Think I'm going to pull out of this one - I've not had the time to get my hilly legs up to where I'd be comfortable. Reckon I can do the distance and the hills, but I don't think I can do it at the speed you are hoping for. I'll end up spending the whole day winding myself up that I was holding everyone up. I'm planning on becoming a hard man soon, but it seems not soon enough for this ride
Might take a look at Colins ride, it looks like not quite so many hills and he's anticipating a slower speed which would work better for me I think.
Ok, understood. A couple of points before you perhaps make a final decision:
1) I don't know who will finally come on the ride but I hope folk wouldn't mind me saying that 13mph probably isn't what we're going to do based on Expressions of Interest. It'll be slower but I do want to keep it reasonable. The idea is we all roll along together, for the climbs we do our own thing and we'll regroup at the top. I certainly won't be the fastest (
@I like Skol @BRounsley) so there will be some waiting for me too. Maybe some of those planning to do the ride can let you know what sort of pace they can manage?
2) There will be a couple of bail-out options. Whilst everyone wants to do the full ride, there will be routes back to Glossop to give 30 mile and 50 mile rides instead of the full 66 miles
3) It will be a proper social ride. By that I mean we will work hard up the hills, but we'll have a decent café stop at 25 miles and then another at 50 miles. Certainly won't be grinding each other into the tarmac
Oh, and finally we'll only do it if we are going to get decent weather. It's not like Llandudno where we had hotels, trains etc. It's a ride in rather exposed countryside so it's only on if the weather's OK. If not, I'll postpone
Sorry Nick, I'm just pulling your leg. I will be there barring a calamity in the Skol household.
