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  • November 4, 2011 at 3:37 pm #14450
    dave atkinson

    Want to chat about the Metric Century Challenge? Do it here! And not in the MCC scoring thread. Good luck for 2011-2012!

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  • February 24, 2013 at 10:45 pm #656989
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    Bedfordshire Clanger

    A week ago I was flying
    A week ago I was flying throught the Peaks in sunshine, today I was suffering a thorough beasting on the wheel of Old Cranky for the whole of the Phil Cooke Challenge. It didn’t stop it being a fine day out on a great route, well organised by some lovely people for a very good cause. Even mashing two chainlinks in my front mech couldn’t spoil the day. The moral of the story is…always recycle your KMC Master links. You can’t have too many in your EPMS.

    Needless to say, both rides were as icy as the ninth circle of hell. Roll on Spring!

    February 17, 2013 at 5:36 pm #656987
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    peakingintwomonths

    Nov-Feb, first quarter
    Nov-Feb, first quarter done,

    Been a tale of punctures, snow, ice, punctures, flooding, punctures, going arse-over-tip over the handlebars and getting a puncture. Never mind, on the up-side I have got out on the bike through all weathers and maintained what modicum of fitness I have – and sharpened up my puncture repair technique.

    Feb run today was perfect – sunshine, crisp, snow on the moors – soon be spring with daylight and the chance of better weather.

    February 13, 2013 at 10:15 am #656985
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    Blackhound

    166km yesterday and my hands
    166km yesterday and my hands and feet never got warm. Snow free at home but Charnwood Hills had quite a bit in the fields and verges.

    February 12, 2013 at 9:05 pm #656983
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    Bedfordshire Clanger

    …and the theme for this
    …and the theme for this year’s MCC is snow. Another freezing MC across the white fields of Beds and Herts.

    January 24, 2013 at 9:14 pm #656981
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    Bedfordshire Clanger

    January sorted. Why do I only
    January sorted. Why do I only do these in the snow? Only two more to go before the clocks change. In a few weeks time I’ll be able to start one of these in daylight. Maybe I’ll manage to go a bit quicker too.

    January 14, 2013 at 5:43 pm #656979
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    Leviathan

    Colin Peyresourde wrote:Can

    Colin Peyresourde wrote:
    Can anyone remind me when the metric century starts and finishes? Can I start it this Jan, or am I too late?

    It started on November 1st 2012 and runs for 12 months. You can still take part and log metrics but you won’t be able to ‘complete’ the challenge as you have missed Nov+Dec (I’ve already missed Dec if you look a couple of posts up.) only about 21ish people did it all last year/season.

    You can always just set yourself your own challenge for 2013.

    January 14, 2013 at 10:42 am #656977
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    Colin Peyresourde

    Can anyone remind me when the
    Can anyone remind me when the metric century starts and finishes? Can I start it this Jan, or am I too late?

    December 31, 2012 at 2:32 pm #656975
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    Bedfordshire Clanger

    Don’t be disheartened.
    Don’t be disheartened. Everyone is slower in the winter thanks to all of the things that you mention. The good news is that any work you put in now will pay you back in the summer when you’ll be leaner, stronger and that little bit more inured to bad conditions. You’ll appreciate the good days more and be more likely to overcome any reticence to head out if the weather doesn’t look too good. We all have to fight the weather and darkness at this time of year. Stick with it.

    December 30, 2012 at 4:24 pm #656973
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    Leviathan

    Failure! Did 52.1km today in
    Failure! Did 52.1km today in a last ditch attempt to get my second metric in. It is going to bucket down again tomorrow (31st) so that is right out, got to be rested for party night you know.
    I just have to grumble, it has just been wet wet wet. Every time I’ve gone out on my bike it has started to rain this month. Rain is cold and slows you down, going slow takes extra time, and longer in the saddle means pain, sore feet, sore back, sore legs, sore cooch! Freezing feet.
    The irony is there was a lovely day last week, warm, dry and sunny on Sunday 23rd but I had to travel to the relatives and missed it. Sat on the train I knew my best chance was sliding past.

    So today I set of on some damp roads but the wind was really in my face. I was fighting the wind and my winter tights, every revolution seemed to take 30% extra effort. After 17km slight uphill I was down to 22kph and at least 10 minutes behind usual. I managed to struggle that back up to 25kph by 90mins but then it started to rain again.
    With the prospect of taking half an hour to get home or doing 5 more loops of the by-pass in the rain and the dark to complete the metric I just didn’t have the heart.

    I may just be unused to winter riding but it is really hard having to fight the road condition, weather and extra layers of clothing. Speed goes so slow that I just can’t manage that amount of time it takes to do the distance. I notice nobody says on the challenge page how long it takes them; the info might be helpful.

    Moan over, only 10 months before I can try again.

    December 23, 2012 at 7:19 pm #656971
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    Blackhound

    Decided to ride over the
    Decided to ride over the night of the Solstice. Set off at 4pm riding to Telford services which is about 100km away. After a longish break I headed towards home looping further south. It started to rain and I had not taken a rain jacket! I ended up getting home at 6am, had an hour in bed and got into some dry clothes and went I did a few chores getting home at 8.30 am. I only counted the mileage to 6am though. Feel I sort of quit on original, mad, idea.

    December 5, 2012 at 7:00 pm #656969
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    Bedfordshire Clanger

    5 inches of snow over the
    5 inches of snow over the Chilterns this morning but I stayed upright. My slowest MC ever I should think.

    December 1, 2012 at 12:58 am #656967
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    Bedfordshire Clanger

    Dave Atkinson wrote:yup, i’ll

    Dave Atkinson wrote:
    yup, i’ll set it up tomorrow

    Typical IT!

    December 1, 2012 at 12:57 am #656965
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    Bedfordshire Clanger

    Trundled around in the dark
    Trundled around in the dark before work. Feet numb with cold by the end of it but just sneaked in before the end of the month. Like Captain Beaky, I foolishly rode 60.8 miles earlier in the month without thinking that a few minutes more in the saddle would have qualified me for November. It’s all downhill from here.

    November 30, 2012 at 8:04 pm #656963
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    Stofish

    A bad start for my metric
    A bad start for my metric century year, an impromptu change of route after being chased by a pack of farm dogs. :S

    November 17, 2012 at 1:41 am #656961
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    Leviathan

    Mmmpphh, is that the noise
    Mmmpphh, is that the noise you make when you go into a pot hole and your goolies hit the cross bar? :&
    No, but seriously, you are now my next target. đŸ‘¿

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