The thread for the insane ride from London to York

[iLB]

How long do you plan to sleep? If you stop for too long everything will seize up and make starting again very unpleasant.

 

[martint235]

To be honest no firm plan as yet. Probably 3pm - 7pm then get up and go and get something to eat and then possibly sleep from maybe 10pm to 1am then set off back.

 

[Aperitif]

To be honest no firm plan as yet. Probably 3pm - 7pm then get up and go and get something to eat and then possibly sleep from maybe 10pm to 1am then set off back.

Wow! A two sleep luxury!

 

[frank9755]

As i said on the other thread, I've always thought that doing the night ride at a leisurely pace, drinking beer and lolling around for the best part of Saturday would make riding back hard, but not in a nice way or in a way that was good training for anything.

If you are going to ride back, get some sleep straight after breakfast, avoid beer and get on the road by early saturday afternoon (or sooner)!

How long do you lan to sleep? If you stop for too long everything will seize up and make starting again very unpleasant.

 

[martint235]

Unfortunately I don't have anywhere to sleep after breakfast.

However I'm happy to be guided by other people. So long as I'm awake and can stuff my face with food I should be able to keep pedalling

 

[martint235]

Here we go, 211 miles from my house so around 200 from HPC. RWG is giving a max gradient of 34% but I don't actually believe that for a minute.

 

[User10571]

Here we go, 211 miles from my house so around 200 from HPC. RWG is giving a max gradient of 34% but I don't actually believe that for a minute.

I've just clicked on that link.
There was an audible "F*** M*!!!" at this ip address.....

G'luck!

 

[Aperitif]

Unfortunately I don't have anywhere to sleep after breakfast.

However I'm happy to be guided by other people. So long as I'm awake and can stuff my face with food I should be able to keep pedalling

You don't wear armwarmers and you're worried about a sleep?
Strange boy.
I would consider the actual FNRttC as 'recovery riding',M. You (and 'the others') have a bit of application either side.

 

[zigzag]

this might be of interest, it follows the "official" LEL2013 route from loughton to pocklington.

 

[martint235]

this might be of interest, it follows the "official" LEL2013 route from loughton to pocklington.

Hi Rimas, is the route up the same as the route back as I'll be riding a lot of that on the way back from Hull on the Sunday. For the way up though the route from Pocklington almost seems to double back on itself and I think I'll be tired enough by the end of this set of rides!!!

 

[frank9755]

Unfortunately I don't have anywhere to sleep after breakfast.

However I'm happy to be guided by other people. So long as I'm awake and can stuff my face with food I should be able to keep pedalling

Theres always somewhere to sleep, if you're tired enough!

Everyone is different but I find half an hour in the morning, when its warmed up sets me up nicely to ride through the next day