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It's not the most obvious choice for a route: right through the middle of Milton Keynes. It hadn't ever occurred to me, either. However, a regular rider of one of my routes bemoaned the lack of any permanent routes in … read more »
It was supposed to be straightforward: a 200km ride that I rode exactly four weeks ago, but this time in better weather with more companions on the road. However, it didn't turn out quite as hoped, with 150km of strong headwinds … read more »
I don't often take a day off work to ride, but I just felt like riding and I had what I thought an exciting DIY route in mind to get some pork pie from Melton Mowbray. The minimum route was 102km each … read more »
The Horses for Courses 200 perm we rode yesterday turned into a slog-fest in the end for me. It had strong similarities with my first ever 200, another of Tomsk's perms: strong winds, significant precipitation, and a feeling for half the … read more »
The plan was to ECE this with Fidgetbuzz to do 50km before and after from his house, for a November 200 (RRTY, see?). A couple of minutes lateness in departing Cambridge plus extra long roadworks before Thetford following a slow load … read more »
That was hard work! The plan had been to ride to Stevenage and meet up with Siobhan and pilot her tandem, but that plan fell through, so I rode it on my normal† bike with a view to catching up … read more »
My first Randonneur Round the Year (RRTY) series is complete! One randonneur-distance ride (200km or longer) every calendar month for 12 consecutive months. Hard! (copied from yacf amd dated the same): November 2012: Boudicca's Revenge 200 perm – my … read more »
This is a cracking ride! The new AAAnfracuous is Manotea's old Anfractuous with a bit of extra "goat-iness": the main addition being a run down into High (Low?) Wycombe and a stern climb out again, which neatly avoids the flatter rat … read more »
It came to my attention but a few weeks ago that I was one 200 ride away from an AAA-SR (the others being Yr Elenydd 300, Bryan Chapman 600, and LEL): when I started the season, I didn't have AAA anywhere … read more »
That was one of the hardest 600s I've done — the only ride that compared to it for me was LEL, and probably because of the headwind on the way back across Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire. Veloman and I finished at 10pm … read more »
A smashing route this – I look forward to re-riding it in a couple of years' time. Deceptively lumpy start from the get-go, but settling into a flat run to Oundle and then uppy-downy into the Belvoir valley with a great view … read more »