How To Cycle Further Than Ever Before
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 30. 05. 2024
- Are you gearing up for an event that will test the limits of your endurance? Or maybe you just want the feeling of accomplishment from hitting the next milestone. We're here to help you ride further than you may think you're capable.
0:00 - Intro
0:51 - Training
2:09 - Mentality
3:20 - Buddy Up
3:52 - Fuel Up
5:00 - Rule of Thirds
5:35 - Pedal Like You Mean It
6:06 - Comfort
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So turns out we've had a blunder and published a bad coppi of the original... What is your biggest blunder?
From my point of view, only the first minute was bad, with a blurry image, it became much clearer after that.
Bad âcoppiââŠ.Iâm the one who caught this, GCN water bottle?
The picture is of RAPHAEL GĂMINIANI a french cyclist....
@@nevillewalker229 From my point of view the Jedi are evil.
Compared to Anakin joining the dark side this isn't much of a blunder at all.
How long can a rider ride under ambient temperature of 32°C~37°C, under the hot sun
When I was 20 I did a 124mile ride and that remained my longest until I was 57 and did the Ride Across Wisconsin RAW. It was 180 miles, just shy of 300km in under 8:30. Iâve done it two more times since. The biggest help was riding with other good riders and everyone keeping below 300w as much as possible. My average was 247w.
Great achievement Robert. Sounds awesome!
247w is still a massive effort for such a long ride, at least it is for me.
@@jpschlosser truthfully I have my doubts about that figure. I would have guessed 225-230. Thatâs what Strava said. I did not have a power meter at that time. We had a 50 person peloton that included Jens Voigt and other Trek pros. My FTP is about 275-285
Started cycling in August 2020 because of Covid and I did a 300km charity ride in August 2021. Previous longest ride before the 300km was 120km.
Wow Noel, that's awesome - what an achievement!!
How long does that take?
@@PraxisPeabody ride time of 12hrs 43 mins with an avg speed of 23.7km
@@ndennan67 that's amazing!. Great job
My longest ride is a solo 358km. I found what helped mentally, was playing the alphabet game and singing like no one was watching. đ
Thatâs insane, how much time did it take you?? And how often did you take small brakes?
My longest one is 113
@@amihai_bl 13hrs. I cycled C2C2C from Tynemouth to Whitehaven and then back to Tynemouth UK. Took top tube bag full of haribo, nuts, chocolate. Two bottles, one with flat coke diluted with water. Stopped twice for a sandwich and top bottles up
That's some good going! It's really important to keep motivated!
The black and photo is not Coppi. It's a French rider called Raphael Geminiani born in 1925.......and he's still alive. Awesome.
That picture was not Fausto Coppi, it was Raphael Geminianni. The Coppi-Geminiani connection was pretty deep but has a very sad ending.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapha%C3%ABl_G%C3%A9miniani
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fausto_Coppi
I came down in the comments to write that! That's not my campionissimo!
It is worth mentioning that Mr. Geminiani was the first person to finish in the top 10 of all three grand tours in the same year
The timing of this video is impeccable! I was just about to do 160k, all alone too! Wish me luck đ€
Good luck Leandrey - let us know how it goes! đ
dont do it
@@yourface4248 Too late! Already did it, and I had the greatest time of life!
@@leandreyfantilaga7305 dont say i didnt warn you
That comes in very handy for my 250km attempt next Sunday.
Good luck
Good luck!
Good luck! This is also my goal for this year, did 200k last summer - with having a lot of problems with eating enough.
Agr 2022?
Wet wipes are your friend. I did a 175 mile (I think 280km) ride and had horrible body acne for several days because of the sweat being in contact with your body for so long. A spare jersey might even be worthwhile
My longest single day ride was the route of stage1 of the 2019 Tour de France that started and finished in my home town of Brussels - as I was a volunteer marshal for the race I rode it one year later on the Grand départ anniversary - with the stage's neutral section and getting to the start and back home from the finish it was a total of 227Km. But I've also ridden from my home in Brussels to my in-laws in Sweden over 9 days - 1400Km...
So far, a couple of 100 mile sportives, but in June I'm doing my first ever full distance triathlon, 112 miles after a 2.4 mile swim, followed by a marathon. That should be fun.
When you start cramping at the end of a marathon, tell yourself 'there is a man in Croatia (where the hell is that) rooting for me now'. Should make you laugh a bit thus easing the pain.
@@danijelvrhovec ...sort of behind Italy đ I'm thinking of going sailing there next year.
Mine is August. These 4 hour training rides are killing me.
Your definition of âfunâ is very different than mine đ.
My longest ride was my Everesting-Ride, 310km.
Congrats on achieving both!
Thanks for the tips. You're spot on. The annual Seattle to Portland bicycle classic is my longest ride; 204 miles (328 KM) in one day. This year will be my 17th time.
Sounds great, Good luck!
Love your channel! My longest ride was 100 miles, from Madison Square Garden in NYC to Montauk Point, Long Island, NY. It was appropriately called; "The Ride to Montauk" organized by Bike Guy Glen Tours back in 2006, if I remember correctly. I had the hottest of hot feet on that grueling day. The ride itself was not difficult, but the pain I had to endure and overcome from those hot feet was intense and hard to describe. But I did it!
That's awesome! Nice going, Bob!
@@gcn Thank you, thank you! đ
bob you should check Bike to Beach its from brooklyn to longisland its 100 miles . I used to do that
@Gandio420 Sounds cool but I live in Thailand now. I spent 10 years in Chiang Mai, it's a cyclist's paradise. Doi Suthep, Samoeng loop and Doi Inthanon. I've done them all and you'd probably love them as I do. Do a search on CZcams for Doi Inthanon, crazy mountain!
Very good vĂdeo. My longest ride was last year 106km (up 3000m) the Granfondo Madeira island. Full agree with : MENTALITY, BUDDY UP and COMFORT. But BUDDY UP was the one, we were a group of 5 (that we call 'family riders'), 2 of them fastest arrived first, and other 3 was me, my husband and godson, we support each other and arrived together to the goal...it was magic!!!
My longest ride was 106 miles (170 km) with 3700 m of climbing, just yesterday. I've done century rides many times but this one had way more climbing. The rule of thirds was helpful, as was imagining Manon rooting me on when I felt like quitting. The timing of this video was so fortunate.
i see the dragon queen of wales as thumbnail, i automatically like the video.
it appears our dragon queen is fully armored to this video. kudos GCN!
seriously speaking, for long rides, it depends how much time you can allot to train. if you have two hours per day to train, better invest on climbing. start will 4° gradient then gradually look for climbs with 8-10° gradient. 800-1000m climb done in repetition will help you build stamina, endurance, pacing and plan of attack.
i was able to complete 185kms ride using 20er folding bike by doing a 30km ride daily with elevation of 200m for 2 weeks.
My longest ride so far: 400k. This year I'm planning a ride of 680k in 36 hours. I'm hoping for a bit of a tailwind ...
I did an 120km shortly after I bought my first carbon bike in '07, got lost at a fundraising ride.
Always happy to get motivated by Manon, great vid.
Longest ride was 96km last Sunday, this Saturday going for 100km. Appreciate the tips on helping me getting there.
How could you stop a ride at 96km?! I literally could not do it, I would be circling the block until it was 100.
@@chris1275cc it was a cycling event
Dear Manon & Ollie, that was very helpful. I've done a few Audax events. You can ride on your own or link up with people going at your pace. Best wishes, John in the Peak District. PS I did 400 km with the Toronto Randonneurs. It was cold and wet for the first 200 km -- then a warm wind blew us home.
Loving the videos. I needed that. Thank You. Another good idea for a future video is getting the motivation to keep on cycling đđđ
Glad you enjoyed it, Joe! We should have a video coming up soon on that topic!
Awesome đđđ
5:05 yeah my photos always turn out great!
Iv been road cycling since the very end of January, the longest ride I did was 102 miles last week in the Peak District 7222 ft of climbing in 6 hour 42 minutes⊠I think anyway as Strava straight lined a few sections close to home and said it took me 38 minutes to ride 2 miles through matlock đ so assuming it lost connection, thatâs was in shorts t shirt and trainers with flat peddles, was perfect weather for it though! đ before that I had a build up run through the peaks 66.54 miles 5228ft of climbing 3 hour 58 minutes. Took everything you guys suggested and it helped massively. Just want to say a massive thank you for the efforts you put into your content, itâs hugely appreciated and enjoyed!
Great video, keep up the good work. I have been cycling for a a few years and my longest ride has only been 75km, mostly due to lack of time. Hopefully this year I will be finally able to do my first 100km. Cheers!!!
My longest ride is 123 km as a youth rider. I have never been good at distance training, so that is a feat for me personally
Good timing. I just started riding 3 weeks ago. I have a 160 km ride with friends in September as my goal. Doing ~40 km rides at the moment.
Fantastic, as usual. Manon and Ollie are a great team. Also, thanks for telling us the location where you are filming. In 1995, when I was 45, I did a solo tour of 320 miles in four days from Western NY to Central New Jersey, in August. Day one was 110 miles. Besides questioning the intelligence of riding over the Pocono Mountains on the hottest days of the year, there are lots of other things you could question. One-hundred-ten was not the longest I ever rode in a day, but close. My big mistake was riding 110 miles on day one after never having exceeded 50 miles on any training ride the previous three months. As a marathon runner fifteen years earlier I would at least throw in a few 18-milers in the weeks before the event. If your goal distance is far enough to 'hit the wall' (bonk) with a quarter or a third of the way to go, my suggestion is to train at least to the bonk distance a few times before your goal attempt. That way, you can help your body learn to metabolize your life essence after the glycogen is all gone.If you don't train that far, you will end up trashed, even if you avoid hitting the wall by eating.
My longest ride has been 210 miles. I did this about 8 years ago and pretty much did most of what you advise. I was lucky in that I had other riders who could advise me. I liked the every other week long ride, and would increase it by around 10 % or 10 miles each week. I was told if I could ride two 100 miles days In a row, I could ride 200 in a day. I targeted an average speed of 14 miles per hour and was close to that. There are others who rode faster. At 57 years I rode my fastest 200 miler with about 11k feet of elevation gain, but during the same ride another 57 year old rode the same route in a little over 9 hours, but he was in a fairly large group. The info you provided is very accurate to making long rides.
Super helpful video with great tips! Keep content like this coming. Watched it twice. Furthest single day for me 130km. Hadn't come across ruleof thirds. Will use it for sure! Amazed at how calm Manon is chatting to the screen whilst going up brutal inclines! Hope she gets to get someone back for the waterbottle in another video. Thanks for so many great tips that I will use on my bike touring adventures!
Glad you found it helpful!
Awesome video Ollie and Manon. My longest so far was 100Km on an indoor trainer. That may not count but the outdoor furthest was 90km. That's far for me. This year, I am going to try and tackle a 100km outdoor.
At 5:00 the videographer was thinking of the photography rule of thirds too... Nice one!
My longest ride was 70km. That was a while ago now though. I drifted away from cycling and am just getting back into it now. Iâve been out 3 times this week, including almost 26km this evening. I plan to build up to cycling the 60 odd miles from Glasgow to Edinburgh. After that, who knows?
I have also found this channel in the last week and have been watching it obsessively so thank you for all the inspiration!
My longest ride 250K happened in early New Yearâs Eve, I reunited with my family in the finish. That spurs me to overcome the soreness, even i ride through the rain in first halfway.
My wife and I were going to start our ride at 5am but saw the wind guts of 50km/h. We slept another 3 hours and decided to go for it and see how far we would get. The goal was to do 161km. We had a gust head wind of 48km/hour from Carlton place to Pakenham, ON, Canada. It was nice on the way back :) My wife's watch battery died and when mine started to say low batty we decided to just go home since we had already beaten our pervious longest distance of (108km). It was a good thing since I got a flat tire 5km from home and had to walk mostly back. I also found out a day later the route we would have taken to get the extra kms had swarms (literally clouds) of shad flys by the river pathway. I would have turned back for that alone. I ended up riding 133km and my wife 138km.
It is wonderful to see where I grew up in your show (La Spezia, Portovenere...and rain :P ) Thank you, guys! :* Hope you had some beautiful rides over there!
That's awesome! Glad we could bring back some good memories for you :D
Thank you GCN for the advice. My previous longest ride was 205 km. Well just today I completed my longest ride ever, 234 km solo, with 3200 m of climbing, & on a whim I included some impossibly steep & rocky fire trails that I'd never ridden on with my roadie. Some cyclocross was required. What stopped me today was my knees feeling quite weird, at that point just before soreness. It's familiar & not something I've wanted to ignore. I thoroughly enjoyed myself today & if not for some difficult terrain (+1100m with sections over 20%) & surfaces (rocks, dirt, mud) towards the end I possibly could've gone another 30 km or more.
I'd like to add a couple of extra tips.
* In terms of the coffee stop, I thought what's the difference between having lunch & a hot choccy at a café & stocking up on ride snacks & water there, & nicking home for the same period of time to do the same thing but not showering or napping? So I did that. My plan was to knock off an imperial century before going home for a lunch break. Long enough for my second stint later but not so close to my previous best that I'd be tempted to decide, nah that's enough. Then on that break I could see how I felt, check over the bike, & if something was going horribly wrong with my bike or my knees or other joints, well I was home & didn't need picking up. If you have the time, I suppose you could break the ride up a couple of times like this.
* For the last couple of weeks I've been following Si's lead of sticking to zone two, because it makes a lot of sense, especially for me with my poor on-bike recovery between efforts. So I took it one step further, for the initial 160k I stuck to zone one for as much as I could, & freewheeled most of the descents. Basically I wanted to get home with my legs feeling like I'd barely gone for a ride at all. Mostly it worked. Seriously I felt like I'd only done about 60 km. After having stopped for about 50 minutes & with 165 km in the bag already, I went out again & rather than just doing the extra 40km to best my previous, I completed another 69 km. Mostly zone two now, some flirting with zone three where the roads were steep. When the heart rate got a bit out of control I stopped for a minute or two.
* For gearing, don't be afraid to go lower than what you have. A smaller chainring or a larger cassette, eschewing the 11t or even the 12t. When you're tired, you won't care about having big gears. My low gear is a 26t granny/32t sprocket underdrive. It gives me a lot of options. As with GCN advice elsewhere, make sure you give it a proper test-run.
* I checked the weather last night & saw that the wind was supposed to be northerly today, 20-30 kph. Knowing that the breeze is often stronger during the day here than the night before, a couple of hours before sunrise I headed out to the north, then lo & behold for my return the wind, a tailwind, was actually marginally stronger. My turnaround point at 70km was also several hundred metres higher in altitude than my start point. Still some hills to climb for the return but by & large they were very easy kilometres & left me feeling confident & accomplished.
* If you're the type who sleeps poorly the night before a big event, add an extra rest day beforehand.
Another tip, not relevant for my ride is, daredevils may get some assistance on dual carriageways. Tailwinds every time a car or truck goes past.
I started getting serious in 2021, was doing fasting during week. I'd ride twice during week, 1 ride hard and high hr level, 1 ride medium intensity both about 1 hour. then on weekend ride 100km at medium intensity, slowly working up intensity throughout year.
Iâm training for the PMC ride in August. 200-miles over 2-days. Lots of great advice, thanks. I use the lap counter on my Garmin. Ever 5 miles it tells me my pace to keep me steady. I also use it to monitor/remind me of water and food intake.
Great video. This will help not only in cycling but in my running as well. Small blocks to get it done. One day I do hope to ride out in Italy.
With 50% of my body weight in gear, a snow storm, 34hrs straight, 120 miles...not my furthest ever, or most kit, but was an epic amount of work.
Wow Jim, that's awesome - given us an idea for our next attempt to break Hank haha!
508km on 9.2km Loop in dubai ( flat terrain ) in 24h ride. Cycling 1.5year . Its quiet addictive. Also tried max in 1 week after 1 year - 1524km .
Been watching lots of gcn videos before ( also wrote you guys email of appreciation for tips )
Good content.
Peace
The Buddy Up tip is crucial. My biggest ride (so far) was 210km, and we greatly enjoyed the training before, the suffering during, and the recovery and âhighâ for weeks after. SO much fun to ride with your mates on such a hard ride.
258 km from Kingston to Negril in Jamaica. Totally agree... get that training in, Buddy up, eat frequently and don't push it too early. Try to enjoy the journey.
322km/200mi with my mother in law last year around the summer solstice. We rode to the state border with Pennsylvania and back. Some brutal hills and headwinds in there but with a buddy and Haribos anything is possible on bikes.
My husband rode the Seattle to Portland (206 miles in 2 days) the first year it ran in 1979, and the most recently the STPs 40th anniversary in 2019 at age 75 ..thatâs my guy xo
Wow. What a superstar!
I bought my first road bike two months ago and I absolutely love it! A week ago I had my first crash (at a speed of about 50-60 km/h) and I'm still not okay. After one week, I found out that I miss cycling so much... but I'm also still scared. But! Thanks to your videos, I can handle it. So... thank you very much! Stay/Ride safe. â€ïž
Hey man, I totally get it. I broke my arm on a super slippery piece of pavement a year and a half ago and its only in the last few months have I been back on the bike consistantly. It takes time to build that confidence back up in yourself and the machine you're riding. You'll get there, take little bites. And welcome back.
@@bobinjc Thank you sooo much Bob! đđ»
Hope you're ok!
This is why i use zwift, of course i miss out on the sightseeing aspect but i'm safe and i value that more.
@Gasgano That is not an option for me, if I'm not outside I don't see the point. That said, we all have to manage our personal levels of risk.
Started cycling a year ago after Covid, already did a 100 KM ride, and will be riding a 120 km ride with about 1K elevation this year in may
Great advice! I have found that a really helpful way to help prepare for long rides IRL is to do some long ride training on the turbo (Zwift in my case) with talented endurance riders. I have very much enjoyed tagging along for as long as I can with friends on Zwift who have done 24 hour rides. Most recently, I have had the good fortune to ride with a friend for part of his journey where he did a 1000km + Everest ride on Zwift! Dang!!!! What these folks can do just blows my mind!!! I am certainly not AT ALL in the same category of endurance riding as these riders. NOT EVEN CLOSE!!! But they have certainly given me the motivation to up my endurance riding game virtually and IRL.
Great advice Mr Luigi! And of course lots of GCN videos... đ
Good timing I have my first metric century ride this Saturday in London, Kentucky.
Good luck and have fun!
Great team production. Thanks . Me; Pinerolo to top off Colle dell Angnello & RTN solo. Tip, take a small backpack with more clothing than u think u will need. I wore everything on the decent !
220km from Bolzano to Venice. Touring bike with full camping gear. It completely finished me and I needed several days to recover.
Manon taking in that gel with such conviction!
In Taiwan we have the annual 360 and 520. The 520 is a ONE day ride from the northern most point to the southern most point. Lighthouse to lighthouse =520km. Time limit 30 hours. The 360 starts the same place, but only does 360km. Great events.
When I was in college, I rode from the northwest corner of to the southeast corner of Vermont. It was 170 miles. Up until my mid 30's every summer my friend and I would ride from Arlington, VA to Harpers Ferry, WV and back in a day, which is about 140 miles. Now I'm an out of shape 44 year old guy with a baby and struggle with a 65 mile ride.
Iâm recovering from a gallbladder operation, back operation followed by sepsis and am signed up for chase the sun south this year !! Going to be a real challenge and this is some great advice my longest ride before was 105 miles this will be twice that and is very daunting đł
Good luck Nic !!
My longest ride was in July 2021. I was doing a Charity Challenge and decided to cycle from Southampton,UK to Cardiff. It was 129 Miles and about 5000ft of elevation. Took me 9 hours moving time. I also knew that I had 2 big hills at around 65 Miles so had a food stop at 57 Miles. It was also raining for the first half of the ride. I was glad I booked an hotel with a swimming pool.
210 miles in one day! It was the unexpected heat that really hurt, i was dehydrated for a good portion of the ride but i still finished!
I participated in a benefit ride this past Saturday. Up until then the longest I've been on the gravel bike was 11.8 miles. I use the exercise bike and I've been on it for an hour a few times. But normally I ride it about 30 to 40 minutes. The benefit ride was said to be 20 miles long. Turns out about 18.4 miles. Luckily I accidentally did most of your tips from this video lol. I eat good the day before had good sleep, paced myself in the beginning and eat a snack halfway through, kept my comfortable cadence up until the end and I was on the attack. I thought I passed everyone in my age group, but I didn't. I had so much energy left at the end. I went back out and met up with my group. I clocked on a few more miles totaling about 22 miles total that morning. Thanks for this video. I'll make sure I fallow the advice next ride.
20 miles is a pretty short distance, keep getting out there and riding! Get in base miles and focus more on mileage vs minutes, that will help you get some good miles under your belt.
Did my first 100 mile to see if I could(which turned out to be 108) last year. Listened to lots of your invaluable advice to get me there. I'm training for another one this year which is a little more challenging again to see if I can. That feeling when the computer trip over to 100, nothing like it.
In June I'll be doing the JOGLE end to end route to raise money for Save the Children charity and their Ukraine appeal. Safe so say this will be my longest ride yet at just over 1000 miles. I'll be in no rush and plan to enjoy my days on the bike aiming to hit between 50 - 70 mile per day. My longest ride to date has been a 2 day solo trip which was about 65 miles each day. I keep fit, train regularly and can hold my own on a bicycle but I think just the determination and sense of adventure is what's going to carry me through this trip. Oh I forgot to mention the bike I'm riding I built completely from scratch in lockdown last year so to be able to ride something I built myself just makes this trip that extra bit special. Keep on riding folks!
Great tips as always!
I started cycling in May last year and managed a 300km charity ride in October. Totally caught the cycling bug now and y next goal is a 500km ride for later this year.
Another great vid thanks. I'm doing my first hundred miler v soon & have decided to do it on one of my older, more comfy bikes. This way I'll not be obsessed with my average speed which I would if I went out on my carbon weapon!
Upon reading the mileages below and the advice above, I felt the need to comment. Qualifications; In 1978 I rode 462miles/743 kilometers in a day. 210 of us were on a closed military base with a USCF official. Prior to this I had completed two rides of 200 miles each and they were not in the same year as this. I have along list of other high mileage feats as well including a minimum of 100 miles per day for 30 days, repeating the same feat in 3 different years. For the true ultra distances, I believe that one cannot train in terms of distances. The true ultra's (like 24 hrs.) take something deep from you on all levels and you , or at least I , cannot risk tapping into this limited area of reserves by training long. I would not train over a 100 hundred miles and only once or twice prior to a 24hour attempt and not within two weeks of the event. You can bring this to your level of cycling as well. I do not think you need to ( or should) gradually approach your intended distance as the day nears. As it turns out, I rode 130 miles with ease in 7 hours this past Friday and have not ridden over 50 miles this year. I am 70 years old. Good luck to all and remember the fable of the tortoise and the hare.
I`ve got the Fred Whitton Challenge coming up in May at 113 miles which will my longest ride to date ..plus the climbing!!!!
Love watching the weekly spandex show :)
107km longest one, few 100km rides. Yeah mentality is very important. Looking for to do 100 miles soon, just waiting for a better weather :) great channel - thanks !
My longest ride was just over 100 miles. It was quite hilly and I was running a 12/25 cassette. It was definitely fun and a memorable experience.
My longest ride was a 600km brevet, starting from near sea level in Davis, CA up into the Sierra Nevada mountains to 5,000ft close to Honey Lake. Start in the evening and hit the climbs at night, ride through the night and into a mystical mountain scenery at dawn before hitting the turn at the highpoint and returning to Davis with the hairdryer like 109F Delta Breeze blowing in your face at 25mph.
Other riders I was with scoffed at me putting aerobars on for that event but the last 150 miles were gently downhill and flat. I didn't set them up for max aero but a reasonably low and reasonably narrow setup. I was the one ticking off the miles on the front at 18mph in that infernal 25mph headwind at 170 to 180 watts.
I am fairly new to cycling and not a small chap at around 21 stone.
but i have done a 60 mile run which for me was a massive achievement. i am trying to lose some weight as i have another 2 60 + mile rides this year.
this video has been very helpful and informative.
i always feel worried that i canât cycle as far as others but as i keep reminding myself. i have got to work so much harder than others to keep up.
Thanks for commenting Ben - great efforts so far! Glad the video was helpful!
My longest ride is 113 km, would love to ride 200-300 km one day. Would love if you did a video on how to prepare yourself for that
I've joined Mark Beaumont on Zwift for a couple of days doing his World distance - 240 miles.
Also completed Chase The Sun (virtual and IRL) 205/215 miles from one side of England to the other and even further on a 24 hour charity ride, 268 miles.
Riding with a purpose, such as for charity, really helps with mental motivation when things get tough
Charity rides are the best! đ
Great advice on how to break up the ride, and nutrition đ Not sure about making any shorter sessions more intense. Most people have very low aerobic fitness and benefit substantially from, say, an hour of Z2 on the trainer
For me, the biggest thing for long rides is keeping the peak power down. Resist the urge to power over small bridges and motorway/freeway overpasses. If you're riding way over your regular distance this is a must if you want to stay fairly fresh in the end. Pick a power level (if you have a power meter) that you can keep all the way through the event.
Keeping fresh does other things too: it helps you deal with other important things like eating and drinking. If you're not that tired, these are easy. If you're not tired and hydrated then life is good. Staying fresh also keeps you happy and mentally fresh.
Conversely, don't eat mammoth amounts of food for the first time the day before a ride. You don't want to spend a bunch of time sitting on the toilet dropping mammoth dumps.
My longest ride to date is 81 miles, and I did it by accident. Long story short, I got into my planned 65 mile route about 2/3 complete when I hit a detour. They had closed a large section of trail in Orange County, ca. I rerouted pretty randomly, and at the end of the day I'd done just over 81 miles. I was pretty shattered, but if I can do that accidentally I feel that with these training tips I can easily do 100 miles at some point in the short future. Thanks, GCn
Thanks for the video! But what about water? I don't think 1.5 liters are enough for long rides. So do you manage to store extra water or do you rely on water fountains on the route?
My longest rude was 234 km. It was rhe second day of a bikepacking trip from montreal to quebec city. It absolutely destroyed me, but I am so proud of it.
Longest ride: 96 miles on a 40 pound gravel bike-packing trip. It was brutal. Looking forward to breaking that record and enjoying the ride when I do.
My longest ride was last July 170.7 miles/275 KM around Snowdonia with 3404m / 11171 FT of elevation 32C/89F and needed 7 litres of water of hydration. My mind was wandering during the hottest part of the day but determination got me through it.
Very interesting video as I'm planing to ride from bavaria to lake Garda (~500km) after my upcoming A levels
Doing 100 miles next week. I loved the break it up advice!
My longest and hardest ride is still up ahead of me. Mid Mai 4 Days 100 km each. I did some testing and 100km in a day is achievable but 4 days in a row is going to be crazy hard. Especially because i started riding in january this year. I little bit scared but I will make it...probably :D
Another tip: plan a FLAT route! I did 124 miles on The Silver Comet Trail--a former railroad line that was paved--outside Atlanta, Georgia to the Alabama border and back. Afterwards, the guy at the front desk of my hotel asked, "Nice ride?" I said, "Yeah I went to Alabama." He was like, "Oh hell no. That's too far to DRIVE." This summer I'm doing 150 miles or so to see a Smokey Robinson concert.
My 100-mile days are behind me. Now, at age 72, Iâm aiming for 50-mile rides, broken up into thirds, with rest and nourishment breaks. More a touring mentality than flat out sprinting
A few years ago I rode 146 miles of mixed gravel/sand/dirt/carry/push to help a friend that was looking to complete a 250 mile ride. After my segment another friend finished the last 100 miles with her so she accomplished her goal.
i have a 167km long gravel race coming up in may, my first event, and we have 11h to complete it. I push 25 km every day for my commute and try to complete at least 60km every weekend. Its a HUGE stretch for me right now but i will keep these advice close to the heart and try my best to keep in shape to be able to at least finish in time the big day.
My best distance ever was 133km in about 9 hours not counting an hour long lunch break this summer.
234km riding to, from and along the Sorrento return leg of "Around the Bay" in Melbourne. Upon reaching home I was stuck astride the bike as I had an attack of cramp in both hamstrings trying to dismount......
I started riding in March 2021, mainly to lose some weight. Of course I fell in love with cycling, got obsessed, etc. In July 2022 I did a 294 km ride in a day - York to Edinburgh. It was on a Trek FX2, so not the most ideal road bike - I think that's about the limit of what I could do on that kind of bike. I'm looking forward to getting my first road bike soon, and hopefully I can get up to 300km.
Here's a tip if you're riding solo and you want to get good mileage under your belt.
Stay local - Use your own house as a fuel stop.
An hour (or whatever, dependant upon what you can manage) out north, then back - eat/rest
An hour (ditto) out south, then back - eat/rest
An hour (ditto) out east, then back - eat/rest
An hour (ditto) out west, then back - end/collapse
You can change the order dependant on wind direction, so your later rides aren't too tough, or change the order based on ascent. Obviously if you live by the coast you'll have to get creative, unless you hop on Ollie's aquabike.
That's eight hours (dependant on what time target you've set) so you'll have covered a big distance. You won't have had to carry a load of food. You can top up your bottles between rides. You'll almost certainly, if you've done much training, know the roads you're cycling on. If something goes wrong, you're not that far from home if you need rescuing/taxi. If you simply can't go on when you get to the fuel stop, which is your house, either take a longer rest, or give up - the only person judging you, is you; it's ok to say 'Maybe, not today...'.
The beauty of this system, which I invented so I'm going to call, 'The Isherwood Method TM', is that for solo riders you can have confidence you're not going to get out of your depth, and can bail if it gets too much and you don't have to carry a lot of stuff. Half the time you're cycling home. The worst that can happen is a mechanical an hour out. The Coffee Stop you've promised yourself will *not* be closed. They will have, providing you've planned ahead, exactly what you wanted. You will *not* have to strike up a conversation with someone, whilst you imbibe said coffee, you'll later describe as 'someone I wish I hadn't met'.
The next time, go an hour and a bit minutes, so it'll be longer.
NB This will not be the most exciting and adventurous ride you've done, but possibly your longest - and cheapest!
48 year old overweight dude that started Jan 2021. Cycling help me drop 40lbs and by October I did my first Century (106 miles). So anyone can do it!
Nice work!
62.4 miles - on a Dawes Sonoran on the 23rd May this year. - 40 years on from my previous longest cycle (O' Brian Clubman 10 Racer) & 5 months since my triple heart bypass op. I think that's proved I've recovered well. I'll probably limit myself to 4 hours on the bike per ride and build up my speed instead.
I have done several 100 mile events and training rides, but am prepping for the 150 mile Gravel Locos in May (and have a "trial run" 131 mile gravel race next week). I have definitely learned the trick Ollie discussed of breaking the ride up into manageable chunks. That said, it is still daunting to think about 150 miles on gravel even though I know I have the fitness to do it.
thanks manon
Another Great video. A bit of humor as well. MY furthest ride was 164 miles.
Haha thanks Rick, thatâs quite a way! Congrats
Longest ride - 725km, crossing Portugal on the N2 - North to South with over 8000m elevation in 25h (incl. 1h total breaks), insane, beautiful, amazing and craziest mental experience i had in sports so far
What an awesome ride. Portugal's N2 is certainly a bucket list ride!
First road bike in November last year. 96km planned for Sunday... unless I get tempted to hit 100km for the first time!
My longest: 435 km in ~24 hours, from Paris to St. Brieuc on the UAF PBP in 2006, at the age of 59. We started at 10 pm and rode through, stopping for meals, and kept up a moving average of ~23 kph. My recipe for long rides: 20-minute break every 50k and an hour every 100. Eat meals at normal mealtimes, anything that'll digest easily: your gut is used to eating at these times and will be happier that way. Keep your speed down & husband your reserves. Have both sports drink and plain water on the bike. Carry both sweet stuff - energy bars, drink powder, etc. - and salty: I like mini-salami, which goes very well with crystallized ginger. Put all this in a handlebar bag you can get into without stopping. And have fun.
Hilarious! I am an avid mountain bike rider but I still completely related and appreciated this thing y'all did.. lol. Btw I'm from Austin Tx. USA, now living in Denver, Co. USA. SO YEAH I THINK Y'ALL TALK FUNNY TOO... Just kidding. By just kidding I mean y'all totally talk funny.. đ Loving your videos.. I'm Kelly and I wish you and yours the upmost love and respect.
long-/dark-/cold-est ride: 315km (196,6miles) around Lake VĂ€ttern here in Sweden. usually this "race" is in June but moved to september last year due to "something". Our start time was 21:18 friday night and arrived 17h20min (4h food stops) later. avearge temp was 5'c ( 10'c at the start, -1'c coldest and 17'c at the finish)
252km a few weeks ago with 2280 meters of climbing. 500km single ride on the cards for may đ±
The great thing about cycling is that you can easily do longer rides, just take the pace easy and enjoy it :)