105Km Charity Ride - Ridden

[Modo]

Well done indeed Shame the transport let you down. Speaking as a truck driver, any transport company that does not make sure it`s driver has sufficient straps for securing load is very unprofessional.

 

[Little yellow Brompton]

Well I did it. It was a fantastic ride although the final hill killed me and I had to push (I was certainly not alone in this). The ride was actually 105Km and I managed to recorded time of 4h:23min. I am pretty pleased with it. The only downer was Edwards Coaches. They were commissioned to take us and our bikes back to Buith or Welshpool. This is how it was done - See photo. Eventually one of the volunteers bough some straps ande they were secured by a RIDER who did this for a living! The van had nothing at all in it not even some cardboard to prevent frame rub. We each paid a minimum fo £15 for this privileged.. The driver stated he didn't know they would be expensive bikes and thought they were MTB's. I and several others got rather miffed at this point. He then said well I thought they would be cheep bikes. So it is OK to damaged cheep bikes!!! To top it all he didn't know how to secure the tail lift to the back of the van!!!

Anyway if training goes well I may try the full distance next year.

Bloody well done! I woudn't have fancied Caerphilly Mountain with Monday morning legs...

 

[Cosmicned]

Top work dude- all for a good cause too- you've made me think of doing something like that soon- cheers for the inspiration!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Well done mate, whats the full distance on that?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Well done indeed Shame the transport let you down. Speaking as a truck driver, any transport company that does not make sure it`s driver has sufficient straps for securing load is very unprofessional.

That was my thinking. Oh well....

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Bloody well done! I woudn't have fancied Caerphilly Mountain with Monday morning legs...

Thank you very much indeed. It was a bloody killer. The funniest bit was a chap just a head of me who managed to ride it to the second false horizon then to be heard the shout "Son of a bitch!!!" He was part of the Prostate Cancer Charity as I discovered after talking to him later

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Top work dude- all for a good cause too- you've made me think of doing something like that soon- cheers for the inspiration!

Pleasure

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Well done mate, whats the full distance on that?

Thank you. It was 105Km

 

[Angelfishsolo]

well done mate

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Well done !
I am looking for another sportive to do this year as i really enjoyed my 1st one in May.

The next one is in Stoke I believe

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Well Done (especially for only walking up one hill!)

If I had walked any of the rest of the course I would have been very upset but as I was not alone on the final hill I don't feel too bad

 

[Angelfishsolo]

Well done- you have those strange things I have heard people talk of called 'hills' over there too!

Oh one or two of them yes

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Anyway if training goes well I may try the full distance next year.

Thank you. It was 105Km

You said at the start you may try the full distance next year, I was wondering what that was?

 

[Angelfishsolo]

You said at the start you may try the full distance next year, I was wondering what that was?

Sorry that will be approx 180Km

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Sorry that will be approx 180Km

Sound like fun, 110 lumpy miles, not only will the charity benefit, but you will from the sense of satisfaction when you complete it.