879 miles and 83 hours on a folding bike: London cyclist completes Lands End to John O'Groats on a Brompton

James Stannard completed 1,415 kilometre route on folding Brompton bike without support

James Stannard
(Image credit: James Stannard)

UK cyclist James Stannard has completed the iconic Land’s End to John O’Groats (LeJog) ride on a folding modified Brompton P-Line bike. 

On Sunday 17 July, Standard set off at 1.00am from Land’s End in Cornwall to begin the 879 mile adventure. He arrived in John O’Groats, Scotland at midday on Thursday 21 July completing the ride in 83 hours. Remarkably, the Londoner was unsupported for his entire journey and his time is believed to be the fastest unsupported time on record. 

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.