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giofox-
Thanks one and all. I was chuffed, thats one I've had on my t'do list for ages but always been a bit Chicken.
Yeah gio, I let Mr Garmin plot it, it seemed to go very 'around the houses' I must say. I'm going to attempt to do Dirtfud to London to Brighton next using that route you linked to that went out West then down country a bit. It seems a lot less killer than the witches hat ride I did yesterday. Ta for the gentle prompt BTW.
I did Dartford to Herne Bay last week Fixed, I don't think I posted that one up yet. It's great having time to be able to do this sorta thing, 1st time I've been 'between' jobs in 20 years.
FatOldManOnAFixie
Hey giofox, I did it, remember you were advising on a London to Brighton route a while back? Well I let my Garmin guide me, kerrikey I must've upset it in the past... so many Hill's.
Yesterday I did this....no... not draw a line on a map in red ink... thats my little Garmin plot of where I rode yesterday. Dirtfud to Briteon.
It's the hilliest ride I've ever done in my life so far...proper cyclerists may scoff (let them! :) ) at my feeble hill climbing abilities but ... phwoooaaarrrrrr, so many pointy bits!
Ditchling beacon dang nearly made me go 'pop'. I stopped to do a selfie, look at the pretty red colour of my face!
I was even cheating and didn't do it on the Pffffixey, I was on my skip-saved single speeder home-built special with new fangled 'freehub' thingum. Celebrated not dying en-route with a couple of pints in my fave pub down there and 2 plates of Veggie Curry at eat-as-much-as-you-can Veggie Indian Buffet. Came home on the train.
Got 2 'PBs' (Personal Bests) yesterday. 1176M climbed and fastest I've ever been on bike... 43.3MPH, it was downhill, I beleive I fell off the edge of the Surrey Alps.