Gumball

[Pheebs]

Zomg. My brain is completely not working today.

I thought you were talking about wheelchairs for a bit.

I think I'm going to go back to my tiling.

[volospian]

Yeah, I think we should ban wheelchairs from the race as they would get an unfair advantage due to their speed and mpg. I have looked at google maps and it looks as if it is downhill all the way from Calais to Sicily. They'll be able to coast down and at that distance should be able to get up a fair speed... mind you, they'll need asbestos hands if they don't want to end up in the sea...

[IainB]

Originally Posted by volospian

How do those serious about attending feel about 2 wheeled entries?

Ooooh a throbbing monster entry
Umm - way unfair advantage, but, if needs must - have a car entry and a bike entry i.e. 2 umm 'races'
Bikes V's Cars would end up with a bike win, that I am sure

[Pheebs]

Originally Posted by volospian

Yeah, I think we should ban wheelchairs from the race as they would get an unfair advantage due to their speed and mpg. I have looked at google maps and it looks as if it is downhill all the way from Calais to Sicily. They'll be able to coast down and at that distance should be able to get up a fair speed... mind you, they'll need asbestos hands if they don't want to end up in the sea...

[volospian]

Originally Posted by IainB

Ooooh a throbbing monster entry
Umm - way unfair advantage, but, if needs must - have a car entry and a bike entry i.e. 2 umm 'races'
Bikes V's Cars would end up with a bike win, that I am sure

That's what I'm thinking. It would potentially open the doors for more entrants, as my mate would possibly challenge his other biker mates to attend, but as you say "car vs bike" I think would be too unfair.

[A Place of Light]

The problem with events based on who is the quickest from A to B, is that you do not have time to smell the roses on the way. Given the costs (especially fuel, which is more expensive in almost all of Europe than it is here) I would go out on a limb and say the experience gained will not feel like value for money for the majority of people. You would be better off travelling a route with fixed stops and forgetting the timed aspect completely. That way, you could actually see the sights instead of steamrolling through the scenery/places of interest with nothing to report other than to comment on the quality of Autostrada coffee and the newly earned ability to draw a Jag dashboard from memory.

[Kitten]

I'll be going for the experience, the photography, the sights, the sounds and the ROAD TRIP!! I doubt we'll be in it for the win - I guess you'll get out of it what you're willing to put in.

It's a good point though, the one thing I was a bit concerned about. I want to experience it, not race through it.

[A Place of Light]

^
Europe has a LOT of incredible sights to offer.
Blitzkrieging your way through it as fast as you dare is a sure fire way to miss out on most of it. Once you add time into the mix, you will need to choose the fastest route. This typically involves some of the most boring roads you can imagine with, just as it is here, some of THE most expensive fuel you will ever see.

[Fayshun]

Prize for slowest time?

Problem solved.

[A Place of Light]

Originally Posted by Fayshun

Prize for slowest time?

Problem solved.

Kinda defeats the point of a race though.
Best to ditch the time aspect altogether, select a few interesting points along the route and make those your overnight stops. Get caught speeding in europe and it gets painful real quick, so making it something of a tour rather than a race would make it more enjoyable and give it a wider appeal. I would love to do a race as suggested in the OP, but then I have driven in Europe many times and I am there regularly. Most people, including many in here, would treat something like this as their annual holiday so an event that lets them stop and smell the roses when they like instead of chasing the stopwatch would be a far better plan in my opinion.