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Cycling duo to pedal from Epsom Clocktower to Eiffel Tower
9:00am Wednesday 2nd May 2012 in NewsBy Hardeep Matharu
A cycling duo are hoping the rain will ease for their 250-mile charity cycle ride on 1970's bikes from Epsom Clocktower to the Eiffel Tower.
Will Lloyd, 22, from Epsom and Michael White, 36, from Walton-on-Thames, will start the 3-day journey on May 10 to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
The friends, who work at surveying company Love Jenkins Associates, based close to the clocktower in the High Street, will be cycling on 1970s Raleigh racing bikes, which they bought for £20 on the internet.
Mr White said: "We bought the bikes last year and they were old and cheap and we started doing them up and thought it would be fun to get them up to the standard to cycle them somewhere."We thought Paris would be nice to go to as it seems like a good route to do, and it would also be a great opportunity to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Will’s partner works at the Royal Marsden Hospital so that’s where the inspiration for the charity came from.
"We have planned the cycle and picked the route ourselves. We will leave work on Thursday lunchtime and try to get to Paris by Saturday May 12.
"We have wives and girlfriends coming out to see us so we hope we finish on time.
"It hasn’t been much fun training in the pouring rain and gale force winds, but we will do it regardless. It would be 10 times easier if the weather eased - the wind affects us more than the rain.
"But we will make it to Paris no matter what the weather."
Mr White cycles 20 miles a day to work, but said he is still feeling nervous as the date approaches.
He added: "I am feeling like I haven’t trained enough and could do with some more time, but I am excited about doing it.
"It’s entering the unknown and I’m really looking forward to that final run down the Champs Elysee towards the Eiffel Tower.
"I imagine there will be highs and lows on the trip, but hopefully there will be more highs."
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