The 2024 Half Century (50km or 50 mile) Challenge Chatzone

[Cathryn]

We made it! 58 flipping hard miles from Beasain to Bilbao. Rain. Mountains. More rain! Knackered but delighted to be at our journey’s end (apart from the 12 miles to the ferry!) Ready to explore Bilbao tomorrow!

 

[13 rider]

We made it! 58 flipping hard miles from Beasain to Bilbao. Rain. Mountains. More rain! Knackered but delighted to be at our journey’s end (apart from the 12 miles to the ferry!) Ready to explore Bilbao tomorrow!

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Even I will let the lack of an extra point missed by 4 miles go , You've certainly racked up the points tally on this trip even if you've left a few on the road 😁
Glad you've had a good trip

 

[Jon George]

I completed Stage 8 (out of 12) of my tour of Suffolk borders today and must confess I also did one on Monday that feel short of the challenge by the sort of distance that @13 rider has nightmares about.

So, moving swiftly on, here's a pic from today's adventure at Lowestoft.

 

[13 rider]

@Jon George ,you could have kept the information to yourself and my ignorance would have been bliss . I'm off now to Strava stalk you 🥷so I now what your up to ,please accept any random following requests you receive 😁.
The discipline in this challenge this year is a real let down all those missed point come on people

 

[Jon George]

The discipline in this challenge this year is a real let down all those missed point come on people

 

[Jon George]

Completed Stage 9 of my Tour today.
The headwind was atrocious and I am thoroughly whacked, but it was a great ride to do on my Brompton, nevertheless.
Here's a picture of Westleton Heath Nature Reserve.

 

[13 rider]

Early monthly update for August to give the none declared riders possible use of the bank holiday as there's only 1 eligible day next weekend . We have 21 riders fully posted up leaving 5 riders with rides posted up to July yet to post , so a nudge for @ColinJ ,@Eribiste ,@slow scot ,@Chap sur le velo and @gbs
Well done everyone if you've made it this far your 2/3 off the way there
Also I'm expected bonus rides from @Cathryn ( metric century ) and @Jon George for leaving points on the road when they were just up the road 😁

 

[ColinJ]

... a nudge for @ColinJ

I, er... Oops - I had actually forgotten to do my 50 this month!

I did do a 100 km ride but I keep those for the Lunacy challenge.

The weather is looking bad tomorrow and I am busy from Thursday to the end of the month so it will have to be on Mon, Tue or Wed. Should not be a problem since the forecast is okay.

 

[13 rider]

Just about to post a 55 miler in the challenge ,before I get called out for not completing a metric century . This ride is below my 10% of another point rule 😀. Good job I hadn't got to 55.8 because then I would have had to past home go downhill then back up just to get that extra point to prevent being trolled in my own thread 🤣

 

[Jon George]

@Jon George for leaving points on the road when they were just up the road 😁

I believe I can redeem myself with todays' ride. I did nearly forty miles on Stage 10 of my tour around the border of Suffolk and I have decided that that is about the limit I can do on a Brompton. I'm sure people may have trekked around the world on them, but, boy, am I worn out.

 

[Jon George]

I completed Stage 10 of my tour (the longest stage) today and got held up at Theberton.

 

[ColinJ]

Just about to post a 55 miler in the challenge ,before I get called out for not completing a metric century . This ride is below my 10% of another point rule 😀. Good job I hadn't got to 55.8 because then I would have had to past home go downhill then back up just to get that extra point to prevent being trolled in my own thread 🤣

It is an interesting point...

I don't do many rides around 40 km now. I would usually make the effort and extend them to 50. If I can't be bothered to do that I often end up shortening the rides to say 25-35 km!

Similarly, for rides around 80 km. Any more than that and I would try to stretch to 100 km. A bit less and I would probably shorten a ride to 50-ish, saving my legs for another 50 or even a 100 later in the week.

I don't do many rides longer than 100 km these days. If I did, 130-plus km would probably gets stretched to 161 km (imperial century). Anything significantly over 161 would remind me that I used to ride quite a lot of 200s, and maybe it was time to do another one?

I suspect that I might never ride 300 km, especially because I would then feel obliged to actually ride 322 km to get a double imperial century in!

 

[ColinJ]

Well, I went out and did my '50' this evening. I left it a bit late so I was out after sunset, which is very unusual these days...

Q: When did councils switch off 80% of the street lamps?

I was surprised to find long stretches of unlit A-road between the local towns and villages. My lights are 'be seen by' rather than 'see by' so it was a bit difficult to spot the potholes!

I realised summat at The Summit at the summit at Summit...

 

[Jon George]

Complete Stage 11 of my tour (one more to go!) and I found myself beside a figure I strongly suspect and been fashioned by the artist whose studio at Theberton I passed on Wednesday.

 

[Jon George]

I have finished my Saluting Magpies Tour of the borders of Suffolk. Longest stage of the tour and it it brings me to just over four hundred miles in total.
I've had a beer.

This at Felixstowe.

And here's me at Landguard Point - the most southerly point of Suffolk.