The 2022 Half Century (50km or 50M) a month challenge chatzone
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Ridgeback Roller
Über Member
- Location
- Sussex
Taking advantage of a gap in the rain to get an early March ride in. A gentle bumble around Midhurst and parts of the South Downs national park, nice to see lots of daffodils out. Roads still very wet from this week's rain, bike and kit now thoroughly grimy.
footloose crow
Veteran
- Location
- Cornwall. UK
3 March
An unpromisingly grey and chilly morning but a ride completed:
Truro - Carnon Cross - St Newlyn East - Newquay - Mawgan Porth - St Columb Major- Indian Queens - Truro. 74k and 1100m.
Noticed today that I own some bib shorts and short sleeve jerseys and wondering what use they are.
An unpromisingly grey and chilly morning but a ride completed:
Truro - Carnon Cross - St Newlyn East - Newquay - Mawgan Porth - St Columb Major- Indian Queens - Truro. 74k and 1100m.
Noticed today that I own some bib shorts and short sleeve jerseys and wondering what use they are.
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Up and out early this morning looking for a 50 mile ride.
First port of call was Rushden , Newton Bromswold , Silsoe , Thurliegh , Felmersham , Odell then home via Little Irchester .
Failed at 44 miles but 77 km so it counts.
Bike used Red Sinclair road bike
First port of call was Rushden , Newton Bromswold , Silsoe , Thurliegh , Felmersham , Odell then home via Little Irchester .
Failed at 44 miles but 77 km so it counts.
Bike used Red Sinclair road bike
Ridgeback Roller
Über Member
- Location
- Sussex
My turn to 'lead' our Sunday group cycle, so an opportunity to make sure it was at least a 50 miler and another qualifying ride. I must admit even I had my doubts this morning that it was a good idea, as we met up in a bitterly cold and blustery east wind, reducing the 'feel like' down to 1C. The route took us through rolling landscape along the West Sussex/Hampshire border and Old Winchester Hill which warmed us up nicely before stopping for coffee and cake at the half way point, West Meon. Even saw the sun on the return leg, 52 miles and a good ride in the end.
T4tomo
Legendary Member
So after leaving Feb the last day, I got the March minimum in early with a sunday morning ride, linked up the Nickey Line to the Upper Lea Valley Way to the Ayot Greenway for some muddy gravel action briefly headed the wrong way before finding Ayot St Peter (nice church) and Old Welwyn Codicote for a bacon bap (cafe 77), then on more familiar turf for mainly country lanes return homesneaked in with a 54km this morning. I know now why I don't ride that much in Hockey season, legs were battered from yesterday
Noodle Legs
Winging it
- Location
- Coalville, Leicestershire
March done.
Took advantage of my day off and set out for a leisurely tootle down to Lutterworth and back via Wolvey and Nuneaton. Quite draughty throughout especially heading down to Lutterworth. The wahoo then decided to play silly buggers today and the navigation suddenly disappeared and wouldn’t return, despite refreshing everything, so there I was in the middle of Magna Park stopping seemingly every two minutes to check the map! Once over the A5, I knew the names of the villages I was hoping to pass through and just set out to get them by means of signposts and what have you.
The ‘winging it’ method paid off and it wasn’t long before I was in Nuneaton and familiar turf. From there it was all too familiar back roads before a seven mile or so stretch up the busy A447 back towards home and despite travelling in the complete opposite direction from Lutterworth the wind still felt head on at times! The route I had planned in komoot would have required me to turn right towards home once at the traffic lights in Ravenstone however being over 58 miles in at this point gave me the impetus to kick on to get the 62.14 I needed for the metric ton and the three points that came with it. I had to basically do a mini tour around Coalville itself in order to get the job done and oddly with about a mile to go my Bolt decided to start navigating again…. Great, but the original planned route never went anywhere near the road where it kicked back in again so I’m not sure what route that was following…
I managed it though and got home having done 62.4 miles and 2700 feet of upness on a cool but sunny, blowy day. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Will copy to Your Ride Today along with Timelapse video once I’ve got round to uploading and editing it!
Took advantage of my day off and set out for a leisurely tootle down to Lutterworth and back via Wolvey and Nuneaton. Quite draughty throughout especially heading down to Lutterworth. The wahoo then decided to play silly buggers today and the navigation suddenly disappeared and wouldn’t return, despite refreshing everything, so there I was in the middle of Magna Park stopping seemingly every two minutes to check the map! Once over the A5, I knew the names of the villages I was hoping to pass through and just set out to get them by means of signposts and what have you.
The ‘winging it’ method paid off and it wasn’t long before I was in Nuneaton and familiar turf. From there it was all too familiar back roads before a seven mile or so stretch up the busy A447 back towards home and despite travelling in the complete opposite direction from Lutterworth the wind still felt head on at times! The route I had planned in komoot would have required me to turn right towards home once at the traffic lights in Ravenstone however being over 58 miles in at this point gave me the impetus to kick on to get the 62.14 I needed for the metric ton and the three points that came with it. I had to basically do a mini tour around Coalville itself in order to get the job done and oddly with about a mile to go my Bolt decided to start navigating again…. Great, but the original planned route never went anywhere near the road where it kicked back in again so I’m not sure what route that was following…
I managed it though and got home having done 62.4 miles and 2700 feet of upness on a cool but sunny, blowy day. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Will copy to Your Ride Today along with Timelapse video once I’ve got round to uploading and editing it!
No just scared of a bloke on the internet who hates 49kms
Domus
Guru
- Location
- Sunny Radcliffe
Out in the wind today, 
. Blooming difficult forming echelons when riding solo. 
A6 to Frederick's for some refuge then back home through Horwich and Bolton. Scout Road was interesting to say the least. 52 hard won Kms completed.
. Blooming difficult forming echelons when riding solo. A6 to Frederick's for some refuge then back home through Horwich and Bolton. Scout Road was interesting to say the least. 52 hard won Kms completed.
Noodle Legs
Winging it
- Location
- Coalville, Leicestershire
Another point in the bag from a Sunday social with the Nuneaton crew, some new roads for me (I haven’t ventured too much south of the A5) and a few punchy little rollers in the first 20 miles or so before crossing the A5 at Boot Hill back into Leicestershire and the familiar roads, stopping off for a coffee at Harvey’s in Twycross. From there back through Bilstone before picking up NCN 52 back towards Nuneaton, peeling off at Higham where my car was parked up. Nice to catch up and ride with the lads again after what seems like an age. Pretty much 45 miles on the button with 1800ft of upness.
Five miles short of another point ,tut tut
It's surprising how the terrain changes to very rolling when you cross the A5
Noodle Legs
Winging it
- Location
- Coalville, Leicestershire
Yeah I was gonna kick on down Higham Lane into Nuneaton and turn back which would have done it but I’m not gonna lie- I just couldn’t be bothered today!
