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bikepacker

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Re: BragBoard & Excuses: Annual Mileage of Members
« Reply #15 on: January 06, 2013, 12:47:52 PM »
Quote from: Hobbes on January 06, 2013, 08:06:48 AM
Accompanied by my GP, I cycled up the steepest hill in West Cork. It went on forever, from the bottom of  very deep valley to the top of substantial hill, and at the top it took me ten minutes to recover my breath, but the views were spectacular.

Where are the hills in Ireland? I never found any.  ;) ;) (Only kidding to wind up jags  ;D)
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Re: BragBoard & Excuses: Annual Mileage of Members
« Reply #16 on: January 06, 2013, 03:27:27 PM »
Quote from: bikepacker on January 06, 2013, 12:47:52 PM
Where are the hills in Ireland? I never found any.  ;) ;) (Only kidding to wind up jags  ;D)

hah i don't believe you did  ;D ;D
did my first spin of the year today 17miles. ;)
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Andre Jute

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Re: BragBoard & Excuses: Annual Mileage of Members
« Reply #17 on: January 06, 2013, 05:11:22 PM »
Quote from: bikepacker on January 06, 2013, 12:47:52 PM
Where are the hills in Ireland? I never found any.

There's only the one steep hill. But it covers the entire country...

Andre Jute
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Re: BragBoard & Excuses: Annual Mileage of Members
« Reply #18 on: January 06, 2013, 07:22:07 PM »
hah i think you could be right there andre certainly often felt like it. ::)
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Re: BragBoard & Excuses: Annual Mileage of Members
« Reply #19 on: January 06, 2013, 10:37:49 PM »
3215 miles for me including several soakings and riding through the odd flood. All very enjoyable and the major reward of retirement.
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Re: BragBoard & Excuses: Annual Mileage of Members
« Reply #20 on: January 07, 2013, 02:38:42 AM »
9477 km (5888 miles) for me in 2012.
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Re: BragBoard & Excuses: Annual Mileage of Members
« Reply #21 on: January 08, 2013, 05:16:06 PM »
About 2500 UK mile or 4020 KM.
On XTC, Fixie and the Beast beater bike.

Mostly commuting, bar a few short rides and a 116 km day tour.
I cycle 330 days out of the 365 in a year, going to shops, drop wee man, go to work...lack of free time is the big obstacle to doing long weekend rides :S

Not having a car (and once I have one in a few months bad traffic jams/high petrol costs) are quite good to keep one going in all weather. T'was miserable in Northern Ireland also...

Will have bike trailer this year, so who knows maybe go for a long rides with wee man in back that'll harden me  ;D

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Re: BragBoard & Excuses: Annual Mileage of Members
« Reply #22 on: January 11, 2013, 10:41:49 PM »
5267 miles through Jan 5 of this year, when I ended the 2012 season. My bike touring year begins in June/July when I take off for a tour in the mountains and ends sometime in January/February when I return from my desert tour.

Probably 40 miles per day of touring, or about 5 hours in the saddle at 8 mph (I'm mostly on dirt roads, hence low speeds), though I'm starting to get bored beyond 3 hours/day and so distance traveled with surely be less in the future. Probably 3000 miles/year henceforth. Mental tiredness stops me long before physical tiredness.

I think it's silly to brag about miles travelled. The correct metric should be % days or hours happy versus unhappy and the goal should be 100% happy. Bicycle touring is merely a means to that end.
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Re: BragBoard & Excuses: Annual Mileage of Members
« Reply #23 on: January 11, 2013, 11:17:36 PM »
ah yes but every ride isn't always a happy ride  ::)
today was one of those unhappy days the weather was miserable ,
my ear phones kept falling out and i had to  take off and put on my new tight fitting  waterproof gloves which was a right pain, then the rain came down so my cycling glassed started to fog up couldn't see where the hell i was going,
yeah i was having a ball  ;D
still got 20 miles done average speed  only 12.5 but who's counting and whats worse i have to go and do it all again tomorrow ;D ;D
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Re: BragBoard & Excuses: Annual Mileage of Members
« Reply #24 on: January 12, 2013, 12:00:44 AM »
Good on you, jags; it ain't easy in adverse conditions. I'm proud of you for getting out in such stuff.

All the best,

Dan.
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Re: BragBoard & Excuses: Annual Mileage of Members
« Reply #25 on: January 12, 2013, 12:06:49 AM »
has to be done Dan either that or sit in watching tv  :'(
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Re: BragBoard & Excuses: Annual Mileage of Members
« Reply #26 on: January 13, 2013, 05:19:37 PM »
Every day on the bike is a good day  ;D

It's hard to get motivate though when bucketing down...commuting or training for something resolves that :)

Memorable ride the 116 KM around Lough Erne, first proper tour on the XTC and with the manfriend.
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Re: BragBoard & Excuses: Annual Mileage of Members
« Reply #27 on: January 13, 2013, 05:26:49 PM »
i done that tour jawine  stayed at castle archdale £15 for the most miserable pitch you ever seen but it was late we coved a lot of miles that day . nice enough tour though except for the  flags  ;)
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Re: BragBoard & Excuses: Annual Mileage of Members
« Reply #28 on: January 13, 2013, 10:21:10 PM »
Is that the same Loch I cycled past before Castlederg? I went past a large loch on the way to a campsite at Kesh but was told is was £26 a night so I cycled on. Guy in butchers shop at village said there was a cheaper campsite at Castlederg but I never found it. Thanks to a cyclist I met I was guided to a farm where I camped on a lovely lawn for free.

Going to London tomorrow for a few days I shall have cycling withdrawal symptons by the middle of the week.
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If you want to be happy learn to be alone without being lonely.
If you want to enjoy the world see it from the saddle of a bike.
If you want to experience beauty camp alone in a spectacular place.
If you want release your anxieties cease excuses and take actions.

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Re: BragBoard & Excuses: Annual Mileage of Members
« Reply #29 on: January 13, 2013, 11:01:10 PM »
no i don't think so alan i think you would have had to go through donegal to get to it. but i could be wrong usually am. ;D
enjoy london  although how i don't know  ::)
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