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#2026 Megavalanche !

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Friend of mine from work has just gone out to France to do this :

Fingers crossed ! ...
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#2027 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Reminds me of one of Mike's Ural trips!
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#2028 Re: Megavalanche !

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IslandPink wrote: Sat Jul 06, 2019 10:45 pm Friend of mine from work has just gone out to France to do this :

Fingers crossed ! ...
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#2029 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Exactly ! The top section, on the snow and shortly after, is barely believable.
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#2030 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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IslandPink wrote: Sun Jul 07, 2019 5:11 pm Exactly ! The top section, on the snow and shortly after, is barely believable.
Pffffffttttttt.....they're not even pedalling, ergo , they're not even trying ( mostly).!
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#2031 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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I've now done rides of 20-25miles for seven consecutive days - I've had some leave so have been heading out between 6:30 and 7:30 every morning and mixing up the type of rides too, yesterday was a flat 20miles at 19mph and today was 21miles with 2000ft of elevation gain and a max. gradient of 14.6%. I feel really strong, the hills seem to be less steep than they used to be, which is good because before the days draw in too much more I have a long route planned that includes a climb from sea level to about 1500ft in around 4miles.

I'm heading in the opposite direction to Mr Bass, this morning the scales said 12st 2lbs so only 4-6lbs to go to get to my target - not carrying extra pounds up hills helps a lot btw. Three years ago (it was August 2016 when I took delivery of my first decent bike in around 40yrs) when I decided to do something about staying alive I was 17st!

Shedding that weight and getting fit has transformed me, I have a much better/healthier diet, my resting heart rate is around 50bpm, my blood pressure is around 120/70, my body fat is 19.4%, my BMI is 23 and that all manifests itself as having more energy and sleeping better. Oh, and I've become a pain in the backside in the way of a reformed smoker!

Sorry to be a bore but I just had to tell someone.

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#2032 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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That's a major achievement - well done Ray. It's difficult to imagine you at 17st !
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#2033 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Agreed, well done our-Ray. I was once 15 1/2 stone. I weigh 13st 10 at the moment, luckily I know what to do 😊
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#2034 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Thanks guys.

Rest day tomorrow - something to do with the weather!
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#2035 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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and just to top out the week, another nice early start;

Departed: Aug 11, '19, 06:33AM
Starts in: Taunton Deane, England, GB
Distance: 36.3 mi
Elevation: 2301ft
Max Grade: 9.9 %
VAM: 486 Vm/h
Moving Time: 02:22:55
Calories: 1451
Avg. Watts: 169
Max Speed: 34.0 mph
Avg. Speed: 15.2 mph
Moving Pace: 00:03:56
Max Heartrate: 135 bpm
Min Heartrate: 56 bpm
Avg. Heartrate: 107.2 bpm

It was a beautiful, if rather windy, morning.

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This is up on the Blackdown Hills with the village of Hemyock in the middle distance. From this point I descended to Hemyock and then climbed up to Dunkeswell airfield, which is up over the horizon.
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#2036 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Just a quickie...
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#2037 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Did my toughest/highest climb today, a very lumpy 9miles from sea level to 1350ft. There are a couple of quite long and steep sections an I almost convinced myself that t was too hard for me but in the end I didn't struggle at all - not the fastest ascent though!

All in, I enjoyed a beautiful morning riding a 50mile loop out to the Bristol Channel with a very pleasant break for coffee and flapjack at the Driftwood Cafe on Blue Anchor sea front.

Departed: Aug 23, '19, 08:20AM
Starts in: Taunton Deane, England, GB
Distance: 50.4 mi
Elevation: + 3760 / - 3724 ft
Max Grade: 13.9 %
VAM: 554 Vm/h
Moving Time: 03:29:44
Calories: 2098
Avg. Watts: 167
Max Speed: 31.3 mph
Avg. Speed: 14.4 mph
Moving Pace: 00:04:10
Max Heartrate: 149 bpm
Min Heartrate: 59 bpm
Avg. Heartrate: 106.7 bpm

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#2038 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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At about 1000ft, looking back down to the Bristol Channel from whence I started the climb;

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and the very welcome sight of the Raleigh's Cross Inn at (almost) the top of the climb (sorry about the glare, I didn't notice it with my shades on);

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Interesting history in this area. Nowadays it is very quiet and rural but 150years ago it was a literally a hive of industry with several iron mines served by a railway (with a long/steep inclined plane) to Watchet from where the ore was transported to South Wales. Hardly anything left now, a few buildings and humps in the fields, but worth exploring.

http://www.westsomersetmineralrailway.o ... -hills.php
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#2039 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Ray P wrote: Fri Aug 23, 2019 2:05 pm sorry about the glare, I didn't notice it with my shades on
seems you didn't notice the speeling either...snigger
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#2040 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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ed wrote: Fri Aug 23, 2019 3:36 pm seems you didn't notice the speeling either...snigger
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