset. In almost new condition. £90 (pic below - more + bigger pics at bottom)

• Mechanic tweak + pump at start of ride

• Mechanic in Van   -  Our head mechanic, 'the man with plan and van', Adrian

Catch Up Stations

• Sustrans (asked Chris 10/1/09)
• Local bike clubs

Training

• Velodrome – exercise – team building (Merlin asked 8/2/09)

Tuesday evening sessions Bring your own bike Starting in April 19:00 - 21:00 (or until dark) Adults £4 http://www.vcl.org.uk

• LCC - bike buddy scheme

OTHER WAYS TFL CAN HELP

Bikes from train stations

Mobile phones and PDAs (pref. with charger)

Storage

Both large and small

• at train stations
• Depots
• Smaller more central spaces
• Waiting for development
• http://www.tfl.gov.uk/businessandpartners/commercialopportunities/1277.a...

Publicity

• Adverts on trains + stations etc
• In house newsletter
• Their page in Metro
• Tube cards (ads on tubes) as people read them - use filler space

Olympics

Re~Cycle would like to provide bikes for people to get around the complexes, and then ship them off to Africa afterwards, for the next generation of athletes, as well as spreading the benefits of the Olympics.  They say they want them to be green – bike reuse is deep green!