Round The Year Randonneurs Log

[tippers_kiwi]

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RRTY number 4 completed. Funnily enough my comment from last year about being sick of the cold and wet rings true again. It does however seem that I had an overlap somewhere along the way and I had actually finished this one in November. Will have to figure out exactly what the means

March 2018 - DIY
April 2018 - DIY
May 2018 - Grand Tour de Stour
June 2018 - Asparagus and Strawberries
July 2018 - Hereward the Wake

[3peaker]

Six years now.

Four years now here in Finland in a row. This winter was warm but wet. A lot of slush and mud. March 200k last Saturday with summer road bike a month earlier than normal. Temp from -7C to +6C March 200k

Five years now. All in Central Finland. Not so cold winters anymore only -11C during January Ride. When I started (4-5 years ago) it was sometimes minus 20 Celsisus  Yet its takes almost maximum time 13,5h to ride 200k during winter months. Very hard and heavy. Still riding with my winter bike and studded winter tires.

The weather is the Crux to success in this game. Southern UK Winters are pretty tolerable with dark the main challenge together with the condition of the roads. My ‘worst’ (but I went deliberately!) ride was a Nov traverse of the Gospel Pass 532m in S Wales where the icy descent to Hay took an hour, where my summer record is 12 mins! And I was using Trike with heavy tyres. The following month (Dec) the GP was on MTB (chunky tyres) where I took to the frozen grass to aid descent on icy roads. I did manage a 13ride RRTY (baker’s dozen) 12mth RRTY for the Gospel Pass (12 x 200km + 1 x 600km). I also resorted to wearing my mountaineering Winter gear too.

Riding on studded tyres and in ‘true’ sub-zero, presumably with a lot of dark, really does take the word ‘Extreme RRTY’ to new levels.

A serious WELL DONE for 1 x RRTY; 6x beggars belief.

[Neil C]

Just sent off the claim for my first RRTY.

My first Audax ride as a member was last April and I seem to have caught the bug.

April - Stevenage Start of Summer
May - Hop Garden
June - London Ditchling Devil
July - National 400
Aug - Cogidubnus CC
Sep - Rowlands RAAAmble
Oct - Less Anfractuous
Nov - Upper Thames
Dec - South of Bucks Winter Warmer
Jan - Poor Student
Feb - Ditchling Devil Perm
Mar - Kennet Valley Run

Already  started RRTY No.2 with Willy Warmer in January and EWE Baaa Perm in February.

[tonyh]

 

[tonyh]

(and we thought you were still convalescing !)

[3peaker]

A QUARTER CENTURY

Yesterday gave me one of my most satisfying rides. I am continuing a check of my new Perm Glos Wilts & Mendips 200 for improvements and recced a couple; really enjoyed tea at Scarletts in Clevedon and relaxing by the Pier and the back lanes ‘Toad Road’ to Portbury. It’s a great route (I know I am biased) and certainly worthy to bring up my 25 RRTYs; all being well, next month sees completion of 14years at consecutive RRTY.

[tonyh]

Well done indeed Mr Peaker!

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Congrats 3P. I know that sort of run ain't easy to keep up. I've been stuck on 7 x RRtY for a couple of years now, due to life getting in the way. Most recently, a prang in Thailand last August that kept me off the bike till Christmas.

Standing at:
15/04/17 Double Dutch 200
01/05 Chiltern Chiltern Bang Bang 200
04/06 Nearly Stonehenge 200
02/07 Jack Eason Struggle 200

Planned:
19/08 Essex R&R 200
09/09 Flatlands 600
07/10 Richard Ellis Memorial 200
04/11 Upper Thames 200
09/12 South of Bucks Winter Warmer 200
We'll see what happens after that.

[Marmitegeoff]

Very well done Mr 3P  I am also stuck at 7 and with 2 tries to restart no 8 and failed again I will hope to restart 8 again.

[grams]

March 2016 - Feb 2017: Done

Done so far in 2017:
March: The Dean 300
April: Oasts and Coasts 300 + 100 ECE
May: The Great Escape (DIY as it's not an audax anymore)

[TigaSefi]

Still on target

Amesbury Amble
Tan Hill 200

are my next two for the next couple of months.

i just need to work out when the 2nd RRTY actually finishes 

[tonyh]

i just need to work out when the 2nd RRTY actually finishes 

Yes. Or you'll never ever be able to step off the treadmill....

Good Luck!

[TigaSefi]

i just need to work out when the 2nd RRTY actually finishes 

Yes. Or you'll never ever be able to step off the treadmill....

Good Luck!

It may have already if I can't get my overseas one sorted. Fingers crossed.

[3peaker]

A QUARTER CENTURY

Yesterday gave me one of my most satisfying rides. I am continuing a check of my new Perm Glos Wilts & Mendips 200 for improvements and recced a couple; really enjoyed tea at Scarletts in Clevedon and relaxing by the Pier and the back lanes ‘Toad Road’ to Portbury. It’s a great route (I know I am biased) and certainly worthy to bring up my 25 RRTYs; all being well, next month sees completion of 14years at consecutive RRTY.

RRTY 14 Consecutive. That was the reward after riding the Org ride of the Calendar Gospel Pass 200. Not only that but by pre-charging £3 per visit to the Pandy Village Hall and the 200km riders (GP200) returning after lapping the GP, the 100+ visits kept the VH team busy. The bonus to the local folk was a donation of £200 to the local Primary School. And (back home) I celebrated a wonderful 3AAA day with a 4.2% Purple Moose Welsh beer - Classic

[Wycombewheeler]

august - DIY200 - High Wycombe to Avebury stone circle
september - diy200 - maidenhead to bognor regis
october  - less anfractuous
november - diy200 - based on upper thames
december diy 200 - kew bridge and newbury from high wycombe  (new years eve, cutting it fine)
january - poor student
february - diy200 based on AAAnfractuous
march - the dean
april - LWL
may - bryan chapman
june - ditchling devil
july - TBC  - considering hereward the wake to keep the possibility of an ACP SR series alive, also good night riding prep for an overseas 1000 in august.

one more ride for my first RRTY

[bhoot]

Sorry all, slight backlog on the claim validation at the moment but all should be addressed in the next day or so...

[psyclist]

I think I read somewhere that LEL can be counted as either a July ride or an August ride (but not both). Can anybody confirm that?

I'm just planning my July and August rides, and the scheduling works better for my double RRtY if I do 2 x 200km in July and then count LEL as one of the August rides.

[bhoot]

I think I read somewhere that LEL can be counted as either a July ride or an August ride (but not both). Can anybody confirm that?

Yes it can count as either but not both, and if you want it as August then you will need to tell me when you make your claim as by default it would be July (from the start date).

https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=4705.msg2121863#msg2121863

[psyclist]

I think I read somewhere that LEL can be counted as either a July ride or an August ride (but not both). Can anybody confirm that?

Yes it can count as either but not both, and if you want it as August then you will need to tell me when you make your claim as by default it would be July (from the start date).

https://yacf.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=4705.msg2121863#msg2121863

Thank you for confirming bhoot. I wanted to make sure I had the correct information now rather than find I'd made a mistake later on.

[Bobby]

Rrty 3 is over - ice made us think twice!

RRTY3 attempt 3 is on!

29th Jan - Windrush Winter Warmup ECEd to 200
26th Feb - Poor Student 200 perm
7th Mar - South East Oxford Loop 200 perm
9th Apr - The Harlequin Hack ECEd to 200
12th May - DIY200

24th June - DNF the National 400, I think RRTY#3 has failed again

[3peaker]

Rrty 3 is over - ice made us think twice!

RRTY3 attempt 3 is on!


24th June - DNF the National 400, I think RRTY#3 has failed again

Mark, perhaps you could start a perm on Friday night. You already know the SE Oxford 200 in daylight so a night ride could be ON? Just enter and I can validate. I make a habit of doing a 'Banker 200' as early in the month as I can manage; then the longer rides do not present the 'I must finish' pressure. For Jun, I rode 2 x 200 before a 600. 600 conp

[Bobby]

Rrty 3 is over - ice made us think twice!

RRTY3 attempt 3 is on!


24th June - DNF the National 400, I think RRTY#3 has failed again

Mark, perhaps you could start a perm on Friday night. You already know the SE Oxford 200 in daylight so a night ride could be ON? Just enter and I can validate. I make a habit of doing a 'Banker 200' as early in the month as I can manage; then the longer rides do not present the 'I must finish' pressure. For Jun, I rode 2 x 200 before a 600. 600 conp

Well I suppose if anybody was going to be a bad influence to keep RRTY going it would be you

Alright then, why not - I'll get an entry in shortly & try to keep RRTY3 going after work tomorrow 

[grams]

I foolishly ran a marathon at the end of May, ruined my knee and had to cancel both booked rides in June. But saved by a last minute midweek DIY.

And now if I somehow complete LEL I don't have to do another ride until the end of September.

March: The Dean 300
April: Oasts and Coasts 300 + 100 ECE
May: The Great Escape (DIY as it's not an audax anymore)
June: Loughton-St Ives-Loughton DIY
July: Dunwich Dynamo DIY

[Wycombewheeler]

just completed my first rrty

august diy 200
septemberdiy200
october less anfractuous
november diy200
december diy200
january poor student
february diy 200 (AAA)
march - the dean - great way to start ramping up for the summer
april LWL - easier than last year despite navigational error between lambourne and newbury
may Bryan Chapman memorial - spectacular, so much easier than the climbing figures suggest, beautiful scenery.
june ditchling devil  lovely ride great controls - introduced clubmates to audax
july  hereward the wake - harder than the numbers suggest, was it due to burning too much energy on the latter early sections, or the lack of sleep/riding in the dark?

[Jaded]

 

Congratulations, it's a fine achievement.