graham bowers
Guru
- Location
- NW Leicestershire
OK, now to planning the second, and this is a bigger undertaking (but still less than fubar's first ;-) Its the 113 Km Prison Run on 14th Nov out of Alfreton.
I have a month to double my distance and I feel generally OK with that. The sharp eyed will have noticed the conditional nature of my last sentence and here is my concern. The potential for adverse weather conditions.
http://www.myweather2.com/City-Town/United-Kingdom/Devon/Derby/climate-profile.aspx?month=11
If this was a 5 hour hill walk in Nov I'd be wearing good boots and gaiters and pack a goretex jacket and trousers and waterproof mitts - and plenty of spare clothes, bivvy bag etc etc.
I'll fit mudguards to the bike and I suppose I'll need to chuck some money at decent winter cycling footwear / overshoes and could use a general mountaineering jacket, but I'm sure there are tips and tricks that are cycling specific for grotty winter weather. The prospect of 5 hours biking in overtrousers is not appealing. And is there any specific need for keeping the knee joints warm? I only ask as I had big "knee bother" during a winter mtb trip many years ago.
Oh, and I'm looking at 100 Km events in Dec, Jan and Feb as well. So the context is, I suppose, 5 hour bike rides through the winter.
Thoughts please, not necessarily limited to my questions?
Graham
I have a month to double my distance and I feel generally OK with that. The sharp eyed will have noticed the conditional nature of my last sentence and here is my concern. The potential for adverse weather conditions.
http://www.myweather2.com/City-Town/United-Kingdom/Devon/Derby/climate-profile.aspx?month=11
If this was a 5 hour hill walk in Nov I'd be wearing good boots and gaiters and pack a goretex jacket and trousers and waterproof mitts - and plenty of spare clothes, bivvy bag etc etc.
I'll fit mudguards to the bike and I suppose I'll need to chuck some money at decent winter cycling footwear / overshoes and could use a general mountaineering jacket, but I'm sure there are tips and tricks that are cycling specific for grotty winter weather. The prospect of 5 hours biking in overtrousers is not appealing. And is there any specific need for keeping the knee joints warm? I only ask as I had big "knee bother" during a winter mtb trip many years ago.
Oh, and I'm looking at 100 Km events in Dec, Jan and Feb as well. So the context is, I suppose, 5 hour bike rides through the winter.
Thoughts please, not necessarily limited to my questions?
Graham