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by SS at 7:34 pm on Thursday 14th January

We had our start of tour rider briefing today, a few statistics for your perusal.

  • 22 rest days

  • 96 riding days

  • 14 nationalities of riders

  • Oldest rider is 71, the youngest is 18

  • 11,704 kilometres a(7315 miles)


  • Once we leave Cairo, it's going to be hard to stay connected - I will be regularly updating the stats by
    text message however. Most of the riders have now arrived, all different ages from a variety of countries.
    The strongest country (in terms of rider numbers) is Canada, where Tour D'Afrique (the company that
    organises the Tour D'Afrique) is based.

    A brief ride out to the pyramids of Sukkara this morning was slow but pleasant, with no major issues
    except my brakes locking up as I went over a speed bump too fast. We think that this was because the
    brake levers were loose on the handlebars - the impact of landing caused them to move and pull the
    brake cables.

    At the end of our rider briefing we were asked to choose whether we wished to ride as an expedition,
    after speaking to many of the other riders who are planning on casual racing, I made the switch to race
    too. The Tour D'Afrique is the longest bicycle race in the world, so it should be interesting to see how it
    progresses.

    The only annoying thing about being a racer is that there is no set time for lunch - this means that every
    minute I stop cycling in order to eat counts against me. Then again, I'm not doing it with any air of
    seriousness, so this shouldn't be a problem.

    The first day of riding is almost upon us - less than 36 hours now! The plan is to ride out to the Great
    Pyramid (see photos) for our 'official' start.
    From here it's a lengthy 136km first day. This should be interesting :-).
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