Whats the biggest off-road ride you've done in a day?

singletracksurfer

and how much climbing was there?

I'm looking at doing some big rides in places like the Dark Peak, Lakes and Exmoor this year (so quite technical riding) and want to see what people have managed.

MattHarper

anything on the isle of skye in scotland has been pretty epic and technical.

stumpyjon

Mary Townley loop last year, 47 miles, 6300 ft, 7 hrs 50 mins. Some techinical stuff and very muddy in places.

scottgeniusltd2005

rivington loop last sunday with singletrack, just about 30 miles 4000ft of climbing and i'm 17 stone. STILL recovering, i had done 80 miles during the week on the tar aswell. was very good day tho, 28 of us all together. very very very boggy in places. some grrreeeaaattt technical bits around winter hill.

KnightofCydonia

I took the shortcut over old mining land which is now fields & walkways for about 1km

scottgeniusltd2005

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scottgeniusltd2005

arrrgggh i give up

here is the link of a few photos of me on the day...somebody put em up for me please

http://www.flickr.com/photos/35131329@N03/3405397520/

dave_hill

MattHarper wrote:

anything on the isle of skye in scotland has been pretty epic and technical.

That looks mint - is it the Quirang Basin?

scottgeniusltd2005

yippeeeee...that's me. by the way this may be a photo of me but isn't mine one the lads on the ride took it

altern_8

id say the mbr killer loop for peaks,round mam tor/cut gate cant remember at mo the actually name of the route,but it was only 23 miles,we 4ought we could do it in 4 hours,7 hours later we got back to the car after cutting part of the route off,lol....if you want the name of route i can ask bro.....

deadliest

altern_8 wrote:

id say the mbr killer loop for peaks,round mam tor/cut gate cant remember at mo the actually name of the route,but it was only 23 miles,we 4ought we could do it in 4 hours,7 hours later we got back to the car after cutting part of the route off,lol....if you want the name of route i can ask bro.....

Its amazing how little 20 mile routes in the peaks look like a gentle 4 hour ride yet turn into all day leg sapping epics

dave_hill

Years ago, myself and a gang of mates used to go to Keswick every Easter. Our big Saturday ride was a circuit of the North-Western Fells, taking in Borrowdale, Honister, Scarth Gap, Ennerdale, Buttermere, Newlands Hause and Portinscale.

The loop wasn't actually that long at 37 miles, but bear in mind that there was almost 7500 feet of climbing in that too!! And this was in the day when if you had 2" of front fork travel, you really were something!!

batch78

Longest ride 76 miles, Downs Link from Guildford to Shoreham and back, just over 6 hours of cycling, approx. F all climbing except one hill right at the beginning and one hill about half way where an old tunnels been filled in, no technical parts, its an old railway line!

Hardest ride 45 miles, Surrey Hills,St Marthas, Pitch Hill, Holmbury Hill, Leith Hill, Winterfold Woods and Blackheath. Very muddy, constant chain suck for about 1.5 miles is very demoralising when your riding alone.

As you can see I don't travel much.

andyturner28

Our longest ride was Winchester to the youth hostel at the top of Truligh hill on our first attempt at the South Downs Way. 76miles and lots of climbing, not very technical but one of my favorite rides so far (well the 2nd attempt when we actually completed it was anyway, check out the pics of the first failed attempt in my pinkbike album!)

Batch- Surrey hills are immense, and i like the round of that route, one for the future me thinks

altern_8

deadliest wrote:

altern_8 wrote:

id say the mbr killer loop for peaks,round mam tor/cut gate cant remember at mo the actually name of the route,but it was only 23 miles,we 4ought we could do it in 4 hours,7 hours later we got back to the car after cutting part of the route off,lol....if you want the name of route i can ask bro.....

Its amazing how little 20 mile routes in the peaks look like a gentle 4 hour ride yet turn into all day leg sapping epics

youre not kidding mate,bloody killed us both,but looking back we are glad we gave it ago,proved we wasnt as fit as we 4ought tho :oops:

MattHarper

dave_hill wrote:

MattHarper wrote:

anything on the isle of skye in scotland has been pretty epic and technical.

That looks mint - is it the Quirang Basin?

Yep! Single track Heaven

singletracksurfer

Got some good'uns there.

OK think I'll keep the Peaks ride shorter than first thought.

Done 85 off miles on the Ridgeway which must be around 6-7,000ft on a hardtail (kept thinking I was sitting on a tennis ball after that ride - ow). :shock:

Done short 15 odd miler in Exmoor that killed us - did have around 6,000ft climbing tho.

I've done 75 miles on the British heart foundation off-road London to South coast which had around 3,000ft. Also hope to try their the big Chilterns, Peaks & Exmoor rides this year too.

clarkson

done a week of 30 odd milers per day in the lake district last year. lots of climbing, very rocky, boggy etc, all on my hardtail. Ouch!!

apriliarider

Transrockies 2008 - 6th day out of 7

Elkford - Crowsnest Pass: 102.4km/2998m climbing in 8 hrs 30 mins

Total in race 550km and 19500m of climbing in 7 days !!!

pittpony

Good plan to err on the side of caution in the Peaks. I rode the South Downs Way with AndyTurner and that was tough but the terrain in the peaks is considerably more technical and much more energy sapping. Both immense fun in different ways!

altern_8

did 19 miles in moors today,we reckon we did about 4000ft in climbing,our mate was on a big hitting bike,it killed him,but he enjoyed it,i think :oops:

lfcquin

100 miles South Downs Way. Hardest single (sporting) day of my life. Don't know how much climbing, but it ain't flat. Not too technical but sapping!

sharki

last summer i did a 54 miler on the quantocks, that equates to about 3000metres of ascent/descent.

did just over a hundred miles up there over 3 days during that weekend inc the friday night.

altern_8

well all i will say is,if you are looking at doing anything on the peaks from 15-20 miles,id give youreself at least 6 hours,im sure a few ppl will say no,but it does take it out of you,last time we was up there we passed a group of lads on the start of our ride,dont know how far they had done before us but they where blowing a lot on our first uphill :oops:

and furthest ride ive done was 65 miles in one day,whitby to hull,did it for a local church for a new roof,did whitby to scarbourgh off road and rest on road,but if anyone knows the scarbourgh to bridlington road its all up and down,we couldnt sit on our seats for last 15 miles as our arses where killing us,started at 7am and fin at 3-30pm,then in pub at 5pm,

Smiler15

just got back from 4 days in the hope valley in the peak district. Bought the Dark Peak mountain bike guide book which is brilliant and has good routes, the longest day week did was 65km, from about 10am to 7-6pm. We were absolutely knackered after wards! If you go to the dark peak you must do Jacobs ladder! Really good fun

altern_8

Smiler15 wrote:

just got back from 4 days in the hope valley in the peak district. Bought the Dark Peak mountain bike guide book which is brilliant and has good routes, the longest day week did was 65km, from about 10am to 7-6pm. We were absolutely knackered after wards! If you go to the dark peak you must do Jacobs ladder! Really good fun

did you do jacobs ladder up or down??????

gaz047

brecon beast 2008 approx 100km (60miles) approx 2500-3000m climbing, also done two 100km meridas (builth wells and selkirk)

eats dirt

Ruthin and Penrith Merida 100km Enduros.

Did a 44 miler on sunday over Cross Fell and Great Dun Fell (an mbr classic route), over 4000ft of climbing. It took me 6 hours and I got sun burnt!

pjm-84

+1 for the South Downs in a day. 160km with 3400metres of climbing. Leisurely 13hr 40min. A few punctures and a nice detour for food.

So far this year for the MTB - 145km. 80km out and back over the South Downs + 65km road work with some ex club roadies.

62km of Afan before I went pop!