OP
OP
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
Not sure about @tatr but I always talk in miles
LEL 2017
- Thread starter martint235
- Start date
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Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
Respectfully very much bonkers then
I was talking in km so I'm only 5/8 bonkers.
As I understand it Audax is usually measured in km because the French origins of Randonneuring are completely sacred. Other than the name, naturally, which the Brits have changed to another word that means something confusingly similar but not quite the same in French.
(Although that means my training for LEL is 37.5% more deficient than @martint235 suspects.)
As I understand it Audax is usually measured in km because the French origins of Randonneuring are completely sacred. Other than the name, naturally, which the Brits have changed to another word that means something confusingly similar but not quite the same in French.
(Although that means my training for LEL is 37.5% more deficient than @martint235 suspects.)
jefmcg
Guru
Nicely put.
I'm also metric because - though I'm not quite to the manner born - I started learning about it at age 10. I don't know my weight in stone, and always measure my rides in kilometres. Though on long rides I occupy some of my mind by converting the distanced into miles, in case a native asks "how far have you cycled"
My ex used them interchangeably. Which is mostly annoying, but nice when he told facebook I had ridden 200 miles (really 200km) for the Dunwich Dynamo.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I only asked because to me "a 200" in cycling terms means 200k, and that was what @tatr did indeed mean. But something about @martint235 's reply made me suspect, correctly, that he was dealing in miles.
OP
OP
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
If you want to do it one way and in an easy fashion tag on to the Countess of Wessex http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37467530
Monday to Sunday for half of LEL!!!
Monday to Sunday for half of LEL!!!
jefmcg
Guru
https://londonedinburghlondon.com/enter/
If you have been an Aukuk member since Mar 2015, you can register on Friday. Everyone else it's the 20th.
(except a few who have emails and already know they are in)
If you have been an Aukuk member since Mar 2015, you can register on Friday. Everyone else it's the 20th.
(except a few who have emails and already know they are in)
TheAdventureCapitalist
Darren Franks
Perhaps the trick there is to ride hard enough that day three is an easy one and there is no day four or five.
OP
OP
martint235
Dog on a bike
- Location
- Welling
That was my 2013 plan. First night in Brampton etc. Didn't pan out that way although I did still front load the ride leaving Edinburgh less than 48 hours in. The effort took its toll later though and when I hit Hairdryer Day on the Fens, it took me around 8 hours to do 60 miles. My partner, given an eta of 2pm, was less than impressed when I rolled into Loughton at gone 5.
jefmcg
Guru
Well, if you can do 600km/day, then you won't be coming to me for advice.
Except - there is something about pushing yourself to your limits. If you can ride 1400km in 2 and a bit days, maybe it's time to look at the trans continental.
srw
It's a bit more complicated than that...
I think he might be ahead of you.....
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/transcontinental-2016.190629/post-4486575
jefmcg
Guru
I'm really looking forward to this, but getting fit is going to be hard work.
Post child my 20 min FTP has dropped off a cliff. Add on the kilos I've moved from "power to weight" to "weight to power" :-(
I'm still going to sign up for a 100 hour slot though. Big goals are worth having a go at. Then murder myself on hill climbs every morning until July.
Post child my 20 min FTP has dropped off a cliff. Add on the kilos I've moved from "power to weight" to "weight to power" :-(
I'm still going to sign up for a 100 hour slot though. Big goals are worth having a go at. Then murder myself on hill climbs every morning until July.
DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
Injured, awaiting an operation or otherwise that's LEL entered.
Whether I'll be OK to ride it is another matter ...
Whether I'll be OK to ride it is another matter ...
PMarkey
Guru
- Location
- Queensbury,West Yorkshire
I'm still dithering 
my six year old's cancer relapsed a week after getting back from the Wild Atlantic Way Audax in June this year and life was pretty tough in the early stages 
plus not much time on the bike obviously , He had a stem cell transplant two days before Christmas and everything is going very well but I know how quickly these things can go nipples up and I could end up not being able to get enough miles in the legs . I will have to have a discussion with my wife and then make a decision fortunately as an Audax UK member for the last three years I have till the 19th of January to make up my mind and their is always the possibility of volunteering if I decide not to ride .
Paul
my six year old's cancer relapsed a week after getting back from the Wild Atlantic Way Audax in June this year and life was pretty tough in the early stages plus not much time on the bike obviously , He had a stem cell transplant two days before Christmas and everything is going very well but I know how quickly these things can go nipples up and I could end up not being able to get enough miles in the legs . I will have to have a discussion with my wife and then make a decision fortunately as an Audax UK member for the last three years I have till the 19th of January to make up my mind and their is always the possibility of volunteering if I decide not to ride . Paul
