The Imperial Century A Month Challenge Chatzone

[Trickedem]

I trundled my way round December's qualifying ride today, earning a fourth star.

The ride also completed an Audax RRtY (subject to validation) and fulfilled a long-standing ambition to ride 365 centuries in my lifetime, so a pretty significant day!

Pretty damned tired. I'll probably wake up around 3 and put something, hopefully coherent, in Your ride today...

365 centuries. Fantastic effort.

 

[Soltydog]

I've just spent 20 minutes trying to work our how to add my ninth star!

Glad it wasn't just me then

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Done in the company of @13 rider

I hit 100 miles about two minutes before he did

last 9 miles into a brutal headwind

 

[Fiona R]

Done in the company of @13 rider

I hit 100 miles about two minutes before he did

last 9 miles into a brutal headwind

Only 9 miles into the not forecast headwind, you were lucky!

Very well done both of you.

 

[Fiona R]

I'm home too. Lucky to get the new calendar GWR Airmail 200km audax on the good (for December) day this weekend, ie Saturday! Great company, stupid early start to ride to the start north of Bristol by 7am. Great to ride with old and new audax friends and put names to online acquaintances. Fast route, minimal winds in the morning, turned around near Witney to come back into a 100km not really forecast headwind that dies slightly at dusk and then picked up again. Utter nightmare coping with car lights/traffic in the last hour but a great day out. Touch drizzle at the end but didn't get wet. Couldn't cope with any more blinding lights so was pathetic and rang the broom wagon for a lift home from the arrivée. Pleased surprised and relieved to have made it through RRtY, I didn't think I'd be able to with the night riding issues in winter.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I'm home too. Lucky to get the new calendar GWR Airmail 200km audax on the good (for December) day this weekend, ie Saturday! Great company, stupid early start to ride to the start north of Bristol by 7am. Great to ride with old and new audax friends and put names to online acquaintances. Fast route, minimal winds in the morning, turned around near Witney to come back into a 100km not really forecast headwind that dies slightly at dusk and then picked up again. Utter nightmare coping with car lights/traffic in the last hour but a great day out. Touch drizzle at the end but didn't get wet. Couldn't cope with any more blinding lights so was pathetic and rang the broom wagon for a lift home from the arrivée. Pleased surprised and relieved to have made it through RRtY, I didn't think I'd be able to with the night riding issues in winter.

 

[13 rider]

Yes as reported I'm done . Clever use of the wind by riding Leicester to Lincoln making a tailwind for 80 plus miles . The last nine in to the teeth of the wind when youve a 🚂 train to catch was hard work made it with 5 mins to spare

 

[Broadside]

I finished the challenge yesterday, my first year! I thought I bonked at 65 miles, the last 30 miles were beyond hard. When I got home it became clear it was food poisoning and I have been laid up since. I can’t understand how I managed to keep going but at least it’s done, and well before the end of the month for once!!

 

[rb58]

The highlights: Year 9 completed.
The lowlights: No turkeys - they've gone to turkey heaven already - or the fridge. And a very tough headwind for the last 50 miles.
All in company of the legend that is @ianrauk

 

[rb58]

Right. Own up you lot. Who knows how to add a new star to your signature? For the life of me I can't remember how i did it last year.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Right. Own up you lot. Who knows how to add a new star to your signature? For the life of me I can't remember how i did it last year.

I just highlighted one and copy and pasted it.

 

[13 rider]

@rb58 if your struggling check out signature issue thread in site support section ,tag @Pat "5mph" and she will update your signature ,I struggling on my android tablet

 

[rb58]

I just highlighted one and copy and pasted it.

Tried that on my Mac. It wasn’t having any of it. Will try on iPhone I think

 

[rb58]

Tried that on my Mac. It wasn’t having any of it. Will try on iPhone I think

Update. Did it. Instead of just copy and pasting the star (which didn’t work), I copy and pasted the last star and the word next to it. After pasting, I deleted the extra word. Et voila! Of course, I will have forgotten that by this time next year!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Update. Did it. Instead of just copy and pasting the star (which didn’t work), I copy and pasted the last star and the word next to it. After pasting, I deleted the extra word. Et voila! Of course, I will have forgotten that by this time next year!

You just now need to edit the years