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1. Enjoy riding in 2018
2. Ride 5000km, this years goal was 4000km got to 4300km not bad for a weekend warrior.
3. Cut down on sweets!
4. Do a 100km ride
5. Get a FS bike.
Ride as much as 2017. 4500 miles. Most I’ve ever ridden and at 50 y.o. Keep the fitness I’ve got and improve. Enjoy the Dyfi Enduro, Singletrack 7, whatever Pat replaces Mayhem with then focus on the Wembo Solo World Champs at Fort William in October.
Not injure myself in a way that stops me riding in 2018.
Survive the long BHF Peak ride in March and (more scarily) make it round the Hamsterley Super Beast in May.
Finally finish the bamboo road bike and use it to cycle commute (an hour each way) one day a week.
Have fun.
2017 was a cracker with ride birmingham 100 miler being a highlight. Did basque mtb coastal holiday which was mega and the lincoln sportive which had a great sprint up the cobbles finish. Also did penmachno and landegla and the ard rock enduro as well as not buying any new bikes with the ethos of just enjoy the fleet as is. So 2018 has a lot to live up to.
Loose plan though : go to whistler for some mtb Do a cx race. Have a week Road riding in spanish mountains. Join a road club. Commute more by mountain bike. Buy no cycle clothing. Went a bit mad in 2017 with rapha gear! Sell the dh bike and Poss upgrade the yeti for a sb6 funds permiting.
Entering my first enduro - I will be rubbish but looking forward to it, that’s what it’s about. Going to do a 100 miler for only the second time, and try to get to a few new places.
Going to do a lot more riding abroad this year, especially in Europe, as I'm not getting any younger (and it may not be as easy or cheap in the future).
- got a week in Mallorca in Feb
- riding Strade Bianche in March
- want to explore more trails around Downieville and Graeagle in May/June if I can wangle a work trip to SF (
- find a summer 24hr race that four of us are free to do (this will be the toughest challenge of the year)
- possibly ride the length of France (from Nice to Calais) in September
- ride the Giro della Donna in Australia in November for the third time
- and aim for about 4000 miles riding in total
Do a few sportives - starting with the Mad March Hare.
Get a couple of 100 mile road rides in...a while off that yet!
Get and maintain a decent level of fitness - it’s just not as fun if it’s an effort all the time.
Take bike to Scotland for 1-2 weeks.
Couple of uplift days including a return to BPW.
Stop spending money on it and changing bits that don’t really need changing (I think I’m done now though).
That’s it!
Perhaps wear some of my new(-ish) bike stuff out with use (everything is way too shiny).
Spend less money on gear and use what I have.
Get at least one loop of the HT550 knocked off, preferably all of it (but not necessarily in one go... 😳 ).
Do the Great Glen and Affric/Kintail Ways.
The Cairngorms Loop.
A northern isles trip.
Get the posties path/rheniningdale hostel done.
Lose weight, get some semblance of fitness back, not hold up the BAMers.... you know, the usual...