These riders are people that have bikes. They "May" commute to work on a daily basis but only one of them lives more than 10 miles away and that is my Son-in-Law. One of the other riders is a TT rider and is good in the Area championships. His distances range from 20 to 100 miles and he has said he will not do it in one day. For myself--I have done a 24 hour ride on a mountain bike that weighed in at 18lbs and was set up for road. It was many years ago and I got just over 300 miles in. I also used to do a 100 mile Offroad ride so you can add 50% to that distance for a road ride. That was done between 12 and 14 hours and I used to train all year for that one. Nowadays I have to train for 100 miles on the road and I after those rides I have had enough.

So For the average rider- I do not think it is possible. Even over two days it would be difficult as even as accomplished as I am- My butt for the second day is not.

But The flat 30 miler will be the first ride in about a months time. That will show who is capable of it and also point out to the manager that for most it will not be feasible. If that doesn't- I will like to see how he manages a hilly Metric that is on locally in March. By hilly I mean hilly. It takes in every slope above 10% locally and it is tough. The slopes may only be 1 mile long but there are plenty of them.

I feel that a relay is possible and even the TT rider would agree to that. Riders can be grouped by abilities and have two or three riding together- Except the TT rider and he is on his own. I will probably be providing the "Convoy" wagon and I have a couple of mates that can provide transport for the bikes.

I am hoping that the ride goes ahead but at a level that will not break the riders participating. I reckon I can get the most unfit person up to riding 20 miles in 6 months and hopefully some will take up riding as a sport. But 180 in a day and I reckon we would need more SAG wagons than I have spare bikes- and Have many of them.