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It's definitely a different experience , not helped by living on top of a bloody big hill the plan is to start off with a flattish circuit to get used to the constant peddling then try some of the local hills .

Paul

Decided to give fixed gear a go (a single gear and no freewheel so you have to pedal constantly) Dragged an old Benotto from the 80's out of the back of the garage and did a quick and dirty conversion :ph34r: Never ridden fixed so I might be in for an interesting first 100 km . https://farm8.staticf...

Not really Andrew , I need to get out on the mountain bike for a change of pace to be honest so I should get my finger out and try some of the local moor tracks .


Paul

Dangerous Bob wrote:Lube, Lycra, Bum Cream and Bonk rations..........

Well played young Sir...

I usually aim for 12 hours for a 200 km ride but I like to try and get round faster so that I can gauge my fitness level . tool and kit wise I usually carry a change of riding gear consisting of socks,bib tight,s, base layer and jersey at this time year and jersey and shorts in summer and carry a po...

And done Great day out and would have possibly been a sub 11 hour ride except I stopped twice to help a guy with a couple of punctures and a broken rear spoke , managed to get round in eleven hours thirty three minutes though so more than happy .

Paul

OK tomorrow is my first qualifier for Paris-Brest-Paris , The Mere 200 starting from Cheadle near Manchester hopefully I'm fit enough to get round within the thirteen and a half hour limit

Paul

Steve Abraham is over two thousand miles now and the American Kurt Searvogel started Sunday with a ride of 230 miles in an elapsed time of 14 hours 12 minutes :eek: though he has said that his plan is to ride 200+ miles a day for six days a week and then only ride 100 miles on the seventh day as as ...

He's 122 miles in front compared to Tommy Godwin,s milage so far,as the weather , overall fitness and short daylight hours play a part at this time of the year.

One week in and Steve has done 1293 miles

And he's off their are links to the two American challengers ,Kurt Tarzan Searvogel and William IronOx Pruett on that page as well, I can only assume the USAnians are extremely confident as one is starting on the 10 of January and the other on the 4 of January whilst the UK rider is all ready 100 m...

A fellow Audax rider is doing a little bike ride next year starting on the 1st of January in an attempt to beat Tommy Godwin's distance record , he is going to have to do more than 205 miles every day :o I will be watching his progress with interest and not a little awe . Their is also some talk of ...

Merry Christmas one and all

Found a video on Vimeo from this years Mile Failte 1200km http://vimeo.com/99334781
Get on that Turbo Andrew and you too can be riding 40 hours straight with no sleep next year

Turbo trainer and rollers Andrew and have a couple or three Sufferfest videos which have helped to give me a little more speed this year , a 200 last year was taking just over 12 hours , this year my personal best was 10 hours forty minutes


Paul