Lejog for wimps please- or am I on my own? ( merged )

oldmanonabike · Post by **oldmanonabike** » 10 Nov 2017, 8:49am

It has been suggested that we use The Way Of The Roses for our 2019 reunion trip, sounds great to me.
I am looking forward to the Rotherham ride but I am having difficulty trying to justify doing a 600mile three day trip to do a 50 mile ride down south. if the group decides they want any other rides I suggest we follow Landsurfers original idea of a central point, this has of course changed as Scotland and Cornwall are now the furthest places

flash · Post by **flash** » 10 Nov 2017, 5:28pm

Where / when is the "down South" ride???

oldmanonabike · Post by **oldmanonabike** » 10 Nov 2017, 7:41pm

flash wrote:Where / when is the "down South" ride???

The only ride at the moment is at Rotherham in December

Paulatic · Post by **Paulatic** » 10 Nov 2017, 8:05pm

softlips wrote:
cycleruk wrote:
oldmanonabike wrote:LeJog Video
It's wet and windy today so I've been web surfing.
I stumbled across a Lejog video just over an hour long and very entertaining.
It features fellow Wimp MickF giving route advice to a couple of riders and the ride itself.
I recommend it to everyone search u tube for Jo Saraya cycle Lejog

Watched this today and found it quite useful. Some ( a lot ?) of the route coincides with ours so was worth watching.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mrkfS_u-QM

Watched that last night, enjoyed it.

Any more?

I rode with this girl for about 10mls.
https://youtu.be/e8Hdr1pIXFA
When I asked her what she did for a living she said she was a musician. I assumed, wrongly, she might have been in an orchestra

I don’t feature in it so it’s easy on the eyes.

sbcoombs · Post by **sbcoombs** » 11 Nov 2017, 3:52am

If we are looking for a central ride, I'm happy to arrange one around the lovely Rutland county in spring. It's lumpy but the hills are not too long or steep. Good training for the first few days of LEJOG. Some lovely villages and a wonderful bike cafe (Cafe Ventoux) on route.
Easy access from everywhere except Bristol (as I travel there regularly).

landsurfer · Post by **landsurfer** » 11 Nov 2017, 12:13pm

Paulatic wrote:I rode with this girl for about 10mls.
https://youtu.be/e8Hdr1pIXFA
When I asked her what she did for a living she said she was a musician. I assumed, wrongly, she might have been in an orchestra I don’t feature in it so it’s easy on the eyes.

Her route looks interesting, lots of off road paths by the look of it.

cycleruk · Post by **cycleruk** » 11 Nov 2017, 5:03pm

landsurfer wrote:
Paulatic wrote:I rode with this girl for about 10mls.
https://youtu.be/e8Hdr1pIXFA
When I asked her what she did for a living she said she was a musician. I assumed, wrongly, she might have been in an orchestra I don’t feature in it so it’s easy on the eyes.

Her route looks interesting, lots of off road paths by the look of it.

Had a quick look to see if her route was shown but nothing came up.
Plenty of her music videos etc -
https://www.youtube.com/user/maryspender

Paulatic · Post by **Paulatic** » 11 Nov 2017, 8:01pm

landsurfer wrote:
Paulatic wrote:I rode with this girl for about 10mls.
https://youtu.be/e8Hdr1pIXFA
When I asked her what she did for a living she said she was a musician. I assumed, wrongly, she might have been in an orchestra I don’t feature in it so it’s easy on the eyes.

Her route looks interesting, lots of off road paths by the look of it.

oldmanonabike · Post by **oldmanonabike** » 13 Nov 2017, 6:34pm

Strava leaderboard
Sbcoombs won the total distance and most climbing
Softlips was the longest ride
Oldmanonabike was second in all categories
KFT was third in total distance
Cycleruk was third in longest ride
John100 was third in most climbing

sbcoombs · Post by **sbcoombs** » 13 Nov 2017, 6:57pm

oldmanonabike wrote:Strava leaderboard
Sbcoombs won the total distance and most climbing
Softlips was the longest ride
Oldmanonabike was second in all categories
KFT was third in total distance
Cycleruk was third in longest ride
John100 was third in most climbing

Do I get extra points as it was all ridden non handed.......or do I loose points as it was all done on the turbotrainer on Zwift.
Can I just point out that 1 hour of non handed riding is particularly challenging on one’s undercarriage!

oldmanonabike · Post by **oldmanonabike** » 13 Nov 2017, 7:02pm

I nearly disqualified you but then I remembered I might need help and encouragement up the hills on Lejog

sbcoombs · Post by **sbcoombs** » 13 Nov 2017, 7:25pm

oldmanonabike wrote:I nearly disqualified you but then I remembered I might need help and encouragement up the hills on Lejog

I’m sure you’ll be more than ready for those hills by June. If not I might give you a sneaky push while no-one’s looking.

oldmanonabike · Post by **oldmanonabike** » 13 Nov 2017, 9:19pm

landsurfer · Post by **landsurfer** » 18 Nov 2017, 10:33am

3 weeks until the Rotherham Roller ....

KFT · Post by **KFT** » 18 Nov 2017, 10:41am

Have you got the route sorted now?

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