Founded in 2015 and presented for the 3rd year running by Duncan Basheer Hannon this event had previously been capturing it’s journeys with the help of its support crew, riders, family and friends snapping pics on their personal cameras and phones …. but riders taking phone photos while they peddle isn’t necessarily the safest idea. So this year we stepped it up for them! Shooting with the Canon 5d Miii DSLR, C100 Video camera and 3 go pros – one clamped behind my seat, one on the handlebars and another on a selfie stick (only used once when I finally decided to get in a pic …. and then got totally paid out for using it!). The go pro’s were also used to do video interviews with the riders while they were riding, and of course it was a bit more fun to do this while they were riding up hill! But we were also nice and on some occasions waited till we pulled up for our lunch and shot some with the video camera.
This years event raised a whopping $250k!! Not bad for a bunch of bank employees, owners of a hotel, parents and even a reality tv show talent hey! Yep this group of people were all from different walks of life with only one thing in common – Cancer! They either have it in their life in some way, are passionate about supporting young people dealing with it and they all hate it! Not all these guys were serious cyclists either, in fact only about a third of them were, but I can tell you they were all definitely pro’s at raising funds for a really worthwhile cause! Can’t wait to see what they achieve next year!