what ride have you signed up for..

[TSCfree]

Signed up for coast to coast in a day for the second year as it was such an amazing event. Looking for another epic route in Scotland or wales or something different like a night ride.

[RGambo]

Alpine challenge.

[madzo14]

The Chain Reaction Big Italian Bike Ride, my first sportive, replicates stage 2 of the Giro from Belfast. Just the 140 miles/225km to do on the 4th May, 6 days before the pros do it for real

Should be a good day out.

[SoliD]

This years main event in 3 weekends time is to do the first two stages of this years Tour. Looking really forward to it, going up with a couple of blokes from work, and we're joining a load more colleagues up there. All to raise money for Cancer Research UK.


Shameless plug time

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[Stugots]

neilski said:

I'm going to ride from Santiago to New York via Vancouver....

Neilski wins this one by 30,000+km

Legend reet theer

[thenortherner]

astroarcadia said:

Cotswold Spring Classic.

Easter Monday.

My first event.

Me too. Weather looking alright.

[MadDad]

Signed up for a few different Sportives, none of which I am dreading (yet).....

Big one for me is the first 3 days of this ride www.ride4care.com - 320-ish miles in 3 days starting this Thursday. Paul Sampson and Darren Kenny I am riding with will be doing the full 1,700 miles in 17 days.......ouch....!

[astroarcadia]

thenortherner said:

Me too. Weather looking alright.

How did you get on?

I did the 100km and really enjoyed it.

[bakerstreet]

Not many for me.

I did the New Forest Sportive last weekend.

Also signed up for the BHF London To Brighton in June and the Wiggle Magnificat in Newbury. More worried about the logistics of the London To Brighton than the actual cycling.

Might do the Wiggle Chilterns Classic in High Wycombe in July. Currently undecided about that.

[thenortherner]

astroarcadia said:

thenortherner said:

Me too. Weather looking alright.

How did you get on?

I did the 100km and really enjoyed it.

Not too bad, thanks. I did the 102 mile one. About 6.5 hours. Very tough with 9000ft of climbing. It was a bit deceptive though, since up to the first 50 miles or so I thought it was pretty easy and reckoned I'd be back at base by around 14:00 as I was averaging 21 mph for the first 2 hours. Wrong! Most of the climbing was reserved for the second half with some brutal inclines - 22% at one point! Shame that not much could be made up on the descents as they were mostly strewn with gravel.

Anyhow, I still enjoyed it. A tick in the box for this month at least.

How did you get on? Hope you enjoyed it.

ps Did you have a red jersey? Spotted you, if so, stood by the portaloos around 08:30.

[Potatoes]

i'm doing the Etape De Yorkshire on the 8th June, 196km route covering the 1st stage of the 2014 Tour De France.

Lots of training still to do.

Will be wearing the PH Jersey, anyone else signed up to this?

[MrCippo]

Alford 100k 17th of May, my second time at it.

[astroarcadia]

thenortherner said:

How did you get on? Hope you enjoyed it.

ps Did you have a red jersey? Spotted you, if so, stood by the portaloos around 08:30.

I did the 100km mid route - 3:37, which I was pleased with for my first event.

I did have a red jacket and was by the loos at 8:30, do we know each other?

I live in the Painswick valley - those brutal climbs are all to familiar!

Edited by astroarcadia on Monday 21st April 22:10

[thenortherner]

astroarcadia said:

thenortherner said:

How did you get on? Hope you enjoyed it.

ps Did you have a red jersey? Spotted you, if so, stood by the portaloos around 08:30.

I did the 100km mid route - 3:37, which I was pleased with for my first event.

I did have a red jacket and was by the loos at 8:30, do we know each other?

I live in the Painswick valley - those brutal climbs are all to familiar!

Edited by astroarcadia on Monday 21st April 22:10

It was a nice, fast route until that midpoint! But you chucked in a decent time too.

Apologies, that sounded a bit George Michael - I was queuing at the start and saw somebody in a PH jersey. I don't think we've met.

Yep, some properly steep stuff! Frustratingly it wasn't my aerobic ability that gave out, my HR was surprisingly low, but my legs were screaming on some of the ascents.

[astroarcadia]

thenortherner said:

It was a nice, fast route until that midpoint! But you chucked in a decent time too.

Apologies, that sounded a bit George Michael - I was queuing at the start and saw somebody in a PH jersey. I don't think we've met.

Yep, some properly steep stuff! Frustratingly it wasn't my aerobic ability that gave out, my HR was surprisingly low, but my legs were screaming on some of the ascents.

Sorry for the confusion, wasn't me in a PH jersey.

Like yourself the lungs were good but the legs had started to hurt after the ascent out of Withington.

Happy with my time given it was done on a Alu Cross bike with disc brakes.

Highlight for me was overtaking a guy on an S-Works Venge with Zipp 404's!

[TheGreatSoprendo]

Carten 100 (Cardiff to Tenby). Did last year and the weather was horrific, so can only be better this year.... right?

[dave0010]

Lydney sprint triathlon on the 27th of this month

Wiggle Wye valley warrior sportive on the 4th of May. Only doing the short route as I know what the hills around there are like!

18th may, British heart foundation cotswold 40 mile ride.

There's also a 10K local run but that and the cotswold ride I'm being joined by the other half.

[Hobzy]

Wiggle Ups and Downs MTB this weekend - Epic Route. Have been lucky with the weather so far on these Wiggle rides but looks like my luck has run out for Saturday

[SixtySpeedTwin]

Great Dorset bike ride 66 miles, which is more than ive cycled before.
Its this Sunday and the weathers looking a bit suspect

[ajk]

Anyone else doing Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sat?