The 2007 Century A Month Challenge Chatzone

Rob Sallnow · December 2005

2006 sees the third running of the Cycling Plus Forum's Century A Month Challenge and you and your bike are more than welcome to participate. Simply stick your name down in this thread. Any questions not answered by the rules below, post them here[:)]

The concept is simple:

Ride at least one century in each calendar month through 2006.

The rules:

-A century is a single ride of at least 100.0 miles as measured on a reasonably accurate cycle computer. 99.9 miles or less is not a century.

-Breaks/stops during the ride are permitted for refreshment/repairs/sightseeing etc but stops to sleep and stops at your home are not permitted.

-A qualifying century cannot start before 0001hrs on the morning of the first day of the calendar month.

-For qualifying rides ridden on the last day of the month: the 100.0 mile mark must have been passed by 2359.59 hrs on that day.

-If you miss a month you are out of the challenge, no exceptions for any reason, riding more than one century in a month does not entitle you to miss a month in lieu.

-Centuries ridden on rollers/turbo trainers/indoor velodromes do not count towards the challenge.

-Qualifying rides should be posted in a Register thread which will be started and stickied on Jan 1 in the Ride section. Simply post once and subsequently edit that one post each month....for an example check here: http://www.cyclingplus.co.uk/forum/topi ... hichpage=1

-There will once again be a Century A Month Chat thread specifically for posting comments, planned rides, bowing out excuses etc which will keep the main Register as neat and tidy as possible.

-Usual safety and responsibility cop out disclaimers apply blah blah blah...own risk...your fault nobody elses...yadda yadda yadda[:)]

Prizes:

All those that successfully ride a century in each month of 2006 will receive a virtual pat on the back from your equally successful peers[:)]

I'd rather walk than use Shimano.

Ribble Cycles is the devil in bike shop form!

Ken Night · December 2005

Accepted

Marmitegeoff · December 2005

Count me in again

Geoff

Phil Dyson · December 2005

and me

Phil

1x1 · December 2005

oh, ok then.
I'll see if I can last longer into 2006 than this year at least...

caradoc · December 2005

Yes Im up for it, I need to keep some sort of focus

it is not the things themselves that trouble us, but the opinions that we have about them

chisacp · December 2005

i'll give it a go

Death machine infest my corpse to be...
CHISABLOG

Razcp · December 2005

Sounds like a good idea. Perhaps we good arrange century rides by geographical loacation so we don't have to do them on our own ?!!

I hear Glenn Hoddle has found God. That must have been one hell of a pass.

Jokull · December 2005

I'm in

Flying_Monkey · December 2005

2006, I will be doing this... 2005 just didn't work out for me, but absolutely, count me in.

"Groove IS in the heart..."

n/a111 · December 2005

I'll be there

Mr P · December 2005

me too

speshcp · December 2005

Back in the ring to take another swing... [:D]

<hr noshade size="1">If you don't like what you see here,
Get the funk out...

Unknown · December 2005

edit: I've wimped out and joined the metric century a month challenge instead.

Rob Sallnow · December 2005

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by cometworm

Oooh, I likes a challenge!!

Do double-centuries get double-points?
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Nope[;)]

I'd rather walk than use Shimano.

Ribble Cycles is the devil in bike shop form!

redfox · December 2005

Planning to do at least one 200K Audax a month, so count me in for a little extra incentive come January.

An Audax counts right?

redfox · December 2005

Thanks Phil, yep as Poor Student is the only 200K anywhere near me in January I guess it has to be. Wish it was the nearer end of the month though!

blazin · December 2005

Yup I,m up for it

Hows life

piedwagtail91 · December 2005

i'll give it another go.

1x1 · December 2005

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Phil Dyson
What happened this year, Matt? A good start and then suddenly nothing.

Phil
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Hi Phil

I seem to do most of my riding in autumn/winter/spring and then other things get in the way over the summer. After missing a month, I didn't bother recording any others here, but I'm currently right back into the swing of things with a 250km in November (as a perm Audax) and then one of Dave Lewis's 200km rides from Cardiff last weekend for a December ride.
I'm having another go at the round-the-year 200km audax thing at the moment (not as straightforward as it sounds!).
I'll expect to bump into a few familiar faces on the Poor Student or Dr Foster's Winter Warmer next month....?

skinnycp · December 2005

Count me in again. The only new year's resolution I'm ever likely to keep. I'm not planning on breaking any bones in 2006 so I should do better than 2005...

Duct tape is like a force: it has a dark side and a light side and it holds the Universe together...

The Mechanic · December 2005

Count me in. Lets hope January is not snow covered for the whole of the month in darkest Aberdeen

It's just another S**tty day in paradise

jwocp · December 2005

Me too please. I thought I would try for an Audax round the year thingy too, altough I started in Nov, so it looks like a 14 month year for me.

Jo.

Once fixed, never forgotten; it's like learning to ride a bike.

velocitizen · December 2005

doing the metric century instead, Leicester and back today, great start to the year.

Fiona Neall · December 2005

I'll sign up again although Jan and Feb in Kendal are going to be more of a challenge than Italy was, even with foot warmers.

Could I be the first to make the whole year on recumbents only - an extra incentive [:D]?

Rob Sallnow · December 2005

You can if you like!!!

I'd rather walk than use Shimano.

Ribble Cycles is the devil in bike shop form!

JonSkids · December 2005

Count me in. Hope 2006 works out better than 2005.

Need another gear · December 2005

I'm back for a third attempt. [^]

Two more years, there's only two more years
Two more years so hold on.

Biljasp · December 2005

I'll have another go, just completed this years today, easier when the sun shines, hell of a lot harder when its gets colder!

T.C. · December 2005

count me in ,

doh doh dolan · December 2005

What the hell , i'll give it ago

Ride on

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