• I've done my final bike shakedown (literally - over some cobbles to see if anything comes loose).

    How much riding are people doing in the final two weeks?

    I'm going to be lucky to get 100 miles total - but most of it will be with 16kg of child+seat attached so at least my LEL bike is going to feel pretty light.

  • Nothing over 50 miles, a couple times a week after work. Can't wait for it to start now!

  • Seem to have lost all enthusiasm for cycling... Which doesn't fill me with optimism for LEL. Will try and fit in a short shakedown ride at some point next week. Wondering what bare minmum I can do to not lose fitness is - I did nothing last week due to being tired from Dunwich and then getting ill later in week.

    Stilling messing around with bikefit as 380k last weekend hurt.
    Though I suppose it wasn't too bad for 280k or so. Have been thinking that atleast the daily schedule to just finish LEL isn't too bad.

    It seems popular to start off with getting a load of distance done to get ahead of schedule, but wondering if it isn't better to ride 240k-ish on first day (I start at 11) and then just do 300 a day for rest of ride. Though I'm often bad at getting to sleep so this coild all go wrong.

  • I am riding short, hilly and hard rides this week then having a week off to chill / prepare mentally. Not going to plan daily distances or anything like that. Just play it by ear. Would it be an idea to set up a WhatsApp group for LFGSS LEL'ers in the same vain as the riders from ere did for Dunwich. Go for a beer after or during if anyone's around.

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