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  • October 25, 2008 at 5:23 pm #11475
    dave atkinson

    here’s a thread for chat about metric century, so we don’t have to post in the competition thread.

    First things first. DaSy: not sure why you couldn’t edit. posts get locked if someone replies to them, but that shouldn’t have happened with yours. I’ll see if can work out what’s up.

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  • May 3, 2009 at 8:12 am #625509
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    Anonymous

    80 miles around a new route I
    80 miles around a new route I hadn’t tried before in the Beacons was wonderful.

    Based around a loop I saw in Cplus a while back, took me from Skewen up through Brynamman and over the Black Mountain to Llangadog across to Llandovery, then Trecastle to Senybridge and Defynnog and back via Crai, Abercraf, Pontardawe and home.

    April 26, 2009 at 7:37 pm #625507
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    Anonymous

    I got a nice warm metric in
    I got a nice warm metric in today, and all at zone 2. Bloody zone 2 is the bane of my life at the moment!

    April 26, 2009 at 5:53 pm #625505
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    Skardy

    Just managed to sneak in my
    Just managed to sneak in my century for April – my last one was 1st March and I certainly felt it!

    Dragged myself out of bed early and got out with the local club, was hanging on at times but enjoyed the ride. Started in Bath and went to somewhere called Urchfont in Wiltshire – I know nothing about it other than there is a quality farmshop & cafe with fantastic cake.

    April 21, 2009 at 1:18 pm #625503
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    Jon Burrage

    Just got home after my latest
    Just got home after my latest metric. Bristol via Clevedon to Cheddar, along lanes and back roads to Radstock then back to Bristol via Bath. 131.6km, cold at first but lovely and sunny now!

    April 19, 2009 at 5:24 pm #625501
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    Anonymous

    I just googled an Imperial
    I just googled an Imperial piercing – I could make a pretty good guess, but never heard of one before – I decided not to play the video of the guy proudly boasting of getting his imperial done, especially as it was by a guy calling himself Dark Porn Star!

    I assume some manner of Prince Albert, but my fear is greater than my curiosity, so blissful ignorance is my preferred option…

    April 19, 2009 at 5:09 pm #625499
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    Tony Farrelly

    When I saw that you’d
    When I saw that you’d ‘Managed an imperial’ in the comments box on the homepage my first thought was that you’d had some sort of piercing…

    April 19, 2009 at 5:06 pm #625497
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    Anonymous

    Managed to get an imperial
    Managed to get an imperial century in today, the joy of the spring weather!

    A spin down the Test valley, across into Winchester and backup into Whitchurch past the silk mill and home.

    I took some rather up-market energy food today too, a bagel with humous and smoked salmon and a bag full of fig rolls. The best food yet, the salty salmon was lovely, and satisfied that desire to not keep eating sweet stuff.

    April 8, 2009 at 7:34 am #625495
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    Jon Burrage

    Sounds like a good time was
    Sounds like a good time was had by all. Nice pic of the new vision team as well…may well be putting this in ym diary for next year.

    April 7, 2009 at 9:02 pm #625493
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    Blackhound

    Last weekend my metric
    Last weekend my metric century was the Ronde van Vlaanderen, 140km route.

    Started off a little cold but warmed up to a nice riding temperature. Sun came out for the Muur-Kaplemuur climb and into the finish. 19,000 riders all told, of which 3,500 did the full 269km route. It was reported that 700 travelled from the UK. The roads were full of riders and my mate and I ended up walking the Molenberg (climb 1) and Koppenberg (climb 5) due to the narrowness and mass of riders. The cobbles were incredibly hard, much harder than I anticipated, and going down was worse than climbing. Many bottles and a few pumps littered the road, our only minor problem was some bottle cages working loose.

    Finished in 6hr 10 minutes somewhat slower than I hoped but there was a number of slower sections held up with other riders. A wonderful experience and the opportunity too see the pro’s the following day. We saw the womens start (including the Road.cc rider of the year) the Molenberg and Ten Bosse and the women approaching the Koppenberg.

    A fantastic weekend and easily done from the UK.

    March 30, 2009 at 1:27 pm #625491
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    dave atkinson

    sounds like you’ve done more
    sounds like you’ve done more testing on the site than i have 🙂

    doesn’t really matter as the info at the bottom tells us who’s who. just makes the ‘recent comment’ updates look a bit odd! so I guess we just all do what you’ve done, when we finally do another century…

    March 30, 2009 at 12:13 pm #625489
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    Anonymous

    I tried that Dave, it appears
    I tried that Dave, it appears to take the first x number of characters, as I put my name at the top of the post once I noticed the change but it put my name plus the first few characters of the next line. I then put a few blank lines in after my name but it ignored them and still picked up the first line too.

    This looked weird so I went back to just letting it do it’s thing. What is the best way?

    March 30, 2009 at 11:57 am #625487
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    dave atkinson

    quick note to everyone in the
    quick note to everyone in the MCC: because of the way the site is now handling comments (we’re phasing out the title box and soon it won’t be on the comments at all) you’ll need to add your name to the top of your list of rides, rather than as a title. hope that makes sense…

    March 29, 2009 at 5:16 pm #625485
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    Anonymous

    Great day for a ride today, I
    Great day for a ride today, I was feeling really good and had loads in reserve despite going pretty hard on the climbs.

    To be honest this is the first ride I’ve felt like this for a long time, I’ve had to push through feeling rough on all my bigger rides, and even some of my shorter ones. I hope this feeling is here to stay…

    The Lambourn Downs were windy, as ever, and of course the wind was against me. The scenery around there is nice and the roads quiet, so all in all a nice spin out.

    March 22, 2009 at 9:27 pm #625483
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    Blackhound

    100 miles!
    First of the year, though neve done more than two.

    My mate is training for an Ironman so was going, sounded a good idea. Set off in sunny conditions but up on the moors South of Buxton became very misty. The view from the Peak Cafe at the top of the Cat & Fiddle was to the end of the car park!

    Approaching Earl Sterndale weather improved again for ride home. 101.5 miles, Flanders will be a breeze….

    Went out on singlespeed mtb today and threw in 6 hill reps. Felt surprisingly well recovered.

    March 22, 2009 at 7:26 am #625481
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    Anonymous

    The Joy of the Brecon Beacons…
    …what a great day for a ride Saturday was. I did one of my favourite loops in the Brecon Beacons. just under 70 miles with a couple of thousand metres of climbing (why do I always have to express distance as imperial and altitude gain as metric?).

    The grueling climb up to the Storey Arms was even quite enjoyable for once (it’s not that steep, just long and arduous). The descent down the Devils Elbow near Heol Senni was insane, I nearly overcooked one of the hairpins in my excitement, but just about kept to the tarmac.

    It is one of the most picturesque rides I know, and the Malt loaf is working a treat too…

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