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Achterbahn it is, although I remember it being tough with those 2 long ascents, especially the steeper reverse!
Invites have just gone out, if I've missed anyone and you want to join then shout! 8am start Sunday, lets try keep together as much as possible or at least regroup at the top, it's a group ride after all 😉
The bonus of this one is that you actually get to ride down the leg snapper at one point!
Invite accepted, and yes to regroup at the top's of the two big climb 🙂 It has featured before on Sunday hills I think not long after I started doing them, looking forward to doing it again.
Accepted invite...
This was the route I did with the vegan cycling squad.... tough route, tough crowd.. no one wants my sausages...
DrP
Haha, bring them along on Sunday, we may need them at the top! Hopefully the dropout issue won't come to haunt us both again this week.
Bring some vegan sausages along DrP!
100% meaty meat sausages here.....
DrP
Reminder for tomorrow's Sunday hills at 8am. Achterbahn
Anyone who wants to join and hasn't got the invite let me know.
Also worth noting that when I went on zwift last night it installed an update, so maybe worth firing it up today.
Not sure if I'll be there, went out on MTB this morning and despite it being wet and windy I really enjoyed it. I may do the same tomorrow. I think Zwift has been making slowly turning me soft!
Yep all good for tomorrow morning.
@oopnorth Can I get an invite please? I'm not a definite, but I'll try to join you
Thanks
@phil56 fir some reason Phil I am not following you...wierd as I thought I was.
Can you follow me and I'll send you an invite...craigpin Oopnorth
Or let me know your zwift name and I'll find you
Phil I am following you but I don't think you are following me...so I can't invite you.
Follow me and I'll send the invite.
@oopnorth can you count me in for tomorrow morning too please. Don’t think I follow you so I’ll search for you now. Given the extra hour in bed I think it’ll be reet!
Cheers (Zwift name Paulo Paino)
Phil and Paino...invites sent.
Extra hour in bed definitely means an extra beer 🤣🤣
Well at present my zwift is working, so I'll be there!
Clicks go back eh... tell my kids 😃
DrP
I did the update today and then did a test ride all seemed ok, looking forward to the ride tomorrow 🙂
I hope you are all drinking heavily to give me a chance 🤣🤣🤣😜
See you tomorrow
One red wine finished.... just beating some teens at call of duty, then bed!
DrP
Bottle of red done, really hoping to brave the weather tomorrow and go for another mtb ride. If not... I'll be there!
I pint of beer and a bottle of wine done...mixing!
Now onto tea...
Have a good ride - and spare a thought for my commute 🙁
morning all!!!
Yup..kids didn't get memo!!!!
See you in a bit!
DrP
Taking my daughter swimming this morning so no riding for me...
Appreciate being back on the invite list. Haven't been able to make the last few but will be joining one soon.
Cheers guys that was hard going this morning thanks for waiting didn’t think I’d get up the hill first time time let alone twice, roll on next Sunday !! Something hilly with more flat bits inbetween😜
That was some effort Neil. I enjoyed Oopnorth's encouraging words..'just get to this bit...':) I don't know about you but I seem to start slow and ride into these morning rides.
That was a tough one...felt find going into the second hill but legs went coming to halfway up...thanks to Phil for giving me his wheel and dragging me up...at times I wanted to slow right down but his goddam wheel kept teasing me 🤣🤣🙈
It's a tough route but feels good once done...legs are aching now. A cooked breakfast is sorting me out.
Thanks all...next week it needs more rolling hills haha.
Ventoux? 🤣🤣🤣
Wouldn’t have been to bad if I hadn’t done the 100km yesterday and chain dropping of twice, out for a nice 3-4 mile walk with the mrs now.
You're welcome to organise a Ventoux ride Paul...then I'm not tied in and can bail 🤣🤣🤣
I'm signed up for an academy segment ride tomorrow morning...got to go up keith hill...legs dont fail me!!
Cheers oopnorth good luck tomorrow with the ZA ride
Enjoyed that this morning, went on and did an extra bit on the Tempus Fugit route.
I am around next weekend so would be up for a Sunday Hills, I've not done Ven-Top but that isn't really rolling hills should mix up harder rides and some nice more rolling rides, today's was quite tough, felt better on the second climb than the first probably as I was a bit overspeed on the first and had to back out of maintaining that to ensure I got the ride done.
If we want an a more rolling Sunday Hills maybe the Petit Boucle decent distance not to much climbing.
Ventoux isn't a group ride route is it?:) Petit Boucle sounds good to me.
I'm ok with something more rolling like France or a dust in the wind type ride to jungle etc.
Probably a good idea to do alternate weeks on the tougher routes.
We've Horseman on the 7th so a rolling one next week would be good 🙂
Ventoux could be a group ride just might be lacking in banter! 🙂
Or a group!
I'm still unsure about that horseman route...think today showed my limitations Hahaha
An Alpe after a radio tower, plus volcano and hilly....my legs shake thinking about it 🤣🤣🤣
I think you'd be surprised oopnorth of what you could achieve.
My plan is to complete it and to do that, I'll take couple days rest before it, back off the pace on the climbs (so slower than today), fuel regularly over the ride. Done on tired legs it will be a struggle for sure.
I didn’t ride today oopnorth but guessing you attacked the climbs like we normally do which won’t leave much for the other climbs.
You will be fine and we need to go back to the radio tower to pick up the pork pies that were left up there last time!
Think the issue for me is trying to keep up with others who are much faster...obviously not keep up but try to go as quick as I can so the gap ain't too big once we hit the top. With the horseman I would probably just have to take my own pace and complete when I do...not worry too much about keeping with the group.
Like you say Forge, it's all in the preparation...rest, fuel, take it steady, etc.
I think I'll just have a go and see how I get on. I was impressed with Neil this morning to overcome his doubts and get up the hill again. A lot of it is mental.
A lot of it is mental I do get a bit of doubt before a big ride with big climbs, but once you are in it and on the way with good prep then all is well.
If we do try and stick together and help each other on the climbs it will be fine, I also try and keep up with the faster riders which this morning was a bit detrimental in the later part of the first climb, I did my pace on the second and that was more comfortable, but I don't mind waiting at the tops (as long as I remember and don't start rolling down !!) that's what a social group ride should be about.
I won’t be going fast on that route oopnorth and we are near enough the same weight/ftp so pace should be similar. You will need a decent breakfast though, some coffee and some food throughout!
Porridge power! 🤣
Can't be much worse than quatch quest, that already takes in the 2 worse hills and we did that. Hilly and volcano ain't too hard. It will be about pacing.
There were some fast lads out this morning Oopnorth and you were quick out the blocks. Think negative splits and you'll be fine. Happy to ride more as a group on the climbs. Its not that tough if you pace it.