October Ride for Food-22nd Oct-Rye & Back

[martint235]

100 miles is a warm up. the hill comes at the right time. can i be on the list please?

You're more than welcome zigzag

 

[martint235]

Current attendees are:

martint235
ianrauk
User3143
izap
deckertim
flying dodo
rb58
stuaff
charlieb
davywalnuts
lilolee
zigzag

More than I was expecting to be honest. Still over 2 months to go!!

 

[martint235]

Ok me and Ianrauk did a recce of this ride today. Ian's better at writeups than me so I'll leave most of it to him.

Two things stand out about this ride:

1. It's a bl**dy good day out and a fantastic ride (even if I do say so myself). Quiet lanes, hills, descents the works but....
2. It's not a CC ride for food. I think it would just take too long to get a group round it. From home, I clocked up 125 miles and 5,500 ft of climbing at an average speed of around 16mph and it was still gone 6pm when I got in.

It's definitely challenging (I certainly struggled, big thanks to Ian for leading out for the vast majority of the ride) and it'll make a great summer's day out for a small group but late October I think is a no-no.

I'll come up with something else for the October ride for food!!!

 

[StuAff]

Ok me and Ianrauk did a recce of this ride today. Ian's better at writeups than me so I'll leave most of it to him.

Two things stand out about this ride:

1. It's a bl**dy good day out and a fantastic ride (even if I do say so myself). Quiet lanes, hills, descents the works but....
2. It's not a CC ride for food. I think it would just take too long to get a group round it. From home, I clocked up 125 miles and 5,500 ft of climbing at an average speed of around 16mph and it was still gone 6pm when I got in.

It's definitely challenging (I certainly struggled, big thanks to Ian for leading out for the vast majority of the ride) and it'll make a great summer's day out for a small group but late October I think is a no-no.

I'll come up with something else for the October ride for food!!!

Fair enough...sounds like a Martin's Amazing Adventure for next year. Did 7,563 ft of climbing yesterday, though my rolling average was a mere 12.9..

 

[ianrauk]

It was a tough old ride. Not helped that the first quarter seemed to have every hill that was available to climb in Kent.. But the second quarter to Rye was magnificent. We arrived in Rye with an average of 17.2mph.

Coming back was slower going. More rolling rather then up and down except for Chart Hill which was a bugger, throw in being a busy road for good measure so that will have to be changed. Also a route through a farm was deemed out of bounds so we had a 2 mile diversion which had us climbing up the ridge of the downs and was a leg killer. That will also have to be changed.

119 miles for me with over 7000 feet of climbing and an average of 16mph.

Cheers Martin for the ride and the company..

Here are the Garmin stats and map

I am bushed.....

 

[StuAff]

A couple of ideas- worth investigating for next year's rides if not for October. There's a rather excellent American diner just west of Kingsclere (55-58 miles or so west of HPC), and there's an equally good cafe in Wantage (60 or so miles west).

 

[StuAff]

It was a tough old ride. Not helped that the first quarter seemed to have every hill that was available to climb in Kent.. But the second quarter to Rye was magnificent. We arrived in Rye with an average of 17.2mph.

Coming back was slower going. More rolling rather then up and down except for Chart Hill which was a bugger, throw in being a busy road for good measure so that will have to be changed. Also a route through a farm was deemed out of bounds so we had a 2 mile diversion which had us climbing up the ridge of the downs and was a leg killer. That will also have to be changed.

119 miles for me with over 7000 feet of climbing and an average of 16mph.

Cheers Martin for the ride and the company..

Here are the Garmin stats and map

I am bushed.....

7,000 ft of climbing...but how accurate's your 500's altimeter? If it's anything like my 705's (which reckoned I climbed 9,632 ft yesterday) I'd say not very. I always use the elevation correction on Garmin Connect. Still sounds like about 5k of climbing, certainly a lot!

 

[ianrauk]

7,000 ft of climbing...but how accurate's your 500's altimeter? If it's anything like my 705's (which reckoned I climbed 9,632 ft yesterday) I'd say not very. I always use the elevation correction on Garmin Connect. Still sounds like about 5k of climbing, certainly a lot!

Dunno, I set it for my home elevation from Memory Map

Not far off, just enables and it's saying 6400 feet

 

[StuAff]

Dunno, I set it for my home elevation from Memory Map

Not far off, just enables and it's saying 6400 feet

Sounds like the 500's altimeter works a bit better.

 

[frank9755]

I was quite fancying doing this ride with a fast group of CCers but I thought it looked like a bit of a step-up from the previous rides. With a TT and hill climb the next day, I was hesitating to sign up.

But I'll look forward to it when it's rearranged.

Frank

 

[ianrauk]

I was quite fancying doing this ride with a fast group of CCers but I thought it looked like a bit of a step-up from the previous rides. With a TT and hill climb the next day, I was hesitating to sign up.

But I'll look forward to it when it's rearranged.

Frank

It is a cracking route Frank, you will definitely enjoy it. However it's one for the summer months.

 

[martint235]

[QUOTE 1499626"]
Hmm, and there was me thinking that CC folk were hardcore when it came to bike riding. That's why bike lights were invented - so you can see in the dark!

Come on people, let 's ride! I ain't been going up Bison and Caddington Hill every other day for nothing.
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It's not the in the dark bit. I've spent hours pfaffing about re-grouping, waiting for people to be served coffee etc. I just think to lead a group round this route will take upwards of 12 hours which is a long time to be in the saddle.

I will do this route again certainly but on a summers day with a bit of warmth for when I'm hanging around.

 

[deckertim]

It's not the in the dark bit. I've spent hours pfaffing about re-grouping, waiting for people to be served coffee etc. I just think to lead a group round this route will take upwards of 12 hours which is a long time to be in the saddle.

I will do this route again certainly but on a summers day with a bit of warmth for when I'm hanging around.

Martin, nice route. I think I have cycled most of these roads, Birling Hill outside Snodland is a beast, but I saw you did plenty of others.


As discussed here is a link to the Castles Ride, which might give you some ideas. I think they could replan this a bit to avoid some of the A roads
http://www.action.org.uk/castle_ride_100/100_mile_route

And here is the route I did earlier in the Summer from Bromley down to Rye (had to go via Croydon to meet my son). Managed to keep away from A roads.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/98434072

Hope this gives you some ideas for an October ride.
Tim

 

[martint235]

Martin, nice route. I think I have cycled most of these roads, Birling Hill outside Snodland is a beast, but I saw you did plenty of others.


As discussed here is a link to the Castles Ride, which might give you some ideas. I think they could replan this a bit to avoid some of the A roads
http://www.action.or.../100_mile_route

And here is the route I did earlier in the Summer from Bromley down to Rye (had to go via Croydon to meet my son). Managed to keep away from A roads.
http://connect.garmi...tivity/98434072

Hope this gives you some ideas for an October ride.
Tim

Cheers Tim. We weren't supposed to go up Birling Hill, we were meant to go up Vigo but my routing through a closed farm and the subsequent detour meant we were half way up Birling before we could really do anything about it.

I'll have a think and take advice and then come up with a route for October that keeps everyone happy or as happy as they are likely to be!!!

 

[CharlieB]

[QUOTE 1499626"]
Hmm, and there was me thinking that CC folk were hardcore when it came to bike riding. That's why bike lights were invented - so you can see in the dark!

Come on people, let 's ride! I ain't been going up Bison and Caddington Hill every other day for nothing.
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Nice one, Lee. I've yet to succeed on Bison Hill.