Eat and drink well Jim ... don't worry if you lose a bit of fitness and formAfter motor biking around India during recent years, we decided to revisit Greek island holidays of our youth. So myself & Mrs B are returning to Rhodes which was our first holiday away together 28 years ago.
We probably won't recognise it now but we can't wait..
PS. It's the leagues that have helped so much... big up to the beige team and the continuing support from the Pro's..
Have a great holiday 
If bkool has taught me anything, it's that every ride is a race
Looking forward to the DD, 7 hours at HR at 175 
if my heart rate is like that for 7 hrs i hope the only sounds i hear are neer noor neer noor CLEAR !If bkool has taught me anything, it's that every ride is a race
just changed inner ring this weekend , not gonna change wheels till last minute 
First hill literally after the start had dozens walking up it. It was maybe a mile long hardly ever went under 10% and had 18% for huge sections. Started to suffer physically at around 45miles with cramp on both legs. Women were crying at the roadside asking to go home, bodies walking up most climbs. I could of got off so many times, but ever so slowly ground my way up everything. Bloody Go-pro didn't record ride to show how steep it really was. Chap came a cropper on fast decent, he was still alive as I nearly bunny hopped him at over 40mph. Waiting in field for professionals to go by-they are so slow 
Just googled photos and there are some crazy hills. Plus a lot of riders. Congratulations on finishing.Finished the TdY 100k. Bloody hell what a task.
Here comes the peleton
You need to try going down cheddar gorge.... motorbikes, cars, tour buses and crazy overtaking through car parks (due to idiots pulling out in front of me). Those were indeed the days of my youth...
Maybe they realised that if they walked the first steep hill they would have something left for the rest of the ride! Grind it out baby!Finished the TdY 100k. Bloody hell what a task.
Here comes the peleton
Great ride old boy, you can't keep Jim Lad on a lead. Sprint finish was it...? 1000 watts plus?Sportive s aren't races, Sportives aren't races, sportives aren't races.. I came first in the over 50,s category...
Sportive aren't races...
Edit: fourth overall for the distance:-)
Finished the TdY 100k. Bloody hell what a task.
Here comes the peleton
. Alot commented on how there were many more climbs between the categorised ascents. Just remembered on the 4th to last climb, you entered this private road, tree lined with a full canopy. For about a mile or so it was beautiful with the sunlight beaming through the trees. At the end was a mother of climbs. Ahead riders were falling like 10 pins first one with cramp, he lay there thumping his thigh trying to kill the cramp, then another fell who couldn't get round him, then another jumped off his bike hobbling around a vain in an attempt to stave of heavy cramp. I must admit it nearly happened to me
. They were very supportive and encouraging. They were offering water at the bottom of climbs for us poor sportive riders.
That sounds mental/you are a mental case. 4th to last climb is generally the first climb of the day for me... if not the day before...I've just just uploaded the ride so it will appear in Strava and Bkool(greyed out presently)
7800ft climbing
