The 2025 Half Century (50km or 50 mile) Challenge Chatzone.

[sevenfourate]

I'm off the mark for April and appear to be the 1st poster for the month . Just my standard loop out to Upton still a bit blowy out there . While I was out I did momentarily think of poor @sevenfourate stuck at work while us retirees are free to ride in the week it also crossed my mind that @Jon George may have snuck out earlier than me and was beating me to the post

.....apologies; i'd already commented on the 'No comment' recording only; thread. Had a word with myself - and promptly deleted it


So: Kudos for being first home ! Looks pretty decent out (here) too. Hope you had a good ride

*I did consider getting up early today - at one point. Or infact later (I could work flexi-time). Or just posting an Aprils fools type post to spur anyone else into getting up unreasonably early In the end i did nothing. After just riding 6 days on the spin.....i'd always intended to do some more walking this week. Any more cycling: and it's starting to become a 'chore' for moi. May leave it until the weekend now; and a planned 60km run-out then....

 

[Jon George]

@Jon George may have snuck out earlier than me and was beating me to the post

It was early for me.

 

[ColinJ]

I thought about squeezing an early 50 in this month but it is still windy here and I have a tickle in my throat and chest warning me not to push myself too hard. I have family visits coming up and don't want to get ill right now!

I will just do short easyish rides today and tomorrow then try to get some longer rides in when I am down in Devon. I hope to do a 111 km ride there (my promised 'age in miles' ride) and maybe some more at 50+ km.

 

[FrothNinja]

I can cope with a phantom metre but the phantom 30+ metres were odd.

I wonder if temperature has anything to do with it? The inaccurate rides were chilly and yesterday's was a bit warmer.

I assumed that elevation data was calculated from GPS readings. That is known to be less accurate than GPS positioning. Maybe the Wahoo uses a barometric altimeter?

Not sure - the paperwork it came with probably says how it does it. My Garmin is just as variable so I suspect they are a similar system.
The phone app ones like Komoot must surely be position based

 

[kapelmuur]

I'm off the mark for April and appear to be the 1st poster for the month . Just my standard loop out to Upton still a bit blowy out there . While I was out I did momentarily think of poor @sevenfourate stuck at work while us retirees are free to ride in the week it also crossed my mind that @Jon George may have snuck out earlier than me and was beating me to the post

I used to go first thing in the morning but now prefer to wait until after lunch when it’s warmed up a bit.

 

[ColinJ]

Not sure - the paperwork it came with probably says how it does it.

The 'paperwork' was the minimum that they could get away with! Basically, do this and this, and if you need more info go online...

... which I have now done. Explanation HERE.

Sometimes I start the GPS indoors and sometimes outdoors, so that might make a difference.

On my old Garmin I had an elevation reference point set at my front door so the Garmin set the elevation correctly as soon as it worked out that it was there.

 

[PaulSB]

I don't know if there are any gravel riders in the thread other than me. Today we rode an interesting route which encompassed all the joys of gravel. A bit of tarmac to start and then gravel trails, railway paths, towpath, urban cycle paths and suburban quiet back streets. Meandering our way from rural Lancashire to central Manchester via Chorley, Bolton, Whitefield, Radcliffe, Salford, Ancoats, Manchester centre, Salford Quays, Monton, Bolton, Adlington, Chorley and home.

Gravel riding of this sort comes second only to touring. Easy pace, quiet roads, interesting people and sites to see.

Magical!

 

[teeonethousand]

I don't know if there are any gravel riders in the thread other than me. Today we rode an interesting route which encompassed all the joys of gravel. A bit of tarmac to start and then gravel trails, railway paths, towpath, urban cycle paths and suburban quiet back streets. Meandering our way from rural Lancashire to central Manchester via Chorley, Bolton, Whitefield, Radcliffe, Salford, Ancoats, Manchester centre, Salford Quays, Monton, Bolton, Adlington, Chorley and home.

Gravel riding of this sort comes second only to touring. Easy pace, quiet roads, interesting people and sites to see.

Magical!

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I too have a Gravel Bike...Giant Revolt..that I use for everything. I agree on off road paths and tracks and I seek them out and use them often. I am sure my bike is slightly slower for tarmac but the roads around here, especially the edges, are poor so the geometry and fat tyres work well enough.