Your longest ever solo ride?
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Ticked the 100 mile box yesterday! 
Felt quite emotional clicking over the benchmark about a mile from home.
https://www.strava.com/activities/732371812
Felt quite emotional clicking over the benchmark about a mile from home.
https://www.strava.com/activities/732371812
I did a 300km ride across Wales in September but that didn't qualify for the thread as there was a small group of us. Last week however, I cycled to the Forest of Dean after work from Southampton solo, mostly in the dark. Great ride and now looking for an excuse to do another one.
https://www.strava.com/activities/776605595
https://www.strava.com/activities/776605595
timnoyce said:
I did a 300km ride across Wales in September but that didn't qualify for the thread as there was a small group of us. Last week however, I cycled to the Forest of Dean after work from Southampton solo, mostly in the dark. Great ride and now looking for an excuse to do another one.
https://www.strava.com/activities/776605595
Good effort, at least I know where the Forest of Dean is now! https://www.strava.com/activities/776605595
timnoyce said:
I did a 300km ride across Wales in September but that didn't qualify for the thread as there was a small group of us. Last week however, I cycled to the Forest of Dean after work from Southampton solo, mostly in the dark. Great ride and now looking for an excuse to do another one.
https://www.strava.com/activities/776605595
As you do, after work !! lol Good effort.......... :-)https://www.strava.com/activities/776605595
Mine is a fairly lame 29 miles on a mtb.
It's low compared to many, but i'm within 70 miles of cracking 1000 miles in total for the year (90% off road). I've gotta break this before the new year.
Picking up a BTWIN Triban 3 I won on ebay yesterday for £150 at the weekend , so I need to add my 4 mile each way work commute in for the remainder of the year, and got a couple of MTB rides over Cannock Chase, and a visit to Afan over the break.
I'm not a roadie by any stretch, but i'd like to see how a 50 mile road ride feels compared to a 25 miler on the mtb.
It's low compared to many, but i'm within 70 miles of cracking 1000 miles in total for the year (90% off road). I've gotta break this before the new year.
Picking up a BTWIN Triban 3 I won on ebay yesterday for £150 at the weekend , so I need to add my 4 mile each way work commute in for the remainder of the year, and got a couple of MTB rides over Cannock Chase, and a visit to Afan over the break.
I'm not a roadie by any stretch, but i'd like to see how a 50 mile road ride feels compared to a 25 miler on the mtb.
molineux1980 said:
...I'm not a roadie by any stretch, but i'd like to see how a 50 mile road ride feels compared to a 25 miler on the mtb.
Honest opinion? You can't call one or t'other harder or easier. They're just different. I stopped riding my road bike the last three months or so, but the 3,100 miles I racked up on the road this year have certainly helped stoke the mileage up more rapidly than MTBing alone.I'd say that if you ride hard all the time, then MTB gives you a better workout, but you cover less ground. You can work hard on the road bike, but it depends on your temperament really. I can ride at 14mph to 15mph average all bloody day on the road, but I'm not good at pushing myself and getting the most 'training' value out of road miles. Great for cracking Strava distance and climbing challenges though.
As a therapy (I'm struggling right now with mental health issues that have meant no phys at all this week) I find MTBing more useful. You get more of everything except numpties in cars. More peace, more solitude, more wildlife, more dirt, more variety. And I can ride repeat laps of local woodland without getting bored if I need to stay close to home. Trying to ride local laps on a road bike is boring, and stressful with traffic volumes rising all the time.
I'd say that if you're riding 25 miles of true off-road, then the physical aspect of putting in a 50 mile road ride will be easy enough. Whether you 'enjoy' it or not? Depends on how much traffic there is and whether your local roads are at all interesting, I think. If you can cope with the comparative monotony, you'll be reet...
yellowjack said:
Honest opinion? You can't call one or t'other harder or easier. They're just different. I stopped riding my road bike the last three months or so, but the 3,100 miles I racked up on the road this year have certainly helped stoke the mileage up more rapidly than MTBing alone.
I'd say that if you ride hard all the time, then MTB gives you a better workout, but you cover less ground. You can work hard on the road bike, but it depends on your temperament really. I can ride at 14mph to 15mph average all bloody day on the road, but I'm not good at pushing myself and getting the most 'training' value out of road miles. Great for cracking Strava distance and climbing challenges though.
As a therapy (I'm struggling right now with mental health issues that have meant no phys at all this week) I find MTBing more useful. You get more of everything except numpties in cars. More peace, more solitude, more wildlife, more dirt, more variety. And I can ride repeat laps of local woodland without getting bored if I need to stay close to home. Trying to ride local laps on a road bike is boring, and stressful with traffic volumes rising all the time.
I'd say that if you're riding 25 miles of true off-road, then the physical aspect of putting in a 50 mile road ride will be easy enough. Whether you 'enjoy' it or not? Depends on how much traffic there is and whether your local roads are at all interesting, I think. If you can cope with the comparative monotony, you'll be reet...
Cheers for the response, I do fear boredom setting in! I think you're right re MTB, there is a buzz I get from it. Hope you get chance to get yourself out over Christmas, and have a good one :-)I'd say that if you ride hard all the time, then MTB gives you a better workout, but you cover less ground. You can work hard on the road bike, but it depends on your temperament really. I can ride at 14mph to 15mph average all bloody day on the road, but I'm not good at pushing myself and getting the most 'training' value out of road miles. Great for cracking Strava distance and climbing challenges though.
As a therapy (I'm struggling right now with mental health issues that have meant no phys at all this week) I find MTBing more useful. You get more of everything except numpties in cars. More peace, more solitude, more wildlife, more dirt, more variety. And I can ride repeat laps of local woodland without getting bored if I need to stay close to home. Trying to ride local laps on a road bike is boring, and stressful with traffic volumes rising all the time.
I'd say that if you're riding 25 miles of true off-road, then the physical aspect of putting in a 50 mile road ride will be easy enough. Whether you 'enjoy' it or not? Depends on how much traffic there is and whether your local roads are at all interesting, I think. If you can cope with the comparative monotony, you'll be reet...
molineux1980 said:
Cheers for the response, I do fear boredom setting in! I think you're right re MTB, there is a buzz I get from it. Hope you get chance to get yourself out over Christmas, and have a good one :-)
MTB is good fun, I found the constant cleaning was a ball ache. Every. single. ride. Ride for a couple of hours then clean it. For me it takes a lot of the fun away.I have a road bike again and I get that it's just on a road somewhere else, but the same can be said of trails. Look up around you and enjoy it. I can knock out decent mileage at a reasonable pace, just cruise and still enjoy it. To each their own though.
I've done the hard MTB thing and have a wounds/busted helmets to prove it. :P
Sod doing any long distance around this time of year, a 60/70 mile club ride is my limit and even then post 45 miles or so i get a bit bored, I just think Im fed up of being damp and muddy!
I love doing longer distances in the summer and riding into the evening and night, especially if its a rare dry day
I love doing longer distances in the summer and riding into the evening and night, especially if its a rare dry day
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