Today's Bike Ride

[dominion]

could anyone tell me how much of the 3 peaks cx route you can go on before the race?
a quick-ish 34 mile for me today on turbo

Of the off-road sections, virtually none. You can go halfway up Pen-y-Ghent, and a short section on Whernside. Nothing on Ingleborough.

[vespa]

so if you cant go on bike can the course be done running

[dominion]

so if you cant go on bike can the course be done running

Absolutely. And if you cycle half way up Pen-y-Ghent there's a handy signpost to lock your bike to so you can run up to the top.

[vespa]

thanks dominion hav,nt done much down there so may give it whirl
will the bike be still there when i go back to get it ?

[dominion]

We didn't have issues a few years back, to be honest you're not going to learn much on a vaguely gravelly path.
A few years back two of us parked up at Ribblehead viaduct ran the Whernside loop, then drove down to Horton and parked up there and took the bikes up Pen-y-Ghent running the top bit. Then there's a layby opposite the turn off up Ingleborough which we went to and had another run out over it. We were convinced we'd gone the wrong way as no-one would carry a bike up there....

[mr brightside]

25m/2900' today, first of the hard rides...Storiths-Appletrewick-Hartlington Raikes-Greenhow-Thruscross-Storiths (25mls). Really nasty climb out of the Wharfe valley up Hartlington Raikes Lane, wasn't really ready for it. Got the bike up to terminal velocity on the A59 heading back to Storiths, full speed in 29th gear trying to overtake some Mods on scooters, it's frightening getting hit by an eddy gust at that speed. I don't think either of my road bikes have the gearing for the hills on this route, i'd have to put my knees through a lot.

[dominion]

32 mile warm up for Wolvo - Roubaix in 2 weeks time. No idea how I'm going to last double that distance - just don't have cycling legs.

[Hanneke]

First time out for a potter on the ridge on the mtb in a loooooong time. Slowly getting fitter but tiny tick spotted

[Hanneke]

We were convinced we'd gone the wrong way as no-one would carry a bike up there....

Yet 600 odd nutters do... Can't believe I have hauled myself up there bike and all 4 times now. Doubt I will ever do it again :/

[shaunaneto]

52 miles on the bike yesterday.

I did not have my cycling legs attached yesterday and toiled from start to finish.