They do say cyclists are mad!Thanks.
I think that I will be ok with the distance but I have the early signs of a saddle sore developing and the weather forecast is deteriorating so the second half of the ride might become uncomfortable!
. It was also the second most climbing I have ever done - living in the flatlands of Essex. I was feeling very tired for the last couple of miles and cursed my husband when he took me up another hill - although it was only to make sure that the ride went over 50 miles.
. All that for 1 point !!
25th June, 55.2km (https://www.strava.com/activities/620256315) - 1 point (!), Devil's Staircase from both directions, really quite evil.
Kudos for that just looked at the profile on strava
When I got there and saw that both sides have a 25% triangle at the bottom I was a bit nervous. Both climbs were really rather hard and I was struggling to keep the front wheel down much of the time. On the positive side, after you get to the bottom (East side) you see some utterly magnificent views. If you find yourself in that part of the world then it's well worth a try.
I managed my first imperial half century of the year today. It was beautiful weather, but a lot of the roads had recently had gravel laid
Bravo indeed! So, metric century next then!
Early update this monthly as everyone has posted rides for June. 34 riders make the halfway point
Some impressive point totals being accrued this thread has certainly got people upping their milage even @SpokeyDokey doing multiple rides this month
Nice bike good luck on 50 miler you do it easy with company@13 rider
Sadly I've only done one so far this month and looking at the weather forecast that'll be it too!
Only done 162 miles for the whole month - not so good but better than 0 miles!
Got my first 50 miler scheduled for 9th July with another cyclist so that'll make sure I do it.
Also: tomorrow I will be placing my order for my new bike:
https://www.ridley-bikes.com/be/nl/...lloy-20-xta-01bm-black-grey-white-orange.html
Although the big 38mm tyres are being swapped for Challenge Corsa Bianca 33mm.
Looking forward to this! And it will provide more motivation to get me out on the saddle.
July/August is also about climbing/hiking for me and I have some very big days on long routes lined up so it will be tricky to balance my saddle mileage with my boot mileage.
@13 rider
...July/August is also about climbing/hiking for me and I have some very big days on long routes lined up so it will be tricky to balance my saddle mileage with my boot mileage.
and with some of the Wales rides I saw crampons and a rope would have helped!
Err noOh bugger! Set off at 3.25pm to do a 50k and got my first flat since about 3000 miles back. Six miles from home on the outward journey. Spare tube out and fixed it.
Got another half mile and the new tube flatted. I'd checked inside the tyre before fitting the tube as I couldn't see anything obvious from the outside and it was fine.
Mystified I had a long-ish trudge home. Took just over 2 hours and included shoving my bike up two steep-ish hills - deep joy!
Got home and took the tyre off and still couldn't find anything. Turned it inside out and slowly worked my way around it and I just spotted the tip of a tiny thorn that appeared as the tyre flexed.
Must've been working it's way through the thick protection strip (Marathon Deluxe) for some time - was an absolute mare to dig/pull out as well.
Can I please have 50 points for effort and a heroic walk back home?
Oh bugger! Set off at 3.25pm to do a 50k and got my first flat since about 3000 miles back. Six miles from home on the outward journey. Spare tube out and fixed it.
Got another half mile and the new tube flatted. I'd checked inside the tyre before fitting the tube as I couldn't see anything obvious from the outside and it was fine.
Mystified, I had a long-ish trudge home. Took just over 2 hours and included shoving my bike up two steep-ish hills - deep joy!
Got home and took the tyre off and still couldn't find anything. Turned it inside out and slowly worked my way around it and I just spotted the tip of a tiny thorn that appeared as the tyre flexed.
Must've been working it's way through the thick protection strip (Marathon Deluxe) for some time - was an absolute mare to dig/pull out as well.
Can I please have 50 points for effort and a heroic walk back home?
. Hubster has cleaned the drain out, so that's OK then.
