mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
But will they give you your bicycles back?
Planning! Every last detail or not?
- Thread starter HobbesOnTour
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HobbesOnTour
Guru
- Location
- España
classic33
Leg End Member
Was it the same distance either way round?
Andy in Germany
Guru
- Location
- Freiburg im Breisgau
Don't ask him that: now he'll have to check it again...
classic33
Leg End Member
He's ridden it before, possibly the other way round.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Funnily enough ... 
I want to get a metric century in before the end of February but I am still getting over a bad cold so I didn't want to commit myself to one long ride so I'd tackle it in two legs. I decided I would do the route in question my usual way and if I still feel okay at the end of it I will go round the roundabout in Todmorden and do it again in the opposite direction!
I wanted to make sure that the route was 50 km or slightly further. It actually turns out to be 52 km so I will do the full route one way and cut out one little climb on the second leg which will reduce that one to 50 km.
If I feel knackered after one leg, I'll rest for a couple of days and then give it another go.
I want to get a metric century in before the end of February but I am still getting over a bad cold so I didn't want to commit myself to one long ride so I'd tackle it in two legs. I decided I would do the route in question my usual way and if I still feel okay at the end of it I will go round the roundabout in Todmorden and do it again in the opposite direction!
I wanted to make sure that the route was 50 km or slightly further. It actually turns out to be 52 km so I will do the full route one way and cut out one little climb on the second leg which will reduce that one to 50 km.
If I feel knackered after one leg, I'll rest for a couple of days and then give it another go.
mudsticks
Obviously an Aubergine
Funnily enough ...
I want to get a metric century in before the end of February but I am still getting over a bad cold so I didn't want to commit myself to one long ride so I'd tackle it in two legs. I decided I would do the route in question my usual way and if I still feel okay at the end of it I will go round the roundabout in Todmorden and do it again in the opposite direction!
I wanted to make sure that the route was 50 km or slightly further. It actually turns out to be 52 km so I will do the full route one way and cut out one little climb on the second leg which will reduce that one to 50 km.
If I feel knackered after one leg, I'll rest for a couple of days and then give it another go.
Plus navigating that roundabout in one route direction, or t'other will lengthen or shorten the distance of the ride, by considerable metres unless it's a straight through entry and exit.
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Conversing with strangers is not seen as stalking in my part of the world
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mudsticks
Obviously an Aubergine
Conversing with strangers is not seen as stalking in my part of the world
If it is then I'm a serial stalker
In fact all of us on here are
jay clock
Massive member
- Location
- Hampshire UK
If you want an example of someone who likes pre-planning try this https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=2sf&doc_id=21798&v=Ll - he leaves in June and has every day of riding planned. Click on his name for the detailed background!
It takes all sorts, but that seems wholly anathema to touring to me. Every mile planned and covered by a GPX. I bet even Mark Beaumont's record route and schedule wasn't planned in advance to that level of granularity, instead taking each leg as it comes.
If you're in a big group then you need to have accommodation sorted out a few days beforehand so some element of pre-planning is fair enough but for 3 or fewer people, camping? No way. My prediction: his meticulously crafted itinerary will not last a week.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
He already seems to have done tours with similar levels of planning. The Atlantic Coast one had quite some disruption and he seems to have updated his plans OK. I wouldn't want to do it like that, but if it works for him, carry on IMO!
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
It doesn't all get ditched, it gives you something to work with and it makes it easier to check if it's even remotely within the bounds of possibility. If you never plan anything, how do you know whether you're engaged in an inevitably-disappointing futile attempt at the impossible?
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
He seems to have rest / slack days built in every 6-8 days. So I guess his plan is to use those rest / slack days to get back on his schedule if he finds he has fallen behind. Maybe he needs that level of detail if he wants to get across the USA in the time available?
