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Problem with doing a 1000k is that I won't be able to do it in a weekend so it'll take a day of work, trains, maybe accom and that all turns it into something expensive. Just for the sake of a long ride. I think maybe I'd be better off leaving it for summer when it would be more enjoyable but at the same time I kinda want it done and off my todo list. It's hard to slot a hard 1000k audax into a training program when you're trying to be fast for other stuff.
I was doing quite a few hilly DIYs around the Chilterns and just got bored with them. I don't think I'm a points chaser. Riding with no real purpose (especially the same routes) doesn't sit well with me.
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Doing the same loops round the Chilterns is soul-destroying.
If you want to do a 1,000 how about this?
Pack your bivvy and a couple of layers.
Leave London one evening and ride down to Newhaven
Take overnight ferry to Dieppe
Get off at silly o'clock and ride south. It will be dark for the first four or five hours
Keep going until you get to Montpellier.
Fly homeLondon to Montpellier is more or less 1,000km of riding, plus 130km of ferry. Weather likely to be warmer than here and drivers and food much better (when open). I can give you my old route if you like!
frank9755
jdp
I'm still not sure.
I'm more drawn to longer rides than hilly rides at the minute, but yeah, the short days mean I'm likely to be riding Ditchling Devil a lot overwinter
1, because I'm lazy with routes, if I can just ride without navigating thats great and 2, because it has a couple of leg stretchers in the route