This is a cracking ride!  The new AAAnfracuous is Manotea's old Anfractuous with a bit of extra "goat-iness": the main addition being a run down into High (Low?) Wycombe and a stern climb out again, which neatly avoids the flatter rat … read more  »

It came to my attention but a few weeks ago that I was one 200 ride away from an AAA-SR (the others being Yr Elenydd 300, Bryan Chapman 600, and LEL):  when I started the season, I didn't have AAA anywhere … read more  »

That was one of the hardest 600s I've done — the only ride that compared to it for me was LEL, and probably because of the headwind on the way back across Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire.  Veloman and I finished at 10pm … read more  »

A smashing route this – I look forward to re-riding it in a couple of years' time.  Deceptively lumpy start from the get-go, but settling into a flat run to Oundle and then uppy-downy into the Belvoir valley with a great view … read more  »

What a great, painful, soul-destroying, thoroughly enjoyable ride, thank you Mike!!  As an X-rated ride, this is one of the friendlier ones with plenty of opportunities to stop.  I didn't have enough sleep beforehand and I didn't feel brilliant on … read more  »

Audax / Re: Llanfair PG 400 – 25/05/13 « on: May 09, 2013, 08:35:42 PM » Quote from: MiddleAgeCyclist on May 09, 2013, 07:31:11 PM  Go on then. I'm route via the Sychnant Pass unless i'm really struggling. … read more  »

It's been really interesting reading other people's write-ups and much of the story has already been told. But anyway, here's my two-pennies – read the words, enjoy the pictures.  Some may even choose to do both (or neither)   This was my … read more  »

I don't know whether to christen this ride "I hate wind" (!), or "too many stings in the tail, Tom", or "the plan that didn't quite".  But as it was my first 400, maybe it should just be called "into the unknown" … read more  »

I will start by saying that I have issues: I don't know how to pace the first half of the ride, I have blisters where I shouldn't, and my hands have stopped working and turned into claws. Note: this ride report is … read more  »

I finished with tubbycyclist and three others at 19hrs 20mins (although GPS reckons 19hrs 12mins). Quite possibly the hardest thing I've ever done, ever (but that's not difficult in a first season). Inappropriate gearing and inappropriate fitness didn't help! I thoroughly enjoyed … read more  »