Rohloff_Brompton_Rider
Formerly just_fixed
It does, good luck.
The Imperial Century A Month Challenge Chatzone
- Thread starter Rob S
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Banjo
Fuelled with Jelly Babies
- Location
- South Wales
Enjoyed the luxury of doing a 90 something miler the other day without having to do a ten mile loop round the town to qualify.
Good Luck to all those taking up the 2013 challenge.Hopefully I will rejoin the challenge next year.
Good Luck to all those taking up the 2013 challenge.Hopefully I will rejoin the challenge next year.
middleagecyclist
Call me MAC
- Location
- Prestwich, Manchester
It stayed dry but the cold headwind for the return 50 miles was not nice. Still, done Feb and happy to be home relaxing post ride. If it wasn't for the challenge I would have done a later and much shorter ride today, so tis good to have the motivation. Will start planning for March now!
Rohloff_Brompton_Rider
Formerly just_fixed
Well done, it's nice to get it out of the way. I'd agree that without the challenge I'd not have done 2x100 milers by this time of year.
middleagecyclist
Call me MAC
- Location
- Prestwich, Manchester
White Rabbits!
Got the March century scheduled for tomorrow. Manchester to the Welsh borders (and a weekend at some mates). Weather looks decent as well.
Good luck everyone.
Got the March century scheduled for tomorrow. Manchester to the Welsh borders (and a weekend at some mates). Weather looks decent as well.
Good luck everyone.
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
Got my March century done today. Combined it with a trip over to my ailing parents, so managed to kill two birds with one stone. Deadpan flat route, only one proper hill (up which I passed two 'walkers') but seemed to be pushing a headwind from mile 30 to mile 75. Lovely fast return though. One terrific bacon sandwich. And no injuries.
middleagecyclist
Call me MAC
- Location
- Prestwich, Manchester
Had a beautiful day cycling down to Wales. The sun shone, the winds were light and the roads were quiet. Had a stop at at Prees Heath (65 miles) for a sarnie and brew. After that just 35 miles to go. I opted to follow a very quiet back lane down and out of the Chirk valley. This was my first mistake. The 'lane' actually became part of a farmers yard at one point with various degrees of sh*t lying around. Difficult to avoid it completely. Anyway, through the worst and down into the valley, I stopped after climbing out the other side for a drink. This, I think, was my second mistake. There was nothing obvious on the bottle top but at my mates two hours later I was throwing up big time. I was in bed by 17.00hrs and didn't really surface again till 11.00hrs the next day. Who says cycling is good for you!
Yeuch!!!!
I think Lukesdad suffered the same thing with crap/nasties on a waterbottle.
I've now sorted my March 100 miler. I'm going to do most of the Action Medical Research 100 mile sportive route. http://www.action.org.uk/warwickshire_100
I have made a donation to the charity in exchange for using the route. Doing it with a mate who is quite a bit quicker (and younger) than me, so might be interesting!
I have made a donation to the charity in exchange for using the route. Doing it with a mate who is quite a bit quicker (and younger) than me, so might be interesting!
PMarkey
Guru
- Location
- Queensbury,West Yorkshire
Funnily enough I had the same problem after the Mere 200 even though I made a point of making sure I went through the deepest part of the floods
and cleaning the teet with a wipe but was still as rough as a dog for a couple of days after with similar symptoms .Paul
rb58
Enigma
- Location
- Bexley, Kent
middleagecyclist
Call me MAC
- Location
- Prestwich, Manchester
I'm getting a couple capped bottles soon. Do not want to go through that again!
