Transcontinental Race
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Fancied getting a double century in to see what lessons I could learn. Virgin Trains sent me an email offer for trains on the East Coast so I ended up going to Hull. Crappy weather, but that was also useful learning (and good training). Lots of useful lessons learnt.
Coolest thing is I feel pretty fresh afterwards. I tried to keep my heart rate to 135-140bpm and it made a huge difference to how much it took out of me. I did allow myself a few extra bpm as I passed through Peterborough, because Mr Wolf ^^^ has a KOM there and I knew it'd annoy him if I stole it.
https://www.strava.com/activities/427633191
Usget said:
WinstonWolf said:
A cracking ride but you've just declared war with an old man with too much time on his hands
16 miles with 23ft of climbing... Jesus! I have to do 23ft of climbing to get to the end of my road!Gruffy said:
Fancied getting a double century in to see what lessons I could learn. Virgin Trains sent me an email offer for trains on the East Coast so I ended up going to Hull. Crappy weather, but that was also useful learning (and good training). Lots of useful lessons learnt.
Coolest thing is I feel pretty fresh afterwards. I tried to keep my heart rate to 135-140bpm and it made a huge difference to how much it took out of me. I did allow myself a few extra bpm as I passed through Peterborough, because Mr Wolf ^^^ has a KOM there and I knew it'd annoy him if I stole it.
https://www.strava.com/activities/427633191
I've just posted a blog entry on the ride that has a bit more detail
https://theadventurecapitalist.wordpress.com/2015/... but I think the Lincoln Wolds would be a great place to ride in better weather. Nice rolling terrain. Reasonable road surfaces. No significant climbs to speak of so it's ideal for challenging yourself to ride further.
https://theadventurecapitalist.wordpress.com/2015/... but I think the Lincoln Wolds would be a great place to ride in better weather. Nice rolling terrain. Reasonable road surfaces. No significant climbs to speak of so it's ideal for challenging yourself to ride further.
Gruffy said:
I've just posted a blog entry on the ride that has a bit more detail
https://theadventurecapitalist.wordpress.com/2015/... but I think the Lincoln Wolds would be a great place to ride in better weather. Nice rolling terrain. Reasonable road surfaces. No significant climbs to speak of so it's ideal for challenging yourself to ride further.
Just checked that before coming here and had a read. All interesting stuff and some good lessons learnt. Looking forward to following the rest. https://theadventurecapitalist.wordpress.com/2015/... but I think the Lincoln Wolds would be a great place to ride in better weather. Nice rolling terrain. Reasonable road surfaces. No significant climbs to speak of so it's ideal for challenging yourself to ride further.
stripy7 said:
Carry a mini pump, tubes and patches, forget co2. Wear merino socks (but anything is better than cotton). Next time ride back as well.
I wore merino socks for this ride. My socks would've been saturated by the time I reached hull no matter what I did, even with a front guard. I use CO2 at the moment because I'm still geared for 'fast & light' but will switch to a mini pump once I've got my audax bike (with tubeless!) or for any more big adventures.Gassing Station | Pedal Powered | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff