Monday, 2 September 2019
Thursday, 29 August 2019
LBL - London to Brighton and return!
In an attempt to get my miles up I and five others attempted to ride to London to Brighton return.
The route was again "borrowed" from the very useful Dirty Wknd club. I'm thinking I should join since I've now used a few of their well curated routes.
When I say "attempted" we were hampered by a very eventful day. Getting to the start was difficult for some because of broken trains. Completing the event was difficult because of a broken bike and crazy heat. Somehow London managed to pull a 32 degree day out of the hat. Ice baths became a stop requirement, but even so people slowly wilted. As time went by the six that started slowly dwindled down to two. And even then we had to give up at Dorking as the thought of Box Hill in the dark didn't sound like fun.
However it's all good, 174km for the day is my personal high score, so very happy. It was a great day
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Sunday, 18 August 2019
London 2 Paris in 24 Hours - Two more weekends training
Dirty Wknd - Bakery 2 Bakery
Bakery 2 Bakery
So a Yellow ride made sense. Unfortunately none were available when I came to book, so I managed to talk myself into thinking I could keep with an Orange ride (one under red).
I met up with the group in Victoria Park and was surprised to find that there were only four others on the ride. Apparently the previous days atrocious weather and the amount of wind we'd be riding in had scared everyone away. It turns out that there was a red ride starting from the same point as well but the ride hadn't happened. Two of the riders were refugees from the red ride.
We took off with a hiss and and a roar. These guys were fast. The ride was supposed to achieve an average of 24km/h and we were sitting on 28 - 30, which for me fast. However while it was hard, being in a group made a massive difference and I was able to keep up. At the half way bakery we had averaged a massive 27km/h!
Heading home that all changed as we had a headwind all the way back. The speeds tumbled and the two red riders eventually disappeared into the sunset, the speeds were obviously too show for them. I had to console myself with the fact that we were still well above the planned ride average.
The ride leader told me at the end that it was a "pacey" introduction! Apparently if the group had been bigger we would have been under the average speed, given the amount of wind we had. The take home; There's hope for me yet!
Rowe and King South London Rideout
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Saturday, 10 August 2019
London 2 Paris in 24 Hours - Training Update
Prudential London Ride
Bike Fit!
The Goal
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Saturday, 3 August 2019
It's been a while, time for something new!
It has been a very long time since I've posted anything here. It's not that I haven't been doing anything, it's I'm not great at blogging... Anyways it's time I posted something new, and this time, different. Introducing:
London to Paris in 24 Hours!
Who's got a new bike then? And the full Mamil regalia to boot |
This might look slow. It isn't! |
Training!
Some of the training has actually been fun! This is the Herne Hill Velodrome where we got to practise going fast while ridiculously close to the rider in front
No overlapping wheels! |
It was dangerous enough that before we went out we got some serious briefing. Apparently it can go bad very quickly!
Posted by NZJourneyMan at 22:30 5 comments