The 2018 Half Century a month Challenge chatzone

[Katherine]

I didn't see any potholes when I was cycling in Cornwall.
I think the ones in Cheshire are breeding.
The good news is that the A6 through Walkden is now beautifully smooth.

 

[Sbudge]

Too dark? You need one of these...

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Hmmm, could work....

 

[Sbudge]

I didn't see any potholes when I was cycling in Cornwall.
I think the ones in Cheshire are breeding.
The good news is that the A6 through Walkden is now beautifully smooth.

Try Buckinghamshire, we have 3rd generation potholes here....the pothole's potholes have potholes!

 

[kapelmuur]

I didn't see any potholes when I was cycling in Cornwall.
I think the ones in Cheshire are breeding.
The good news is that the A6 through Walkden is now beautifully smooth.

Riding on the A6, you're very brave!

 

[cosmicbike]

I'm not as adventurous as @cosmicbike as I only got to ride in Normandy. One thing that was very different to UK roads was that I couldn't find a pothole, I wonder if all France is like that?

It was everywhere I cycled in the past 2 weeks, even the obscure 'C' roads were great to ride on. A couple had been surface dressed, but were soo much smoother than we get over here.

 

[Katherine]

Riding on the A6, you're very brave!

A6 out of Manchester, not into Manchester. Sunday morning club rides leave from the civic centre in Swinton. We use the A6 to get to Rivington and return on it from Haigh Hall (out through Leigh). Apart from through Walkden and Little Hulton, most of it is quite wide, so easy for vehicles to pass.

 

[aferris2]

Ride number 4 for August just done. I've wanted to do the ride down to Whitstable for a while now, and this year it turned good. Warm weather and a nice helpful wind all helped to make this a very enjoyable ride. I took a lot of tips from the FNRttC rides to avoid some of the hills. Sittingbourne is a bit of a nightmare especially as they are digging it all up round the station. Then it was on through Faversham to the final sprint. So, 107 km (66 miles) in just under 5 hours. Well pleased with that.

 

[Ice2911]

Just noticed you've lost this it the chat thread not the challenge thread . No problems this month as I've found it .

Many thanks, I’ve been rubbish at posting last 2 or 3 mints mixing up the half century and century posts. I promise I will try harder, honestly

 

[NorthernDave]

Another metric half in the bag, but I was surprised how cold it felt was today (you wouldn't think so looking at the photos over on 'My ride today...') and how long it took me to get going.
Still, it's done now and it's another point in the bag.
Might have to rethink the cycling wardrobe though if the temperatures don't improve and dig out the longs - or at least the 3/4s

 

[Noodle Legs]

A metric ton for me today as part of a long overdue forum ride into the Vale of Belvoir. Relatively tough conditions with the wind but ridden at a very leisurely pace so not unpleasant at all.

73.8 miles in about 4 3/4hours.

 

[kapelmuur]

Last weekend of the month warning hopefully a 3 dayer for most of us .Plenty of days left to get a ride in but only 1 weekend
We have 30 riders fully posted ,well done everyone . Nudge time for @gavgav ,@cosmicbike ,@Milkfloat ,@Osprey ,@kipster ,@RealLeeHimself ,@the stupid one and @fatjel

In view of Shrewsbury Town's disastrous start to the season I imagine that @gavgav has locked himself sobbing into a darkened room.

 

[Bazzer]

A wet 55kms today, with the wind picking up as the ride went on. The ride was brightened up by many stags in Tatton Park and this fungus I passed in Lymm.

For comparison, one of my gloves, (and I have quite large hands).

 

[Noodle Legs]

Nabbed a couple more hard earned points today, a very wet 58 mile club run with a stop at Stenson Lock near Derby. At least there were a few other nutters... ahem, brave souls who partook in it with me!

58.1 in 3:52.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1798671824

 

[NorthernDave]

Another point in the bag with a blustery and occasionally showery metric half loop out to the flatlands of Church Fenton and beyond.
Unlike Saturdays ride though it felt really good today, despite battling those headwinds. Funny how it goes like that, isn't it?

I think that rounds out a poor August for me - just 6 points in the bag this month and I can't see me squeezing another qualifying ride in before the month end now.

I'll pop a report in the usual place later.

 

[aferris2]

You can tell its holiday time. Another ride today along the kent coast. A nice helpful wind out to Ramsgate but not so helpful coming back. The sun even stayed out for a bit but with temperatures in the mid teens, I think summer is really over. Still a few days of August left so this may not be the last ride for this month...