cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
taken the weekend off riding as im resting my dodgy knee, certainly feels a lot better today compared to friday .I did notice today my saddle on the commuter had dropped 5 mm !
The Metric Century (100KM) A Month Challenge ChatZone
- Thread starter ColinJ
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footloose crow
Veteran
- Location
- Cornwall. UK
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
My diary for June is a bit hectic so I decided to get my metric century in early and combine it with the lunacy climbing malarky thing. A straight out and back ride taking in some of my favourite/most feared hills.
A beautiful day for cycling. Cool-ish but with some sun later. A light breeze but not windy. My legs were fine up all the hills. The only slight downside was that as it was a last minute decision I didn't get any nice food (pork pies, malt loaf etc) to take with me, I just had energy bars which are OK I suppose.
A beautiful day for cycling. Cool-ish but with some sun later. A light breeze but not windy. My legs were fine up all the hills. The only slight downside was that as it was a last minute decision I didn't get any nice food (pork pies, malt loaf etc) to take with me, I just had energy bars which are OK I suppose.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
june done and dusted 180 km in total for the club century ride to velo verde
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
as posted elsewhere last sat was a imperial century ride to cafe velo verde so this month is already covered , good job really as i pulled out of todays club ride as my knee was really sore this morning .Weather permitting im tempted to ride to ramblers retreat in alton tomorrow
KingswayRider
Über Member
- Location
- Gloucester
I've finally got round to posting my final May 100k & after a week away, I've knocked in my 1st 100k for June. My final May 100k was a Bristol orbital, starting from Frenchay village & running anti-clockwise around Bristol. Some rough lanes & some busy roads, but some nice roads as I got east & north of Bristol.
Had a week away in Northumberland / Scottish borders, but no opportunity for a 100k (just not enough time free to cover the distance without interfering with daytime plans). I did get a few 30's in - 2 at 37 & one at 32.6 (598m, 598m & 567m ascent). Nothing I'd call a serious climb, but plenty of up & down.
Had a bit of drama on the last ride...I saw the lane said ford, but didn't expect a river crossing (Whiteadder, from Chirnside to Paxton). The ford started as concrete, but switched part way across to cobbles. Unfortunately slippery cobbles, 6 inches of water & road tyres don't mix...resulting in a dunking. Only 11 degrees out at a little after 6am & 30 miles still to cover. Gathered my composure, saw nobody was watching & swallowed my pride. After wringing out the excess water from my gloves I pressed on, but arrived back with numb toes.
After a long drive home yesterday it was good to get out this morning. A bit of loop before the club ride & then a ride out to Weston's Cider at Much Marcle. Dodged the worst of the showers & had an enjoyable ride, knocking in 77 miles. Halfway through the challenge...
Had a week away in Northumberland / Scottish borders, but no opportunity for a 100k (just not enough time free to cover the distance without interfering with daytime plans). I did get a few 30's in - 2 at 37 & one at 32.6 (598m, 598m & 567m ascent). Nothing I'd call a serious climb, but plenty of up & down.
Had a bit of drama on the last ride...I saw the lane said ford, but didn't expect a river crossing (Whiteadder, from Chirnside to Paxton). The ford started as concrete, but switched part way across to cobbles. Unfortunately slippery cobbles, 6 inches of water & road tyres don't mix...resulting in a dunking. Only 11 degrees out at a little after 6am & 30 miles still to cover. Gathered my composure, saw nobody was watching & swallowed my pride. After wringing out the excess water from my gloves I pressed on, but arrived back with numb toes.
After a long drive home yesterday it was good to get out this morning. A bit of loop before the club ride & then a ride out to Weston's Cider at Much Marcle. Dodged the worst of the showers & had an enjoyable ride, knocking in 77 miles. Halfway through the challenge...
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
another one in the bag for this month albeit with a free hub failure for one of the group luckily her partner could pick her up or it was a long walk home
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
Well done. I suffered a freehub failure (tbf there had been mild warnings at least in retrospect) on the way back from a Wednesday pub, made late by one more cheeky half. At about 2315 on a rural road, with a hip waiting for replacement (so walking running scooting home was not an option (10km+)): freehub fail. Zipties to anchor the cassette to the spokes failed/parted as soon as any force applied. Fortunately I had some friends in the next village so scooted (false flat) ther and knocked them up (getting on for midnight) and borrowed/swapped a bike to get me home, remediated in the morning returning bike and bottle, and new freehub (which my LBS had in stock) fitted on the Thursday afternoon.
But what are the failed freehub workarounds? It's been suggested that if one has/carries a spare gear cable that will do. Or I guess pull out the rear gear cable and use that.
But what are the failed freehub workarounds? It's been suggested that if one has/carries a spare gear cable that will do. Or I guess pull out the rear gear cable and use that.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
She's a triathlete I did suggest if her partner had bought her shoes she could have run home about 12 miles 😉
Ajax Bay
Guru
- Location
- East Devon
Clearly you looked for as much 'scenery' as possible.
Would be interested to see D3 and D4 routes to understand. I presume you took in plenty of Cotswold 'squares' on D3.
How about sharing a RwGPS route for ths whole trip? Or post in the LEJOG sub-forum.
I didn't do the planning for ours, it was provided by a company we were going to use but in the end didn't due to numbers. There were a couple of routing errors but generally was OK!
We didn't go into the Cotswolds in the route, but went over the Severn bridge and up Wye Valley. We did manage to cover around 1300 tiles over the 10 days :-)
Day 1 - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41366418
Day 2 - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41366543
Day 3 - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41486614
Day 4 - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41486808
Day 5 - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41486853
Day 6 - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41487265
Day 7 - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41489933
Day 8 - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/28178197
Day 9 - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41490244
Day 10 - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41490635
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Congratulations all - halfway through and we still have all 11 starters in the challenge. Keep up the good work!
