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Recce ride for an attempt at a triple (metric) century. Testing a feasible route for road surface and traffic conditions, that involves riding a 5.2 loop many, many times… today was 14.5 laps. Next up on this route will be a 160km ride, then a 200 before I decide if an out loop is needed. #mentalgames top left pic, is a single speeder doing a century ride. Well done young man.

62.5km per day gets one there. Should be manageable (for you)…😁

Weather permitting, we are starting at 06:00, and riding to the Lido. 20km would take us 30-35 mins, so we’ll be there around 06:30. We then ride up to Walkerville, down to Bosco and Henley, where we will then separate; if you are still planning to ride your 200km route. If it’s raining on the day, or the likelihood of rain then we’ll be riding locally only (Alberton and surrounds).

Managed to squeeze in a 90-min ride before the rain returned (yesterday afternoon). Last “work-day” ride of the year, as the next 2 weeks are holiday rides.

Wife said I would enjoy this, saying it was billed as being better than Die Hard. Hard to say if it was better or not.

To free rivers and back. Z1 going there, Z3 back into the wind.

To free rivers and back. Z1 going there, Z3 back into the wind.

Holiday vibes loading… While for others… eish! Is/Was that an Ow-di?

Among my riding mates, the answer would be, “up ahead”. 🤦‍♂️😊😂

Eat, sleep, ride, repeat. Another coffee ride today. A few bumps along the way with a stiff headwind, at the end, pushing the HR into Z2.

Celebrating 40 years as a club, with an easy coffee and cake ride. New kit, new look.

Another day, another sunset. A very easy cruise around the ‘burb.

I checked all my rides between 150-170Km... about 29Km/h. About 71% average intensity, so it's mostly easy, for me 😉

Assuming by the title of the post, the Festive500 starts on 24-Dec, so I'd assume the 24th.

I have a 100-mile ride planned for the 24th, but the route hasn't been finalised yet. I will have a chat with my club first, as some of them won't want to ride that far. I usually do 28-32Km before meeting up with them, and then the balance after the post-ride coffee. I'll know by the weekend, then I can let you know. What time would you start your ride, so I can check what time we'd join your route. We'd join around your 28Km mark (the Lido hotel), then possibly up to 120Km with you.

Gravel will be okay on those roads, if you want to follow the exact route. Here's the route, as a I saw a few "wrong turns anddoubling back" on the original route: https://connect.garmin.com/modern/course/321675274 COURSE_321675274.gpx

The southern most point is a district road, so dirt for about 10-15Km. The other dirt section is the sun valley road between Walkerville and Klipriver. and also the third circled area alongside the reserve. If you want a re-route for tar only, let me know; da souf is my ‘hood.

Is that because of the catalytic converter that it doesn't work, or for performance that they never find out?

Emerald anniversary today. Lunch planned for tomorrow, so allowed out today without a pass required 😊

Not Garmin, but another company. Speaking of emails, I sent one to a UK retailer, where I was questioning if the PayPal balance would is used before they debit the credit card. The site showed they would debit the full value from the card. Anyway, they took a few days to respond, which turned out well for me. Had they responded in 24 hours, I wouldn’t have benefited from the 20% discount that popped up 72 hours later. That 20% allowed me to fun the purchase in full with my PayPal balance.

What does Google say?

@The Ouzo