Wow really you're desperate.

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  1. PreDominance

    PreDominance Member

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    Yo. Hello fine lads.
    So I'm doing some fundraising (sorta in a sense). My friend and I are participating in an organization called Bikes MS, and one of the events is Pedal to the Point.

    Him and I are riding 150 miles from Brunswick, Ohio, to Cedar Point. We'll stay there overnight, then ride back.

    Thing The obstacle in my path is, $250 is required to be raised from donations to enter. I don't know about any of you, but I don't have that offhand..

    $5 is the minimum amount to donate on my page, and really, I'd be extremely grateful for that.

    Infoz. Information pertaining to the subject:
    My page; http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/stevevernyi

    Anything is appreciated!

    Also, I'd like some training advice. I've really only ridden 30 miles in one day on my BMX bike..150 miles in two days will be fun on a street bike.
     
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  2. ViroMan

    ViroMan Black Hole (*sniff*) Bully

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    lolz fixed that for you. I am a bit leery of stories like that.
     
  3. PreDominance

    PreDominance Member

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    It's not like you're depositing this directly into my paypal. Why don't you take a look around the website and find out what it's about?

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    The $20 I spent to register and the $10 self-donation.
     
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  4. Varbles

    Varbles Simply Maptastic. Staff Member

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    why don't you try 4chan or reddit or something equally as irritating
    because nobody fucking cares
     
  5. WalMartGreeter

    WalMartGreeter Member

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    It sounds great and all but I rather donate my money directly to those research/medical institute than some secondary organization that will use a huge chuck of it on self-promotions and internal costs.

    Plus I'm a student thus I'm poor by definition. I'm not a trust-fund baby like Tricky.
     
  6. flasche

    flasche Member Staff Member Moderator

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    you really have to hate your knees ...

    anyway, depending on terrain and with an ordinary halfwhat decent roadbike, an average human at your age could do that in a single day.
    youll sleep well, but you wont die of exhaustion. just dont try to be there in an hour, plan more like 5-6 not considering stops (so about 7-12h), on flat terrain an average of 12-15mph (20-25khm) is quite easy to keep even for untrained ;)
     
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  7. YouzY

    YouzY Member

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    In the army I bicycled 180Km in two days, we had these shitty army bikes and about 40kilos of equipment with us. It wasn't that bad when you remembered to use baby powder between your butt cheeks and your crotch. And those magnesium tablets that you took before the trip.
     
  8. Mahtipakarat

    Mahtipakarat Member

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    I rode a bike from Päävartio to MuKe once.
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  9. Beerdude26

    Beerdude26 OnThink(){ IsDownYet(); }

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    Once pedaled 180km in a single day, although that was in a group so we used some nice techniques to get there

    Also it was on really flat ground
     
  10. PreDominance

    PreDominance Member

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    From what my friend told me (he went last year), it's not all flat, but there are some decent stretches. I think we go through some very suburban areas where there's nothing but dirt road for miles, while other times we have to go on some decent angles.

    But like I said, this is about 5x the best I've done, so I want to practice and make sure I'm not going to be that guy and stop halfway.

     
  11. ImSpartacus

    ImSpartacus nerf spec plz

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    Whoa, Brunswick is only like 2 hours away. I'll come ride on with you, Predom!

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  12. w00kie

    w00kie Mustachioed Mexican

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    Is that the place all the bowling equipment and EVERYTHING about bowling is produced?
     
  13. Trickster

    Trickster Retired Developer

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    Find the spelling mistake you made Predom, and I'll throw some in.
     
  14. PreDominance

    PreDominance Member

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    On my page, or post on the forums? The page was that by default and I didn't feel the need to change it.
     
  15. Paradox

    Paradox I am a gigantic asshole who loses people's hard wo

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    Giveme some too if you have money to spare...
     
  16. Trickster

    Trickster Retired Developer

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    Forums.
     
  17. PreDominance

    PreDominance Member

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    D-damn you..
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    If the answer is Desperate, I can't change it.
    By all means feel free to join. There's going to be quite a crowd of witnesses participants.
     
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  18. flasche

    flasche Member Staff Member Moderator

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    with your amount of spelling mistakes? even trickster gonna be poor then :P
     
  19. w00kie

    w00kie Mustachioed Mexican

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    Should it be "Him and me" instead? I'm unsure after asking mr. google
    edit: That isn't even a spelling mistake, that is wrong grammar :/
     
  20. PredatoR[HUN]

    PredatoR[HUN] Member

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    Keep in mind that Trickster considers spelling things in the American way (color instead of colour) wrong.
     

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