The Imperial Century A Month Challenge Chatzone

[Rickshaw Phil]

I don't agree with the 100 miles in the same day argument, otherwise I could have claimed my rides on Friday.

Sorry, I didn't clarify - 100 miles in the same day without a massive break is what I meant, so an hour and 20 minutes on the train I don't see as any different to a long lunch break but 50 miles in the morning, a days work then 50 in the evening would be an entirely different kettle of aquatic creatures.

 

[rb58]

Sorry, I didn't clarify - 100 miles in the same day without a massive break is what I meant, so an hour and 20 minutes on the train I don't see as any different to a long lunch break but 50 miles in the morning, a days work then 50 in the evening would be an entirely different kettle of aquatic creatures.

I agree, although I now understand that for Eddington purposes the number of miles in the day counts even if there is a big gap.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

May done, need to get showered and go shopping with the missus so will update the logging thread later

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Sorry, I didn't clarify - 100 miles in the same day without a massive break is what I meant, so an hour and 20 minutes on the train I don't see as any different to a long lunch break but 50 miles in the morning, a days work then 50 in the evening would be an entirely different kettle of aquatic creatures.

Understood.

 

[tatr]

May done. The Great Escape audax. A flat 200k in Essex, with a strangely large amount of hills for a flat ride. [...] I was operating a "minimum stop" policy which meant I was repeatedly overtaken by the same groups (only to overtake them while they stopped to faff around).

I was there too. Very fast indeed - I took a tow from Hackney CC and did the first 100k in well under 4 hours.

Thanks to skipping the stop at the Blue Egg I stayed in front of both them and Team Yorkshire all the way to about Dunmow. One more puncture in the peleton and I might have been home first

 

[Eamonnc]

Is it too late to join in?

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Is it too late to join in?

If you've done Jan - April then no it isn't too late

 

[ianrauk]

Hi @Eamonnc and welcome to Cycle Chat.
As @Supersuperleeds says, if you have January's to April's rides then welcome to the challenge.

Please read the first post in the challenge thread HERE to give you an idea as to how and what to post.

Thanks
Ian

 

[Cold Snail]

Rode my usual DIY 200k yesterday and completed my first RRTY to boot.
After last months Audax rides (The Shark, Oasts and Coasts, Green and Yellow Fields) I have noticed that I have sped up a good 2km/h overall, I just need to loose another 9 stone and maybe I could buy a lighter bike and then be even faster...

I am now looking forward to going somewhere else for the rest of the year.

 

[Soltydog]

Got mine done today. After a little health scare a couple of weeks back, by wife was a little concerned, so promised I stay with 15 miles of home & just do loops. May have exceeded the 15 mile limit at times but she'll never know Must say it was a lovely day to do it today, sunny for the most, but not too warm with a fairly gentle breeze. Must remember the suncream next time

 

[HLaB]

Been slack in updating my thread after the disappointment of missing out on April's 200miler, ran out of time and could only manage 194 miles. And after an easy few weeks only managed the May's ton today.

 

[rhm]

I did my May ride on Saturday.

Two friends came by train to my house on Friday evening; I made pizza for dinner, and we left as early as we could on Saturday. The plan was to ride to another friend's house, in the hills of "upstate" New York, then back to New York City the next day; about 140 miles of riding each day. We had picked the route by RIdeWithGPS with a great deal of care (but not enough). And I'm very puzzled; with a good cue sheet and a Garmin unit guiding all our turns, we were almost completely successful at following the route (I missed a couple turns and had to go back; this added two miles), but the expected 8,861 feet of climbing jumped to 10,593.
It was very hot, and we had inadvertently picked many unpaved roads (which I rather like) and many poorly paved roads (which I don't like so much). All of us found our saddles unusually uncomfortable; one on a good Brooks B.17 with titanium rails, one on a terrible cheap thing I would never ever put on my bike (in fact, I gave it to him); and me on a Brooks Pro I put new leather on a few years ago (an early effort, I thought it was pretty good, but now I'm not so sure!).

I was riding my old Trek touring bike, which I bought new as a frame in 1983. Our hosts have only two guest beds, so I brought my camping gear, prepared to sling a hammock outside. In the end they persuaded me to sleep on the living room sofa (not hard for them to do), so I carried several pounds of quite unnecessary gear.

Beautiful scenery, a bit of rain (much needed at the time), and we saw some interesting wildlife including a hawk, a mink, a tortoise, countless deer, squirrels and chipmunks. We arrived at our friend's house approximately on schedule, but so tired that we decided to abridge the next day's ride. We rode only as far as Port Jervis, where we caught a train back civilization.

I thought someone was going to take photos! But it didn't happen. Sorry!

 

[ianrauk]

Myself and @martint235 knocked out June's ride today. To Herne Bay and back. Glorious weather and great cycling.

 

[StuAff]

Self and @Eddie_C did ours yesterday. Seventy miles, give or take, on my night IOW ride. Eddie already had a few miles in the bank by the time he met the rest of us at Fishbourne, after breakfast he finished his ton off on the island. I did that last year after the night recce (7500ft of climbing...!!), and with that in mind I thought 'no, I'm doing the rest on the mainland'. So, after returning on the ferry, another thirty-and-a-bit miles to Fishbourne (the West Sussex one) and back. 103 miles. I'll probably get at least one more done in the month, but as it won't be next weekend (Download fest in Paris), and just in case I don't do another as part of the Brighton/Cardiff rides, thought it best to get one in the bank.

 

[tatr]

Myself and @martint235 knocked out June's ride today. To Herne Bay and back. Glorious weather and great cycling.

It was a fantastic day for a bike ride. I'll update the thread later but I did my June ride today - the fantastically well organised Ditchling Devil Audax. 200km in under 8 1/2 hours (including stops!) so my legs are hurting a bit.