The 2018 Half Century a month Challenge chatzone

[Lilliburlero]

July`s ride done today. Met up with my main man Paul at 05:30 and sat on his back wheel for 42 miles , before meeting up with 3 others from Velo Moira at 08:30 for a ride out to Fradley cafe. A very nice 25 miles with them before heading off on my own for another 37 miles. It was so hot out there that I had to do a pub stop on 89 miles for a very cold pint of cider

Another good day https://www.relive.cc/view/1704192338

 

[Noodle Legs]

Nice gaff that cafe at Fradley @Lilliburlero. Cracking effort in this heat well done

 

[Lilliburlero]

Nice gaff that cafe at Fradley @Lilliburlero. Cracking effort in this heat well done

Thanks @Chris Doyle. Tis a good cafe and getting out early is the best option in this heat

Congratulations on the speedy sportive you did today, great effort

 

[Bazzer]

Managed to get up early enough to sneak in a Cornish 50km ride before the family got up . 32.6 miles with only 3300ft of upness. There's no flat bit here it's either up or down . The downhills are pretty as very poor line of sight so you don't get much reward for all the climbing . Anyone who does the area I climbed out of Watergate bay towards Newquay which was tough .

Having just returned from a bikeless family break on the Devon/Cornwall border, I can sympathise.

 

[Noodle Legs]

Thanks @Chris Doyle. Tis a good cafe and getting out early is the best option in this heat

Congratulations on the speedy sportive you did today, great effort

Thanks! Not bad after 6 pints of Guinness last night!!

 

[aferris2]

Another part off-road today but figured it was do-able on he road bike and I was right. Picked up a few more Veloviewer squares around the coast taking me up to a max cluster of 445.
Oh and it's my birthday, so Happy 59 to me.

 

[Katherine]

Oh and it's my birthday, so Happy 59 to me.

Happy belated birthday wishes

 

[Domus]

What a lovely day for a bike ride. Up in Sunny Grange and decided to try something new. A ride to Ulverston and lunch with Mrs Domus who took the train. Met her at the bike hub at the station for good coffee and a bacon roll, she had a stroll around the shops and I returned via Bigland Hill. Spectacular views all afternoon, on the climb out of Ulverston, the very quiet lanes and from the top of Bigland Hill.
Only downside, I didn’t bother with coffee in Cartmel as someone on here recommended the garden centre in Cark. Hot and sweaty with little water left on arrival to find the cafė closed. Still, cracking ride on a hot and sunny day.

 

[NorthernDave]

A rare opportunity for a mid-week entry today and to mix it up even more I was out on the Giant, complete with mudguards (well, you can't be too careful can you..? )
I headed east in a repeat of a ride I've done variations of many times, but one which I knew I'd be going against the flow of most of the rush hour traffic as i left the city and then have minimal traffic on the rest of the run.
All good and another point in the bag.

 

[Noodle Legs]

Another point in a quietish month for me, the Thursday night social with the Saga CC boys reuiniting through the lanes of South Derbyshire/ Derbyshire Dales.

Just shy of 39 miles in 2:05.

Report to follow on Your Ride Today in due course.

https://www.strava.com/activities/1713974559

 

[NorthernDave]

An Imperial Half today, my first in an absolute age and well overdue.
Looking back, I only needed another 6 and a bit miles to make it a metric century, but I'd had enough at that point.

A decent week for me this week, first time in a while that I've cracked 100-miles in a week (I've actually ridden 127 miles), so it's all good.

 

[steverob]

An enjoyable, gentle 50km ride this afternoon, because I'm planning on doing my long RideLondon training ride (the final one!) tomorrow with any luck.

Towards the end of the ride, I did a short stint on the newly opened Waddesdon Greenway cyclepath (https://greenwaysandcycleroutes.org/waddesdon-and-aylesbury/) which is a great option over using the very busy A41 between Aylesbury Vale Parkway station and Waddesdon Manor. Unfortunately at the moment there's a chunk in the middle that hasn't been paved and so isn't passable on a road bike (mountain and wider tyre hybrids would be fine as it's somewhat compacted gravel), but I went as far as I could. The reason is that eventually HS2 will be crossing the route of the path and they'll be building a bridge over the railway line, so they don't want to put down a permanent path for now.

Also, Strava tells me that I've now done over 10,000 miles on my Trek bike - not bad for just under 4 years. My previous bike I had for almost 18 years and I estimate (cause I didn't get a GPS device until 2013) that only did about 14,000 at most.

 

[bruce1530]

Tackled the “Five Ferries Challenge” today. 118 km... my longest ride so far!

https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/post-5321491

 

[Elysian_Roads]

Nothing unusual about the ride itself, apart from a lot of swimmers in Henley this evening. The 32 odd miles took me to a monthly total of 223 so far, which is the best month since I started riding 14 months ago. So a nice warm glow and it's not just down to the weather.....

 

[Noodle Legs]

Nothing unusual about the ride itself, apart from a lot of swimmers in Henley this evening. The 32 odd miles took me to a monthly total of 223 so far, which is the best month since I started riding 14 months ago. So a nice warm glow and it's not just down to the weather.....

Absolutely brilliant @Elysian_Roads, well done