The 2016 Half Century (50 KM or 50 Mile) A Month Challenge - Chatzone

[cosmicbike]

What a day to get the metric 50 in. Met with a new riding companion, somewhat nervous about riding with someone else for the first time as never know how far/how fast to go. Turns out we both like the same sort of speed, don' like hill (but do them anyway), and 25 miles or so is about right. So after a 25 mile ride, and still a couple from home, I reckoned on making the most of the sunshine and stretched the 2 miles home into 6 and a bit. Good to get the February ride under my belt so early on, and now looking forward to more good rides with company

 

[GinaC]

Hi Gina you seem to be posting in the wrong thread should be in the challenge thread not the chatzone.
Well done on the points so far I only managed 70 odd points last year , your on 30 in the first month .
You should reach your target mileage easily at this rate

Sorry new to these forum malarkey ...

 

[13 rider]

Sorry new to these forum malarkey ...

No problems

 

[tallliman]

Looks like I need a good weekend next week. Might be my only chance for a 50miler

 

[Jon George]

Popped in another 50km+ this morning in my on-going attempt to build up some stamina (and inclination) to do another imperial 100 this year to go with the two I did in 2014. It seems I'm going to have to put a bit more effort into proper recovery feeding as it's now early evening and I'm still feeling a bit drained.

 

[NorthernDave]

Popped in another 50km+ this morning in my on-going attempt to build up some stamina (and inclination) to do another imperial 100 this year to go with the two I did in 2014. It seems I'm going to have to put a bit more effort into proper recovery feeding as it's now early evening and I'm still feeling a bit drained.

Sounds like you're not getting enough cake.

 

[ColinJ]

We finally got a nice day here - there was lovely sunshine all day. I decided that I would go out and do a 50 km ride.

A friend rang just before I set off and asked if I fancied meeting her at the cafe in Heptonstall for coffee/cake/chat. I said yes and thought that I would have enough time to get most of the 50 km in before the cafe and finish off post-cafe.

I spent ages looking for my bike lock but could not find it so I decided that I would sit outside the cafe and keep an eye on my bike. (That cafe is towards the top of a steep hill so I could be watching my bike from just a few feet away inside the cafe but be unable to get out in time to catch any scumbag bike thief who chose to jump on it and dash off down the hill!)

It was nice sitting in the sunshine but there was a cold wind blowing. I had got a good sweat on riding up the aforementioned steep hill and once the sweat cooled I eventually started to shiver with cold. I set off again but I had lost the motivation to complete the half metric century - I just wanted to get back in the warm at home and have a shower.

On the way back, the front of my bike started to feel a bit odd so I stopped to investigate and discovered that I had a slow front wheel puncture. I was able to ride back to within 200 yards of home and then walk the rest of the way. If I had continued on my hilly 50 km ride I would have been trying to fix the puncture with frozen hands in a bitter wind on a lonely road up on the tops as the sun was going down. Result - ha ha! (I still managed a hilly 43 km ride, so I'm not complaining.)

PS I have just been sorting the front wheel out ready for a ride this afternoon. There is a small cut in the tube but I can't find anything in the tyre. There are a few very tiny holes in the tyre so I think a very sharp object must have penetrated through to the tube but not actually got stuck in the tyre. I'll be annoyed if the new tube gets punctured by an unseen object hiding in there somewhere!

I didn't get out this afternoon in the end, but I did put a new tube in and it hasn't gone flat so it looks like I was right about the cause of the puncture.

 

[Lilliburlero]

Finally got my February ride in today . I`m hoping to sneak another one in this weekend, weather permitting....

 

[NorthernDave]

Was hoping to squeeze in a cheeky metric half today but time got away from me and I only had long enough to get 25 miles in.
And by heck it was cold out there - average temperature 3°C

Tomorrow looks like it might be a better bet, if not any warmer...

 

[MikeW-71]

50K today!

Windy and a shower but a good ride on the shouty orange bike. The more I ride it, the more I like it TBH

 

[13 rider]

50K today!

Windy and a shower but a good ride on the shouty orange bike. The more I ride it, the more I like it TBH

Good effort mike . just read report in your ride today .good on you for getting out .

 

[NorthernDave]

Got up early and ground out a hard won 55.55km in sub zero temperatures and enjoyed a delightful hail shower.
And broke a spoke just for good measure...report to follow once I've thawed out

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Got up early and ground out a hard won 55.55km in sub zero temperatures and enjoyed a delightful hail shower.
And broke a spoke just for good measure...report to follow once I've thawed out

Full marks for achieving the February 'Four Digits Exactly the Same' challenge.

 

[Milkfloat]

What was planned as a post lunch cruise back from the mother-in-law's turned into a slog into a strong rainy headwind the whole way. Not only that, but I made a couple of navigation errors which found me bouncing along muddy paths and through some fields. Not exactly what I wanted on my freshly serviced carbon road bike. Well at least I have proven it possible, but I certainly had to work far harder than I wanted. I could not face going out thus morning.

 

[Lilliburlero]

Popped in another 50km today, but this time it was on the mtb just to see if I could do it (the mtb is my plan B crap weather get out of jail free card). The ride took me 3 hours, included 4 laps of Hicks Lodge and I helped out a fellow cyclist for the first time by lending him my bike spanner to tighten his pedal

I`v just noticed that i`v put "route 66" instead of "63" on my strava