Furthest you have cycled in a day

Frank the tank
Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
edited December 2014 in Road general
Myself....... 215miles Hucknall to horseshoe pass and back = £950 for charity. :D
Tail end Charlie

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,375
    Well done. Which charity? The FtT benevolent fund?
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    375 miles
    Stuff about riding a bike a long way
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    pinarello001 wrote:
    Well done. Which charity? The FtT benevolent fund?
    Battle Battens: a rare condition. A local family are unique within the world as they have twins with the condition. They will not live to be adults and the ride was to raise funds to set up research into the condition. The initial target was £20k but we have now passed the £50k mark thanks to the generosity and motivation of the local populous. Something of which I'm very proud of as Hucknall folk tend towards apathy.
    Tail end Charlie

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  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    marcusjb wrote:
    375 miles
    Chapau top stuff, how long did that take and for what reason did you do it?
    Tail end Charlie

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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,375
    marcusjb wrote:
    375 miles

    Liar - it was 374.88.

    I read your Scotland blog then fell asleep halfway. Nice pictures though :D

    @FtT. Very good, well done as I said before. That is the problem with rare diseases, not sufficient collective interest to try to find a cure (or monetary gain - but that's just my cynicism).
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    Frank the tank wrote:
    marcusjb wrote:
    375 miles
    Chapau top stuff, how long did that take and for what reason did you do it?

    24 hours in the national champs. First attempt, fairly modest total, right leg stopped working by hour 22, was looking good for 400 up until about hour 18. Guess I will have to give it another go - probably a 2016 project.

    The big boys are doing 500+ and are a sight to behold.
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  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    pinarello001 wrote:
    marcusjb wrote:
    375 miles

    Liar - it was 374.88.

    I read your Scotland blog then fell asleep halfway. Nice pictures though :D

    @FtT. Very good, well done as I said before. That is the problem with rare diseases, not sufficient collective interest to try to find a cure (or monetary gain - but that's just my cynicism).
    Not cynical at all it's true.

    Had Ebola been a disease that killed A list celebs, rather than poor black Africans I can't help but think there would have been a lot more funding to find a cure.
    Tail end Charlie

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  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    pinarello001 wrote:
    marcusjb wrote:
    375 miles

    Liar - it was 374.88.

    I read your Scotland blog then fell asleep halfway. Nice pictures though :D

    Alright, 374.88

    Damnit, that .12 niggles. No,I will give it another go and take the lessons learnt and try to go 400+
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  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    There's only one Tommy Godwin.

    Well, actually there were two famous cycling Tommy Godwins but only one cycled 200ish miles a day for a year. Awesome!
    Tail end Charlie

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  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    Frank the tank wrote:
    There's only one Tommy Godwin.

    Well, actually there were two famous cycling Tommy Godwins but only one cycled 200ish miles a day for a year. Awesome!

    Probably something for another thread, but this is what a friend has planned for next year.

    http://oneyeartimetrial.org.uk
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,375
    marcusjb wrote:
    Frank the tank wrote:
    There's only one Tommy Godwin.

    Well, actually there were two famous cycling Tommy Godwins but only one cycled 200ish miles a day for a year. Awesome!

    Probably something for another thread, but this is what a friend has planned for next year.

    http://oneyeartimetrial.org.uk

    That ^ is just plain bonkers.

    I'd quite happily help if he come's to SW Scotland.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • bianchimoon
    bianchimoon Posts: 3,942
    I feel such a wuss, just 120 miles, having said that I ind that if I plan a 30, 60 or 80 miler, regardless of the distance at the end of the planned distance it's just enough. So based on that logic I'll plan a 500 miler and stop after 200 feeling fresh as a daisy :)
    All lies and jest..still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest....
  • How Far is too Far
    How Far is too Far Posts: 534
    I feel like a light weight in this tread,

    I did 200 hilly miles this year

    http://app.strava.com/activities/145098870

    Planning on at least 250 miles ride next year.

    I am on target for 15,000 miles this year and thoufght that was ok but 75.000 miles in a year....wow!
  • marcusjb
    marcusjb Posts: 2,412
    ^ nowt lightweight about 15000 miles a year (way more than I do, even in big seasons).

    Have you ever Audaxed?
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,375
    15,000 in one year - I wish.

    Marmotte in 2016 or 2017. It's part of a 4/5 year plan.
    seanoconn - gruagach craic!
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,830
    About 140 miles is the most I've done, my aris hurt afterwards.
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  • tlw1
    tlw1 Posts: 22,168
    150 miles on day one of the jogle
  • How Far is too Far
    How Far is too Far Posts: 534
    marcusjb wrote:
    ^ nowt lightweight about 15000 miles a year (way more than I do, even in big seasons).

    Have you ever Audaxed?


    I have done one or two but just short 100K hilly ones, I was going to do the National 400K but forgot about it.

    Fancy a few challenges next year rather than just riding a lot.
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Wow, some impressive miles in there ...

    Most I've done is a 100 mile ride - ok, it was hilly and I hadn't done any specific distance training. I'd like to be able to say that I've ridden say 200 or 250 miles in a day, but I'm not sure I'd enjoy the day itself.

    I'm on target for a measly 5000 miles this year - it's tailed off a lot this last month which isn't my usual way. I'm thinking that perhaps I've not focused correctly this year. Oh well, it's only a bit of fun. I'm not putting down a distance target for next year - I've had 3 years of reaching target and this is the first year of only just reaching it (I say only just - I'm 180 miles off it and I'll easily achieve that in the last few weeks of the year).
    So, break year next year - I'll set some targets, but smaller ones this time - I'm TTing now and have a place for the RideLondon100 so I can set myself some time goals for those.
  • southdownswolf
    southdownswolf Posts: 1,525
    edited December 2014
    According to Strava, my longest ride is the Coast to coast in a day ride - 148.9miles from Seascale to Whitby.

    http://www.strava.com/activities/160099134

    (edited to include strava info)
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  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,293
    113.8 miles or 183km. Seems like a half hearted attempt given the numbers above but it was an effort for me.

    http://app.strava.com/activities/184325058
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    216.3 London to Peterborough and back.

    http://www.strava.com/activities/49783741
  • southdownswolf
    southdownswolf Posts: 1,525
    homers double wrote:
    113.8 miles or 183km. Seems like a half hearted attempt given the numbers above but it was an effort for me.

    http://app.strava.com/activities/184325058

    Bearing in mind some people I work with would probably struggle to pedal 1 mile on a bike let alone 113.8miles, it is not half hearted...
    http://www.stuartmole.co.uk/
  • ai_1
    ai_1 Posts: 3,060
    201km (~125miles) with a few tough climbs thrown in.
    That was a sportive and I was pushing fairly hard as I tend to do in sportives so I was really suffering by the end. I might try some longer rides in future but if I do I think I'd be aiming to make them more relaxed cross country rides with friends.
  • Velonutter
    Velonutter Posts: 2,437
    123.8 Miles, I had already done 3 days of 90-100 mile rides on our 2011 London to Paris the long way way round, this was the 4th and final day, the first 70 were killers, the remaining 50 odd miles flew by.

    Done L2P 3 times now, the first time 300 miles in 3 days in 2010, the 2011 and 2013 we go London - Portsmouth, St. Malo - Laval, Laval - Ferte Bernard, Final Day Ferte Bernard - Paris, this works out about 400 miles in total.

    Done a good number of centuries, but I get bored after 90 miles and me ass kills me, so chapeau to you lads that can do 200miles +
  • seanoconn
    seanoconn Posts: 11,684
    Good thread to sort the men from the boys or the insane from the sane. I've decided not to post my record total after reading the efforts on here :oops:
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  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    seanoconn wrote:
    Good thread to sort the men from the boys or the insane from the sane. I've decided not to post my record total after reading the efforts on here :oops:

    Look - 6.4 miles isn't too bad ... especially if it's back from the pub after consuming 15 pints .... ;)
  • finchy
    finchy Posts: 6,686
    130 miles. On a £60 steel bike with only half of the gears working. And I was attacked by literally thousands of mosquitoes (the insect, not the WW2 bomber). And I got caked in a thick layer of Danube slime, as did my bike. And I took a wrong turn and ended up getting chased out of the Budapest Mental Institute. I really do need to get satnav.
  • Velonutter
    Velonutter Posts: 2,437
    johnfinch wrote:
    130 miles. On a £60 steel bike with only half of the gears working. And I was attacked by literally thousands of mosquitoes (the insect, not the WW2 bomber). And I got caked in a thick layer of Danube slime, as did my bike. And I took a wrong turn and ended up getting chased out of the Budapest Mental Institute. I really do need to get satnav.


    John, did you ride along the Danube heading towards Vac or the opposite way to Lake Balaton? If so no mozzies when I went in May this year, but beautiful ride, we could have just ridden for ever on those paths.
  • arthur_scrimshaw
    arthur_scrimshaw Posts: 2,596
    131.4 miles and 7217ft of hills on a cold horrible day in March 2013, blowing a gale so strong I was down to my lowest gear going across Salisbury plain (and only 40 miles into the ride) My first 200km Audax :oops:

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