jcza Posted December 8, 2021 Share 19 minutes ago, ouzo said: well if doing 5 rides is part of the spirit/origin of it then its a go for me. 8 days to clock 500km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted December 8, 2021 Share 1 minute ago, jcza said: 8 days to clock 500km the problem is whats falls on those days. 25th - If I want to still be married by the time 2022 rolls around I will not be riding 26th - sweet, open to ride 27th - working, so can do a short ride in the morning - 27km 28th - working, short ride in the morning - 27km 29th - working, short ride in the morning - 27km 30th - working, short ride in the morning - 27km 31st - working, short ride in the morning - 27km 1st - Sweet open to ride. But a medium one as family commitments 5 x 27km = 135km that leaves 365km over 2 rides. whilst not totally impossible to do, it will leave me rather broken for any further family activities. DNC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcza Posted December 8, 2021 Share 12 minutes ago, ouzo said: the problem is whats falls on those days. 25th - If I want to still be married by the time 2022 rolls around I will not be riding 26th - sweet, open to ride 27th - working, so can do a short ride in the morning - 27km 28th - working, short ride in the morning - 27km 29th - working, short ride in the morning - 27km 30th - working, short ride in the morning - 27km 31st - working, short ride in the morning - 27km 1st - Sweet open to ride. But a medium one as family commitments 5 x 27km = 135km that leaves 365km over 2 rides. whilst not totally impossible to do, it will leave me rather broken for any further family activities. Starts on 24th and finishes on 31 Dec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FondTF2 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Would of loved to have given it a go with us being down in the Wilderness. Unfortunately, the dreaded Covid, has put pay to any high intensity bike rides for the rest of the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy Posted December 8, 2021 Share 3 hours ago, mecheng89 said: So, what are the plans out there for rides to make up the 500km between Xmas eve and NYE? 500 laps of the walking track around Zoo lake. 😉 500 over 8 days is only 62.5 km a day. Do 100 on the 24th and 26th and it drops to 50km a day. Easily enough done if you get ahead of the run-rate. Edit: Go everywhere by bike - to the shops, to visit you family, etc. Take a short detour there and on the way back and if you only do 10km like this a day, you can easily get a free 80km in. Do your 2 100km rides and all you need is 37km a day. Edited December 8, 2021 by eddy Scary Rider and peetwindhoek 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etienne_jordaan Posted December 8, 2021 Share In Cape Town/Western Cape there is a good chance you will loose 1 or 2 days due to weather. 🤔 …… so the average just went up drastically. I managed it last year. The secret is to start with some big rides and get well ahead. That just gives margin for weather or family commitments. DNC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy007 Posted December 8, 2021 Share Will likely do same as last year. get it done as fast as possible over 3/4 days. 270+43+186+22 Good training for grit, audax etc etc etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_David_ Posted December 8, 2021 Share 33 minutes ago, jcza said: 8 days to clock 500km I'm in, will have to do some of the kms on the IDT. 62.5km a day over 8 consecutive days during the festive season sound easy 🙂 ACE Cycles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W@nted Posted December 8, 2021 Share Last year the majority of km’s were done on Zwift. The coco cadence bunch was huge during this time. Felt a bit like cheating though… 40 km/h at 2.4 W/Kg in the coco bunch… Not nearly as hard as riding all 500km outdoors, or even worse, on a mtb (the real festive 500 😜) _David_ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotSoBigBen Posted December 8, 2021 Share 2 minutes ago, W@nted said: Last year the majority of km’s were done on Zwift. The coco cadence bunch was huge during this time. Felt a bit like cheating though… 40 km/h at 2.4 W/Kg in the coco bunch… Not nearly as hard as riding all 500km outdoors, or even worse, on a mtb (the real festive 500 😜) Mmmm that sounds like a challenge to me ... how about all the k's single speed rigid MTB anyone? W@nted, mecheng89 and _David_ 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_David_ Posted December 8, 2021 Share ha, definitely not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W@nted Posted December 8, 2021 Share Then there are also the nutters who complete all 500km on zwift in one ride… DNC, _David_ and NotSoBigBen 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanievb Posted December 8, 2021 Share 13 minutes ago, NotSoBigBen said: Mmmm that sounds like a challenge to me ... how about all the k's single speed rigid MTB anyone? W@nted and _David_ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne pudding Mol Posted December 8, 2021 Share 1 hour ago, FondTF2 said: Would of loved to have given it a go with us being down in the Wilderness. Unfortunately, the dreaded Covid, has put pay to any high intensity bike rides for the rest of the year Ride with me, I have no idea what a high intensity ride is FondTF2 and Sid the Sloth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne pudding Mol Posted December 8, 2021 Share 1 hour ago, etienne_jordaan said: In Cape Town/Western Cape there is a good chance you will loose 1 or 2 days due to weather. 🤔 …… so the average just went up drastically. I managed it last year. The secret is to start with some big rides and get well ahead. That just gives margin for weather or family commitments. This is what I need to do - I failed last year by not staying above the average daily requirement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwissVan Posted December 8, 2021 Share 1 hour ago, etienne_jordaan said: In Cape Town/Western Cape there is a good chance you will loose 1 or 2 days due to weather. 🤔 …… so the average just went up drastically. I managed it last year. The secret is to start with some big rides and get well ahead. That just gives margin for weather or family commitments. mecheng89 and NickGM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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