Jane Renton
Neev's Alpine Tandem Spot Challenge
Fundraising for Action4Diabetes
Story
Friday the 22nd July, the Tour de France left the Alpine town of Albertville for 146km of racing. Chris Froome had the Yellow Jersey and a safe ride would see him take the Jersey to Paris. Ahead was the HC
climb of Montee Bisanne, never climbed on a tour before. 1047 meters over 12.4km at 8.2% gradient from Villard sur Doron to the summit then downhill to the final climb from Vervex to Le Bettex. 783 meters over 9.8km at 8% gradient to the finish line in Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc - Total distance 60km.
On Friday August 12th Neev is going to ride with her Dad the same TdF
route as a spot challenge to raise funds for A4D, and we are going to do it on our 1966 Jack Taylor tandem. Frame number 5516 hand built in
Stockton on Tees by the legendary Taylor brothers.
route as a spot challenge to raise funds for A4D, and we are going to do it on our 1966 Jack Taylor tandem. Frame number 5516 hand built in
Stockton on Tees by the legendary Taylor brothers.
This is going to be quite a challenge as the tandem has only got 5 gears and Dad has not had time to rebuild it back to its former glory yet so
going is tough!
going is tough!
So please support our ride, we will not be able to beat Team Sky's time
but we hope that with your support we can help a family with T1. The TdF teams might give us a cheer and support Neev and A4D!
but we hope that with your support we can help a family with T1. The TdF teams might give us a cheer and support Neev and A4D!
🗓 12/8/16
🚵 Neev (7) Type 1 Diabetic & Dad
🚲 1966 Jack Taylor Tandem - Frame number 5516
⛰ Montee Bisanne 12.4km @ 8.2% 1723m
⛰ Le Bettex 9.8km @ 8% 1372m💷 A4D
🏁 Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc - 60km
🏁 Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc - 60km