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  • November 1, 2009 at 12:01 pm #12017
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    We have completed the first years Metric Century Challenge, and I have a few suggestions.

    Should we start a new thread for this years challenge to keep it neat and tidy. Also start a new metric century chat thread too.

    I think we should not worry about getting in one scoring ride every month, that way it is a bit more inclusive, and people won’t feel like they can’t join in if they either miss a month or don’t see it until later in the year.

    Lastly, can I claim longest ride – 225.3km

    Highest score in a month – June, 7 points

    Highest total score – 54 points

    That was a good year, and the challenge meant there were times when I used it as a good excuse to put in more miles, and times when it forced me to stay out when I really fancied going home…

    I have a few challenges this coming year that require me to get some good miles in, so will be in again this year.

    What did I win Tony and Dave?

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  • February 27, 2010 at 7:50 am #631803
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    Hi Fringe, here’s a cut down
    Hi Fringe, here’s a cut down one of the ride I did yesterday. I have removed the stuff that takes you to and from my house, so is about 75 miles now. I started this one from the roundabout just off J43 of the M4. If you take the junction then at the roundabout take the (3rd?) exit onto the A465 toward Neath. After a mile or so take the exit (signed Neath again I think) onto the A474 bearing left toward Neath Abbey. There is a short flyover that takes you straight to another roundabout with a big Tesco superstore as the first exit left. This is where the route starts, so you could take a chance and park in there, or take the second exit and park in any of the roads off left or right.

    http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=104952

    Cheers, Si.

    February 26, 2010 at 5:58 pm #631801
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    Fringe

    hey DaSy, sounds like fun!
    hey DaSy, sounds like fun! (well when your back home and dry at any rate) any chance you can tell us what route you are doing please, just the basics like A road this and then B road that if you dont do a ‘map my bike ride thing’.
    just asking as i may have a few family free days over easter and may well try to get over to wales for a ride.

    cheers.

    February 26, 2010 at 5:12 pm #631799
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    Anonymous

    Well, I think todays ride
    Well, I think todays ride should qualify as an epic. I rode a similar loop in the Valleys to the one I did a few weeks ago, with one major exception…the weather!

    I rode 85 miles and 4 mountain passes, and each one was into a headwind of at least 30mph, with sleet that was genuinly hurting my face to the point that I had to pull my neck-warmer up over my cheeks just to soften the blow a bit.

    At one point over the Beacons, I was riding into such a wind that despite going down a -7% slope, I had to drop to the 39×22 to keep above 10mph! This wind and hail stayed against me over the Rhigos and the Bwlch. The climb over the Bwlch was insane, and I was leaning at about 25′ to stay upright. The descent was much like the last, and had me in the 39 tooth again just to keep going forward.

    So 85 miles and 2500m of ascent, all into a hurricane and horizontal sleet…good training for the Club des Cingles I think.

    I was still smiling when I got home, but only just!

    February 23, 2010 at 2:37 pm #631797
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    Anonymous

    A quick mid-week metric saw
    A quick mid-week metric saw me riding 63 miles into sleet, rain and wind, but for some reason I enjoyed every minute…

    My usual flat-ish 63 mile out and back, doing a loop round Windsor Castle, was done in reasonable time. The bike needs a good clean up though, ready for a spin in the Valleys of S. Wales this weekend.

    February 21, 2010 at 11:12 am #631795
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    Blackhound

    OK Dasy – also planning a day
    OK Dasy – also planning a day trip to Ventoux during our week in the Alps!

    Today was a lot of clibing in lovelt conditions in the snowy White Peak. Got dropped by the group on the climbs – I really need to improve…

    February 20, 2010 at 6:02 pm #631793
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    Anonymous

    Blackhound – that would be
    Blackhound – that would be good, I’ve got lots of climbing training ahead of me too. I’ve actually signed up now for the Club des Cingles du Mont Ventoux in June, so no going back now! Give me a shout anytime a week or so prior and I can get down there, as the missus is always keen to see her parents.

    Todays ride was 70 something miles of headwind, or at least that’s how it felt! I stepped up the pace a bit today, plus threw in a lot more climbing. I’m feeling very impatient to get back to last summers level (and hopefully beyond), but I’m trying to actually be structured and progressive, so patience and consistency is the name of the game I suppose.

    February 19, 2010 at 8:05 pm #631791
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    Blackhound

    Dasy – OK, lets try and sort
    Dasy – OK, lets try and sort something out when it gets warmer. Could do with some climbing training before a trip to The Alps in June.

    February 13, 2010 at 5:38 pm #631789
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    Anonymous

    Blackhound – I think I’ve
    Blackhound – I think I’ve said this before, but it does bear repeating; I think I sound a lot better on paper than I am on the road!

    It would be great to meet up; with your wife’s family being from Duffryn Rhondda, and my in-laws from just down the road in Skewen, we should both be alright for excuses!

    Today’s ride was good, it being cold and me getting sleeted on didn’t spoil my first 100 miler of the year. I even managed a negative split despite a fairly tough headwind for the last 20 miles. It was a straight out and back that got me as far as Calne before I turned round.

    I was most tired by the new power bar type thing I was trying out, a Multi-Power Active bar. It worked well, and importantly didn’t make me cough, but due to the cold it was a serious undertaking to chew it. I think I have identified a weak spot in my training!

    February 12, 2010 at 8:32 pm #631787
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    Blackhound

    Cheers Dasy, may take you up
    Cheers Dasy, may take you up on it if I get my life sorted. (Mrs B’s father was from Duffryn Rhonnda so I may be able to persuade her to visit her relatives…)

    WOuld be a steady ride for yourself though!

    February 10, 2010 at 10:53 am #631785
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    Anonymous

    Give me a shout on here if
    Give me a shout on here if you do decide to, I ride around there a lot, and have lots of nice routes.

    Port Talbot is just down the road from where I stay, so could easily meet you from there. It would be good to catch up and go for a ride in the summer.

    The bacon rolls at the top of Rhigos take some beating…

    February 9, 2010 at 9:55 pm #631783
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    Blackhound

    Afan Lodge – it was a nice
    Afan Lodge – it was a nice weekend on the trails, been a bit tired last few days. I was stuffing bacon rolls and carrot cake at Glyncorreg as you pootled past probably.

    Was thinking it would be nice on the road bike to up there – thinking of getting the train to Port Talbot and doing a spin over the summer. ALong with all the other plans….

    February 6, 2010 at 8:51 pm #631781
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    Anonymous

    What a lovely day for a ride
    What a lovely day for a ride at last!

    85 miles taking in Devils Elbow, Pen y Fan, Rhigos and the Bwlch, and enjoyed every mile.

    The bacon roll at the top of Rhigos never fails to hit the spot. I’m pleased to see that 10 hours a week for the last couple of months on the turbo has actually translated into some vague semblance of performance on the road.

    Blackhound, I rode past The Afan Lodge, and was fully prepared to shout “Blackhoud?” at every MTBer I passed, but that was the sum total of none so we may have been close but no cigar…

    January 29, 2010 at 5:59 pm #631779
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    cat1commuter

    Hmm. I’m going to be on
    Hmm. I’m going to be on holiday in Melbourne on the 17th October, which is when their “Round the Bay in a Day” ride happens. The bay in question is Port Philip Bay, which is quite large. There are various options, such as clockwise or anti-clockwise, both 210 km. But to beat DaSy’s 225.3 km I’d need to choose the 250 km option, which traces an extra peninsular. (Of course if DaSy does his day ride to Paris, that 320 km.)

    Looks good fun. They get 15,000 cyclists attempting the various distances. You get a ticket for a ferry ride across the mouth of the bay.

    I’m going to need to take my own machine down there if I enter. I don’t fancy doing 200 km on a hired bike!

    January 27, 2010 at 9:20 am #631777
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    STATO

    ah yes, so it is. Damn these
    ah yes, so it is. Damn these tricky calendars!

    January 26, 2010 at 9:04 pm #631775
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    Blackhound

    Stato – The Kielder race is
    Stato – The Kielder race is 4th September – unless you are after an early start;-)

    Thinking of doing it myself if I an the UK at the time which is probable.

    Got my January counter in last Saturday after an aborted audax on the 2nd (heavy snow in peak district).

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