The Imperial Century A Month Challenge Chatzone

[Supersuperleeds]

First month of 2017 done. I had planned to do a double metric, but rear gear cable snapped at 91 miles, luckily the direct route home was pretty much downhill, got home on 112 miles, gave the bike a quick clean and did another 2 miles to LBS and back, couldn't be arsed to go do the other 11 miles.

https://www.strava.com/activities/824186326

 

[13 rider]

First month of 2017 done. I had planned to do a double metric, but rear gear cable snapped at 91 miles, luckily the direct route home was pretty much downhill, got home on 112 miles, gave the bike a quick clean and did another 2 miles to LBS and back, couldn't be arsed to go do the other 11 miles.

https://www.strava.com/activities/824186326

Good to see you having a go at the challenge this year . Apparently your now top in MyCyclingLog cycle chat group !.
I noticed your second ride on strava and thought that's to Webster's .
Did the cable snap under the extra cake weight after nice pies .

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Good to see you having a go at the challenge this year . Apparently your now top in MyCyclingLog cycle chat group !.
I noticed your second ride on strava and thought that's to Webster's .
Did the cable snap under the extra cake weight after nice pies .

Snapped just as I was coming up to Nice Pies.

 

[HLaB]

That's Jan done for me too, I'll update the challenge page later

 

[ianrauk]

January's qualifying rides are coming in thick and fast. Great to see,
A big welcome to yet another debutante to the challenge. Fellow Friday and all round good chap @sagefly.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Can I come and play too?

102 miles clocked up yesterday in good conditions for the time of year so I'd like to give the imperial challenge another go. The ride report is here.

 

[StuAff]

A week into the new year and I'm still late to the party Up and running, with that old favourite, Brighton and back. Misty and damp early in the morning, and again in the evening, but otherwise pretty much perfect conditions.

 

[Edwardoka]

Congratulations to everyone who got their 2016 star

I may be joining in again this time round as some short-term objectives for training are badly needed - my medum-term (think end of July) training goal is too big to comprehend

Hopefully I won't repeat my 2015 strategy of getting rides in at the last possible moment, but it is me we're talking about
I suppose at least I might inject a bit of last minute drama...

 

[HLaB]

That's Jan done for me too, I'll update the challenge page later

7January a brief summary - Led out the DCC Bun Run for 25 miles in under grey murky skies but just when the sun was coming back as I was meeting someone I had to double back into that murk. Thought I was running close to time and went quite hard but lol I got there about 5 mins before the other person
We went up into the hills for a bit and eventually the sun came out over Gleneagles

Maybe we should have stayed there but we went back over the hills into the murk but then again the cafe was waiting

We chatted and stayed in the cafe a bit long and light was fading and by the time I got back to the meet point light was fading and I still had at least 21 solo miles still to go. Now I could have went the flat way back and been about 8 miles short and done laps of the flat mile long road close to home under the streetlights but thats boring so I decided to head up the rural Saline Hill, within 20mins it was a peasouper and 20mins later it was pitch black


https://www.relive.cc/view/826811010

 

[Supersuperleeds]

7January a brief summary - Led out the DCC Bun Run for 25 miles in under grey murky skies but just when the sun was coming back as I was meeting someone I had to double back into that murk. Thought I was running close to time and went quite hard but lol I got there about 5 mins before the other person
We went up into the hills for a bit and eventually the sun came out over Gleneagles
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Maybe we should have stayed there but we went back over the hills into the murk but then again the cafe was waiting
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We chatted and stayed in the cafe a bit long and light was fading and by the time I got back to the meet point light was fading and I still had at least 21 solo miles still to go. Now I could have went the flat way back and been about 8 miles short and done laps of the flat mile long road close to home under the streetlights but thats boring so I decided to head up the rural Saline Hill, within 20mins it was a peasouper and 20mins later it was pitch black


https://www.relive.cc/view/826811010

I thought you must have gone back up North, no way you can do the climbing you've been doing on Strava around Peterborough

 

[ianrauk]

If it's outside, part of a ride and doesn't include a pit stop at home then I would say it's fine.

 

[Soltydog]

I don't think I could stomach a whole ton on the track. It would get too boring. And I think they might get the shepherd's crook out and hoik me off the track and boot me out before I'd finished.

I have a nice 50 mile loop, but don't think I could do that twice for a ton ride as I'd find it too boring I'd like to have a ride on the track to see how long I could last before getting bored Reckon its just above the turbo trainer on the boredom scale

Hoping to get out for my qualifier on Thursday & if I fail that could be it for this month/year Had a bit of chest pain this last week, but it's on the rhs so shouldn't be anything to worry about

 

[Soltydog]

I'm in for another year Got my first ton of the year done today. You'd think they would get easier the more you do, but the last few have just seemed to get harder & harder. Could have easily binned it at the halfway point today, but glad I didn't. & either my HRM is on the blink again, or I need to see a doctor ASAP

 

[Soltydog]

I've noticed the Friday's ride list is now up for this year, I may be able to do the London - Southend on 10th March, but I believe it's only a short one, will anyone be doing that & riding back to London to get the ton in?

The weekend of the York - Hull I'm due to be working, but reckon I'll be fine just booking Saturday off, should make York for midnight after work on Friday & then ride home from Hull to make the 100 miles

ps if the weather is bad I'll probably cry off the London ride

 

[ianrauk]

I've noticed the Friday's ride list is now up for this year, I may be able to do the London - Southend on 10th March, but I believe it's only a short one, will anyone be doing that & riding back to London to get the ton in?

The weekend of the York - Hull I'm due to be working, but reckon I'll be fine just booking Saturday off, should make York for midnight after work on Friday & then ride home from Hull to make the 100 miles

ps if the weather is bad I'll probably cry off the London ride

Always ride back on the FNR's. It's a tradition
Happy to lead you back to the smoke.. or to Dartford at least. If you have a gps be happy to make a route for you outlining where you want to get to.

Be good to meet you.