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I've got the wife's full blessing.....for now.
Ground rules are basically, only Sunday's for calendars, no birthdays etc and ideally not more than 1 a week.
(I only get 1 Sunday in 3, but I've just had a week off so today was an exception)
There's not many 100 rides I can do that will get me over the line with this criteria.
At 3.5pts per ride, it's only 2 and a bit AWE and MH per month, but obviously there will be calendars too. (Did someone say Shark 2018?)
We're even having a week oop north to ride the Tan Hill!
Oh, and a weekend away for Valley of the Rocks.
I really did strike gold.
Now if I can just persuade her to get a tandem......You going for 70 points points or AAA points.
70points points is surely harder? (In the squeezing them all in sense?) -
I don't know how you would get to 100 AAA points, I'm not even sure I could manage 100 points around normal life!
There was great frothing discussion about the AAA points record over at yacf a few years ago, with people worried that the AAA record would be taken by someone doing lots of short rides instead of rewarding those that do long hilly rides.
Someone presented a plan of a DIY 50 (although it was a bit over distance, maybe 65km) in the Surrey Hills that was 1AAA. Short enough to be ridden two or three times a week before or after work and that's 3AAA/week before you even think of a weekend ride. Not particularly audacious, especially if you live close enough to lessen the impact on life.
50 AUK points was more than enough for me (even before children). I think my highest since has been 27 (which was a bare minimum of 5 rides: an SR and PBP in 2011) and most years now it is just 4 points!
Only the AAApoints count towards the AAA.
The ride points do count towards FWC though, 1pt for each complete 100km.
GMC for example was 7.5FWC, but only(!) 4.5AAA.
Surrey Hills perm (aside from being bloody beautiful at the top of Leith hill last Spring) is 1AAA, but 0FWC.