Tell us about your weekend ride

I’m v impressed that you racked up 100 miles on a 3 speed bike, I’m not sure I would succeed even I was brave enough to give it a shot

I wasn't certain I could do this ride, but that was largely because I'm old and hadn't tried to do much more than about 70 miles in a day recently. Once I'd decided I was going to do it (and managed to get up early enough) it didn't prove to be very difficult.

As to the 3 speed bike, I don't think the number of gears you have is important, it's having the right ones for the ride you're doing. In this case, as I said, there were a couple of steep climbs I chose not to strain over (I walked), but other than those few hundred yards my three gears were perfectly adequate. Faster companions might have required bigger gears, or heavy luggage lower ones - it's just a question of making a good guess as to what you need for the day.