The Metric Century (100KM) A Month Challenge ChatZone
- Thread starter ColinJ
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
I have been working on a hilly 600km riding Wales end-to-end (and back). Not yet polished but here's the latest draft:
https://www.openrunner.com/r/11565527[Link edited - thank you @Sea of vapours )
Will have to wait a bit till Wales opens up before riding the route, probably 4 days @ 100 miles a day.
GPX viewer
Last edited:
OP
OP
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Definitely lumpy!!!
Sea of vapours
Guru
- Location
- Clapham, Yorkshire Dales
11,500m ascent, and 'only' 602km, so near enough 3,000m over 150km per day; or 2,000m per 100km. That's really lumpy and four contiguous days of it. Looks hard work!
Edit: P.S. Your top link is to a 600 around Cornwall and Devon.
Edit: P.S. Your top link is to a 600 around Cornwall and Devon.
Last edited:
OP
OP
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I could handle day #2! (See the elevation profile in my previous post.)
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
Only problem with that, Colin, is that at 150km you'd be deep in the wilds of the upper Elan valleys so my plan was a longer first day to (in normal times) the YH in Borth (N of Aber' on the coast ~187k) and then a shorter second day up and around Snowdonia to the Swallow Falls YH (between Capel Curig and Betws-y 334k). Short Day 3: there's forest bunkhouse near Staylittle (443k) for Night 3 leaving a healthy 160km to finish off. We'll see.
Topographic-map
Topographic-map
July's done . I've been busy breaking all my road bikes ,TCR waiting part for hydraulic brakes ,Broken spoke on the Defys rear wheel ,freehub failure on spare wheel so the hybrid was taken off commuting duty for its only second 100km . My hybrid has front suspension and a rear rack so it's not really made for longer distance rides so it was a tough ride today but over the line for another month . Today was my last chance as next Sunday is my only remaining day to get a long ride in and that's reserved for an imperial ton
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
1st metric century for me since march on sunday !
I will hopefully be looking to get one in most weekends again on club rides
I will hopefully be looking to get one in most weekends again on club rides
Sbudge
Cyclist
- Location
- NW London & The Chilterns
Just back from a trip North of the border. Last ride was Fort William to Fort Augustus (and back). Mile after mile of perfect, scenic, gravel paths. Need to go back!
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
With the trains now being opened up to general travel, not just key workers, I took advantage and did my first train/bike trip since lockdown was imposed to complete the August metric century challenge.
August's done . Had arranged with @tallliman and @Supersuperleeds to have our first group ride this year . A nice 50km ride to our favourite local cafe Nice pie so an extended ride to and from the meeting point got me to 63.5 miles and job done
Septembers done if you swap @tallliman for @Noodle Legs I could use the report above as a carbon copy was done
Noodle Legs
Winging it
- Location
- Coalville, Leicestershire
Brilliant ride out today, was great to catch up and do a bit again after the best part of a year! Cheers for the help with the tile grab too!
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Other than @Sea of vapours & now myself, has nobody else managed to beat the weather so far this month and complete this challenge. It was more than a tad breezy this afternoon which meant that the route I'd got in mind was immediately discarded as too much of it was into a headwind, so I had to make something up as I went along.
