The Annual Lunacy (aka "I Don't Do Winter") Challenge Chatzone

[FrothNinja]

Today’s route was: Loyat, Ploërmel, Pleucadeuc (gare), D112, Pleucadeuc (town), D774, D112, le Menhir du Bonnet Rouge, le Pont d’Arz, D774, Rochefort-en-Terre, D777a, D777, le Clos de Bas, le Guernet, la Muterne, D149, Pleucadeuc (town), D112, Pleucadeuc (gare), Ploërmel, Loyat

Very pleased to have done this ride today. I’d been quite close to Rochefort-en-Terre several times since last October but I finally made it there today. It’s stunningly beautiful – so many old buildings steeped in history. I only saw a fraction of it – and I’ll definitely return. It needs more than the scant 30 mins I spent there this afternoon.

I managed to fall off the bike on the way there .. I’d pulled into the aire de pique-nique by the old railway station at Pleucadeuc. I was on solid sand then turned (without realising) onto soft sand. Came to a grinding halt and fell over. More angry than injured .. the air was blue for a couple of minutes. Phone and camera were fine but the bike wasn’t happy. I found I couldn’t go from the small ring up to the larger one – I had to do it by hand … which was a real PITA for the next 60kms. The bike will go to the LBS tomorrow for some TLC.

Photo of the centre of Rochefort-en-Terre below

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Hope the bike gets well soon.
I think a Tati postie would fit in there.

 

[bluenotebob]

Hope the bike gets well soon.

Thanks.

I dropped her off this morning. Tony will have a look at her next week and also make a couple of modifications.

I'll get her back on Friday. That would have been a problem as I'd hoped to do another long ride on Wed 30th but as the latest forecast is for 27C that day, I think an evening HMCAM ride is more likely on Wednesday .. and it's also a good chance for the other bikes to catch up a bit.

 

[Ridgeback Roller]

An 'accidental' 100km today. Plan was to meet up with some mates at a cafe just over the county border in Hampshire but this got changed to incorporate a longer ride. No crossing and re-crossing of the South Downs today, no breeze to speak of, so a relatively flat and easy 100kms.

 

[lazybloke]

Just posted my 5th Lunacy distance ride of the year, the 400km London-Wales-London audax with a link to the ride description. Have wanted to do this ride for years, and it certainly didn't disappoint.

My distances have been way in excess of my lunacy target so far this year, but that's all been training for LWL. I don't have any other long rides planning in my calendar, save for a Fridays night ride here and there. Maybe I'll have a quick nose on the Audax UK planner, but my wife is keen that I now refocus on DIY tasks that have been mounting up, so cycling takes a back seat for a while.

 

[bluenotebob]

ust posted my 5th Lunacy distance ride of the year, the 400km London-Wales-London audax with a link to the ride description. Have wanted to do this ride for years, and it certainly didn't disappoint.

A fantastic achievement - well done!

How many hours of cycling was that? I'd be pleased to have done it in 4 days ...

 

[lazybloke]

A fantastic achievement - well done!

How many hours of cycling was that? I'd be pleased to have done it in 4 days ...

Thanks BNB. Had quite a few stops and a snooze, finishing within 24 hours, so had 3 hours in hand. Thought I might have been a bit faster, so was definitely challenged. Would like to consider a 600, maybe...
18 and half hrs of cycling.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Just posted my 5th Lunacy distance ride of the year, the 400km London-Wales-London audax with a link to the ride description. Have wanted to do this ride for years, and it certainly didn't disappoint.

Huge congrats!

LWL was an aim of mine during the 20-teens. I entered twice but bottled out both times. (I gave the orgs plenty of notice so my place didn't go to waste).

I did manage a 400 eventually (a flatter one, which still took me over 25hr) and my aims are considerably more modest these days.

 

[lazybloke]

Did another lunacy ride yesterday, but i'm back to having time as my enemy so this was just my target distance 61km, instead of another all-day ride. Will update the other thread later.

I do want to try a 600 but am pretty sure two days on my current bike will break me. Have got plans for longer distances in the future, but they're a pipe dream currently.

 

[Alex321]

Longest ride of teh year so far, at 48 miles. Met up with a group from Pontyclun Flyers club in Miskin, and we rode from there to Merthyr Tydfil and back (21 miles each way, plus 3 miles home to Miskin and same return).

An enjoyable morning's riding. I hadn't previously realised Merthyr was that close, and when it was suggested at the start of the ride I was slightly dubious, thinking it was going to be 50 miles+, rather than the expected 30-40, but at 42, it was close enough.