Set me a challenge for 2015

[Fastpedeller]

jeremyc said:

Thanks for all of your suggestions. I thought I'd update the thread as today I picked up my 2015 challenge.



This year will mostly be about fixed wheel, single speed cycling on the road.

And for those interested, 2014 ended up at 4,562 miles on my cranky old mountain bike.

Looks good - Is it Ali or Steel version?

[jeremyc]

Fastpedeller said:

Looks good - Is it Ali or Steel version?

Aluminium, with carbon fibre forks.

Details here.

[jeremyc]

A quick update on The Challenge half way through the year.

I've just passed my 2,000th mile, all in one, fixed gear.

I'm loving it, and still getting stronger/faster/fitter.

Freewheelin's Cheatin'.

[louiebaby]

jeremyc said:

A quick update on The Challenge half way through the year.

I've just passed my 2,000th mile, all in one, fixed gear.

I'm loving it, and still getting stronger/faster/fitter.

Freewheelin's Cheatin'.

Oh dear, I'm 300 miles behind you.

Disappointing...

(You're a nutter, well done!)

[jeremyc]

louiebaby said:

Oh dear, I'm 300 miles behind you.

Good work!

50,300ft climbed so far. And worse still, descended.

[louiebaby]

jeremyc said:

thumbup: Good work!

50,300ft climbed so far. And worse still, descended.

Ah, I'm on 109,000 feet vertical, but I have gears...

[Craikeybaby]

I'm on 902km YTD, need to be over 1,000 by the then of the month to be on track for 2,015km in 2015, which should be doable.

[jeremyc]

Quarterly Challenge update time.

So far this calendar year 4,020 miles and 100,196 ft ascended (and descended again).

By my calculations that's about 1,018,722 revolutions of the crank.



Freewheelin's Cheatin'

[louiebaby]

jeremyc said:

Quarterly Challenge update time.

So far this calendar year 4,020 miles and 100,196 ft ascended (and descended again).

By my calculations that's about 1,018,722 revolutions of the crank.

Freewheelin's Cheatin'

Genuinely good work on the mileage. I'm away from home so can't give you a current update for a day or two. I know my mileage is lower, but the climbing as a lot more. (Should be, since I use gears!)

I take it you're aiming for 6,000 miles?

[jeremyc]

louiebaby said:

I take it you're aiming for 6,000 miles?

More like 5,500 I think.

[jeremyc]

Challenge update: I've now ridden more miles this year to date than the whole of last calendar year. 4,579 so far.

I don't know whether this counts as a significant achievement since last year's miles were on a cranky, heavy old mountain bike over all manner of terrain, albeit with the benefit of gears. This year has been solely on road with a much lighter machine, but only with a single fixed gear.

Freewheelin's Cheatin'

Edited by jeremyc on Saturday 31st October 21:07

[Daveyraveygravey]

Freewheelin is NOT cheating! It's part of (proper) cycling. But kudos to you, well done!

[jeremyc]

Passed 5,000 miles for the year today.

Shorter days and work/life getting in the way of cycling are making it harder, but hopefully 5,500 miles by the end of the year is still possible.

Freewheelin's Cheatin'

[louiebaby]

jeremyc said:

Passed 5,000 miles for the year today.

Good work. Looks like I passed 4,000 sometime last week.

I'm currently on 255,500 vertical feet though, which would not have been fun on a fixie.

Keep it up!

[jeremyc]

Challenge completed.

Scores on the doors:

• 5,555 miles
• 132,665 ft climbed (and descended).
• 167 rides
• Average speed 17.1 mph
• One gear
• 1,407,863 crank rotations

But most importantly it's kept me fit, strong and motivated.

So, what to do for 2016?

[J1JPE]

http://www.mtbtips.com/how-to-ride-up-stairs-on-a-...

[louiebaby]

I quite like the VeloViewer 2015 roundup thingy...

[Fluffsri]

SS MTB and ride the South Downs Way in a day.