The 2026 Imperial Century a Month Challenge

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ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
Welcome to the 20th year of the Cycle Chat Imperial Century A Month Challenge.

This thread is for the logging of your qualifying ride each month only.
Please don't post anything else in this thread apart from your qualifying rides.
It should eventually look like this one:
2014 Century Register

There is a Century A Month Chat thread here, for comments, planning rides, bowing out, excuses etc which will keep this main Register as neat and tidy as possible.

The challenge is to ride 1 x 100+ mile ride per month during the calendar year (January to December) to complete the challenge. Only log the first qualifying ride of each month.

Please include the following info....Date of ride, distance of ride and a route description of your ride. (please don't just post a link to your ride, Strava, RidewithGPs etc, that's just boring).

This as an example, Please keep your entries to the one post.

04/04/15 (C143) Ashford and back.
Ashford and back Via Otford, Pilgrim's Way, Kemsing, Plaxtol, Hadlow. Yalding, Marden, Staplehurst, Headcorn, Smarden, Pluckley, Chart and Ashford.
106.17miles. 7.04.50 Riding Time. 15.00Avg. 2431ft Elevation Gain. Max Speed 33.4mph. Pinnacle Pyrolite 2014

A reminder of the rules:

-A century is a single ride of at least 100.0 miles as measured on a reasonably accurate cycle computer. 99.9 miles or less is not a century.

-Breaks/stops during the ride are permitted for refreshments/repairs etc but over elongated stops, stops to sleep and stops at your home are not permitted.

-A qualifying century cannot start before 0001hrs on the morning of the first day of the calendar month.

-For qualifying rides ridden on the last day of the month: the 100.0 mile mark must have been passed by 2359.59 hrs on that day.

-If you miss a month you are out of the challenge, no exceptions for any reason, riding more than one century in a month does not entitle you to miss a month in lieu.

-Centuries ridden on rollers/turbo trainers/indoor velodromes do not count towards the challenge.

Successful participants of the Cycle Chat Century A Month challenge are entitled to display a gold star
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If for any reason you can't edit your post when adding a newly completed ride, Please PM one of the mods.

Good luck to all those that enter. See you on the road.
 
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ianrauk

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
Location
Rides Ti2
18/01/26 (C362) Kent Loop
Via Aylesford, Malling, Golden Green, East Peckham, Yalding, Marden, Staplehurst, Headcorn, Smarden, Ashford, Wye, Charing, Hollingbourne, Pilgrims Way, Boxley, Aylesford, Borstal, Rochester
101.02 miles. 7:02.26 Riding Time. 14.2Avg, 4619ft Elevation Gain. Planet X Tempest Ti

14/02/26 (C363) Kent to Manston and back
Via Gillingham, Grange, Rainham, Upchurch, Iwade, Milton, Sittingbourne, Tonge, Teynham, Faversham, Greveney Marshes, Whitstable, Herne Back, Reculver, Birchington On Sea, Acol, Manston.
100.02 miles. 7:14:44 Riding Time. 13.8Avg, 4449ft Elevation Gain. Planet X Tempest Ti

22/03/26 (C364) Kent Loops. Manston, Sandwich, Wye
Via Gillingham, Grange, Rainham, Upchurch, Iwade, Milton, Sittingbourne, Tonge, Teynham, Faversham, Greveney Marshes, Whitstable, Herne Back, Reculver, Birchington On Sea, Acol, Manston, Sandwich, Aylesham, Elham, Wye, Charing, and back same route from Tyenham.
120.01 miles. 8:15:54 Riding Time. 14.6Avg, 6158ft Elevation Gain. Planet X Tempest Ti
 
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robjh

Legendary Member
Wednesday 7th January
in Lanzarote : Güime, Arrecife, Costa Teguise, Guatiza, Arrieta, Punto de Mujeres, Órzola, Mirador del Río, Haría, Teguise, Famara, Sóo, la Santa, Tinajo, Yaiza, Uga, la Geria, la Asomada, Puerto del Carmen, Güime

102 miles / 164 km
strava here

Wednesday 25th February
Whittlesey, edge of Peterborough, Eye, Crowland, Cowbit, Moutlon, Fosdyke(A17), Frampton, Boston, Stickney, Hagworthingham, Tetford, Donington on Bain, Binbrook, Rothwell, Swallow, Beelsby, Waltham, Grimsby, Cleethorpes

113.8 miles / 183.2 km
strava here

Thursday 19th March
Duxford, Great Chishill, Barkway, Puckeridge, Dane End, Watton-at-Stone, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Radlett, Bushey, Harefield, Denham, Iver Heath, Slough, Eton, Windsor, Englefield Green, edge of Woking, Guildford, Godalming, Devil's Punchbowl, Hindhead, Hammer, Liphook, Petersfield, Buriton, Finchdean, Rowland's Castle, Havant, Portsmouth(Fratton)

135.8 miles / 218.5 km
strava here



Maps of 2026 qualifying rides so far :
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13 rider

Guru
Location
leicester
Jan 22nd , 109 miles
Markfield ,Odstone ,Congerstone ,Orton ,Harlaston ,Lullington ,Austrey ,Ratcliffe Culey ,Atherstone ,Nuneaton ,Dadlington ,Market Bosworth ,Barlestone ,Congerstone ,Orton ,Snarestone ,Congerstone ,Sutton Cheney ,Market Bosworth ,Markfield
Moving time 7.32 ,Elevation 4058ft
Feb 17th , 103 miles
Markfield ,Odstone ,Congerstone ,Orton ,Warton ,Austrey ,Harlaston ,Netherseal ,Austrey ,Snarestone ,Carlton ,Shenton ,Eagle Shilton ,Thurlaston ,Market Bosworth ,Sutton Cheney ,Merry Lees ,Thornton ,Markfield
Moving time 7.18.13 , Elevation 4531ft
 
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24th January: 100.5 miles / 2,067m - C107
An unethically flat ride from Clapham out to the Wyre, back across the south and east of the Forest of Bowland, and up to Ribblehead via: Wray, Quernmore, Forton, Pilling, St.Michael's on Wyre, Inglewhite, Waddington, Bolton-by-Bowland, Wigglesworth, Settle, Ribblehead.

9th February: 101.7 miles / 2,665m - C108
Down to Settle and up High Hill Lane to reach Airton and Cracoe, then up Wharfedale, through Grassington and Kettlewell and over Kidstones Pass, or the Cote de Cray as it's still referred to. Then westward along Wensleydale, past Hawes, up to Garsdale Head, and along Mallerstang to climb Tommy Road before descending to Sedbergh and heading along Dentdale. Lastly, up Stone Rigg Outrake to drop into Barbondale, thence home via Lonsdale.

3rd March: 102 miles / 2,957m: C109
Across to Lunesdale and up to Orton via Tebay, then across the Westmorland Dales to Appleby-in-westmorland, thence to Knock and up Great Dun Fell to see the new, second radome. Return via Dufton, Appleby again, then across to Soulby and Kirkby Stephen to head down through Mallerstang to Garsdale Head, left to Hawes, then home via Newby Head, Ribblehead and Ingleton.
 
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