Oh dear, have just received the early bird email for Flanders Gravel Koppenberg, verrrrrrrrry tempting!
Looks like I’ll be doing the Cantii Way around Kent with work, over two days.
My only concern being that I know most of them won’t train properly, so each day’s riding will be half as long again than if I did it solo, or with my riding buddies.
With that in mind, we’ll be doing it mid May, so at least it will be light into the evenings.
get fit and just keep increasing my ride length. FTP of 150 1.95W/Kg base. Would love to be able to do a century in Summer. Also started visiting all the weatherspoons for free refill coffee with my eldest.
Frontier 300 is the only thing in the diary so far, but hoping to get a 3-4 day tour in too. Did the frontier this year and really enjoyed it - much more than the dirty reiver, which I also did for the first time, but it was a bit too much endless forestry for me.
Nothing planned yet but looking forward to the better weather and being able to cycle in to work more often
Also got my eye on the rumours of the Rosyth to Zebrugge ferry reopening - love the idea of a European bike tour starting from my front door
Also got my eye on the rumours of the Rosyth to Zebrugge ferry reopening
This will be brilliant. I've been watching that too...
www.ridetothesun.co.uk
A three day C2C / Reivers Route mash up on the gravel bike.
Trip to the Alps on the road bike in September for the Marmotte route.
Maybe All Points North on the road bike too.
And the Northumbrian Triathlon
Need to figure more mountain biking plans me thinks!
I'll be hopefully doing:
Welsh Ride Thing
Jennride
Maybe a week on the south coast sleeping out then meet up with friends in Wales to get rad on the big bike
Random weekends ditch kipping in the Lakes, North Yorkshire Moors, Northumberland and Scotland.
Boltby Bash
Maybe Ard'moors
A week or so in France on the big bike if I can
And other stuff as I think of it 👍
Planning a month touring in the USA. San Francisco to LA on the coast. Then a big loop across the desert to Arizona before hitting the coast again at San Diego.
Early Sept to early October to hit the desert stretch after peak summer. Looked at spring but I think weather for the coast is better in September than March.
Wow some incredible adventures planned, not least irc’s desert ride above. That will be special.
I haven’t had a big outing for years now so looking forward to a five day loop from Maastricht taking in five countries in total.
After doing the cingles ride (3ways up mt Ventoux) my heart is still there. I love everything about that area and will go back sometime.
Having plans like these keeps me going and gets me motivated to ride more.
So that's me all set for the Badger Divide on the May bank holiday weekend. Train to Inverness is booked (bike as well). Just need to do some climbing and endurance specific training rides over the next 6 weeks and I'll be good to go. I'm thinking of a ~100km ride every weekend from now until then and maybe a wild camp the weekend before just to double check my kit.
Aim to do it over two days but as I'll be wild camping I can always camp another night if required.
Quite looking forward to it.
Got Pennine Bridleway planned for end of July with 3/4 mates. Settle to Glossop (and home). Doing it over 2 days. More of a jolley TBH, as we're staying in two decent pub/hotels with good food. No slumming it ! Going to travel fairly light with a backpack and light tyres on my FS. I could do it on a rigid MTB, with quick tyres, and a pannier/bag, but don't fancy the constant jarring on my knackered back for 4-6 hours each day (40 miles each day). Looking forward to it, great company, great food, beer, oh and bikes. What's not to like.
Local rapid MTB group is doing a 100mile 'road' ride next weekend. My only hope of finishing with them is sitting mid pack and getting dragged along and someone else of similar ability to me turning up to keep the average speed down! Failing that I'll fall off the back and follow the GPX myself. 🤞🏻
I've not ridden 100 miles for a couple of years & don't have a road bike just a fast hybrid, and the group mostly have around 15 years on me!
@clink I was excited to find this as it’s during the holidays. Not long days but that’s his suites me. Entry includes baggage transfer
https://www.bagman.website/cambrian-challenge/
I've just spent last week bikepacking the Granguanche route on the Canary islands.
I'd highly recommend it, we had a great time.
Three nights under canvas, and five in hostels or apartments along the way.
Back to back days of huge climbs, culminating in riding along the Teide road in the dark under a starry sky, will live long in the memory.
Managed to get myself 3 days ‘leave’ from the family in June and going to do the King Alfred Way.
