First 50 mile ride

[Psyklon]

Well done Freestyler! I was doing 50-60 miles on my hybrid at around 15 mph! In May I got myself a road bike and the improvement was instantanious. I've done a 90 mile sportive and regularly do rides between 60-80 miles no problem! You must make the transition to the road bike and a pair of clipless shoes!!! Where abouts in leafy Cheshire are you?

 

[Cyclist33]

And conversely I was doing 30-50 milers on my road bike last year but am now doing 50-75s on my flat bar after selling the roadie! Plus my avg speeds improved tho I put that down to being fitter.

Still n all, haven't ridden for three weeks now so I imagine I'm back to square one

Stu

 

[Davehateshills]

I thought that I had done my first 50 mile ride the other day however when I got back and uploaded my smart phone it was only 48.9miles! Oh well, there is always next week!

 

[Cyclist33]

I thought that I had done my first 50 mile ride the other day however when I got back and uploaded my smart phone it was only 48.9miles! Oh well, there is always next week!

That's a moral 50 if not a physically legal one!

 

[Eribiste]

Well done chap,
I've got my first fifty coming up on the Bredon Hill Bikeaway on the 21st October. Well actually it's 49, but adding on the 4 miles to get to the start I reckon it counts. 14.5 is a good speed too. I did a near 45 up and over the Malvern Hills a couple of weeks ago at 13.76 mph, with a stop for refuelling at The Nag's Head. A really enjoyable ride out too.

 

[Cyclist33]

Well done chap,
I've got my first fifty coming up on the Bredon Hill Bikeaway on the 21st October. Well actually it's 49, but adding on the 4 miles to get to the start I reckon it counts. 14.5 is a good speed too. I did a near 45 up and over the Malvern Hills a couple of weeks ago at 13.76 mph, with a stop for refuelling at The Nag's Head. A really enjoyable ride out too.

Is that the pub at the foot of british camp?

 

[Boon 51]

Well done from me as well.. that will be my next target..

 

[Reece]

Well done on the fifty.

I'm still working towards mine.

 

[PpPete]

Well done !

after the 50 miler comes the next challenge.... quite a short step up to 100km (62 miles)
But after a metric century, you have to do an imperial century - you are British aren't you?
and then the metric double century is only a little further
and so on
and on and on

Don't follow this progression
Don't get involved with audax
Don't ask me how I know this

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I thought that I had done my first 50 mile ride the other day however when I got back and uploaded my smart phone it was only 48.9miles! Oh well, there is always next week!

Chances are it was more than 50 I have a bike comp and compared it with the phone and gps, it was usually a little more.

 

[lavoisier]

And conversely I was doing 30-50 milers on my road bike last year but am now doing 50-75s on my flat bar after selling the roadie! Plus my avg speeds improved tho I put that down to being fitter.

Still n all, haven't ridden for three weeks now so I imagine I'm back to square one

Stu

I was off for 4 weeks and still managed a 26 miler which surprised me that I hadn't lost too much fitnees, you may be pleasantly surprised.