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Righto Christmas is over, so list your wanna do rides for 2012

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Vortexracing - Member

Here's mine. They include some road bike ones as well. (Sorry)

Not sure if I'll get to them all, especially the Scottish ones like Torridon, as that will mean a few days away and seeing as Mrs Chucky has here eyes on a new kitchen I may be working on that.

Mountain Bike
Long Mynd. (Always fancied it)
Fort William and Laggan.
High Street.
Mountain Mayhem.
Drum Mountain.
Kirroughtree.
Glentress.
Torridon.
DH Uplift day. (Ae or Inners with Tally mid week)
At least 1 round of the 661 Gravity Enduro.
Kinlochleven.
Doethie Valley.
Mary Townley Loop.
Capel Curig.
Sleepless in the Saddle.
At least one Brown Backs race. (Lee Quarry)
At least one Manchester Madness race.
A bivvy.

Roadbike
A Sportive.
Maybe a time trial.
Tour of Anglesey.
Some nice all day rides round the Valley of Snowdonia.
A lot more commuting

Go on post yours, some piccies to get the taste buds going would be nice.

Posted 5 months ago #
cinnamon_girl - Member

2011's list is being carried forward to 2012.

Must say that's a pretty long list there! Good luck with it.

Posted 5 months ago #
Taff - Member

From a road point of view:
Wiggle French Sportive (if it goes ahead).
Wiggle General Sportives near Goodwood and New Forest

Mountain Biking:
Mountain Mayhem or Bontrager 24/12
Dyfi Enduro
SDW one way
SDW double

Will also hope to do some more riding around about, will go back to stay with the family which will mean riding Doethie, Brechfa etc. Hoping to get back down to Plymouth soon and ride Dartmoor again.

Posted 5 months ago #
mattsccm - Member

200 miles in 1 day of daylight.

Posted 5 months ago #
Vortexracing - Member

Good luck with it

Cheers CG, it be more like Divine intervention than luck I need.

Posted 5 months ago #
Rusty Spanner - Member

Off road:

South Downs Way in blazing sunshine.
Much more Scotland.
New bits at Lee Quarry.
Conway Mtn down to Llanfairfechan after a long day out.

On road:
Manchester to Blackpool at night.
Hadrians Wall.
An audax. I believe they have better cake than Sportives.
Local CTC ride.

Vortex, tour of Anglesey is excellent
We just followed the cycleways from Llanfair PG.
Really quiet roads, about 72 miles, really decent route.

Posted 5 months ago #
TandemJeremy - Member

Torridon and Glen Affric

Posted 5 months ago #
Sue_W - Member

Off-road:

More exploring of Conwy mtn, Drum, the Carneddi
The Berwyns
Long Mynd
Return visit to the Quantocks
Pennine Bridleway

Road:
Tour of Anglesey
The 'cols' of Snowdonia
Circumferance of Wales
West to East Coast to Coast across the widest point
CTC tour across France (channel to the med)
Audax rides
Outer Hebrides (South to North)

Posted 5 months ago #
somouk - Member

More people than I thought that want to ride on the mynd! You do realise it's mostly flat

I'm looking to do more natural riding this year as opposed to trails centres and hopefully find a club to ride with to get me out to different places on the bike

Posted 5 months ago #
hilldodger - Member

Only "really wanna dos" are Welsh C2C and SDW in a day, otherwise just enjoy riding places I haven't been before and do a lot more bivvying.

Posted 5 months ago #
Andyhilton - Member

Tour of Flanders sportive

Posted 5 months ago #
santacruzsi - Member

Any riding next year will be a bonus! Not done much in 2011!

Posted 5 months ago #
sambob - Member

Off road:
Cut gate
Long Mynd
Lakes
Snowdon
Tour De Mont Blanc
Hit the North
Bivvy/Wild camping ride somewhere

Road:
Manchester - Blackpool
Ride 100km, maybe 100 miles, depends how I get on
Fancy riding from home to Salcombe (275 miles) over no idea how long, might not work logistically though.

Posted 5 months ago #
Vortexracing - Member

Your welcome to join us on the tour of Anglesey/Conwy/Snowdonia Sue W if you want.

It's the last year that the mother in law has the static on Aberconwy park (the 15 years old and your out rule), so I need to 'fill me boots' with Conwy and local area riding this year.

and cheers for the heads up Rusty Spanner, I quite fancy doing a weekend at the caravan with Anglesey on the Saturday. Pub meal on the Sat night at the White House near Conwy and then up the Valley to Betws-y-Coed, onto Llanberis pass and back to the van on Sunday.

Then I'll need all the following week to recover.

oh and I forgot HTN mudfest and I'm already entered.

Posted 5 months ago #
epicyclo - Member

I'll start with the 'Puffer. Anything after that is a breeze.

2 rides I want to do are the up through the Outer Hebrides slowly so I can stop off at various places, especially the archeological sites, and also through Strathnaver hopping off along the many paths.

I'll be in Oz for a few months so I may squeeze in a few 100kms along the Millennium Trail

Posted 5 months ago #
colournoise - Member

Nothing really specific.

Just got an idea that in addition to 'usual' local riding (Thetford, Wakerley and local trails), I want to get out further afield at least 1 weekend in 4 to hillier/more interesting stuff within about 2 hours drive or so. On my not-really-thought-through-properly-yet list so far are -

Cannock.
Lee Quarry.
Some natural stuff in the Peaks.
Sheffield.
Dalby.

Up in the Lakes at February 1/2 term (with Zoe so big natural stuff is off limits) so Whinlatter and Grizedale will probably get done, and we are in North Wales next summer so will tick off CYB and 2 or 3 other centres too.

Should also probably try to research and ride more natural stuff - typing it all out there's a lot of centres on my list and not much else.

Still hankering after a round or two of veterans 4X for a (losing by mile) laugh too...

slainte rob

Posted 5 months ago #
argoose - Member

black mountains killer loop
brecfa
sarn helen
gower
penhydd

Posted 5 months ago #
Sue_W - Member

Vortexracing - thanks for the invite. I'd definately be up for that (seem to be becoming more of a road rider / tourer nowadays!) Drop me a line when you're thinking of going.

Posted 5 months ago #
Vortexracing - Member

Will do Suw W.

Anglesey will probably be late April/early May

Posted 5 months ago #
allyharp - Member

Had quite a few in mind for a while and it'd be good to cross off a few:
* Southern Upland Way
* Balblair Trail Centre
* Argday - Ullapool
* Corryairick Pass (ideally as part of a Coast to Coast)
* Glen Affric
* Anything in Wales

Posted 5 months ago #
Northwind - Member

Still swithering about signing up to do the No Fuss triple- Endurance DH, Tour de Ben Nevis and 10 at Kirroughtree solo. I kind of want to, but not quite there yet...

Other'n that I still want to get a c2c or the west highland way done. And this year I'll complete the Stanes set, since i kept failing to get to Newcastleton last time.

Posted 5 months ago #
devs - Member

Puffer. 10UTB and Tour de Ben Nevis. For fun I want to do Torridon, a coast to coast and a couple of rides around Mt Keen, Loch Muick because I haven't done them yet. Oh and I'm going to christen the full face I've had for 2 years and never worn - at Fort Bill red and black.

Posted 5 months ago #
Nick - Member

Mach n Back
Welsh Ride Thing
Bear Bones 200
Home to the coast
Some of Scotland
Dusk till Dawn (the all-night Long Mynd version)
Dawn till Dusk (the all day Long Mynd ride we did last weekend)

Posted 5 months ago #
smogmonster - Member

Must get back over to Dumfries, revisit the Stanes over that way. I also must finally get round to Wales to check out Afan, Machynleth etc. Would like to return to The Alps for a week or two, but looks like work schedules wont allow...might have to try to squeeze in a go at the PdS or Megavalanche instead.
On the other hand, i really, really must learn to swim, im gagging to have a go at a Triathlon.

Posted 5 months ago #
large418 - Member

Mach n Back
Grand Raid Cristalp
Pennine Bridleway double

there - written it down now so I have to do it

Posted 5 months ago #
organic355 - Member

Quite fancy doing mount keen, one of the only munros you can actually cycle to ( or pretty near to) the top.

Posted 5 months ago #
terrahawk - Member

I'm doing this
http://www.wembo.com.au/italy/about/about-the-race

everything else next year is just prep for it

Posted 5 months ago #
littlegirlbunny - Member

Cor blimy SOOOO many!

Les Gets
Switchbacks in Spain
Some of the big Lakes rides
Inners
Fort Bill
Dartmoor
Wharncliff

Posted 5 months ago #
Vortexracing - Member

I know my list is long but some of you guys have some BIG rides planned.

Hats off to you

Posted 5 months ago #
davesmate - Member

Only things on the list so far are 3 things I meant to do this year

Snowdon
C2C (Whitehaven to Sunderland)
some Bivvy rides

I've been riding mostly natural stuff this year so may try and get a few more trail centres in. Also, I'll be spending a day a week in Dorking next year so hoping to have a look at these Surrey hills everyone keeps going on about.

Posted 5 months ago #
davesmate - Member

Oh, and I quite fancy a crack at the Kielder 100!

Posted 5 months ago #
Vortexracing - Member

oh and I forgot to add a foreign holiday on mine.

Looking at a long weekend in the Alps on the Roadbike for a change this year.

or may just end up back at Joyriders again in October.

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