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

[flash]

That's 3, so the tandem idea is out.....pity we could have used yours David....

[oldmanonabike]

Durham area? that would make it five

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I think Steve will head up this week's Wimp's Strava page unless Paul can pull something spectacular out of the hat.....

[Paulatic]

I think Steve will head up this week's Wimp's Strava page unless Paul can pull something spectacular out of the hat.....

it’s flatter here than cycleruk country!

[flash]

Well you’ll just have to find a hill and keep riding up and down it until you’re giddy...

[landsurfer]

How about this idea then .... The Flat and Fast 100 course.
It's up north, 65 or 100 mile course, and a challenging day out at either milage. Loads of campsites, cheap hotels and b&b's in the area.
Here's the courses;

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/14044197

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/13916677

Great courses, fantastic scenery and a challenge .... think about it 65 / 100 miles with no freewheeling! It's flat!
Cafes and pubs abound ....

Anyone fancy a WIMPS event ?

I'll put a doodle poll together to find a weekend when we can all attend.

https://doodle.com/poll/c9ugh25q8nvv4hfr
https://doodle.com/poll/dm2f2d58rfyya7i2

Or someone else come up with an event for this year ... lets keep it rolling ....

[flash]

Looks good, what's free wheeling???
I'm just checking dates with my better half and I'll complete the survey later....

[cycleruk]

I think Steve will head up this week's Wimp's Strava page unless Paul can pull something spectacular out of the hat.....

Where is Steve ?
8661 feet in a 72 mile ride .

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https://torino-nice.weebly.com/

[oldmanonabike]

interesting routes but they are both down south

[flash]

I think you'll find anywhere above Birmingham is North....actually Gloucester is almost Nothern

[cycleruk]

Hull is East.

[Paulatic]

It’s another country

[mkbutters]

Ever since I was 61 I've wanted to do LeJog. Two tries (to be supported by family in 2013 and by Saddle Skeddadle in 2014) have been thwarted by, respectively, the theft of my bikes from the garage followed the next year a touch of cardiac arrest. I'm 67 now, and still want to do it and the easiest way would be with a supported group such as SS, Bike Adventures, Peak Tours or our own Cycling UK tours.

The problem is that even when they offer the 'easier' (and more expensive) 21 day jaunts, they still use routes that are likely to be really hard for me as an old and big cyclist. Some examples are- Going through forest of Bowland rather than up the Lancashire plain- both Bike Adventures and SS do this with the latter taking an extra 25 miles and 2000 ft of climbing. Many of them go up Cheddar Gorge (wouldn't the Strawberry Line bike path be easier?) and Lots go over the top of Dartmoor rather than (for example) use the old A30 from Launceston to Oakhampton. The SS 21 day route astonishingly offers both the Carnwell and the Lecht in one day (the 14 day route spilts these). This means traveling up to the highest and second highest A road in the UK on a 60 mile day ride.

It seems to me that riding the 860-1100 miles of LeJog is a feat in itself and that's what I want to do. I'm not averse to giving some of these monsters a go but I'd rather go there specially to try them out. But what I would like is someone to offer a supported LeJog which offers 21 days or so, no long rides unless pretty flat and keeping the hillage to the minimum needed.

Am I alone in this?

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27674531

[landsurfer]

Think there's a bit of water flowed under the bridge since that post .......................