The Imperial Century A Month Challenge Chatzone

[middleagecyclist]

Not been back long, 107 miles and 7800ft of climbing according to ridewithgps. Elbow sore as fook. Weather on the last 50 miles was horrendous.

Quite pleased with myself, not fast but within audax time limit....considering my fitness, my fractured elbow and the fact I was on a three speed Brompton, I'm surprised I made it.

At around the 80 mile mark was a bad patch and felt like jacking, the wind, rain, flooded roads made the last fifty miles really hard.

Edit: damn I was wrong about being within the audax time limit, I was half hour over..

Just read your route on the register. You should have called in for a cup of tea! Now then, do you fancy doing the Feb century together?

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Just read your route on the register. You should have called in for a cup of tea! Now then, do you fancy doing the Feb century together?

I'm so slow on the Brompton (not that I've ever been fast), it'll drive you bonkers. My next route will be based on the 'good companions route'.

 

[middleagecyclist]

I'm so slow on the Brompton (not that I've ever been fast), it'll drive you bonkers. My next route will be based on the 'good companions route'.

A bit like this one I prepared earlier?

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

A bit like this one I prepared earlier?

The first half is pretty close, I do prefer the original route back tho.

Pennine paul and I have sussed out a good route to the coast and back which is pretty flat. It starts on the haslingden / Accrington greenway, then along the canal to wilpshire. I'll see if I've got it logged still on ridewithgps.

 

[StuAff]

The first half is pretty close, I do prefer the original route back tho.

Pennine paul and I have sussed out a good route to the coast and back which is pretty flat. It starts on the haslingden / Accrington greenway, then along the canal to wilpshire. I'll see if I've got it logged still on ridewithgps.

RE your comment on the ride challenge thread about not putting the link up because your home was on it (very sensible). I use multiple logging sites, most of which have privacy options but if you want to make a route public but keep home/work/anywhere else hidden, Strava is (AFAIK) the only game in town. You can designate a privacy zone around addresses, and any activity in that area will remain hidden, but you'll still be able to show the rest of the ride to anyone who wants to see it.

 

[sittingbull]

Fingers crossed they've got the forecast right for the weekend

I'll be glad to get #2 done after this recent weather. Good luck to anyone else planning a qualifying ride

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Thank you and you too buddy.

 

[ianrauk]

Fingers crossed they've got the forecast right for the weekend

I'll be glad to get #2 done after this recent weather. Good luck to anyone else planning a qualifying ride

Weathers looking better on the forecast I have just seen.
Looking at a 100 miler on Sunday myself.
So good luck to you.

 

[sittingbull]

The weather is harder than the distance at this time of year (if that makes sense ).

Hopefully after this weekend I'll have 2 of the tough 4 done. Cheers

 

[HLaB]

I'm quite glad I got my hundred miler out of the way at the start of the month but it is supposed to turn mild over the next few days. Next month my scheduled ton isn't till the end of the month I might try one before that though.

 

[StuAff]

Forecast for the weekend down here much of a muchness in temperature terms, but a bit less blowy Saturday, so a route check for the forthcoming Southsea social I think...

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Depends on my fettling this week, if my parts turn up then yep, hopefully this weekend.

 

[Norry1]

Ride planned for this Saturday - The Sunrise and Snowdrop Audax (plus extra miles). Problem is I seem to have got this bloody cold. Will crack on with it unless I feel worse by then.

 

[musa]

No time atm with work and studies. Once I get my 800 back. Maybe trip to Harwich i hope

 

[Norry1]

Ride planned for this Saturday - The Sunrise and Snowdrop Audax (plus extra miles). Problem is I seem to have got this bloody cold. Will crack on with it unless I feel worse by then.

Well I managed it today. There wasn't much in the tank but I got it done

Just tried to put the ride on the Imperial Century Challenge thread, but for some reason my post there isn't showing "Edit". Any ideas?