Here are my cycling statistics for November. My yearly total now stands at 4,866 miles. Total miles since April 2003 is now at 21,425.8.
Now only got 134 miles till I get to 5,000 miles!!
Here is the data from November 2011:-
Data from: Garmin Connect.
Here are my favourite cycling photos from the month:-
I now only have 205 more miles to go, till I can say I have done 5,000 miles of cycling on the bike! It’s getting so close I can just about smellthe end :). Hope when I get to the 5,000 mile mark, lots and lots of fit lads wearing lycra will help me celebrate!
Here is the data from this month so far…
Data from: Garmin Connect.
Here are my cycling statistics for October. My yearly total now stands at 4,611.8 miles. Total miles since April 2003 is now at 21,171.6.
So if we have OK weather, November I should make it to the 5,000 mile.
Here is the data from October 2011:-
Data from: Garmin Connect.
Here are my favourite cycling photos from the month:-
Here soon…
Another day, another cycle blog. Think this will be the last cycle I get to do in Scotland, before going back to home to England on Monday. I am well pleased with myself, I got in four cycles this trip. Done the most miles I have done in Scotland, since August 2009. Been on lots of roads, I have never cycled on before in my life.
So now on with today’s cycle. For the first section of the cycle, I followed much of the same route as the Duke’s Pass cycle, that I did on Sunday 11th October. But instead of following the National Cycle Network (route 7), I turned onto the B829 (Lochard Road).
Then I followed that road, all the way up to Loch Arklet. When I set off I was hoping to make it all the way to Inversnaid, but I had to turn around at Loch Arklet, if I had kept on going. There was no way, I would have made it home before it got dark.
I don’t think I could have picked, a better place to turn around. Check out the view yourself using Google Steetview to see what I mean! Here is the URL for the the view to save yourself for having to find it: g.co/maps/fnt4h.
And before I leave you will the normal stuff. Here are some interesting statistics for you. In just four cycles, my elevation gain stands at 2,196 metres or 1.36 miles. It’s also like cycling one and a half times the height of Ben Nevis.
Photos from the cycle:-
Sorry I only got three photos during the cycle. It was pissing it down most of the time. I did not want to get the camera any wetter than I had to.
Route map:-
Elevation graph:-
Route statistics:-
Data from: Garmin Connect.
I can’t believe how many cycles I have got to do in Scotland this holiday. Think I can safely say, it’s the most number of miles I have done in Scotland on the bike, since doing the End to End cycle, way back in August 2009. Including today’s cycle I have done 65.76 miles. Also in just three cycles my elevation gain stands at 1,633 metres.
So now on with the route I took today. The title may give the route away, I cycled from Killearn to Duck Bay, which is on the western side of Loch Lomond. It was great route, many roads I have not been on since I was around 19. Also covered a good number of roads and cycle paths I have never seen on before.
This time, I am not going to say that much about the route, since the map will do a far better job it! I will just tell you about the highlights.
Believe it or not. I should have done this route when doing the End to End cycle. But I only made it, to the Loch Lomond Youth Hostel (now closed), which happens to be the other side of the A82 from Duck Bay. Then my Dad give me a lift the rest of the way to Killearn. So that is main reason I wanted to do this cycle, to fill in the missing link.
Also now I have done this cycle. Next summer my aim is to cycle even more up the side of the Loch and get lots of photos. Since when doing this section of the End to End cycle, I did not get a single photo. So it will be nice to make up, for it at some point.
Here is the view from the point I turned around and cycled back home.
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So now I have told you a bit about the route and why I wanted to do it. I will leave you will the normal photos, route map etc.
Photos from the cycle:-
Route map:-
Elevation graph:-
Route statistics:-
Data from: Garmin Connect.
Happy days, I got out a cycle for the first time, since getting to Scotland last Sunday. Till today, the weather has been to rain and windy most days. Also since the bike I use here is off the road right now. I had to wait for a new GPS holder to turn up, so I could fit my Garmin Edge 705 to my Dad’s bike.
It felt weird using my Dad’s bike. Since it does not have clip-less pedals or toe-clips. Like I am use to. I was hoping I could fit the toe-clips off my bike, onto my Dad’s bike, but they did not fit his bikes pedals. It was weird, it was like learning to ride a bike all over again. I could not work out where to put my feet at all.
So now on with the main event. The cycle it’s self. It was a great cycle. Went on roads I have not been on, since 2000. If not before and also covered roads, I have never cycled on before in my life. Plus lucky the rain stayed off. It was a bit on the cold side at times, then I did climb to 336 metres at one point.
I must say, I did really feel the hills today. In Scotland I can do 50 miles and not even feel it when I got home. I only did 26.34 miles. And my legs really did notice it. Then lots of that could be, riding a bike I am not use to at all.
So now here are some photos from the cycle, then will follow the map. And the cycling statistics, that I know make your day when I post them :).
Route map:-
Not the best map in the world. Makes the route look really boring when it’s anything but. If you have the time, I would look at the route using Google Street View.
Elevation graph:-
Route statistics:-
Data from: Garmin Connect.
Here are my cycling statistics for September. My yearly total now stands at 4,434.5 miles. Total miles since April 2003 is now at 20,994.3.
So if nothing goes wrong, looks like I will make the 5,000 mile make before the year is out :).
Here is the data from September 2011:-
Data from: Garmin Connect.
Here are my favourite cycling photos from the month:-
I am so pleased with myself, I did my first ever 100 mile bike ride today. It’s been one of my cycling goal’s since doing the End to End cycle back in August 2009. The only bad thing about it, was finding roads to get to 100 miles. If you have a close look at the map, you can see where I had to go, a mini cycle around Castle Bytham and my home village of Little Bytham to get the miles up.
So next time I plan a 100+ mile bike ride, I will need to sort out the route before I set off and may even go for 120 miles the next time :). But I ca’t see it happening this year, since it gets dark around 7:30pm now. So it will give me something to look forward to next year!
So now on with some of the statistics from the cycle.
Data from: Garmin Connect — connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/114613864.
Below is the route I took while doing the 100.44 mile cycle.
In case you can’t really picture 100 miles in your head. It’s like cycle from Stamford to Cambridge and back again and still having around 10 miles to play with. Or cycling from Stamford to Sheffield and still having 12 miles to play with.
Oh and sorry I took no photos at all during the cycle. No idea why, on the longer cycles, I next to never stop to take any :(.
I am well pleased with myself I have just gone and beating last years record number of miles on the bike. Last year I did 4,001.3 miles. So far this year I have done 4,046.7, to think it’s only September. So I have another 3 and half months left to get even more miles in. So I may even get up to the 5,000 mile mark, before the year is out!
Here are the main cycling statistics for the year so far…
Data from: Garmin Connect.
Here are my cycling statistics for August. My yearly total now stands at 3,890.5 miles. Total miles since April 2003 is now at 20,450.3.
Here is the data from August 2011:-
Data from: Garmin Connect.
Here are my favourite cycling photos from the month:-
