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This was to be my third riding of this classic overnight event: the start is at the southern edge of Essex and heads through the night to the north-Norfolk coast in time for an early breakfast, before meandering back southwards again. The … read more »
It's not the most obvious choice for a route: right through the middle of Milton Keynes. It hadn't ever occurred to me, either. However, a regular rider of one of my routes bemoaned the lack of any permanent routes in … read more »
I rode Tom's Horsepower 200 last Saturday (28 February) in a stiff breeze — 15-18mph south-westerly — which gave a very fast run to the halfway point, and a difficult solo-slog back to arrivée. As it turns out, today the riders … read more »
It was supposed to be straightforward: a 200km ride that I rode exactly four weeks ago, but this time in better weather with more companions on the road. However, it didn't turn out quite as hoped, with 150km of strong headwinds … read more »
I don't often take a day off work to ride, but I just felt like riding and I had what I thought an exciting DIY route in mind to get some pork pie from Melton Mowbray. The minimum route was 102km each … read more »
The Horses for Courses 200 perm we rode yesterday turned into a slog-fest in the end for me. It had strong similarities with my first ever 200, another of Tomsk's perms: strong winds, significant precipitation, and a feeling for half the … read more »
Having been relieved of my weekend pass to ride the Flatlands a fortnight earlier by my family, it was with some trepidation that I set out from home in the early dawn to ride my first solo 600 on a route renowned … read more »
I had been down to ride the Flatlands this year, but family duties on Sunday got in the way. Since Tomsk had successfully marketed the ride as a last-chance-before-PBP pre-qualifier, 140+ riders had entered, although it was expected that a good … read more »
Having completed a very wet and windy Hereward the Wake 300 (Thomas Deakins'), which I ECE'ed to 400, I believe that's RRTY #2 completed (this is my second audax season). Note: this a copy of my submission to yacf, here. This … read more »
It was Roger's fault! We were having an in-depth discussion about the merits of something or other and both of us missed the signal on our GPSes telling us we were off-course. It was about 1.30am by this point … read more »
The Flitchbikes being a 200, and Great Dunmow being 51km in Google from my home in Cambridge, I decided to ECE the ride to 300, as it would take only an extra 45 minutes each end compared to waiting for and catching … read more »