Planned South Downs Way Ride - July 2011

Here are the details of the planned traversing of the South Downs Way in July 2011:

Date: planned for 16/17th July 2011, although some people may still have a problem with this date so I'm checking if 8/9th July is a better date. I'll confirm here when people have responded on the final and preferred date.

Riders confirmed: 
Rob Pearce
Paul Berryman
Tom Sweeney
Alan Humphreys
Peter Hughes

Possibles (tbc):
Andrew Probert
Jules Anderson

Route details:  

http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/southdowns/text.asp?PageId=74

The plan is to ride the SDW from Winchester to Eastbourne (106 miles) over two days, with a stop over on the Saturday night at a B&B or Hotel at around 60 miles (leaving 56 miles for the second day).  I'll add more details here as they get worked out.

Other useful info:

http://www.bikedowns.co.uk/index.html
http://www.gps-routes.co.uk/routes/home.nsf/RoutesLinks/492?OpenDocument
http://www.southdownscycling.com/
http://www.southdownsdouble.net/
http://www.visitsouthdowns.com/

Logistics:

Current plan (to be confirmed) is to have a minibus with MTB trailer pick all riders up from Eastbourne on the Sunday evening and bring everyone back to Cheriton/Bramdean/Winchester.

Pre ride prep: 

Start getting the training miles in now !
Think about getting your bike serviced in good time.
I'll add a list of tools/kit to carry and share between us closer to the time.
If anyone has doubts about their bike and would like to loan/borrow one I may have a source of reasonable spec MTB's we can get hold of for the ride - let me know if you think this could help you.

Other details and keeping current: 

If you have any suggestions/questions/comments, add them as a comment to this post or email me and I'll update the main post here so everyone has the same info.