Originally Posted by
AllanT
Furthest I have ridden to date was a loop of the Parish Course (which is 85 miles) & a bit extra (so it probably worked out a 90) in just over 5 hours. I rode it on my Time Trial bike, though TBH I'm not sure whether I might have been better on a road bike as maintaining the Aero for that long is nigh on impossible!!
That was one hot day in the summer & included a few substantial climbs I could have been faster, except for a few things at one point there was a village fayre in a village & I had to stop off & wait for the kiddies hill race to get in from that, riding along a cycle way some chavs walking spread totally across it coming towards me wouldn't move out of the way (so I crashed into them - couldn't get to my brakes quickly enough) - plus I had to avoid other pedestrians who insisted on walking on the cycle way, also one of the sections was along a potholed & dirt road so I had to slow down for that section, plus I bonked at one point.
Going to have to do it again I think!! Passed a few fit lasses along the way as well, should have asked if they'd ride with me?? (some of them were proper cyclists as well). Rerode a similar (though not exactly the same) route in September & we weren't much faster, though this was more of a relaxed thing rather than a race.
Ultra cyling is one thing I really want to do as I have always seemed to do well in endurance events. I quite like the idea of the RAMM.