The Annual Lunacy Climbing Challenge Chatzone

[ColinJ]

It's a shame, because otherwise that would be a very nice road!

I don't ride through any ford ever for reasons of slipperiness as I value the integrity of my bones !

Ditto, after crashing on the one time that I tried doing so!

As for Carrie riding through fords - she is as likely as anybody else to crash, and given that her leg now looks like this after an encounter with a length of slippery Swiss railway track...

... I reckon that would be a VERY BAD thing to happen!

 

[Alex321]

I decked out on that ford/stream last year (first time through it on that type of bike) and caught it on vid
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYQ2fDPqEMY&list=PLs1NkSMbl_WYpmmt6wXvYMaH6PsXuH-ug&index=5&t=211s

Your timestamp is after you picked it back up and got onto the path.

 

[FrothNinja]

Your timestamp is after you picked it back up and got onto the path.

Due to total lack of knowing what I was doing
If you go back to the start you can see the approach from the Colne side and subsequent re-alignment of the horizon at about 1:20

 

[Alex321]

Due to total lack of knowing what I was doing
If you go back to the start you can see the approach from the Colne side and subsequent re-alignment of the horizon at about 1:20

Yeah, I found that. If you go back and edit the link in your post, and change the 211 to say 70, that will start about 10 secs before said realignment.

 

[FrothNinja]

Yeah, I found that. If you go back and edit the link in your post, and change the 211 to say 70, that will start about 10 secs before said realignment.

Pa, I learnt a 'new thing' today!!

 

[bluenotebob]

It's also saved within the "Media" section of the forum as well,

@steverob ... a general question unrelated to this thread .. how did you load the image to the Media section? Do you use "Add Media"? and is it simply a case of creating your own (unique) filename to make it sharable?

If you have a couple of spare minutes in the next week or so to reply, I'd be grateful - thanks !

 

[steverob]

@steverob ... a general question unrelated to this thread .. how did you load the image to the Media section? Do you use "Add Media"? and is it simply a case of creating your own (unique) filename to make it sharable?

If you have a couple of spare minutes in the next week or so to reply, I'd be grateful - thanks !

Pretty much, yes.

I already had an album created within the Media section of CycleChat (cause I was sharing some photos), so just went into Add Media there and then uploaded the picture I had already created from my PC.

Once that was done, I clicked on the file on the site and on the page that opened there was a section called Share This Media which had links that you could use to post the image elsewhere. The name given to the file by CC is based upon the name I gave it originally on my PC, but the system adds on the number at the end that makes it unique I guess.

 

[bluenotebob]

Pretty much, yes.

I already had an album created within the Media section of CycleChat (cause I was sharing some photos), so just went into Add Media there and then uploaded the picture I had already created from my PC.

Once that was done, I clicked on the file on the site and on the page that opened there was a section called Share This Media which had links that you could use to post the image elsewhere. The name given to the file by CC is based upon the name I gave it originally on my PC, but the system adds on the number at the end that makes it unique I guess.

Thanks very much - that's all really helpful !

I've not used the Media section at all so now's the time to learn a bit more

 

[Dogtrousers]

Squashing things into signatures can be tricky. Each my lines of stars are individual images (one five silver stars, one five gold ones) are individual images that I made and uploaded to the media section.

and

 

[steverob]

On a similar note I actually did a three bronze star image for the same reasons, then decided to go down the "number X star" route in my signature the next year. But I'll put it here in case anyone wants to use it.

 

[bluenotebob]

I'll put it here in case anyone wants to use it.

Duly copied - thanks !

 

[Dogtrousers]

I think I may be out of this. I've had a bit of a cycling hiatus due to one thing and another. I did my October imperial century at the weekend - it was 1,343 m, so short of my 1,500m target and I found it very tough going. I don't think I'll be fitting in three 1,500m rides between now and the end of the year.

Doing a countback I see that if I'd set my target to 1,462m instead of 1,500 I would have succeeded. So I'll be back next year with a 1,500m target. It won't be my primary aim - but as I'm downgrading from the imperial to the metric century a month it should make for some "ethical" rides. Better get route planning ...

 

[Ridgeback Roller]

I'm failing this challenge at the last hurdle. Today was realistically my last chance to fit a ride in this year but I'm struggling to shake off a heavy cold that's developed into a cough. It's my own fault to fall 1 qualifier short, I had plenty of opportunities earlier in the year but tempted fate by opting to leave the final one until December, to make it more of a personal challenge. I won't be doing that again........

 

[FrothNinja]

I'm failing this challenge at the last hurdle. Today was realistically my last chance to fit a ride in this year but I'm struggling to shake off a heavy cold that's developed into a cough. It's my own fault to fall 1 qualifier short, I had plenty of opportunities earlier in the year but tempted fate by opting to leave the final one until December, to make it more of a personal challenge. I won't be doing that again........

Real sorry to hear that

 

[Fiona R]

I'm failing this challenge at the last hurdle. Today was realistically my last chance to fit a ride in this year but I'm struggling to shake off a heavy cold that's developed into a cough. It's my own fault to fall 1 qualifier short, I had plenty of opportunities earlier in the year but tempted fate by opting to leave the final one until December, to make it more of a personal challenge. I won't be doing that again........

I was lucky I was already done as Nov/Dec have been write offs due to weather, illness, visitors and incompetence on my part (who forgets a 50km ride in Nov?) so 50km challenge failed, 100 miles as weather/illness commitments meant Nov didn't happen. At least I managed the two lunacy ones!