Round The Year Randonneurs Log

[mikewigley]

With the news that 3peaker has come to grief on a winter ride, and another rider fell off on ice on the Winter Solstice, it reminds me that, while RRTY might be a great encouragement to keep some sort of fitness through the winter, it's important to keep things in perpective.  Please use your skill and judgement to pick a good day.

Having said that, whoever would have thought there would be ice this weekend, with temperatures above freezing (at least where I am)

[BlackSheep]

................................ while RRTY might be a great encouragement to keep some sort of fitness through the winter, it's important to keep things in perpective. ................

Sound advice MemSec - I quite agree.

It's not jut the RTTY that goes out the window if a cyclist gets it wrong. Dependants lives could also be changed forever.

[tonyh]

Yes. I thought it was definitely a good day on Sunday (temperatures around 6C), and was being only a bit cautious on my trip to the south coast. But it seems that I was very lucky, and not being nearly cautious enough.

[Tail End Charlie]

2007 
2008 
2009 
2010 
2011 

01/12: DIY 200
02/12: Burford Bumble 200
03/12: Up the Uts 200
04/12: DIY 200
05/12: Chevy Chase 200
06/12: Snow Roads 300
07/12: Hereward the Wake 300
08/12: Bog Standard 500
09/12: New Forest On/Off Shore 200
10/12: Silly Suffolk 200
11/12: Upper Thames 200
12/12: DIY 200 (STA)

72 consecutive months. Yay! \o/

Obviously, a lot of us passing milestones this month.

When I first read the above, I thought ChrisS had done a ride on each of the first twelve  days of December this year !! My hat was well and truly doffed.

[Chris S]

(makes plans for next December)

 

[JordanCarroll]

Just realised that you can start your RRTY at any time, which means i'm 5 months in rather than 3 like I thought haha!

These winter 200s are hard :| the darkness makes such a difference, my wimpy chinese cree light isn't up to the job of properly illuminating the road..

[mmmmartin]

Agreed, a dynohub is the only serious answer for proper lighting, IMHO. To do a 200k in winter you will be in darkness for several hours. Shall we all doff our caps in the direction of Scotland, where to ride a 200k in winter you must be A God Of The Cycling World. Not to mention wrapped in a thousand layers of clothing. And have nerves of steel to ride on ice. And carry huge saddlebags full of food because there are no shops or 24 hour motorway services as there are for those Southern Softies living in England 

[andyp]

1st RRTY complete:
Jan   Poor Student 200
Feb   Dorset Coast 200
Mar   Dorset Coast 200 (+ The Dean 300 + Hardboiled 300)   
Apr   Dorset Cost 200 (+ Easter Arrow 300 + 3D 300 + Hardboiled 300)
May   Porkers 400 (+ Hellfire 600)
Jun   Dorset Coast 200
Jul   Mersey Roads 24hr TT: 500
Aug   West Bay and back 200
Sept   Dorset Coast 200 (+ Porkers 400 + Hellfire 600)
Oct   Dorset Coast 200
Nov   DIY by GPS 200
Dec   Dorset Coast 200
 

[phil d]

Well done andyp and welcome to the club.  You must like Dorset Coast (and the other, longer, Dorset toughies)

[tonyh]

What an impressive list of rides! Audacious+++ !

[marcusjb]

1st RRTY complete:
Jan   Poor Student 200
Feb   Dorset Coast 200
Mar   Dorset Coast 200 (+ The Dean 300 + Hardboiled 300)   
Apr   Dorset Cost 200 (+ Easter Arrow 300 + 3D 300 + Hardboiled 300)
May   Porkers 400 (+ Hellfire 600)
Jun   Dorset Coast 200
Jul   Mersey Roads 24hr TT: 500
Aug   West Bay and back 200
Sept   Dorset Coast 200 (+ Porkers 400 + Hellfire 600)
Oct   Dorset Coast 200
Nov   DIY by GPS 200
Dec   Dorset Coast 200
 

Well done andyp! That is a lot of Dorset coasts!

Just realised that you can start your RRTY at any time, which means i'm 5 months in rather than 3 like I thought haha!

These winter 200s are hard :| the darkness makes such a difference, my wimpy chinese cree light isn't up to the job of properly illuminating the road..

Good work. Get the next couple of months out of the way and you're there!  Winter 200s are as tough as it gets really.

[Marmitegeoff]

1st RRTY complete:
 

Well Done   now take care this treadmill does become very addictive.

Geoff

[mikewigley]

1st RRTY complete:

Don't forget to make your claim

- it's not an automatic award
- the RRTY administrator might not be reading YACF (I nearly missed this)
- the RRTY administrator might not know who you are from your YACF name

a PM to MemSec will usually do the trick

[Somnolent]

Completed first RRtY
07 Jan 2012   Poor Student
13 Feb 2012  DIYxGPS
10 Mar 2012  ECE on the Lasham Loop
01 April 2012 Dorset Coast
07 May 2012  DIYxGPS (and BCM)
16 Jun 2012   National 400
15 Jul 2012    Summer Saunter to Wantage
05 Aug 2012  West Bay & Back
09 Sep 2012  ECE on the Tour de Didling
21 Oct 2012   Wylye & Ebble Valley
27 Nov 2012   ECE on Hudson's Henjoyable Hundred
17 Dec 2012   DIYxGPS

[phil d]

Well done PpP

[marcusjb]

Completed first RRtY
07 Jan 2012   Poor Student
13 Feb 2012  DIYxGPS
10 Mar 2012  ECE on the Lasham Loop
01 April 2012 Dorset Coast
07 May 2012  DIYxGPS (and BCM)
16 Jun 2012   National 400
15 Jul 2012    Summer Saunter to Wantage
05 Aug 2012  West Bay & Back
09 Sep 2012  ECE on the Tour de Didling
21 Oct 2012   Wylye & Ebble Valley
27 Nov 2012   ECE on Hudson's Henjoyable Hundred
17 Dec 2012   DIYxGPS

Cor blimey - everyone's at it!  Congratulations on your first.

[mikewigley]

I've heard that there is a possibility that the world is coming to an end tomorrow (21/12/2012).  It would seem that if you haven't completed your December qualifier by now then it's probably too late -  you need to have your validated ride added to the results website, and I think it's too late for that now.

I will feel somewhat agrieved, as I'm on 11 months.

[Bairdy]

I've heard that there is a possibility that the world is coming to an end tomorrow (21/12/2012).  It would seem that if you haven't completed your December qualifier by now then it's probably too late -  you need to have your validated ride added to the results website, and I think it's too late for that now.

I will feel somewhat agrieved, as I'm on 11 months.

That's a shame, the weather looks a bit better for tomorrow.

[L CC]

I will feel somewhat agrieved, as I'm on 11 months.

Mr Smith is somewhat aggrieved, as despite operating all the controls on our December DIY (I just pedal), I have been credited and he has not (yet). I'm not ashamed to say I'm enjoying my momentary lead.

[mmmmartin]

I am also aggrieved as I had already ridden my December 200k and I had known the world was going to end before I completed my RRTY I would have stayed in bed. I congratulate Ppete on his achievement and when we meet again in the depths of Hades the day after tomorrow we can have a chat about it.

[JayP]

Alas 'Tis the year's Midnight, and the day's, Lucie's
Whom scarce seven hours herself unmasks ......

[Chris S]

I will feel somewhat agrieved, as I'm on 11 months.

Mr Smith is somewhat aggrieved, as despite operating all the controls on our December DIY (I just pedal), I have been credited and he has not (yet). I'm not ashamed to say I'm enjoying my momentary lead.

 

[Somnolent]

I am also aggrieved as I had already ridden my December 200k and I had known the world was going to end before I completed my RRTY I would have stayed in bed. I congratulate Ppete on his achievement and when we meet again in the depths of Hades the day after tomorrow we can have a chat about it.

Making assumptions about my past behaviour...

[tonyh]

Thanks JayP !

..... Enjoy your summer all,
Since she enjoys her long night's festival.
Let me prepare towards her, and let me call
This hour her vigil, and her eve, since this
Both the year's and the day's deep midnight is.

Let us prepare towards her indeed!

[mikewigley]

The RRTY continues!  It would seem that the world didn't end after all, serves me right for listening to those pesky Mayans, so my early scares were a bit premat