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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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  • January 8, 2009 at 9:06 pm #625419
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    Skardy

    Better late than never
    I’m in!!

    After Sundays club ride ended up a lot longer than expected (also with more punctures than expected) I am nervously committing myself – will I regret this millstone on my shoulders?

    Only one way to find out!!!!!!

    January 2, 2009 at 9:48 am #625417
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    dave atkinson

    only doable on really quiet days…

    …cause it’s all pretty major roads. A36 to Warminster, A362 to Frome, A361 to Shepton Mallet, A371 to Wells, A39 back to Bath. The climb out of Wells is the only really long one (not counting the Wellsway back up to your gaff!) though the elevation map is more upsy-downsy than the ride felt. there’s the climb on the A36 from brassknocker but that’s right at the start so you’re fresh, and a couple of other shorter ones.

    January 1, 2009 at 8:04 pm #625415
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    Skardy

    Dave,
    How did you find a 100k
    Dave,

    How did you find a 100k route with only 1 large climb around Bath? I could do with knowing that route!

    January 1, 2009 at 6:54 pm #625413
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    Tony Farrelly

    I went out briefly yesterday

    I went out briefly yesterday and it was like that around here too when you got up high. It looked amazing, and the roads were dry, but it was like riding through a freezer.

    January 1, 2009 at 5:15 pm #625411
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    Anonymous

    That was cold!!!
    When I left my house this morning the weather was cold-ish but no ice on the cars etc so I didn’t expect it to be too bad. I wrapped up well anyway.

    After about 25 miles I was on top of the South Downs, and it was like a scene from Narnia! The trees and and fields were all frozen solid and everywhere was white for as far as I could see. The next 25 miles stayed like this, very picturesque but bloody cold.

    Still, I did over 70 miles at a reasonable pace, and was still feeling strong by the time I reached home.

    The bikes a mess, but still….

    December 28, 2008 at 11:47 am #625409
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    dave atkinson

    went out early…

    lucky it wasn’t cold or anything 👿 i was planning to go out to weston super mare but that starts with a 2 mile descent and i couldn’t face it… went the other way where it’s flat for a couple of miles so i could get a bit of blood flowing. even so, my feet were pretty numb after about halfway… the computer didn’t register a positive temperature till about three hours in.

    stayed on the main roads for this one because all the lanes just looked like instant death. but there wasn’t any traffic anyway. even on the A roads i could feel the rear wheel slipping when i stood up, was pretty icy on the roads that hadn’t been salted, and there were plenty of them. still, had a good run and got to the 100k mark in 4:05 which is quick for a fat lad like me 🙂

    i got weird wind too, DaSy – calm for ages and then a big blast coming out of wells on the only long climb of the route, i was grovelling up it at a snail’s pace. it was windy on the descent too, but then it just stopped. odd

    December 26, 2008 at 11:22 am #625407
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    dave atkinson

    not me…

    … i was pursuing the more traditional christmas goals of sloth and gluttony 🙂

    was thinkg in might get out today but unfortunately came down with some kind of sick bug last night (me & the wife both) so i’m a bit drained today. and time is running out for my december ride!

    happy christmas one and all…

    December 26, 2008 at 8:07 am #625405
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    Anonymous

    Windy Bwlch!
    My Christmas day ride managed to happen again this year. I usually take a mountain bike, and am guaranteed a ride in Afan or Glycorrwg when visiting the in-laws in Swansea. This year though I really only wanted to ride the road bike on Christmas day, so took a chance and packed that bike only.

    Well the weather was great, cold but dry and calm. The climb up Cimla is always a rude awakening but quiet. As I climbed the start of the Bwlch past Afan visitor centre it was still calm until I got to the climb proper at Blaengwynfi, at which point I rode into the most insane headwind which stayed against me right over the top and down into Treorchy. It nearly blew me to a standstill at one point.

    The rest of ride through Treorchy and up and over Rhigos was calm again. I even got a tailwind all the way back down the long straight from Glyn Neath to Neath Abbey which had me keeping up with the cars through Neath at around 25-30mph!

    So I at last got a metric century in for December…anyone else managed a Christmas day ride!

    November 29, 2008 at 7:58 pm #625403
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    dave atkinson

    it was pretty murky here too…

    sadly the closest i got to wheeled transport was a pushchair round the christmas market, since i’m in charge of the nippers this weekend… especially galling when that titanium charge is knocking about whispering ‘test me!’ :angry:

    really cold here today, and looking like it’s going to get even colder – metcheck was sugesting that wednesday’s ride home from work is going to be through a windchill of -8°. yowch.

    anyone got any snow?

    November 29, 2008 at 7:42 pm #625401
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    Anonymous

    I wasn’t expecting the fog…
    When I left my house it was nice winter sunshine, I was nicely wrapped up but all in black which was okay until about 40 miles out I rode into the densest fog I’ve seen for a while.

    I was glad to get out of that without being mown down!

    Still it was a nice ride, and finally tracked down the source of an annoying click on my bike, so I’m a happy boy.

    I also got on well with my new low tech saddle, I’ve swapped from a carbon railed Arione that weighs almost nothing, to a San Marco Regal that weighs about 4 kilo’s…it was very comfy though.

    November 28, 2008 at 4:17 pm #625399
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    miketually

    bum
    I was going to be doing a 100km+ ride on Sunday. As of today I am coughing up lumps of lung butter, so I’m almost certainly not going to be able to 🙁

    November 28, 2008 at 11:14 am #625397
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    dave atkinson

    last weekend

    to get a scoring ride in for the first month… which has been 2 months 🙂

    do you reckon we’ll get any more takers for a full year of centuries?

    November 25, 2008 at 11:03 am #625395
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    dave atkinson

    me too…

    …though as a fat lad i rather think it’d be beyond me. one tour climb in a day is enough for me 🙂

    anyone thinking of doing the ardechoise next year? i’ve been twice and i can’t recommend it highly enough. thinking of sneaking back next year if i’ve amassed enough parenting points come june…

    November 25, 2008 at 10:16 am #625393
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    Tony Farrelly

    Anyone done the Raid?

     I’ve always fancied giving it a go

    November 25, 2008 at 10:12 am #625391
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    Anonymous

    Raid Pyrenean….

    Blackhound wrote:
    Doing thr Pyrennean Raid?

    No, but the route is very similar. It’s a supported tour/holiday, all hotels etc are provided. I land in San Sebastian, then coach all riders and bikes across to Argeles sur Mer on the opposite coast, then ride back to San Sebastian across the Pyrenees. The Plat D’Atet looks like it might be a bit of a handful, and Tourmalet is never easy.

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