Yet Another Cycling Forum
General Category => Audax => Topic started by: Auntie Helen on 12 March, 2015, 06:03:08 am
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And he's just underway.
Go Steve!!
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Where's he off to today, I wonder?
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Calendar says Brough near Hull.
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He's heading east at the moment, but should get a decent tail wind when he turns left to head towards Hull.
Go Steve!
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First major bridge crossing of the OYTT then - the Humber Bridge.
Go Steve
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Go Steve!
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Fairly benign weather today.Should be good for another 200+
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Forecast looks a cracker, bit of rain later, but not until tonight.
May you wizz up t'ull.
Stay safe and have a good day Mr A.
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Have a good day Steve :thumbsup:
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Looks like Steve is heading for Ely... borrowing one of Wobbly John's spare bikes?
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All aboard the Fenland express!!!
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I've been a bit of a lurker on this thread for a while.
I've decided that by posting I make some small contribution to the community that is following Steve.
Allez TG
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98 tracker miles to Kings Lynn and Google suggests an additional 106 miles to Brough. Gonna be another long day.
Go some more Steve!
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He's heading for Sutton Bridge. On one occasion when I cycled over that, I had to wait about half-an-hour for a couple of boats to go through. Steve commented on my ride report that he had crossed it dozens of times and had never been held up by it swinging for a boat.
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No problem there, but the most direct route to the Humber Bridge is via Horncastle, after which he would have to climb up to about 500' into the range of hills which separates East Anglia from the North of England. There may be a flatter route, and I'm sure Steve will know it if there is, but it's beyond my experience.
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Good luck Steve - keep on keeping on! :thumbsup:
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No problem there, but the most direct route to the Humber Bridge is via Horncastle, after which he would have to climb up to about 500' into the range of hills which separates East Anglia from the North of England. There may be a flatter route, and I'm sure Steve will know it if there is, but it's beyond my experience.
I did that section in the early hours on a Dinner Dart in (I think) 2009. It is a long and very gradual climb which shouldn't hold him up too much with a tailwind behind him. After that it's pretty much flat or downhill all the way to the Humber Bridge. And Steve won't have the problems of nighttime black ice that I had.
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The Wolds are quite pleasant, nothing that will worry Steve. IIRC there is a nasty (but short) climb between Brigg & Barton.
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The Wolds are quite pleasant, nothing that will worry Steve. IIRC there is a nasty (but short) climb between Brigg & Barton.
Elsham. I have to swallow my lungs at the top. Steve won't even notice it ::-).
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Looks more like a route through Market Rasen. Good to go through racing towns when Cheltenham is on! Apart from his regular rides past Towcester he must be collecting a fair number of racing towns including Newmarket, Newbury, etc. Suspect he won't go past Goodwood, Bath or Hexham (alll hilltop courses)
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Doncaster is flat and York is not hilly...
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Looks more like a route through Market Rasen. Good to go through racing towns when Cheltenham is on! Apart from his regular rides past Towcester he must be collecting a fair number of racing towns including Newmarket, Newbury, etc. Suspect he won't go past Goodwood, Bath or Hexham (alll hilltop courses)
Stratford upon Avon and Worcester.
Bet he doesn't go to Wolverhampton all weather course, ;D
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I've been a bit of a lurker on this thread for a while.
I've decided that by posting I make some small contribution to the community that is following Steve.
Allez TG
Welcome to the TG Supporter's Club Justin(e) :)
But you missed the mandatory GO STEVE!
;D
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Bet he also doesn't visit Ffos Las.
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Blimey - Have you seen the speeds that Steve's been reaching in the past couple of hours....He's seriously starting to raise the bar now ;D :thumbsup:
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and at 19.06 precisely having a little audax moment (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.641252,-0.369432,3a,75y,329.14h,89.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sDPioy0IcTB194fYrzjQfSw!2e0?hl=en)
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I think he seems to be nearly wherever he's nearly. 200ish?
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The Wolds are quite pleasant, nothing that will worry Steve. IIRC there is a nasty (but short) climb between Brigg & Barton.
I ws going in the opposite direction. Caistor is a challenge (1 in 6?) but, from memory, I spent about 25 miles above 400 feet and didn't pass any shops or tea rooms the whole time. I had full camping gear as well.
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and at 19.06 precisely having a little audax moment (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@53.641252,-0.369432,3a,75y,329.14h,89.07t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sDPioy0IcTB194fYrzjQfSw!2e0?hl=en)
Ah, I remember coming down those roads on the Saturday evening of a 400km event, ooh, about 30yrs ago now, in company with, among others, the late Fliss Beard.
It was a long, rapid descent to Barton, and the roads were quite empty of other traffic; so much so that we joked that some unexpected natural disaster must have occurred, wiping out the population. In fact, I believe everyone but us was indoors watching Bob Geldof's 'Live Aid' concert on t'telly.
I expect it was pretty well deserted when Steve swept through this evening. Later in the year the roads ought to be lined with fans watching history being made ;)
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I ws going in the opposite direction. Caistor is a challenge (1 in 6?)
I remember going down it in the small hours and nearly hitting a family of badgers crossing the road!
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I ws going in the opposite direction. Caistor is a challenge (1 in 6?) but, from memory, I spent about 25 miles above 400 feet and didn't pass any shops or tea rooms the whole time. I had full camping gear as well.
theres a couple in caistor, mansgate is the steepest, then the bypass and the high street, its local to me, he's avoided it all, the route he's taken through is lumpy, but nothing to write home about,
the wolds at most, are 100m elevation in 1.2km - sharp, but short
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Tracker suggests he's on the Humber Bridge!
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Looks like Steve has just gone over the Humber bridge,
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I think he seems to be nearly wherever he's nearly. 200ish?
Blimey. Got that one wrong. :D
Go Steve!
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According to the diary, he's heading for Brough. Nearly there.
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. . . . and out the other side!
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Bloody hell. This is big!
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Nice one Steve! GO, you LEGEND!
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Steve stopped in Barton on Humber just on the south side of the bridge for about 30 mins at 7-30pm. He wasn't far from Brough at that point so I think the stop for a refuel may be a sign of a late finish.
Otherwise I think he wouldn't have bothered stopping and would have gone straight to Brough for an 8pm approx finish.
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He's just stopped and proved me wrong !
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Yup, he's stopped.
*drums fingers waiting for the Strava score*
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The delay before the bridge was probably the Yorkshire frontier customs controllers going through his rack-pack looking for soft southern sausages.
He's now at his destination. 209.47 on the tracker, so probably 220mls at least.
Go, Steve. Sleep well.
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Tarzan is a little restrained today. Problems?
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<refreshes strava every couple of minutes>
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Yeah, Strava's server load must go up many-fold when Steve or Tarzan have just finished a ride ;-) Reload, reload, reload, reload ... dammit ... reload, reload
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I ws going in the opposite direction. Caistor is a challenge (1 in 6?) but, from memory, I spent about 25 miles above 400 feet and didn't pass any shops or tea rooms the whole time. I had full camping gear as well.
theres a couple in caistor, mansgate is the steepest, then the bypass and the high street, its local to me, he's avoided it all, the route he's taken through is lumpy, but nothing to write home about,
the wolds at most, are 100m elevation in 1.2km - sharp, but short
Ahem...
http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=512107&Y=396470&A=Y&Z=120
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolds_Top
The B1225, which I rode, has a high point of about 158m, which is well over 500'. Steve rode that.
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352.4km. Massive!!! :thumbsup: 8)
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219 today :thumbsup:
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Excellent!
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I was just about to post 218.97 but a smidgen of rounding will do nicely. ;D
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Crikey, it doesn't do to linger before posting. 352.4 km, at least I got that in. UCMA won't update until midnight UTC, though. Looks a bit sad right now.
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A fair bit of climbing between 160 and 195 miles as well. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
A stunning day
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Do we think Kurt sees Steve's daily output and this motivates him to another hour or so on the bike? Easy to monitor and respond then you're four to six hours behind.
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352.4 km.
You're a legend Steve!
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All over the UK, people are standing in their kitchens, applauding. Well that's what's going on here.
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I'm cooking a kilo of sausages and drinking a gallon of tea in sympathy.
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Do we think Kurt sees Steve's daily output and this motivates him to another hour or so on the bike? Easy to monitor and respond then you're four to six hours behind.
I don't know about "easy", PB. You've still got to ride those extra miles, when all is said and done.
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Do we think Kurt sees Steve's daily output and this motivates him to another hour or so on the bike? Easy to monitor and respond then you're four to six hours behind.
If Kurt's got the stamina to do that when it's dark and cold and he's already got 180 miles under his belt, then he's a hero indeed.
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That route he did today, or roughly speaking, is going to be a favoured bit hitter for TG throughout the year me feels.
The flatlands. There's got to be another MG up there somewhere.
Amazing stuff.
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That route he did today, or roughly speaking, is going to be a favoured bit hitter for TG throughout the year me feels.
The flatlands. There's got to be another MG up there somewhere.
Amazing stuff.
Average heart rate of 82bpm - that really is amazing. I wonder why he chose the wolds rather than just a little bit West on the flat - perhaps just for variety.
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That route he did today, or roughly speaking, is going to be a favoured bit hitter for TG throughout the year me feels.
The flatlands. There's got to be another MG up there somewhere.
Amazing stuff.
Average heart rate of 82bpm - that really is amazing. I wonder why he chose the wolds rather than just a little bit West on the flat - perhaps just for variety.
Or maybe just to lift his AHR about 80bpm :o
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That route he did today, or roughly speaking, is going to be a favoured bit hitter for TG throughout the year me feels.
The flatlands. There's got to be another MG up there somewhere.
Amazing stuff.
Average heart rate of 82bpm - that really is amazing. I wonder why he chose the wolds rather than just a little bit West on the flat - perhaps just for variety.
His heart rate hardly went up with those climbs, I have only got to look at a climb and mine shoots up! truly amazing
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4 big ones in a row. That's nearly a full LEL with a day to spare.
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another Great day for Steve offcumden it was good to read mention of the late Fliss Beard.
it brings back sad memories of time trial near to Mildenhall
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another Great day for Steve offcumden it was good to read mention of the late Fliss Beard.
it brings back sad memories of time trial near to Mildenhall
I second that, I rode quite a bit with Fliss back in the early days (85-89). Lovely lady. RIP.
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Nice one Steve, :thumbsup: but how in creation do you do what you do and keep your heart rate so low, mine is 100bpm as soon as my backside hits the saddle and as for hills...krikey
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I don't think he's trying hard enough! I can match Steve's maximum heart rate just putting on my overshoes.
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Nice one Steve, :thumbsup: but how in creation do you do what you do and keep your heart rate so low, mine is 100bpm as soon as my backside hits the saddle and as for hills...krikey
He's got highly effective lungs. ;)
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Steves heart rate is truely amazing, when mine is that low on a ride I don't feel like I'm generating enough internal heat to keep warm and my extremeties suffer.
Does anyone know his Max, I imagine that is really low too, one serious Diesel engine.
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Average heart rate of 82bpm - that really is amazing.
Remarkable. It’s a pity there isn’t any monitoring of his physiology and other parameters in progress - might have been an interesting article in it for someone in the sports medicine field or similar. Has Steve ever done a VO2?