[Closed] Plans for 2017?

I've already entered the Tour Of Flanders at the start of April which should keep me motivated to ride through February and March. Other than that, nowt. I rode over 6000 miles in 2015 and it will only be 4000 in 2016. So a nice middle 5000 for 2017 is probably a good target.

Rovaniemi 150
Lakeland Loop 200
Cairngorms Loop
Cambrian Trail
Borders 350
HT550

+ associated training

Since having married a Norfolk girl and ending up in the flatlands, i've spent too long riding on skinny tyres, fitness has increased and i've clocked up 8500 miles for the year, but i want to get more back more on knobbly tyres!

Entered the Dirty Reiver already and have pre-registerd for the French Divide, so need to clock more serious time on my Salsa Fargo.

Also looking at Capital Trail, Nice-Torino and Mount Blanc route.

scud - Member

Since having married a Norfolk girl and ending up in the flatlands, i've spent too long riding on skinny tyres, fitness has increased and i've clocked up 8500 miles for the year, but i want to get more back more on knobbly tyres!

Tis exactly why I moved away after 30yrs, there's some cheeky places to play but depends on where you are in Norfolk, it's a big place.

Plans for 2017:

Richmond 5 dales
Couple other 100+ mile sportives in the Dales/Peaks/Pennine area
More Lakes and Scotland MTB especially after reading that 2016 Mountain thread.
More riding on the north side of the M62 (Calderdale)

Run a marathon.
Ride a 100 mile on the road in under 5 hours.
Clock 5000 miles total.
Work to home (38 miles) in under 1 hour 50m.
Lose a stone. 1 down, 1 more to go.
Edit, and maybe a triathlon. I'm certainly debating it anyway.

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Numerous C2Cs up and down the country which will involve much bikepacking.
A race around the NC500.
Same as Scud,Nice-Torino looks ace.

A day with Jedi
A weekend trip to a couple of Wales trail centres, not having been since the late 90s
Ride from home (Basingstoke) to my parents house in Lymington. 60ish miles - my biggest ride by far.
Lap of the IOW - better than a day mixing with my in laws...
Possibly a week in the Alps, depending on negotiations with my wife

More challenges, more fun, more travel, more overnighters, more photos.

Paris Roubaix sportive booked (full length)
Cambrian mountains and Brecons
Northumberland
SDW in a day
Quantocks
Exmoor
Local overnighters planned
'Snaps before Strava' - not worrying about overall mileage, avg speed, or segments, and taking the time to take photos whenever I want.
Taking a hip flask on touring/bikepacking trips
Finally go tubeless!

-More triathlons, specifically sprint, assuming that I can last the 10k run.
-More actual mountain biking on actual mountains (on actual mountain bikes), instead of little hills and the odd bit of 4x.
-C2C or something similar
-At least one good sportive each quarter.

Focusing on CX next year so much less XC racing for me next year, maybe 4 races tops. Going to not think about training till May, just ride for fun but with long base rides in mind.

A more road orientated year in store for me in 2017.
The main event of the year will be a 5-day NC500 with a charity group, however with the bulk of the group being new cyclists, there will be a fair few day rides and sportives with them to try and get them in shape and do some team building.

In addition:
I'm trying to work up the courage to enter DR200.
I'm hoping to do my first 200mi road ride.
Once I see my fatigue levels after NC500, i'll most likely do Relentless again either pair (if tired)/solo (if fresh and motivated).

I'll also be looking to fit in at least 3 rounds of SMBO as they are great fun.

Some xc, some longer races and events. Qualify as coach to help the club grow and diversify. More trips to fun places with my kids now they are getting more capable.

I have a half formed plan to sea kayak around the Isle of Mull.
I also plan to ride my bike

The White Roads Classic (deferred from this year due to injury)

The Wales Sportif aka the bike leg of the Tenby Long Course Weekend (munqe chick doing the whole thing)

3 weeks road riding in the Italian Dolomites (all the stuff we missed this year) and the Swiss Alps, hopefully timed to take in Stelvio Bike Day again*

Qualify for the '16-'17 season CX National Champs

Possibly throw in a 7000 mile goal, as I had 6000 as a goal this year and hit it in November (but left myself a bit too much work to hit 7000 this year!)

And maybe start riding my mountain bike again (not used since May)!

*and yes I know the Stelvio is in the Italian Alps so no need to call the #dolomitepolice

No events.
Apart from local XC series that is.
More weekends riding new (to me) trails: Shropshire, Scottish Borders, Wales.
Some longer XC outings, including Sheff to Mcr.
At least monthly long road ride over colder months for base fitness.
Probably a trip up to NW Scotland, rather than Europe.
Continue exploring not-quite-local trails, eg. Hebden, Pennines.

On the bike;
WHW in a day
Cairngorm Loops as an ITT
Working on my VeloViewer Explorer Square (currently 12x12)
Bivvy-a-month
Some islands (Inner Hebrides, Orkney/Shetland)

Off the bike;
more packrafting
more running (particularly off-road - VV Explorer might play a part)
Get the blog active again
Get the van converted to a campervan and make use of it!

I've taken ages to decide what I;'m doing next year, but I want to run an ultra, so that will be my focus.

jan to march good diet, no drink and lots of training running, cycling and gym, to run my first trail marathon at end of march.

from there build up to an ultra in july / august, I want to do 50 miles at least.

then, cross in the winter

Oh - my missus is doing at least one half-marathon. I might get roped in.

Me and the GF have just booked our flights Glasgow <> Denver for next years bike/road trip - will be including biking at Grand Junction, Moab, Sedona, Durango, Colorado Springs amongst other stuff....already counting the days.

I was thinking if this a few days ago.. My goals are:
200 miles (road) ride
Sdw on the SS
Complete all the brass monkey series SS...illness always gets me!
More bivvy trips - I haven't tramped it up for over a year 🙁

DrP

Plus a secret one... To try and take podium again at big bike bash!!... :/

[quote=Nobeerinthefridge ]and some time with Captain Mainwaring around the CairngormsSee you then?

I think I'm probably 'going the other way' to most posters.

My New Year Resolution is to stop using Strava, Smiles an hour not Miles an Hour.

I've got a Skills Course at BPW to look forward to, or not, see BPW Voucher thread for details.

Make an effort to beat fear of drops.

Passportes in June (or is it July) but I'm not entering and won't ride the full course. (see point 1).

Maybe a Endruo race in Autumn, but only if I think it'll be fun.

fasthaggis - Member
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Have you got a place already mate?

This is on my list if i can get a place, audax UK member so hoping i can get one in January.

Only thing booked is GT7 in May.

I [b]will[/b] beat 7 laps this year!
Couple of places I've not been this year that I'll try and visit:
Fort William - scare myself on the DH track for a day
Arran - overdue a revisit

and teach my daughter how to ride her balance bike!

cool that you want to see me dudes.
my plans are smiles more than miles and to do tons of snowboarding too 🙂

Spring 2007 only one route pencilled in so far, the what i consider to be the Ultimate loop in the northern Lakes, with the best descents, best outlook, best singletrack, best technical intrest! will be waiting for a fine settled day.

More weekends away and explore more. I appear to have got stuck in a loop of riding the same places and routes this year.

Way of the roses in a day
SDW in a day

Get an mtb as I don't have one anymore!

[quote=hairyscary ]More weekends away and explore more. I appear to have got stuck in a loop of riding the same places and routes this year.
This has been the main disadvantage of moving to Aviemore....

Not going to see jedi as no doubt every day that gets booked will be wet so i can't get on the woodwork

Spring 2007 only one route pencilled in so far

Fergal, looking for somewhere to fit his rack earlier today...

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More fun on bikes, a few local DH races with the chance of maybe possibly having a go at an enduro, bimbles out for curry and beer and to food festivals, few track days on me motorbike- that sort of thing. Business as usual really!

Id like to do the welsh 3000's in June time (started training for this), ride my first 100 miler, complete a 1/2 marathon and enter some more road and mtb events.

The biggest thing for me in 2017 is having Jun/Jul/Aug off work.It was either that or finish full stop..
April I'm entered for the Dirty Reiver
May I'm doing the Lakes Jennride
Jun either going for a few days to the Isle of Man TT or finally going to Fort william for the World Cup round.
July I'm doing a Trek around Mont Blanc
A few of us are planning a Bikepacking weekend on the MTL.
I'm thinking about doing the Cairngorm loop & also finally getting to Skye for some hiking.
I'm also thinking about doing the South Downs Way when I'm off work.I've been told to wait for a dry spell before doing it,I've 3 months off so it should be dry at some stage 😆

Entered the Ard Moors and will hopefully do a couple of other enduros. Also hoping to enter the Batch Burner for the 4th year in a row.

Some riding in the states as part of our holiday, a day or two at Moab and hopefully somewhere else as well.

Other than that, just carry on enjoying riding bikes, as 99.9% time I finish a ride with a smile on my face. Bikes are bloody brilliant 😀

Well, it appears that I've decided to try and do the bb bivy a month 'challenge' (although I'm counting the Highland Winter one as my starting point 😀 ).

Currently mulling over a Hogmanay bivy to really kick it off though!

The Cairngorm Loop I'm thinking will be feature as I'll probably split into two loops first before linking it altogether as an ITT.

I'm planning on tackling the HT550 route. I'll start off as an ITT and see how it goes but expect it will turn into a tour instead. Probably plan it for just after the main event hoping they'll have beaten a track to make it easier to follow....

The Deeside Trail is on the doorstep, probably pencil that in for late summer.

And I need to start commuting to work, just to get the miles in/help raise some semblance of fitness.... 😳

😀 very good

BC Bike race

Cant get on the bike until June/July following a knee op. So counting down the days and hoping it's sorted.

Assuming it is... enter every local winter race late 2017 to remind myself what I've missed. Be happy at placing last as its better to be out than sat on the sofa, whatever the ride whatever the conditions.

Whilst off the bike might watch some British Downhill Series races if local, not done that since the 90s.

Might volunteer to Marshall local xc races but they probably won't want someone who can't run or walk well.

Study at the LSHTM and tell my company to do one...

After a couple of years getting the kids on track, I'm going to attempt a ride every Saturday. Lakes, dale, wales, peak.

2 stone to loose.

I said for 2016 I'd have a break from riding, I thought I'd miss it, I don't seem to be.

More surfing then.

Tom - Which course are you doing at LSHTM (London I assume)?
MSc virology for me way back when...

Toss up between Medical Paristology and Medical Microbiology, Control of Infectious Disease is a maybe - due to me not having enough developing world experience. That's the one I'd really like to do though, as I want to do something that is a bit of a mix up of public health and lab work. Paristology might get me out of the lab a bit as well and doing something fun in the developing world.

If I stay in an industrial lab, I'm going to get depressed and angry. Did you enjoy your time there?

WHW in a day
Caingorms Loop as an ITT
Many bivvies, with a few summit bivvies for good measure
Not knacker my Achilles again
Not participate in any form of formal education lasting more than 1 week

Hoping to complete a 12hr solo mtb race.

Only real aim is to do The Wild Boar Chase better than this year, so proper training.

Colnago Grand Fondo in Italy
Dragon Ride Grand Fondo
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Good few long rides on the way to LEL
5000 miles for the year

scotroutes - Member

Nobeerinthefridge » and some time with Captain Mainwaring around the Cairngorms

See you then?

Absolutely, look forward to it Colin.

Forgot - monthly uplift at Inners through the winter months too, managed Oct and Nov so far, Looks like december has evaded me, so 2 in january if the snow/ice stays reasonable...

Bought an Etrex, so more exploring in The Lakes. Currently self-employed so bimbling currently as I can't have any time off work (as I don't get paid), however I fancy another session with Jedi later in the year as the last one was mint. Mainly fitness goals for me as I have let it slip drmatically.

So:
Want a 150kg squat and 200kg deadlift back, then the rest are cycling aims,
Clear the Loughrigg Terrace Climb without walking any of it (apart from getting off for the gates).
Sub 30 minutes up Cragg Vale on the CX (I'm fat, so these times won't seem quick to lots of people).
Sub 10 minutes on a local bridleway near me (Thornham Old Road).

Hopefully full bore racing with a race outfit, "job interview" and details TBA 🙂

Will be interesting to see how I can juggle the team schedule with work / family to see if I continue or revert to privateer in 2018.

I think for me, it'll be:

- start cycling to my work again
- lose 1 1/2 stone
- complete the Bealach Mor in under 6 hrs. ( 6hrs 1min is my best to date! )

thats good enough for me.

Tom - yeah it was an awesome course.
The med micro ran closely along side my course and it seemed to be very good.
However parasitology is just fascinating did my thesis in drug resistance in malaria.
Would love to go back and do another one

Lots of exciting things planned for next year, it should be a better year than 2016 at least!

New bike (probably Orbea oiz)
New job
Get on the property ladder (that's a big scary one!)
More holidays (Bruges in Feb already booked)
Go to more gigs (The XX and Sunn O))) tickets bought)
Do awesome things on bikes

Rovaniemi 300 (in 8 weeks 😯 )
Will probably make another attempt at a SDW Double - OK on an MTB/CX, bit tougher on a fatbike
Might make an attempt at a 100km running - work commitments make it harder to get the bike miles in.
Probably some ITTs and bikepacking....

Backpack my way home from oz with the Australian missus and hopefully reacquaint myself with the motherland for a few years. And make a decision about doing a masters or changing career, my enthusiasm for my current direction oscillates wildly.
Actually sort out my fitness and start riding and walking in some proper hills again. Also having failed to do even attempt this years half marathon maybe one of them. And start climbing again.

More holidays, including a slow photo/bike/ beer bimble round the Tour de Mont Blanc.

SSCXEC, skitouring Norway, BOTB, Lakes 100, SSUK. Bit o bivi'ing.

CX ride home from work next Friday. 😀

Edit: I'll have a 1987 Raleigh Randonnuer built up shortly (thanks to the extremely generaous teasel off here), with bar end shifters and 2 bits of Carradice luggage, so I really should find some audaxes!

Get down to comfortably under 16 stone and stay there by Easter (currently 16.8)

Get down to 15 stone and stay there by the summer.

Cycle Greenwich Park to Paris in the few days leading up to Easter (arrive Paris good Friday)

I've entered the ballot for ride London - doubt i'll get a place as done it the last 2 years via the ballot.

Might do Dunwich Dynamo if I don't get a ride London place.

Ride more than 3000 miles. This was my target for 2016, I'm currently at 2800, and have a very busy two weeks ahead of me so don't think I'm going to make it. 🙁

Audax! 3 start from Elstead on 4th June. Rideable from home.

110, 150, 200km, depending on how I'm feeling nearer the time. 😀

Mountain bike is Ard Moors and an off road tour, probably a coast to coast from Inverness to Ratagan via Glen Affric or possibly a Cairngorms loop. Apart from that try to tick some Scottish classics boxes.

Road bike is a Mull tour and a tour up North taking in a bit of the NC500

Running, I've entered the Glencoe marathon, going to try my hand at hill running and probably a half in there too.

The kids are a wee bit older and I have a wee bit more free time on my hands so getting a bit fitter will be the overall aim for the year.

Trying to work it out at the moment but depending on whether I have to have an operation on my ankles:

Dyfi Antifreeze
Jennride
Home to sea over a weekend
Snowdonia big offroad loop linking Penmachno, Marin, Antur and CyB.
A couple of uplift days.
A fortnight in BSM (and try to get back to Pila).

I've managed to wangle a weeks paid biking next year, the only drawback being it's in the gravity enduro discipline! Sites being visited include Revolution Bike Park

I've never competed before and probably the most down-oriented biking I've done is the blues at BPW.

Objective : Try not to die.
Plan : Train fitness, lose weight, ride more challenging stuff.

Firstly 50 in Jan so off to Seville for a few days. Then plan on getting the all clear from the hospital....got camera down my old man into my bladder to look forward to!!!. Then some riding...Mayhem 24hour solo already booked. Hopefully all or some of.... Scott Marathon series. Possibly Manx 100, Kielder 101, Wales and Scotland trips definitely this year. Basque country in motorhome again with a trip to Orbea factory and maybe hook up with Basque Mtb in Hondarribia, then if time allows on to Zona Zero for some quality riding. Busy busy busy.

Even with the rides I've not Strava'd I'm struggling to hit 700 miles this year which is utterly crap (even more so since nearly 250 of that is a 2 mile ride to the station and back whenever I feel like it). Going to aim for a thousand proper off-road miles next year and ride to the station every day.

Events wise I'm doing the Ard Rock. Can't be faffed with anything else at the minute. The PMBAs seem to have got a little serious for my liking from what they were like a few years back when I first started doing them.

I'd quite like to organise a local, completely low key 'enduro' using Strava to time segments etc if I find time.

More trail building.

Give myself a big kick up the arse to motivate riding to work at least twice a week (27-odd miles there and back).

Generally improve my fitness, strength and flexibility by getting back into regular swimming, rock-wall climbing and yoga.

Thin down my collection of assorted bicycle odds and sods, sell off my half-finished and in some cases unstarted projects to find some breathing room.

Spend more time on a ****ing bike than looking at pictures of cycle-related shiny stuff/fantasising about what components my dream bike would consist of.

Get more involved in local trail building/maintenance.

Maintain a Strava-free cycling life.

Generally take more time out to smell the roses...

@Scotroutes

Working on my VeloViewer Explorer Square (currently 12x12)

I have yet to finalise any plans for 2017. I cannot decide whether to aim for 5000 or 6000 miles, although 5000 is a bit of a cop out.
Have yet to decide on our main holiday, but at the moment am considering (wife and I) cycling from Belfast to Dublin to Cardiff - people's thoughts ??
However, I would like to be a bit more adventurous this year. Following the bimble thread, the 'lonely' threads and the bivi/wild camping threads, I am considering suggesting an STW beginners, bimble, bivi/wildcamp weekend trip somewhere in central Scotland. However, I'm no planner and rather shy.

Busy one next year...
BPW in Jan hopefully have the Banshee built by then
Lakes for some big stuff & Swanage for Singlespeed by the sea in May
Italy with Ridgeline again for some even bigger stuff in June
Ard Rock
Secret Garden Party (non bike related face pulling festival fun)
Trans Savoie - doesn't get much bigger than that....

In between working very hard to pay for it all...

Just the BC bike race with bullandbladder up there ^

And RideLondon for Crohns and Colitis UK.
Tour of Ben Nevis.
A few road trips hopefully to The Lakes and Scotland.
A few big days put on the road bike ticking off some of the routes out of 40 Great British Bike Rides.
And maybe pop my bike packing cherry.

@gauss1777: The Veloviewer Explorer Square is the biggest number of contiguous NxN OS map squares you have ridden in, so 2x2, 3x3, etc. Veloviewer get their data from Strava so you need to log your rides there.

@whitestone: thanks, I even learnt a new word 'contiguous' 🙂

Lakes Easter
Cairngorms Summer
If fit enough Viking Challenge in October.
Hit my mileage target next year missed it this year due to new job and a couple of injuries.
Loss a stone in weight.
Save some money for a new ride in 2018.
have a lot of fun.

For the 5th year in a row I plan to do the west highland way. You never know, might actually happen.

Mostly just going to keep doing the same stuff I always do, because it's ace.

Ahem not that I stupidly started a duplicate thread because I didn't do a search! (Hoping it disappears off pg1 soon)

My aims are

1) Race a 12hr solo (twentyfour12)
2) Do some bikepacking including some wild camping
3) Ride the SDW which may include goal 2 as I am very slow!

Carry on with Bivi a Month
The Bear Bones Winter Event
Dirty Riever 200
Bear Bones Welsh Ride Thing
#JennRide
A week in Iceland Fat Biking cherry picking the best spots
Growing a pair and doing the Bear Bones 200

Help mates get into Bike Packing

Get my weekly mileage back above 150.
Outlive my last 2 dogs.

Got my first gravel race of the year in February, in Australia. Might also try to ride across Tassie on the same trip or do a route like the Goldfields Track.
We did consider riding Paris-Roubaix again because it's an awesome ride but will probably do a long weekend in Mallorca instead.
We've Twentyfour/12 in the diary too. But most importantly I want to do more bikepacking in 2017, just weekends away on the Grade or MTB. Looking forward to 2017, from a riding pov...

Don't feel bad bout using strava et al, do whatever you want chuck...