The Imperial Century A Month Challenge Chatzone

[sittingbull]

Monday saw my September qualifier completed

With a dismal week of weather forecast I took the opportunity of some dry hours after the earlier downpour. My heading was Knutsford and Tatton Park. A number of years ago (when I was fit) I used to work nearby and was fortunate to be able to run around the park in my lunchtimes. I had forgotten just how magnificent it really is!

I added a few miles in and around the area of Mobberley then turned for home. I dodged the showers for most of the day but they caught up with me for the last 14 miles. Home around midnight with another one in the bag

 

[Soltydog]

October qualifier done yesterday with @craigwend & 1 other. Very pleasant ride for October, just 2 more to go 👍

 

[13 rider]

October's done with a disclaimer . I had plotted an 103 mile route to Birmingham airport for some veloviewer tiles . Right from the off on my wahoo head unit the speed was all over the place 18mph would just drop to 5 mph .Not bothered about speed on a longer ride but reach Market Boswort a regular meeting point and distance read 9.7 m I now it's 11 m from home . Stopped the ride restarted the wahoo and set off this made no difference . So did the route and even extended the last section . Got home uploaded the rides to strava hoping this would correct any discrepancies but no it gave me a milage of 92.3 m . Quick change of the battery in the speed sensor and back out to add another 9 miles . Will plot the route again on ridewithgps and see how far I actually rode

 

[ianrauk]

Octobers also done today. 104 miles on the clock on the highways and byways of Kent. Even the weather decided to play nice.
Century month # 130 in a row.
2 months to go...

 

[13 rider]

Just plotted today's ride exactly onto ridewithgps total 110 .heading recorded 92.3 !!! . Then I did an extra 9 making a 119 day
So I was well past 100 when I returned home
Anyone now to to correct a GPS file

 

[StuAff]

Just plotted today's ride exactly onto ridewithgps total 110 .heading recorded 92.3 !!! . Then I did an extra 9 making a 119 day
Anyone now to to correct a GPS file

https://gpx.studio/ worked for me when Strava diddled me (99.92 miles....seriously...)

 

[sittingbull]

Friday saw my October qualifier

On a route I've ridden several times this year it was third time lucky to reach the top of the Cat & Fiddle (A537 Macclesfield to Buxton). The climb was tough and came half-way through my ride so pacing myself was crucial. I ran out of gears (on a triple ) and was passed by a couple of other riders who breezed by. It was nearing sunset and the temperature was dropping fast. The bitterly-cold, bone-shaking, death-grip inducing descent had me stopping at the bottom to re-gain feeling in my fingers before continuing. The next 45 miles was largely straight-line mile munching pulling me home through the darkness.

That's 12 for the year, can I stop now?
Spot the electric fence? "I'll just park my bike here, what's this sign say"?

 

[Trickedem]

Got mine done on Tuesday 26th. A little bit late in the month after an earlier aborted attempt where I had to bail at 70 miles as I lost a rear light.
What a lovely day for it. Reasonably warm, friendly winds and fairly flat.
I was catching a few veloviewer tiles along the way, one of which necessitated a muddy walk! Stopped for a pint of shandy with 20 miles to go so I could charge my garmin.

The church of St Thomas à Becket, Fairfield

The funfair at Dymchurch. I was surprised to see this open, but it was a nice day and also half term, so was actually quite busy.

 

[sittingbull]

November done

It was heavy drizzle and I delayed my departure by 20 minutes then decided to chance it. Fortunately it payed off as I stayed dry although I was riding on damp/wet roads for 80% of my route. I went to Southport and on to Preston. No pics I'm afraid as I forgot to charge the batteries

I wasn't too happy following the trail on my Edge 500 as the route frequently disappeared and when present it seemed pretty "laggy" on roundabouts etc. Maybe back to the 200 for my next ride (if the battery is up to it).

On the return the right shifter was playing up and getting progressively worse, I'd shift up the cassette and it would drop down again (I don't think the cable was slipping but we shall see), by the last 15 miles I was stuck in 42/12 (or 52/12), fortunately it was fairly flat.

One to go

 

[ianrauk]

wasn't too happy following the trail on my Edge 500 as the route frequently disappeared and when present it seemed pretty "laggy" on roundabouts etc. Maybe back to the 200 for my next ride (if the battery is up to it).

This was a well known problem with the 500. Any route over about 50 or 60 miles and it started to struggle. Check out the Garmin forums for the full story. There where many reports and complaints. Garmin were aware of the problem but Garmin as Garmin are, didn't do an update to fix. I also went back to the 200 as the routing behaved flawlessly.
I used to use the 500 for recording only. Now have the 103 which like the 200, never fails.

 

[sittingbull]

This was a well known problem with the 500.........................

Good to know thanks

I was sure my 200 behaved better but it's a number of years since I've followed a trail on it. The "Back to start" feature was useful too

 

[Soltydog]

Got my November ride done yesterday 👍 It was my first of 14 days off work & weather was as good as it gets at this time of year, dry all day, a gentle southerley breeze & fairly mild. My wife was hoping to get 100km in, so she rode with me (or sat on my wheel ) for about 50 miles & then 2nd half of the ride solo, but managed to find a nice stop for lunch, 3 course meal for a tenner fueled me nicely to the end

 

[ianrauk]

Will be out with @Trickedem Sunday to get our qualifying ride done.

 

[sittingbull]

.............................................. My wife was hoping to get 100km in, so she rode with me (or sat on my wheel ) for about 50 miles & then 2nd half of the ride solo,...................................................

Your wife must be a strong rider and/or you picked up the pace for the 2nd half. 17.5mph at this time of year, well done

 

[Soltydog]

Your wife must be a strong rider and/or you picked up the pace for the 2nd half. 17.5mph at this time of year, well done

She's a little pocket rocket, her average over 100km was only a smidge slower at 17.4mph. I'm not sure if my new wheels are so much quicker, or if its a little placebo effect still