London to Brighton: hills, hills and more hills

Team 'Refreshed' valiantly endured some severe saddle ache on Sunday to complete the gruelling 54 mile (mostly uphill) London to Brighton Bike Ride.


We also managed to pester and spam enough people on Facebook to raise well over £1500 for the British Heart Foundation.


With 27,000 other riders we faced a 12 mph headwind, some extensive bike traffic, an 800 ft hill and a little bit of cramp. All in all it was hard work but strangely quite fun at the same time...

Here's a few pic's from the day:



Team Refreshed heading off, everyone queuing and queuing...and queuing.




Dan, Simon, Martin and the cop from YMCA



Simon, Gareth and Martin enjoy ice creams at 830ft, racing to the finish and our official driver (thanks Charlotte!)