Cycling Achievements

goonz

Having been a member for a while now its clear there is a great spectrum of cycling ability on this site. From near super pro racers to me, me being the lowest (obviously)! :?

I thought it would be a good idea to find out what sort of cycling achievements everyone has done or intends to complete. It seems evident nearly everyone is faster than me so I know where I need to improve for sure! :oops:

My 2 achievements in my relatively short cycling life of 2 years are London 2 Brighton for which it rained the entire journey and London 2 Paris in 24 hrs.

I intend to tackle LEJOG, L'Etape du Tour and Mont Ventoux but these will possibly be a little later on in life maybe when I can clss myself as a MAMIL...

What are your acheivements?

goonz

I always seem to miss all the sportives and that is something that I definitely want to do more of as currently its non existent. Good on you getting your kids involved, I used to love my bike as a child but then the inevitable gap during my teenage years into early adulthood when girls/cars/nightlife took over until now where none of those are important anymore. (It's ok to say that once you are married)

davep1

My biggest achievement was the South Downs Way in a day a few years ago on a Specialized Hard Rock. 10,000 feet of climbing and 95 odd miles in about 13 hours. That year I also did London to Brighton, and then back to London on my own. Gruelling return trip, especially half way back around Crawley when I really didn't know what I was doing.
Upcoming is the Ridelondon 100, which I want to do in under 7 hours. There's a mountain road in Abruzzo in Italy that goes through Passo Lanciano; I got two thirds of the way up it a couple of years back and want to make the whole ascent. I just hadn't experienced such a long climb before, and it was the heat of August...

marcusjb

oxoman wrote:

MY ACHIEVEMENTS To date I've lost 3 stone, done several sportives, got a lot fitter, save myself at least £70 a month in fuel by biking most days to work. By far the biggest achievement to date is to introduce my 7 yr old and 13 yr old to biking properly and not just a quick trip around the park. Hopefully its something they will continue throughout their life.

Properly great achievements - especially encouraging the children out onto bikes.

Well done.