Three 30-minute rides each week of the year Challenge 2023

[ColinJ]

You can go south from Tod on the canal?

Yes. I used to go to/come back from Littleborough on it which is about 9 km each way. There are various road/off-road options from Littleborough. The canal itself continues into Rochdale and beyond but I usually avoid going that far into the more built-up areas.

...Black Hill...

I like that road. It wont be long before I get my best bike out of hibernation and head out that way again. We will have to organise a forum ride out there this year!

Another failure for me. Just to much wind early in the week, then no chance to ride Thursday & Friday, so only got out yesterday and today.

I think I'd better drop out of this challenge, I'm almost certain to fail at least one week in May, possibly more.

That's a shame, but why not continue, see what your total is for this year, then try to match or beat it next year?

 

[bluenotebob]

Week 16 (17th April to 23rd April)

302km cycled this week (year to date = 3580km)

All five bikes have now passed 500km in 2023 – and two of them have passed 900km .. La Rossa and the MASSI keep leapfrogging each other in their quest to get to 1000km first: La Rossa is on 921km and the MASSI is breathing down her neck on 919km. It’ll be close but my money’s on La Rossa…but it depends on the weather over the next week or so.

All five bikes have done 100km this month .. I’ve now succeeded in doing this in 9 out of the last 10 months – the exception being December 2022 .. I’m not sure I’ll ever manage to achieve it in a December …

19 rides this week over 30 mins:

Week 16 – ride 1 (Mon) – 36 mins – Pontmenard loop: on the MASSI
Week 16 – ride 2 (Mon) – 1 hr 8 mins – Raserais, Esquiniac, Bourg Neuf and la Faux: on the Princess
Week 16 – ride 3 (Mon) – 2 hrs 53 mins – SBdM, Brignac, la Cotinaie, Ménéac, Ménéac quarry, Landual, St Yger, la Ville Durand, le Villot, la Riaye, Brignac, Kerminy, la Plaisance and SBdM: on La Rossa
Week 16 – ride 4 (Tues) – 1 hr 14 mins – Plaisance, Geffray and le Faux: on the Urban Shaper
Week 16 – ride 5 (Tues) – 35 mins – local lanes: also on the Urban Shaper
Week 16 – ride 6 (Wed) – 46 mins – local lanes: still on the Urban Shaper
Week 16 – ride 7 (Wed) – 42 mins – a Devison loop: on the MASSI
Week 16 – ride 8 (Wed) – 51 mins – Haligan, Bourrien and Justice: also on the MASSI
Week 16 – ride 9 (Thurs) – 35 mins – Pontmenard loop: on the Urban Shaper
Week 16 – ride 10 (Thurs) – 40 mins – Raserais and Esquiniac: also on the Urban Shaper
Week 16 – ride 11 (Thurs) – 1 hr 1 min – Villedieu, Pont de Rox, Plaisance and SBdM: on La Rossa
Week 16 – ride 12 (Fri) – 49 mins – Raserais and Esquiniac: on the Princess
Week 16 – ride 13 (Fri) – 1 hr 5 mins – SBdM, Evriguet and Kerminy: on the Princess
Week 16 – ride 14 (Fri) – 38 mins – Pontmenard loop: on the RAID
Week 16 – ride 14 (Sat) – 1 hr 45 mins – Evriguet, Corbinais, la Riaye, Brignac and Kerminy: on La Rossa
Week 16 – ride 15 (Sat) – 1 hr 4 mins – local lanes: on the Urban Shaper
Week 16 – ride 16 (Sat) – 47 mins – local off-road frolics: on the RAID
Week 16 – ride 17 (Sun) – 43 mins – a splashy and very windy Pontmenard loop: on the RAID
Week 16 – ride 18 (Sun) – 35 mins – local lanes: on the MASSI
Week 16 – ride 19 (Sun) – 42 mins – local lanes: on the RAID

Just west of the quarry in Ménéac on Tuesday – it’s not an area I know at all well but I’ll be back. I reckon there’s a fairly lumpy 50+km ride out there – hopefully we’ll get the right weather for it one day in May..

 

[FrothNinja]

Rides 1 to 5 were battered by unco-operative wind - not nice riding when the sun was hiding.
W16R1 - Hybrid 2 hours 4 mins - Commute to Clitheroe & back. Took a winding scenic alternative route back via Whalley.
W16R2 - Mares 30 mins - Maryport cliffs, prom north & back again.
W16R3 - Mares 30 mins - Coastal ride Roosebeck, Rampside, Roa Island return.
W16R4 - Mares 56 mins - Old Langho, Hacking, Langho, Wilpshire, return
W16R5 - Hybrid 54 mins - Burnley, Barrowford, Brierfield, Fence etc - just making up the miles and a bit boring, even the gravel, except when it rained then the slippery conditions were cause for entertainment.
W16R6 - Hybrid 1 hour 56 mins - Clarion loop XL - Burnley, Brierfield, Barrowford, Roughlee, Clarion, Newchurch, Sabden Fold, the Ridge, Black Hill, The Ridge, Fence, Quaker Bridge, Burnley

 

[Houthakker]

W15R1 10/4/23 48:35 7.7 miles around Ansdell and St Annes
W15R2 11/4/23 41:43 6.3 miles around Lytham Hall, Saltcoates and back along prom.
W15R3 12/4/23 51:09 7.8 miles Along prom to Saltcotes, back along prom and around Ansdell
W15R4 14/4/23 1:08:28 12.8 miles across the moss, round the back of the airport and back along Blackpool prom
W15R5 15/4/23 2:03:56 25.1 miles Freckleton, Kirkham, Wharles, Elswick, Singleton, Weeton, Ballam

W16R1 17/4/23 1:02:20 12.7 miles Saltcotes, Wrea Green, Warton, Lytham
W16R2 20/4/23 31:45 5.2 miles Lytham hall, Saltcotes, back along prom
W16R3 21/4/23 1:02:27 10.4 miles Across the moss, Moss side, Lodge lane, Saltcotes, prom.
W16R4 22/4/23 1:05:52 11.3 miles Around the outskirts of Ansdell and St Annes

 

[ColinJ]

I have still been getting over my recent lurgy so nothing spectacular done on the bike, but at least this challenge got me out for just over 1.5 hours again.

Ride durations rounded down to the nearest quarter of an hour and excluding breaks.

Week 16: 3 qualifying rides, 27 km, 1.5 hrs.

• Ride 1 (Wed): (Singlespeed) 9 km. Slightly less lumpy than usual local loop on A646/A6033. 1/2 hr.
• Ride 2 (Thu): (Singlespeed) 9 km. Slightly less lumpy than usual local loop on A646/A6033. 1/2 hr.
• Ride 3 (Fri): (Singlespeed) 9 km. Slightly less lumpy than usual local loop on A646/A6033. 1/2 hr.

Success rate: 16 weeks out of 16.

49 qualifying rides so far this year, totalling 759 km, and taking approximately 46.5 hrs.

Next week should be a lot more energetic than this one was!

 

[bluenotebob]

Week 17

Four months into 2023 – 16 weeks done – and four of us left in this challenge. I’ve kept comprehensive notes of who’s done what so far, including all those who started but then dropped out.

For a raft of reasons, I’m starting to feel somewhat disengaged with the challenge so … if someone else is prepared to keep notes of who has done what, then please do so – because I won’t do it anymore.

This should have become a mutually supportive challenge thread by this point in the year – but instead it’s becoming a dispiriting grind.

I’ve usually done my 3 or 4 weekly qualifying rides by Tuesday afternoon so I’ll just post those each week (without adding any other info or photos). Or maybe I’ll save them up and block book them every two or three weeks.

I’m also contemplating a break from being active on CC .. but I’ll still log on regularly and check my alerts – and I’ll “like” any posts where someone has actually made an effort.

Week 17 – ride 1 (Mon) – 1 hr 14 mins – Plaisance, Kerminy, Evriguet and SBdM: on La Rossa
Week 17 – ride 2 (Mon) – 2 hrs 1 min – Brignac, la Riaye, la Corbinais, Evriguet, Guilliers, Evriguet and SBdM: on La Rossa
Week 17 – ride 3 (Tues) – 44 mins – Devison loop: on the MASSI
Week 17 – ride 4 (Tues) – 54 mins – Villedieu, Pont de Rox, Plaisance and SBdM: on La Rossa

 

[Houthakker]

Shame your feeling that way @bluenotebob, but I know the challenge was great for getting me out, especially early in the year when the weather wasn't great. I intend to try and keep it going for the rest of the year, god willing! Thanks for kicking it off.

 

[FrothNinja]

Just the 3 qualifying rides this week - in spite of the gentler winds.
W17R1 - Hybrid 3 hours 17 mins - Burnley, Brierfield, Barrowford, Colne (Paris-Roubaix tribute on various very steep cobble challenges then Wicked Bikez), Lower Hill, Laneshaw Bridge, The Atom, Wycoller, Trawden, old Clarion, Coldwell, dirt twisty through the woods, Thursden valley, Extwhistle Moor, Hurstwood track, Towneley, L&L at Thompson Pk, Brierfield, Nelson, Brierfield, Fence, Burnley (total 57.7 km / 35.9 miles plus 3,560 ft / 1,085 m ascent)
W17R2 - Mares 50 mins - extended gravel loop.
W17R3 - Mares 54 mins - extended gravel loop - top 3 overall in one of the gravel sectors. No idea where I placed on the age related ranking, too tight to pay for the extra info

 

[ColinJ]

For a raft of reasons, I’m starting to feel somewhat disengaged with the challenge so …

I'm sorry about that. I'd like to thank you for organising it - it has certainly got me to make an effort to get out far more often than I would have done otherwise.

I have had my best week so far this year...

Week 17: 5 qualifying rides, 154 km, 8.75 hrs.

• Ride 1 (Mon): (Singlespeed) 10 km. Slightly extended lumpy local loop. 1/2 hr.
• Ride 2 (Tue): (Singlespeed) 8 km. Lumpy local loop. 1/2 hr.
• Ride 3 (Wed): (Singlespeed) 17 km. Hebden Bridge and back on the A646. 3/4 hr.
• Ride 4 (Thu): (Singlespeed) 9 km. Slightly extended lumpy local loop. 1/2 hr.
• Ride 5 (Sat): (Singlespeed) 110 km. Home to Tod station, [train], Garforth forum ride, [train], Hebden Bridge station to home. 6-1/2 hrs ride time.

Success rate: 17 weeks out of 17.

54 qualifying rides so far this year, totalling 913 km, and taking approximately 55.25 hrs.

 

[bluenotebob]

Week 18 (1st May to 7th May)

Week 18 – ride 1 (Mon) – 49 mins – local lanes: on the Urban Shaper
Week 18 – ride 2 (Mon) – 51 mins – more local lanes: this time on the RAID
Week 18 – ride 3 (Mon) – 52 mins – Plaisance and Geffray: on La Rossa
Week 18 – ride 4 (Tues) – 41 mins – local lanes again: on the RAID
Week 18 – ride 5 (Tues) – 43 mins – Geffray and le Faux: on the MASSI
Week 18 – ride 6 (Tues) – 59 mins – Villedieu, Pont de Rox, Plaisance and SBdM: on La Rossa

 

[Houthakker]

As usual, forgot to update so its two weeks at a time again!

W17R1 23/4/23 35:02 5.2 miles Around town via the allotment
W17R2 24/4/23 3:47:15 40.4 miles To Preston then a loop around the guild wheel
W17R3 26/4/23 32:49 5.5 miles Around town via the allotment
W17R4 28/4/23 53:35 9.6 miles Saltcotes, Lodge lane,Moss Side, back across the moss
W17R5 29/4/23 2:47:23 31.2 miles Lodge lane, Kirkha, Traeles, Wharles, Cottam, Lea, Salwick, Kirkham

W18R1 1/5/23 1:51:47 20.4 Miles Freckleton, Newton, Kirkham, Wesham, Weeton
W18R2 2/5/23 31:22 5.1 miles Loop around town via the allotment
W18R3 3/5/23 1:29:40 15.6 miles Along prom to Blackpool glitterball, then inland and back across the moss.
W18R4 6/5/23 1:38:29 19.2 miles Ballam. Plumpton, Weeton, Weshmak, Kirkham, Freckleton.

 

[FrothNinja]

W18R1 - Mares 53 mins - Whalley, Sabden, Dean, Heyhouses then back to Whalley
W18R2 - Mares 36 mins - Roughlee, Newchurch, Barley, Upper Ogden, Barley, Roughlee.
W18R3 - Mares 1 hour 8 mins - Brierfield, Nelson, Colne (LBS), Foulridge, L&L, Barrowford, Nelson, Brierfield
W18R4 - Mares 37 mins - Clarion run

 

[ColinJ]

Week 18: 4 qualifying rides, 58 km, 4.5 hrs.

• Ride 1 (Wed): (2-speed**) 14 km. Extended lumpy local loop. 3/4 hr.
• Ride 2 (Thu): (2-speed**) 14 km. Extended lumpy local loop. 3/4 hr.
• Ride 3 (Fri): (Singlespeed) 11 km. Slightly extended lumpy local loop. 1/2 hr.
• Ride 4 (Sun): (MTB) 19 km. Local roads, bridleways and towpath. 2-1/2 hrs.

Success rate: 18 weeks out of 18.

58 qualifying rides so far this year, totalling 971 km, and taking approximately 59.75 hrs.

** In my normal singlespeed gear, but switching to 36/24 gear for a ramp which is a few hundred metres at about 15%

 

[bluenotebob]

Week 19 (8th May to 14th May)

Week 19 – ride 1 (Mon) – 48 mins – local lanes: on the RAID
Week 19 – ride 2 (Mon) – 57 mins – Devison and SBdM: on the MASSI
Week 19 – ride 3 (Mon) – 1 hr 7 mins – Evriguet, Kerminy and Plaisance: on La Rossa
Week 19 – ride 4 (Mon) – 44 mins – SBdM and 1.5 loops of Pontmenard: on the Urban Shaper
Week 19 – ride 5 (Tues) – 44 mins – a Pontmenard loop: on the MASSI
Week 19 – ride 6 (Tues) – 36 mins – local lanes: on the RAID
Week 19 – ride 7 (Wed) – 1 hr 7 mins – Evriguet, Kerminy and Plaisance: on La Rossa
Week 19 – ride 8 (Wed) – 32 mins – local lanes: on the MASSI

 

[FrothNinja]

W19R1 - Hybrid 47 mins - Extended gravel loop
W19R2 - Centurion 31 mins - Local miles.
W19R3 - Hybrid 2 hours 14 mins - Burnley, Rose Grove, Hapton, Hambledon, Hapton, Padiham, Black Hill, the Ridge, Sabden Fold, Newchurch, Jinny Lane, Clarion, Roughlee, Noggarth, Barrowford, Wheatley Lane, Burnley