Goals For 2015?

[TSCfree]

Teach my nipper to ride his bike
Win a club race
Reach Cat2
Do a bit more of my own maintenance - maybe a Cytech course

[Ki3r]

Do a 100 mile ride.

Going to be tricky as I'm 18/19 stone and have less than 100 miles to my name at the moment.

[pembo]

Get a few more longer rides in,
- cycle to my parents (100 miles ish)
- ride stage 3 of the tdf route with some of you lot.
- finish at least mid field in the Cambridge gran fondo.
- cycle Peterborough to Dundee in 5 days.
- have a go at a couple of time trials.
- start next season of cyclocross considerably fitter and push into the top 20.
- most importantly, help my lad to learn how to ride his balance bike, first go today at 18 months and he's giving it a good go, only problem is he wont get off it and had to open all of his Christmas presents one handed whilst holding it.

[arcticnick]

1) post a sub 7h30m time for the Marmotte (managed 8h00 in 2014)

2) win a French UFOLEP 3e categorie race

3) regularly place in races (finished 6th plenty of times last year and 3 of my rivals have all now been promoted, do Bo excuses)

4) get promoted to 2e Categorie!

My wife doesn't understand why I've spent Christmas on TrainerRoad.

[graememac]

Ki3r said:

Do a 100 mile ride.

Going to be tricky as I'm 18/19 stone and have less than 100 miles to my name at the moment.

Go for it! You'll be surprised what you can be capable of. You could always book a 100 mile sportive for later in the summer and use it as motivation to build up the miles until then. Good luck!

[caiss4]

My goals are to comfortably exceed 3,000kms and 40,000m of climbing off-road.
Learn to ride a road bike
Take part in a 110 mile sportive in June(Rugby Federation Bath-Bristol-Gloucester)
And as a consequence:

Buy a road bike Collecting a Giant Defy tomorrow
Shed about 5kgs 6kgs

Edited to update.

Edited by caiss4 on Tuesday 30th December 16:02

[godzilla84]

Ki3r said:

Do a 100 mile ride.

Going to be tricky as I'm 18/19 stone and have less than 100 miles to my name at the moment.

one of my mates started 2014 at 21 stone and completed the london 100 (albeit reduced to 86 miles) in 6 hours. Anything is possible.

[Herman Toothrot]

daddy cool said:

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• would like to ride the full Ridgeway - either in one day, or over a couple of days (which would involved bringing tent & equipment on the bike

Edited by daddy cool on Wednesday 24th December 13:44

I did Chippenham to Streatley in one day a few weeks ago, if you wait for the summer so its dry and you have longer days it'd make a good and not too hard day trip. We left Chippenham at 10:30 and got to Streatley for 16:30 and it was sticky claggey mud in a good few places. Without that hindrance and it being dark by 16:00 the full route would make a great day trip.

[Gilhooligan]

I graduate next year so goals are to get a job and be able to afford a decent mtb and get out and explore more trails.

Cycling wise, I plan to do some sportives as I haven't entered one yet. I did 2297km this year so 3000km next year should be achievable.

As sad as it sounds, I really want to get a KOM on strava! I've came second numerous times and have plenty top 10 finishes over various segments, but there always seems to be that one person who is lightyears ahead of the everyone else!

[Craikeybaby]

My goal for 2015 is to ride 2015km, which will mean at minimum matching my maximum weekly distance from this year every week. So should be achievable, but not too easy.

[Gizmoish]

First step is to review this year.
- Completed Ride London. Hit my target transponder time, but only by three seconds despite the shortening as I had many more stops than planned (didn't want to eat on the move given how slippery the roads were). In the circs, very happy.
- Rode 1000miles/1600km in the year, further than ever before, and over 300miles/500km in July. Good.
- Didn't manage the planned monthly 100km. Organisation fail and RL getting in the way. In fact there were too many months when I didn't ride at all.
- Bonked again on a long ride by killing myself into a headwind. I really must learn.

So, for 2015:
- 2015km sounds like a good overall target
- One 100km ride per month starting March, 50km rides in Jan/Feb to ramp up
- Hit 500km again at least twice
- Drop the Christmas timber. Back down to 85kg.
- Have a go on the track - this will be easy as the session is bought but not yet booked.

[tuffer]

I have signed up for a 100 mile CX Sportive, my aim is to complete it....without crying.

[MadDad]

tuffer said:

I have signed up for a 100 mile CX Sportive, my aim is to complete it....without crying.

There's no harm in crying, lots of people get grit in their eyes.....

[tuffer]

Just looked at my wife's stats on Strava, she managed 3,258km this year, not bad.

[anonymous-user]

Leave the folder in the car, to go for a ride on the lunchtimes I'm not running..

[yellowjack]

Goals For 2015?

Just the one...

I'm going to try really hard to not get hit by any large vans next year. I'd prefer not to have another 5 month enforced lay-off from riding, and shiny peach pyjamas definitely don't suit me...

http://labs.strava.com/flyby/viewer/#112138619,0Ui... ...the sudden stop in Hartley Wintney at the roundabout, and the hour+ spent lying on the road while the ambulance crew sorted me out were an 'interesting' experience, but one I'd rather not repeat anytime soon

[TheCarFather]

To buy a new MTB before spring! the £140 halfords special is scary on the trails! looking at the VooDoo Bizango most probably a used one

[Hell27]

Teach my 2 youngest to ride without stabilisers.
Treat the eldest to a Halfords Hardtail.
Join the full sus club - fancy a Giant Anthem SX - seems like a lot of bike for the money!
Get commuting again but save the racer for warm weather
Do a bit of MTB riding over the Pyrenees
Hopefully completely recover damaged rotator cuff injury endured after coming off in November
Get some roof bars and cycle rack for my trusty old BMW
Lose 3st
Gain 2nd & 1st kyu shukokai - injuries in 2014 have kept me at 3rd!

Should be a fun year!

[BoRED S2upid]

Over 1000km did 763 this year which was very disappointing but have sat on the turbo instead of getting out there for the past 2 months like a big girl.

[Superhoop]

After not riding more than a couple of times last year, I'm going to set myself a couple of goals for this one.

2015 km in 2015 (although would actually like to see this become 2015 miles)
Losing at least 6.5 kgs