potsy
Rambler
- Location
- My Armchair
Nice going Steve, had a good day for it. 
Cheshire Cat
- Thread starter Steve H
- Start date
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Thelma
New Member
- Location
- Manchester
Well done folks!
What are the chances of a complete beginner (and an unfit one at that) being up to the short version next year? Unrealistic challenge? Doable?
What are the chances of a complete beginner (and an unfit one at that) being up to the short version next year? Unrealistic challenge? Doable?
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
The short version should be fine. Avoids the big hills. TBH the hills in the cat are in the first 30 miles of the medium and long routes.
JoshD94
New Member
- Location
- Cheshire, UK
ive been riding 3 weeks, however i did train hard, covering 300mile before the race in 8 rides. I was going for silver and missed by 4 minutes, but im sure you could do it very easily, just wouldnt be a good time compared to others thats all, but if your just doing it for the run, GO FOR IT!
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Well done Steve! I'm glad that you had a good time.
Do mean that you wouldn't do much riding between now and then, and would just turn up to ride the event? If so, you'd find it very hard and you'd have made it into an unrealistic challenge which might not be doable.
Or do you mean that you are currently an unfit beginner, but would be riding regularly for the next year and would like to make the event a target? If so, you should have no problems whatsoever. A year is plenty of time to get very fit if you work at it. Go for it!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
The photographer has lots of photo's up - looks carnage (again) on Mow cop - bodies everywhere again ! 
valetillidye
Active Member
Does anyone do these types of rides using flat bars? I've been riding a hybrid with road tyres on for about 3 years and I'm undecided as to wether or not to buy a road bike with drops, put a set of drops on my hybrid or stay as I am
It seems to make sense to move to drops as I try to increase my distance however part of the appeal of cycling where I live is to soak up the scenery. I enjoy being upright as it gives me chance to have a good nose around!!
It seems to make sense to move to drops as I try to increase my distance however part of the appeal of cycling where I live is to soak up the scenery. I enjoy being upright as it gives me chance to have a good nose around!!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
All sorts of bikes, although majority are road bikes for the 100 miles !
Kestevan
Last of the Summer Winos
- Location
- Holmfirth.
Do you have the link to the phots Fossy?
Nothing showing up for me in the usual place, and no links from Kilo to Go as of yet
Nothing showing up for me in the usual place, and no links from Kilo to Go as of yet
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
Drops can give you an upright position too - you just ride on the "hoods" (the top of the brake levers). What they offer more than anything else is variety - e.g. on the hoods, on the ramps (behind the hoods, ahead of the curve in the bar) on the tops, in the curve of the drops, or on the flat bit of the drop behind the hook.
If you're doing a 45/50 miles, don't worry about feeling out of place on a flat bar bike though, there were lots on the Stoke on Trent challege (80km) ride.
valetillidye
Active Member
skudupnorth
Cycling Skoda lover
- Location
- Astley,Manchester
Are any do-able on a fixed ? seemed to have got the long distance bug after Sundays Blackpool ride 
Well done everyone
Well done everyone
Thelma
New Member
- Location
- Manchester
Well done Steve! I'm glad that you had a good time.
Do mean that you wouldn't do much riding between now and then, and would just turn up to ride the event? If so, you'd find it very hard and you'd have made it into an unrealistic challenge which might not be doable.
Or do you mean that you are currently an unfit beginner, but would be riding regularly for the next year and would like to make the event a target? If so, you should have no problems whatsoever. A year is plenty of time to get very fit if you work at it. Go for it!
I mean I'm a wreck now, but intend to ride regularly between now and then. Cheers
As long as you do some steady riding between now and then, and chuck in the odd longer ride, you'd be fine I would say.
I'm in my 40's and this was my first sportive. My cycling is usually a short commute, with the odd trip to town and a few longer leisure rides.
With this in mind, I did the 45 miler. My aim was primarily just to finish, and I would be happy to achieve bronze standard.
I'm absolutly over the moon, because I actually got Silver standard in the end, so well chuffed!! The only thing I would say, is be skeptical of the "no queues" due to the microchip system etc... I turned up to start about 0840, and had to join a huge, and I mean huge, queue to get to start I queued for the thick end of 45 minutes, behind hundreds or riders.
Great day though, can't wait for my next sportive!
Holdsworth
Guru
- Location
- Crewe, Cheshire
The photographer has lots of photo's up - looks carnage (again) on Mow cop - bodies everywhere again !
No sign of any photos just yet looking at the SportivePhoto website on their FB profile, they were the people taking photos weren't they?