Longest ride.

[Trickedem]

There is nothing wrong with a little snooze in a bus shelter, or the forecourt of a garage. This was me last weekend on the Moors and Wolds 400km. I was desperately tired, but this was enough to take the edge off it.

 

[martint235]

Yes but it's not a requirement of long distance cycling. It's like walking up hills. You can but you don't have to

 

[TheJDog]

New single ride record for me yesterday. London Brighton London for a total of 206.7 km, or 128 miles in old money. I thought ditching on the way there and Devil's dyke on the way back would be the hardest hills but there were much harder ones.

 

[MickeyBlueEyes]

195 miles in 2012 taking 21 hours including stops.
Want a 200 this year and targeting 10.5 hours.

 

[Dogtrousers]

OK, I'll rephrase that: I think that riding significantly more than 200k requires a degree of organisation and commitment and taking-it-seriously (that may or may not involve, but is exemplified by, sleeping in bus shelters, or indeed on garage forecourts) that I don't think I have. Not to mention that it requires physical endurance and backside resilience that I probably don't have.

Not that I'm knocking it. I admire people who do it.

 

[Garry A]

Pfft! 52.5 miles. I hope to go further soon.

 

[ColinJ]

I am toying with the idea of becoming a super randonneur next year to mark my 60th birthday. For those of you who don't know what that is, it is completing a series of audax rides in one season comprising 200, 300, 400 and 600 km efforts. I would do a local 600 and snatch a few hours sleep at home after the first day of riding so I would count that as two rides, even though under audax rules it would be seen as one.

Unless I found the experience wonderful, I would probably make that my only SR series because I am more interested in doing long distances quite quickly than superlong distances quite slowly. Ultimately, my longest ride ever would probably be a shade over 400 kms but if I ever got fit enough (and mad enough!) to do a vaguely respectable 24 hour TT I would have a go at one, maybe informally with a few CycleChat members?