your longest cycle?

Dozer Dave

3km to collect the jeep the weekend.

Carawaystick

Arklow - Laragh- Sally Gap - Pier Gates(Luggala) - wicklow way to LoughDan- Laragh - Glendalough - Lugduff/boardwalk - Down into Glenmalure - greenane - clash - meetings - Arklow

Gone further but never longer
was aged about 17, on ususpended mountainbikes.
The speedo said about 108 km
9 hours

Wishbone Ash

Daroxtar wrote: »

131!! Booyaahh!!!!

@Nameless Phil - I saw some Australian recently post a ride on Strava of over 1000 km, but on closer inspection it was 3 days with breaks of up to 9 hours. Don't get me wrong, 300 odd km per day over a bank holiday weekend is still very impressive but surely having a 9 hour break means it's a new ride?

A certain Boardsie who posts here regularly has longest ride in his Strava profile of over 5000k!

Garmin kept continually charged for a few months??

Irish Raven

414km....from cork city to Belfast City for the Giro last May...left at 3.30am with a couple other lunatics...arrived in Belfast just after midnight... Made nice road speed, had extended breaks every 50km or so!!

flywheel

Mile Failte 1200km last summer around the south / south west over 86.5hrs with a few (not enough!) hours sleep... longest in one go (no sleep) would be a solo attempt at the REK 400 last year, ended up about 425km in 25hrs including getting to and from the start point...

Wishbone Ash

Irish Raven wrote: »

414km....from cork city to Belfast City for the Giro last May...left at 3.30am with a couple other lunatics...arrived in Belfast just after midnight... Made nice road speed, had extended breaks every 50km or so!!

Did you meet Sean Kelly when looking for your accomodation in Belfast? I recall him mentioning in his commentary the next day that he had encountered a group of lads around midnight who had cycled from Cork and were looking for their hotel. He was very impressed.

smacl

Morrisseeee wrote: »

What are the 'rules' for your longest spin ?!
Does stopping for a snack break a rule, stopping at traffic lights, stopping to fix a puncture, and how long can you be stopped for ? etc etc etc !

Managed a route on the winter solstice last year coming up from south Wexford of about 175k, no traffic lights until I hit Rathfarnham, eating as I went. Three p-stops, a couple of minutes each, as there are limits and one to refill bottles. Way slower than most here at 22kph, more tortoise than hare on the bike, and a pretty mellow day on the bike. Would love to do a 300k, but would fully expect to take 15-16 hours at my pace.

colm_gti

My longest ever is the 2013 edition of the evil 200 + 23km....won't be doing that again in a hurry.... Now I stick to rides shorter than 2 hours at a time

https://www.strava.com/activities/59059159

wanderer 22

226k for me, Dublin to Galway last September. As easy as it gets though, pan flat and with a tailwind https://www.strava.com/activities/196905129

Captain Havoc

256km, Le Mans to Chateauxroux (I think), it was supposed to be 220ish but I had a few punctures so I turned around to get spares. Easy route though plus sign posted as the TdF was taking the same route the next day. Without taking my arse off the saddle is 130-160, can't remember. I did the rebel tour without stopping at all.

NamelessPhil

smacl wrote: »

Would love to do a 300k, but would fully expect to take 15-16 hours at my pace.

You'd have no problem doing a 300. Honestly, you have plenty of time. the minimum average speed is 15kph, so your time limit for a 300 is 20 hours. You can be what's known as a "full-value" cyclist and go right up to the time limit.

The main aim of audax is pacing yourself, there'll always be people faster or slower than you. Much of the riding is in your own head.

Once you get your head around the idea that you will be riding 300km it's actually very easy, break it down into chunks, stop if you have to for food and a rest and get back on the bike.

The next 300 is the Carlingford 300 for anyone who wants to tackle something more than a 200. If you can ride 200 you can certainly ride a 300. The organiser is still taking entries.

BoardsMember

110km, Tour de Foothills last weekend. Signed up for the WW200. Slightly apprehensive.

Irish Raven

Wishbone Ash wrote:

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Wishbone Ash wrote:

Did you meet Sean Kelly when looking for your accomodation in Belfast? I recall him mentioning in his commentary the next day that he had encountered a group of lads around midnight who had cycled from Cork and were looking for their hotel. He was very impressed.

Sure did....yeah he mentioned us on Eurosport and the next day, and also on the second last stage he mentioned us again!

cdaly_

Just over 600k last September on the AudaxUK 'Flatlands 600'. That included 2h30 in a sleeping bag on the bank of a river outside Gainsborough at 377k. 1200 PBP is in this year's plan.

Bloggsie

Neleven wrote: »

Too scared to post.

yeah, me to!

227, Wicklow 200 + cycling to it. Few years ago at this stage.

Don't like going over 160km these days, its long enough for me.

Koobcam

BoardsMember wrote: »

110km, Tour de Foothills last weekend. Signed up for the WW200. Slightly apprehensive.

If you managed to finish the TdF in last weekend's downpour, fair play and the ww200 will be grand for you

ROK ON

Dónal wrote: »

Don't like going over 160km these days, its long enough for me.

Similar. I actually really dislike long cycles and prefer 2-3 hours. Despite that some of my best memories on the bike are long cycles. Last year I spent very little time on the bike but managed a one day solo escape from Dublin to Limerick down the old N7. Breakfast of coffee. Packed three gels. Hit the road. Appletart in Monasterevin. A 99 somewhere in The middle. A chocolate shake in Roscrea and temp hitting 30 for much of the day.
Prior to that I fondly recall a cycle in the Pyrenees organised by Capt Havoc. 220km on no food due to illness. LennyMc and myself stopped for steak and chips at the halfway stage and powered the last 100k.

I get really apprehensive before a long event and I have no idea why - what's the worst that could happen? But despite that every easier I feel dead jealous of those about to set off doing a flèche. Every year I promise myself that I will do it but never do. Need to change that.

buck65

25km a few years ago

ChainWhip

6,000kms from Seattle to Washington DC in 2010, with 42 little sleeps in between

iwillhtfu

For those mad feckers that don't mind spending a day in the saddle. Some savage distances fair play to ye

derealbadger

Easter Fleche 2014 for me as well 447.2km should have done the extra 2.8 km
https://www.strava.com/activities/132412800

cdaly_

It's a dammned hard 2.8k to do at that end of the ride...

Weepsie

170ish km last summer From Cork to Somewhere just inside Galway. Day one of a nearly 300 km with a group of friends and others. Doing it again this year and considering the WW200

Kebel

I did the 520km spin from Malin to Hook Head with Fondriest last summer- more less non stop bar a couple of brief stops for food/fuel, all in 19hrs 40 mins in the saddle, unforgettable experience for many many reasons, looking forward to the next challenge of hitting all 32 counties / 1,000 km over 48 hrs next year

Wishbone Ash

cdaly_ wrote: »

It's a dammned hard 2.8k to do at that end of the ride...

The first time I did a 300k, I arrived near home with 297k done. It was lashing rain and I was cold and wet. I just wanted to go home but I knew I would have really regretted it afterwards so I did a few laps of the block passing my own front door several times. When the Garmin reached 300k, I was very tempted to end it, but from experience I decided to throw in another lap to bring it to 301k. I wasn't going to be caught again ending a long ride to discover sometimes that, when uploaded, the ride is slightly shortened.

chrissy_W

Not as impressive as most on here, but in Ireland my longest cycle has only been to Howth from Knocklyon

gzoladz

100km a few weeks ago, along the Grand Canal from Dublin to Tullamore. Muddy and uncycleable at parts.

I learnt that I need better padded cycling shorts.

fondriest

Kebel wrote: »

I did the 520km spin from Malin to Hook Head with Fondriest last summer- more less non stop bar a couple of brief stops for food/fuel, all in 19hrs 40 mins in the saddle, unforgettable experience for many many reasons, looking forward to the next challenge of hitting all 32 counties / 1,000 km over 48 hrs next year

Eh 48hrs ?? :eek: I don't remember saying 48hrs . I might have said a couple of days give or take ........

DaithiMC

Not the longest I have done but I did do a cycle that was 99.9km long and I doubt I will ever do one as long again!

Kebel

fondriest wrote: »

Eh 48hrs ?? :eek: I don't remember saying 48hrs . I might have said a couple of days give or take ........

@Fondriest, phew that's a relief ..... I think

Sure at that rate we might even have time for an ice cream !!!

Seriously though, if we get the same back up crew, (and riders) it will be unforgettable, I don't think I ever laughed as much before or since as I did in Donegal. How some of us weren't locked up that day is an absolute miracle ....