The 2025 Half Century (50km or 50 mile) Challenge Chatzone.

[FrothNinja]

Yes, there have been problems with the Notifications function recently. Solution seems to be to log out of the site and back in.

I've been missing notifications too - log out and back in only seems to work for a while

 

[Spartak]

Apologies my high tech paper tick list must have a bug in the system ,I will recode it later 😁

I've managed to filter my 50km+ rides in Veloviewer ... 👍

 

[Spartak]

... and where my 2025 50km+ rides have led me ➡️

 

[steverob]

Can I cheekily claim to have done the first challenge ride in November, given that our benevolent thread owner @13 rider has decided to post an extra October ride this morning?

Oct 1st 31.8 miles , 1 point
Upton Loop

Points in this challenge 87
Points in all challenges 160

 

[13 rider]

And the award for spotting this month deliberate error goes to @steverob ,oh and the first poster award for Nov goes to @13 rider 😁 thanks to an editted post 😂

 

[sevenfourate]

Never did I imagine riding today. This Morning when I got up the Weather was Biblical 😳 And Mid afternoon Sat rides are not me in any way, shape or form either.

But it turned out so nice this afternoon I figured a ride up the Coast would be flat, quiet’ish…..if not a tad breezy coming home.

So….if this is Global Warming: bring it on !! 🤣

Halloween themed Postbox topper in Hopton;

Sun, Sea and Palm trees in Gorleston. In November !

Over Gt Yarmouths new Bridge;

Along the Coastal path toward Caister:

One of the Holiday Parks near Caister:

Over a Bridge……with Caister racetrack / Stands in the Background.

Upto the Town of Caister:

Then a slog back mostly into a head / sidewind home….🙄

What a day for November though. Enjoyed that ! And even as a simple Suffolk lad with 8 webbed digits: I make that 11 down……..1 to go 😉

 

[13 rider]

@sevenfourate , I wondered why you didn't ride early doors that will be the rain then

 

[sevenfourate]

@sevenfourate , I wondered why you didn't ride early doors that will be the rain then

Yup: I’d planned on an early pre-Dawn raid. It then looked like it would be (And it was) ‘horrific’ this Morning in general; from very early on. I even had in my head going out at 1 minute past Midnight…..as at one point there was a Weather Window in the wee hours…..And I quite fancied a lights-on Adventure !

But in the end even that got scuppered by 40+ mph winds and heavy rain. I’m just glad I got out today in nice weather, enjoyed it and got a November banker done.

Kudos to you for being 1st over the line though 😉

 

[Spartak]

November 50 K ... ✅

Early morning ride out with a mate today, he wanted to break his 50 km duck.
We decided on a trip from NE Bristol across to Chepstow, lovely sunny morning after what looked like had been a wet night due to the wet roads, exited Bristol via Patchway & Easter Compton before crossing the Severn Bridge on the south side.
A stop at the Werherspoons for a breakfast and coffee before the return leg over the north side and homeward bound via Olveston & Bradley Stoke.
My mate did really well beating his longest distance by 20 kms ... 👍

 

[13 rider]

November 50 K ... ✅

Early morning ride out with a mate today, he wanted to break his 50 km target.
We decided on a trip from NE Bristol across to Chepstow, lovely sunny morning after what looked like had been a wet night due to the wet roads, exited Bristol via Patchway & Easter Compton before crossing the Severn Bridge on the south side.
A stop at the Werherspoons for a breakfast and coffee before the return leg over the north side and homeward bound via Olveston & Bradley Stoke.
My mate did really well beating his longest distance by 20 kms ... 👍

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Spotted and noted this month 😁

 

[ColinJ]

I did a nice lumpy 65 km ride last weekend with a mate of mine. He contacted me yesterday evening and asked if I fancied repeating it. I checked today's forecast and it was for sunny intervals, a chilly wind and a 40-50% chance of some showers... We went ahead and did it!

The wind was chilly, but the sunshine was nice. I got home in the dry; the rain started 5 minutes later!

I had been slacking this week and needed a decent ride today to exceed my 110 km target. This ride took me to 113.7 km.

 

[Jon George]

Over-compensated for whimping out on failing to try for a First-To-Post, this month, by doing the longest ride I've done in over a year.(About 38 miles.) Missed any rain, and surprised myself by sensing I had a tad more to give. (Though my backside was beginning to complain.)
This out near a little hamlet in Suffolk called Hemingstone.

 

[Jon George]

Well, that's a surprise - I went even further today (about 39 miles). The tailwind going out lulled me into a false sense of ability. The headwind coming back home was brutal. Still, there were some great views to be had.
This near Gosbeck.

 

[13 rider]

Well, that's a surprise - I went even further today (about 39 miles). The tailwind going out lulled me into a false sense of ability. The headwind coming back home was brutal. Still, there were some great views to be had.
This near Gosbeck.

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I fell for the tailwind trick of thinking I was on a good legs day until I turned for home and realised I wasn't 🤣

 

[ColinJ]

I have fallen for the hidden tailwind trick before. I once did a really fast ascent up the A58 from Littleborough, not realising that it was very wind-assisted until I turned at the summit and then found it harder to ride down the hill!!