Newbiggin - you've missed the double chervon and stuck on the B6277
Ah, yes that's from using the mapping sites too quickly and without double checking. That's also one point where I can't see any way round reriding a stretch of road, which is a shame.
I'll have a look at the other additions tonight. I'm going to try using Google Maps as that makes rerouting much easier.
I can see this becoming a double century challenge by the end of tonight...
I can see this becoming a double century challenge by the end of tonight...
I do want to do a double century, but not one with 5x double chevron climbs 🙂
Im thinking cross bike with road tyres, nice low gears and light enough for climbing
road bike, the only way. with gator skins for the pave
I have the choice between a 25" MTB on 32:17 or a 'monstercross' bike, with 42c tyres and 34:16fixed/34:18free. Or, a 6-speed 40lb cargo bike 🙂
Warton- by all means I'm up for a ride most of the time, I'm no road pro though, just like big climbs and descents on the moors so you might have to put up with a bit of a wait if you're super fast.
+1... Them's good hills there OAP.It seems a shame to miss out St. John's - Langdon Beck - Garrigill - Nenthead - Cowshill
Also have you tried using bikehike.co.uk Mike? The route will snap to the roads, so it's straightforward to use. Mind you I'm crap at online maps, so maybe bikely is easier to use.
[i]DO we have to wait until spring? I guess we'd need the longer daylight hours! [...]
I think we might need a bit more than the current 9 hours [/i]
You won't need to wait till longer days, even at Christmas there's about 6-7 hours light (on a good day). A ride pretty similar to the one you've marked up at the weekend, but with a few extra hills (mainly to the northwest and in and out of Weardale) added in and the bit to the south of Barney taken out, is almost exactly the same length, a bit more climbing took a little under 6 hours a week or so back. Certainly never felt like a struggle against the light. Main thing at this time of year is to avoid snow or ice if possible, and the wind (though that's pretty rare).
Oh and Mike, I'd go with the monstercross on the freewheel- I couldn't handle the descents fixed.
have you tried using bikehike.co.uk Mike?
Going to give that a go. All the ones I've tried snap to roads, so are quick to use, but making changes afterwards is a pain as you have to delete all the points from the start/end and then replot them all. I've decided to ditch Bikely after it gave me [i]less[/i] climbing on the version with the Darlo start/end!
You won't need to wait till longer days, even at Christmas there's about 6-7 hours light
The last time I did the Hell O' the North (2008) it took me 8 hours 🙂 If we're going for an 'organised' ride with a set date, I'd like to know slower riders could do it without worrying about daylight - I'd hope people would have ridden a century before though, as this isn't really ideal as your first!
I'll probably ride it solo at some point, when I get a free Saturday or during a school holiday, then set a date for a group(s) ride of it.
Oh and Mike, I'd go with the monstercross on the freewheel- I couldn't handle the descents fixed
I've ridden up there on the fixed, but nothing that big. Biggest was a 65 miler: [url= http://mactually.co.uk/?p=259 ]Darlington to Egglestone, then on to Middleton-in-Teesdale, then via Grassholme and Hury reservoirs to Barnard Castle and then home again via (some of) Sustrans route 52[/url]. It would be ace to fixie it though, but not on a group ride.
I just put [url= http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?doflg=ptm&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=105601244174670491782.000478a7ecfcad9589b84&ll=54.65318,-2.092896&spn=0.645123,1.234589&z=10 ]CDDCCC[/url] into Google Maps - hope this works as this will be easiest to change.
Or you could ride up some pit heaps? isn't Co Durham just pit heaps?
Or you could ride up some pit heaps? isn't Co Durham just pit heaps?
Yeah, like the pit heaps in my photo on the front page.
Yep its a post-industrial wasteland up here, I wouldn't bother coming! 🙂
I've got the whippets in training for this ride too 😉
I'll bring the ferrets (we cross into Yorkshire).
You were right esselgruntfuttock, the only riding round there is on slag(s). That's all there is.
crouch potato, I'm no whippet either, just wouldn't mind a few pointers on routes...
warton- no worries, drop me an email if you fancy a ride sometime.
