[Closed] anyone ridden a ton recently?

Knocking out regular 100's at the moment, one every two weeks or so if time allows. I find I warm up properly after 70 miles.

Yup, on the way to Paris on Sunday

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It's on my list of targets for this year, but after a good start on the road bike, I've hardly used it of late.
I like your idea of being dropped off 100miles away though!

I've just added it to my list of things to do before the end of this year, we just toured through France where we were doing 55-60 miles a day fully loaded up for touring, so I reckon a century has to be done!

Got one (on road) as a sportive a week on Saturday.

Wish me luck - it's my first.

(I'm in training for a Leeds-Manchester-Leeds 120mile 2700m cancer charity ride)

That "a" makes all the difference, doesn't it?

That "a" makes all the difference, doesn't it?

Mrs Ton?

Oh. 😳

Did one a couple of months ago on the cross type bike. 50 on road, the 50 off. I rode started off with a big group from work, rode east along the south coast. Pancake flat and with a tailwind to boot. Up to Ditchling Beacon, said goodbye to the group, dropped a few PSI out of the tyres and headed off on my own onto the SDW and into the wind. 48T single ring up front. 50 of the easiest miles I've ever ridden followed by 50 of the hardest!

Have a chuckle at the elevation trace:

https://www.strava.com/activities/315024407

Getting dropped off is a good idea. I find it more rewarding and interesting if the A to B are different locations, rather than out and back or circular on roads you already know.

Visiting friends or relatives a good distance away works quite well too.
My girlfriends aunt is about 100miles away on the coast so I set off on the bike in the morning and my girlfriend started driving down in the afternoon (with a cross over pickup point if it goes horribly wrong). Great ride with new to me roads and the relatives were impressed too, plenty of cake and tea once I arrived 🙂

Got a couple of these relative rides lined up soon, not done anything over 80miles since BBF.

Did 100 km off road last weekend if that counts? Would have been fine but the weather was properly nasty.

176km on road in La Marmotte beginning of July.

235km all off road on Bontrager 24 last weekend.

Both good fun, but I do ride my bike rather a lot!

Did rtts, it was fine although I was getting a bit tired and sore legs for the last 20 miles or so- should've put my leg warmers on at the last stop but they were stashes in an inconvenient location... Was nice though.

Get bored after 50/60 miles, go for quality over quantity these days.

My last three Saturdays have consisted of a 200miler, a 100miler and a 167miler. The last one was definitely the hardest, even though the 200 included going over the passes of Hardknott, Wrynose and Kirkstone (via the struggle) then up and down great dun fell. Unsurprisingly her who must be obeyed has said I'm banned off the bike this weekend 😕 😥

I did three in June, the first was accidental and I didn't eat or drink enough and finished in a bit of a state. The second was the South Downs Way, and was ok, tough, but expected. the third was actually 300 miles, physically the easiest for sure, but mentally tough.

Like to do at least one century a year to remind myself I still can!

I did 2 this month, Dunwich Dynamo and a loop around Suffolk in the rain last weekend. A steady pace will see it through, I went a bit too quickly last weekend and suffered from cramp at the end which mad the hills in the last 5 or 6 miles fun.

Like to do at least one century a year to remind myself I still can

But 3 in one day is just plain [s]silly [/s]greedy. 😉

Best I've managed this year is about 86 miles so need to get one in soon.

300 miles. Bloody hell, I think I'd get lost in my own head. It's the looping thoughts that force me home at the 120ish mile mark.

I've done two in my life - sdw and a 200km audax

no plans to do any more, though my mates have taken to doing a "spring classic sportive" every year and at least that's sort of interesting

Was aimiming to an imperial century a month this year, but circumstances have meant it hasn't happened. Got a few 75 milers in.

Need to get one in before the year end though.

Just take it steady, enjoy the ride, eat proper food. Break it into 3 x 35 mile rides with a couple of cafes at the break points.

Also known as audaxing!

I've done 100 off road a couple of times (Trans-Cambrian in a day and Kielder 100). I attempted Manx 100 on Sunday but epic conditions resulted in me only completing 100km. Off-road you get battered more which takes its toll on your body.

But 3 in one day is just plain [s]silly[/s] greedy.

Just think, I've spared two other people the need to do one!

300 miles. Bloody hell, I think I'd get lost in my own head. It's the looping thoughts that force me home at the 120ish mile mark.

It was a point to point, which helped (Horsham in Sussex to Liverpool via London and Manchester), and there were 6 of us, with a support van. I did have a bit of a 'moment' somewhere in Bedfordshire when we'd only done 100 miles, it was 1am and I was cold! Was fine though, just kept plodding on, wasn't quick at all. Moving average was 15mph I think, with a couple of hours of stops cumulatively.

I think I'd get lost in my own head. It's the looping thoughts...

Mine quieten down after about 8 hours by myself. It's the best reason I know for doing long rides or hikes. I think after a few weeks I'd probably be positively zen.

🙂

If you're getting dropped off, so doing it one way, make sure you take the wind direction in to account. A headwind for 100 miles is soul destroying.

I rode the national 400km AUDAX last week. I found it tough going, but the route was fantastic: Dingwall to Lairg, past Loch Shin and the great grey slab of Foinaven, then north to Furness, round Loch Eribol and across the very north of the mainland to Strathy, then down the strath to Kildonan, over the hill dodging the jumping deer to the coast, through Golspie, back over to Lairg and finally grinding back up the Struie as dawn broke over the Dornoch Firth and home to Dingwall. Fantastic bunch of volunteers dishing up hot meals in wee village halls in the middle of nowhere, and £35 to enter.

I have to say that it wasn't so long back that Ton had serious health issues. He's no spring chicken and does not have a natural cyclists build (no offence).
I find that fact that he's just going to go out and smash a hundred miles pretty damn inspirational.
Well done Ton, I admire your outlook.

Loads,

It is a nice challenge. As people always say if your head is in the right place and you pace yourself and eat properly it is not that hard if you can manage shorter rides of 60-70miles.

Plan a nice café stop and it become two 50 miles rides. Make sure you leave plenty of time then you can be relaxed about pacing. Check out a route so that the you don't hit a massive hill at 90 miles.

Longest for me so far is 300miles. Again, a head game. Good company and a strategy to break it down helped as well as the one way train ticket that meant we had to ride back.

Maybe look for an Audax (you don't strike me as a sportive person 😉 to get a good route, have company and make it an event.

Did my first ever imperial century on my charity coast to coast two weeks ago. 104 miles with almost 8000 feet of climbing. I was tired but not as tired as I thought I'd be. The biggest problem we had was timing - we were shepherding a less experienced cyclist at the beginning of the ride so it took us 5 hours to do the first 40 miles, then he went it alone and we took 5 hours to do the remaining 60 (with most of the climbing)

https://www.strava.com/activities/350261350
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Yes, as an A to B mainly off road on easy tracks last week. The weather was rotten, which actually turned out to be a blessing as it meant I kept going (no stops for coffe etc) and there were few walkers around to slow down for. I went for the start out quite fast approach, on the basis that if I start slow I never get any quicker. Mentally it was quite easy as it was a new route for me so plenty of interest along the way.

Good luck with it, always nice to tick past 100miles but the route and conditions probably matter more in terms of difficulty.

Miles? No. Never.

First in a long time tomorrow all being well, would love to be doing a couple a month but generally run out of time for more than 100k on one weekend morning.

I rode my last 100 in 2012, rode back from BBB in Bransgore, New Forest, to Stroud, Glos. via Salisbury Plain on CX bike. Took 6.5hrs. Last miles were spent envisaging my fish and chips, only to find the chippy closed when I got there 🙁 no food in the house either as we'd been away.

Recently rode 55 miles mainly off road on steep techy trails in 6hr45min, I reckon it equalled my 100 on the road.

Only ever done 2 centuries, a 130 from Stranraer to Edinburgh for fun and a 112 in an Ironman.

Quite enjoyed them but never organised motivated to do more, tho I would be had I got into the Puffer 🙁

I was doing them fairly regularly a few years back but do more off-road riding these days. My pace is fairly relaxed and not pushing too hard at the start always helps. Sportives are a classic for some folk going off hard, them disappearing into the distance and then me overtaking them some way before the end. Longest single day would be something like 160 miles?

I always fancied the Audax idea but I don't think I'm in the right age-group - yet.

Exmouth Exodus this weekend (Bath to Exmouth as an overnight ride), should be good fun and it's just over 100, bacon butties on the seafront will be welcome 🙂

Did 172km (180 according to the organisers) around the ring of kerry with ~11K other riders 4th july on an alfined pompino.

Was the easiest Ton I've done (tbf my other tons are only the wicklow 200 and there is too much steep stuff for the way the bike is geared with my heftyness).

all good

Racing career over druid?

🙂 before it began Al.

Did my first one last month, Ride to the Sun, Carlilse to Edinburgh. Was generally flat and it was fine, I didn't feel overly stretched at all.

Road a windy, hilly 56 miles from Jedburgh to haltwhistle recently and that was much harder.

I am supposed to be riding 100 miles on Monday. I have never ridden that distance and I have been ill all week meaning I haven't been out on a bike.

Also I am heading south to Cirencester from Leicester and the forecast is for a 16mph south westerly 😕

It's not looking good.

Did my first ever 100 miler last month in Romania while touring in Eastern Europe. Really chuffed with myself TBH. 10 days into a 1000 mile tour, panniers, 35 degrees and no help from the wind.

Just checked my LeJoG stats.

Day 1: 114
Day 2: 94
Day 3: 101
Day 4: 102
Day 5: 111
Day 6: 102
Day 7: 111
Day 8: 111
Day 9: 164
Day 10: 63

😆

I had a great time when I did it 100 miles on my 26" HT. Picked the flattest route possible, had a full cooked breakfast 20 miles in at a sainsburys. Finished in good time but was dismayed to get home to find I'd only done 99.2 miles so I cycled down the canal for a bit and then back again, so when you look at my strava report my longest ever ride is exactly 100 miles.

I've done the Manchester 100 mile for the past 2 years. I'll be doing it again in September. Very easy 100 miles with only 620m of climbing.

70miles + tends to be where you start to need more food IME.

The distance is really just a head game, where a sensible start will set you up very well for the rest of the distance.
I do a few a year, some alone, some in sportives like the 3Pistes. The longest is usually riding solo from Angus to Lossiemouth on a Friday, sweep the Speyside Way Ultra marathon on the Saturday then ride home again on Sunday. There are a few wee hills in between but knowing that I'm 'on duty' at the race next day means good motivation to keep the pace sensible northbound. I'm always saying to runners that if they can do 50 miles, they can do a 100 and I'm sure that the same thing applies to bikes. My biggest issues on this trip are that I need to be self supporting and have tyres that can cope with all day on the road then another day all on trails- this is where the old steel 29er comes in very handy, running CX semi-slicks.

Couple last year but only managed 71 miles this year so far.

Hard to find the six or seven hours I'd need, what with young family, but I'm gonna do it in August hopefully.

Even if I have to ditch an MTB ride to do it.

I always fancied the Audax idea but I don't think I'm in the right age-group - yet.

Yes you are 😛

I have a couple of 100s planned next month and a Deeside loop (150).

The lure of Audax is getting stronger 🙂

I wouldn't wait until you think you are old enough for AUDAX. There are quite a number of younger (i.e. sub vet) riders doing them, and if you leave it too late you are going to be trying to keep up with some nail-hard sexagenarians (I know, after riding the 400km with one last week)! George Berwick (70+) was also riding, although I don't know how he got on. Might have been feeling the effects of the Mersey 24 hr TT the week before...

Not yet this year, never really got off my arse and got fit in the spring.

Might do one in September if the weathers nice one weekend. Always nice looking at the map afterwards and thining that the UK really isn't that big if you can cover a fair area in a day.

the UK really isn't that big if you can cover a fair area in a day

Aye,I quite fancy doing more C2Cs in different parts of the country.

Yarmouth to Aberystwyth might be a bit much in a day though 😉

George Berwick is a bit of a legend. He's recently given up being MO for Glenbuck bothy, if any MBA members fancy volunteering - last I knew they wanted to appoint joint MOs.

I rode from Durness to Evanton two days ago on the way home from an 'up the west coast' tour. Fully loaded with 4 panniers and a bar bag, so although it was only 95 miles or so, I call that a century. Interest was added by the road up the side of Ben Hope being closed due to bridge washouts, so this day involved some wading!

Prior to that my longest ride this year was the full fat Paris Roubaix, which is just over a century.

I wouldn't wait until you think you are old enough for AUDAX. There are quite a number of younger (i.e. sub vet) riders doing them,

I've done a couple this year and I'm only 34,

last ride pre injury was a 300km,

100 miles? as easy as any other ride, as long as your fuelled and pacing yourself

Hm - 100mile - only two, both on/off road, on rugged bike (Peregrine).

Two years ago, just a bit over 100 miles on the Moray Way (Coastal Path, Speyside Way, Dava Way); followed by last year, just on the 100 miles, Blair Atholl to home via Gaick and Dava Way, I was a bit broken by the end, semi-laden (front panniers), had done a few days prior to that.

Not done it all on roads, come quite close (80, 90) on road bike and on fixed gear mongrel as well. Food and hydration essential (oops).

Trans Cambrian way, two Saturdays ago. 103 miles, 15 hours 😯

How was it, mol? Forgot I was looking out for how you got on! 15 hours doesn't sound too bad for that kind of ride? Site in a day or over two?

Having done bugger all riding this year I jumped on my new touring bike and did 110 miles earlier this month. Slow and steady, couple of cafe stops, very pleasant. The following Sunday I jumped on my cross bike and did 100 miles with a mix of road / trails / canals and had a pub stop 🙂

Did a charity ride recently around Yorkshire, close to 400 miles in 4 days, 88, 110, 106 and 96 miles. 2nd day was grim around Hull with 8o miles into a headwind. Legs only really felt grim at teh start of the second day and close the the finish on day 4.

I fancy trying the coast to coast and back ~250 miles but I'll have to get into shape first!

My sister lives about 100 miles away in Melrose, I really need to break my century duck by riding over there to see her. Was hoping to do it this summer, still time yet.

Did the Three Pistes Sportive at the end of May. 180km including ride to start and finishing up and a few hills. Haven't done more than 100km since, due to Real Life intervening. Main thing is to start steady and not go into the red unless totally necessary, and eat and drink from the start.

Did 100km on the mountain bike in January but not done anything remotely that long since.

Nobeer - drop in for a cuppa after 20 miles 🙂

Most weekends now, on the road or cross (with road tyres) bikes, I did do 110 miles in a single ride last year on the full-suss, which was with hindsight stupid and left me unable to walk down stairs for a day.

Only time I've ridden 100 miles was the Kielder. I wasn't going to quit but if my bike fell to bits I wouldn't of been too upset.

I'll have a crack at a road century at some point.

Think i've only ever done two. Hmm I should change that really. First day of Lejog was a 117 miles. Couldnt get my leg over the bike the next morning so had to lay it down and step over! My bike fitness has really fallen of a cliff since moving to australia.

Third person in the thread to have done www.ridetothesun.co.uk - need a few rides to build up to it, but it's just riding steady and fuelling correctly. Enjoy!

Donny to Brid a few weeks back. Nearly stalled outside of Hull after miles of headwind when I stopped at my brother's house for snacks and beer, but the more sheltered path out to Hornsea got me going again and the wind was side on after heading north. Been in America the last couple of weeks, sightseeing and eating loads and I would struggle to do fifty tomorrow if you asked me.

Done three this year so far. First was the Fred Whitton, second an Everest so not only 126 miles but also over 9000m of climbing. Strangely felt fine after it, that was almost entirely a mental thing.

Most recent was the Dunwich Dynamo last month, 150 miles once we'd done all the riding to the start and then back to Ipswich. That was on a singlespeed.

Doing LEJOG again in September, that'll be 9 centuries in 9 days. 🙂

Most of it is just mental rather than physical. Break it down into little chunks of 25 miles at a time, have coffee, food etc.

I've done 2 - the Fred Whitton and for a laugh I did one on Zwift. I say "a laugh" but I mean "for 6 hours of turbo trainer punishment."

Still, got a fancy (virtual) kit out of it so that's a win!

Go steady and stop for a break at the 1/3 and 2/3 points.

Through the warmer months I generally do one a month nowadays, I did back to back ones the other month.

Longest Road ride is 201km in North Cornwall & Devon that was mighty hilly. Longest MTB is 185km at mayhem last year, 5500m in that one.

Doing the Cvndsh Rise above next weekend at 185km, Manchester hundred, wild Wales (just short) in the next few weeks.

I rather enjoy them to be fair, in a group or solo.

Fred Whitton was my first and last 100 miler this year.

Doing the Cvndsh Rise above next weekend

Hopefully he can spend some of the money he makes out of it on a few vowels.

Enjoy though, looks a nice route.

I rode 99 miles this week, but I had a camera on my bike so I just ended up disappointed that no cars knocked me off and put me in a wheelchair.

Did my first on Saturday, 75 mile sportive with 13 miles each way to get to the start/finish. Just over 7 hrs with a 45 minute wait at the registration and 20 minutes for tea and a sandwich on the way round. Pleased with an Average of just over 17mph, went out with the club's A group and really should have realised sooner that I was going to blow at their pace, dropped back and fell in with a few other club mates and got through the day alright, almost hit the wall at 65 miles but a bit of shouting from a mate and 2 gels in quick succession and I felt great right up until 3 miles from home when I lost the will!

Anyone else in Thirsk at 0730 on Saturday?