Audax rides

I did Mr Pickwick as my 600km this year. Very tempted to repeat that in 2016

My danger with repeating rides is that I'd be more likely to give in as I've already done it. Mind you, I do love rides like:-

• The Elenith
  
• Bryan Chapman Memorial
  
• The various Henham/Ugley 200s (covers lots of old cycling roads of my yoof)
  
  

PBP would be, I hope, a level above this and something I can go back to again and again trying to ride it in different ways and on different bikes. I couldn't justify the time away this year, but I can work it into a reasonable family holiday in 2019.

Shorter and different events for next year (Marathon/24TT/Ironman/etc) with hopefully a return to LEL in 2017; that should be a whole lot different to LEL'09.

If LEL 2017 isn't your thing, there is Madrid Gijon Madrid in that August. It is certainly on my possible list.

Come and ride TransAm with us... it's only a little bit further than 1000k...

LEL -> MGM back to back possible? Any idea when in August it starts?

I'm off to watch Inspired to Ride at LMnH on Thursday - it's going to make me go one of two ways with my thoughts on TransAm!

I watched it last time they showed it. It didn't turn me off.

Does the Mille Cymru happen as a calendar event or is it only a Perm?
http://www.aukweb.net/perms/detail/JHA07/

Yeah, but we know your a mental.

It's a calendar event, perhaps it didn't run due to PBP?

MC100K has run 2010, 2014 and probably 2018 - I will ride it next time I have promised myself (2010 before my time, 2014 I was doing the ESCA 24)

And I, regrettably, mumbled something about doing the MC on fixed in 2018.

Maybe I should do the Brevet Cymru 400 on fixed first, never been to that part of Wales.

Ooh, I'd like to watch that, but am on a three line whip at home for start of term

That looks nice. http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/14-249/

I've put that in the calendar, but will depend on other stuff as the times nears.

It's no http://www.aukweb.net/events/detail/16-201/ but does look good (and by the same guy)

Gets in the way of TransAm

oh you and your planning and looking at dates and stuff.

It doesn't happen very often, I have to admit.

About time you start with the AAA points.

I get quite enough competition in the TT world. I don't need to start collecting points in the audax world too.

Actually riding he Brevet followed by the Porkers 400 the next day has led to quantifiable success this year.

Not about the points, internet coaching: more beer more hills more win.

Let me get this TT season over with, then maybe I'll worry about tackling some hills. I'll need to before TransAm anyway. That and lose about 20kg...

Had a few days off last week and managed to ride a variation on the Goyt Peak Super Grimpeur and then the Staffs Peak Grimpeur a couple of days later. I'm not sure if the Goyt felt a little hilly-for-the-sake-of-it or that was just tired legs after Welsh hikeabiking but everything was nice and green for a change!

The Staffs route was excellent, thought I knew where it went but I was mistaken and it turned out to be plenty of new singletrack roads, climbs and some more fantastic views.

Roadblock...

Spotted a lot of goats and donkeys along the route...

Greenwich Mean Climb entered. Ulp.