100 miles in a week

Innkeeper said:
After my ride. Just pushed the boat out and ordered a pair of cyclists under shorts.
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A suggestion for you ... when you get bib shorts or similar (lycra close fitting rather than baggy shorts), try several brands and get your bum size checked to match the padding - your seat bones might be narrow, medium or widely spaced and some manufacturers make padded shorts to fit these bones more effectively, especially when using a firmer seat.

Unfortunately, it does seem to make difference how much you spend too - Aldi & Lidl do OK shorts for around £20 but they wear out (padding wise) quite quickly. Wiggle.Com do DHB clothing which is OK as budget clothing ... spending more for Endura, Altura etc. is worthwhile when you get into it more (and your waist line has stabilised more). Castelli & Rapha shorts are amongst two of the more expensive but possibly most comfortable shorts for road cycling. I alternate between Endura and Castelli bib-shorts and Endura and Tenn big-tights. Other cyclists might recommend different makes. Just don't buy the most expensive ones too soon - a friend bought lots of expensive stuff early in his cycling journey and lost so much weight quickly that he barely had the chance to wear it. You can buy second hand cycling stuff off Ebay.
 
Mattyjwr said:
A suggestion for you ... when you get bib shorts or similar (lycra close fitting rather than baggy shorts), try several brands and get your bum size checked to match the padding - your seat bones might be narrow, medium or widely spaced and some manufacturers make padded shorts to fit these bones more effectively, especially when using a firmer seat.

Unfortunately, it does seem to make difference how much you spend too - Aldi & Lidl do OK shorts for around £20 but they wear out (padding wise) quite quickly. Wiggle.Com do DHB clothing which is OK as budget clothing ... spending more for Endura, Altura etc. is worthwhile when you get into it more (and your waist line has stabilised more). Castelli & Rapha shorts are amongst two of the more expensive but possibly most comfortable shorts for road cycling. I alternate between Endura and Castelli bib-shorts and Endura and Tenn big-tights. Other cyclists might recommend different makes. Just don't buy the most expensive ones too soon - a friend bought lots of expensive stuff early in his cycling journey and lost so much weight quickly that he barely had the chance to wear it. You can buy second hand cycling stuff off Ebay.
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Yeah but if you buy decent stuff;) they'll alter them for you. Assos agree if you have a weight loss that they'll either take them back and adjust them at their cost or offer you a sizeable contribution to new ones.
 
Ridgeway said:
Yeah but if you buy decent stuff;) they'll alter them for you. Assos agree if you have a weight loss that they'll either take them back and adjust them at their cost or offer you a sizeable contribution to new ones.
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Aha. I have an Assos vest - do you need to have proof of purchase? I was given it as a gift (coincidentally by the friend that lost loads of weight (he gave it to me new, as he liked it so much)).

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Think looking at my beer belly best in loose fitting stuff for now. Also I said some where else watching the pennies at the moment having lost our job do to lockdown
Mattyjwr said:
Great results. How you feeling? It looks like you are getting faster; I hope you're having lots of fun with it.
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Yep it good. As for enjoying it if you would have ask at 17miles+ it may have been a different answer ??‍♂️
 
Mattyjwr said:
Aha. I have an Assos vest - do you need to have proof of purchase? I was given it as a gift (coincidentally by the friend that lost loads of weight (he gave it to me new, as he liked it so much)).
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Just email them and ask. I've seen a few threads where people have done it and i always joke with them when i visit the shop, the lady always says she'll take me up on my request. It's become a joke with her that she now goes and gets me XL jerseys and says "this is a large..."
 
Ridgeway said:
Just email them and ask. I've seen a few threads where people have done it and i always joke with them when i visit the shop, the lady always says she'll take me up on my request. It's become a joke with her that she now goes and gets me XL jerseys and says "this is a large..."
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I don't know how many unicorns made my vest but it would be great to get to one that isn't so baggy now.
 
It was suggested in the early days an hour was enough.
but it’s wrong to drive 40 miles to walk your dog in the countryside but ok to cycle 100 miles?

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denisejoe said:
It was suggested in the early days an hour was enough.
but it’s wrong to drive 40 miles to walk your dog in the countryside but ok to cycle 100 miles?
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That’s correct, it was suggested but not one of the rules. We can now drive to exercise providing the walk/run takes more time than the driving. I think driving 40 miles for a dog walk would be seen as excessive.
 
70 miles now. Getting close to my 100.
I know I have a bum. Amazon where supposed to bring so shorts yesterday but didnt turn up. ??‍♂️
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Well up to 87 miles now so should reach my magic 100 (2 days to go).
Also recorded my fastest time up the hill I dont like. So must be getting better. The hill I dont like is the Burley Climb.
Couldnt even get all the way up a month ago.

Check out my activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/fFiTljJJW5
 
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Innkeeper said:
Well up to 87 miles now so should reach my magic 100 (2 days to go).
Also recorded my fastest time up the hill I dont like. So must be getting better. The hill I dont like is the Burley Climb.
Could even get all the way up a month ago.

Check out my activity on Strava: https://strava.app.link/fFiTljJJW5
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It looks like you are having a great time ... a mix of PRs, second and thirds plus some repeats of segments you have done several times ... or maybe for the first time today. Make the most of the lovely weather this weekend :)

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Did my biggest ride of the year yesterday. 31 miles and 2000ft off road. Working towards doing a 40 miler along the Ridgeway in a couple of weeks. Hardly rode this winter so gradually been building it up this last month.
 
Helen Ariel said:
Did my biggest ride of the year yesterday. 31 miles and 2000ft off road. Working towards doing a 40 miler along the Ridgeway in a couple of weeks. Hardly rode this winter so gradually been building it up this last month.
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Well done Helen Ariel you'll soon be back to fitness.
Innkeeper is also putting us to shame, he'll top his 100 this as he is so near.
I only managed 30 miles but it was over 2000ft climbing. I took my gravel bike over Carlton and Winterborn Moor to look at Malham Cove from the top.
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Then back down the bridleway to Gargrave.
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The weather is just right for long off road adventures.
Be safe all of you.
Phil
 
You all sound so fit. Just wondering used to have a bike race come past the inn so wondering if any of you have done in the past.
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Innkeeper said:
You all sound so fit. Just wondering used to have a bike race come past the inn so wondering if any of you have done in the past.
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There is fit and there is bonkers peak fit... I'm not in the office either but you would need to be very fit and bonkers to do this ride.... Although I'd like to have a go ;)
 
Innkeeper said:
You all sound so fit. Just wondering used to have a bike race come past the inn so wondering if any of you have done in the past.
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My longest ride was 2100 miles. Keighley Fire station to Sarajevo Fire station during the Balkan war. To raise money to buy the firemen a water bowser as all the water mains had been bombed. We took three weeks to do it. 100 miles per day.

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glenn2926 said:
My longest ride was 2100 miles. Keighley Fire station to Sarajevo Fire station during the Balkan war. To raise money to buy the firemen a water bowser as all the water mains had been bombed. We took three weeks to do it. 100 miles per day.
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That is amazing.
 
My longest ride without stopping was 170 miles. It was a charity 287 mile ride. I got too cold during the night and got on the support bus to warm up and get some brandy down me as I was bloody freezing. I rejoined the ride to do the last 30 miles. In 2017 I did LEJOG which averaged about 75 miles a day. It was a great experience even though it was the worst weather the company I went with have ever experienced.
I did a cycle trip through Thailand Cambodia and Vietnam which was organised and we did a leisurely 30 to 40 miles a day. This was probably the best holiday I have ever had. The food. The people and the other participants were all 100% great. I do think that the Sarajevo trip glenn2926 did sounds like an amazing adventure and it has got my cycling imagination going again. Roll on end of lockdown.
 
When you are up for a night ride Innkeeper, consider the Dunwich Dynamo ride from London to Suffolk - a lovely, friendly ride of around 110 miles through the night.
 
Mattyjwr said:
When you are up for a night ride Innkeeper, consider the Dunwich Dynamo ride from London to Suffolk - a lovely, friendly ride of around 110 miles through the night.
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110 miles might take more than one night ?
Would be great to build up to something like that.
Think when I get up to 100 miles a week next target will be 30 in a day?‍♂️?
 
We only ride MTBs but it’s been nice riding on the quiet roads!

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glenn2926 said:
My longest ride was 2100 miles. Keighley Fire station to Sarajevo Fire station during the Balkan war. To raise money to buy the firemen a water bowser as all the water mains had been bombed. We took three weeks to do it. 100 miles per day.
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I knew someone else who wanted to get out of Keighley....?
Phil
 
Innkeeper said:
110 miles might take more than one night ?
Would be great to build up to something like that.
Think when I get up to 100 miles a week next target will be 30 in a day?‍♂️?
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Don't over-target, sometimes it's good just to ride.
Phil
 

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