A very big congratulations Roy and Wendy👏👏👏🚴♂️🚴♂️ and thank you Roy for the history info along the way it definitely adds character and depth to the videos . 🙂👍
Great video Roy, well done both of you on the Century ride. If you go to Ely again, one place worth a visit is Prickwillow museum, about 3 miles east of Ely, its based in the old pumping station in Prickwillow and tells the story of the drainage of the fens. Also there are still strange people in the fens I'm proof of that🤣🤣
Roy, it sounds as if politicians are the same all over. Wendy, your hubby seems like a very nice chap. It was nice to put a face to someone whom you and Roy mentioned a few times. The two of you certainly had lovely weather to start out. What time of day did you start riding? It's too bad you had to end the ride in the rain. Congratulations Wendy on completing the 100 miles! 🎉 👏👏 Did you eat all the snacks you brought? Terry, good job having the tea ready. 😊 Roy, good decision in accepting the lift back to your place. Back when I was young and more fit, I rode a century or two. Hated it.😢 I couldn't imagine doing one now, even if I still rode a bicycle. These days I would never attempt a ride longer than, say 50 miles riding a trike. 🤔 Lovely video. 😊 I always look forward to seeing a new one popping up on RU-vid. The two of you deserve a nice rest..... until your next video. 😅
The train was at 08:15 and we started riding at 09:37. The total time in the saddle was 8 hours, so getting a little tender in the nether regions by then 😮💨 You will have realised that I introduced Terry at your request. I wanted to mention you by your first name but don’t know it, and it sounds very formal using your surname 🙂. Thanks for a great comment, as usual.
@@RideWithRoy -- My name is Linda. Yes, I sort of guessed that Terry was introduced as a result of my earlier post. Thanks for remembering. This was an exceptionally interesting video, especially your story about lantern men. If you make some of this stuff up, you do a great job. You're a good storyteller. 👏😁
@@wendysheehan2413 -- I did my first bike camping trip many, many years ago. Every time we stopped for a break the others kept telling me to eat a little something. By the end of the trip I'd gained ten pounds! 🥴 Not exactly what I expected to happen. 😅
@LLewis-vu9qf that’s good to know, thanks, Linda. I don’t make any of it up but when I run out of interesting things to include I may resort to making it up 😀
Well done achieving a hundred. Lovely countryside, and the Sir Isaac Newton home en-route is amazing. I know where I'll be headed to ride my first hundred and it won't be where I normally ride, South Wales valleys.
Congratulations. Super cycle. More of Wendy’s soundtrack is required. Wondering if your ‘Road to Nowhere ‘ was a nod to the band Talking Heads? Perhaps a rocker at heart as well as a super cyclist. Well done both.
Well done both - looks like a great day out. As a native of the Lincolnshire Fens, I agree with you about the tedium of cycling in such terrain. Not only are you prey to the wind and to boredom, but I find pedalling for ages in the same gear without freewheeling or getting out of the saddle very tiring. The undulations of the Grantham area are much more enjoyable.
That's interesting , I have heard someone say that about the canal du midi cycle route , I live in what the French call a " low mountain area " ,you are either climbing or descending , hardly zero flat - I long for somewhere flat to cycle , I guess the other man's grass is always greener lol.
Well done both 👍👍🍺🍺 . I remember once cycling in the Fens on a foggy morning, and it was surreal -- you pedalled along a straight road and the view just didn't change, the gradient didn't change, the wind didn't change. You had to look down at the road under your wheels to make sure you were still moving.
Well done Roy and Wendy very nice scenic ride with lovely tracks and roads. Could you please advise on a dec reasonably priced bike camera as having more incidents and close passes i think its time to invest in one. Enjoy your week
Congratulations on completing 100 miles and Very informative information on the Fens! Always a pleasure Roy watching your videos i retired as a night security officer today after 18 years looking after Queen Victorias house on the isle of wight i recieved 3 bottles of single malt Whiskey tools for my bikes and best of all a gold engraved Fob Watch i havent touched the scotch yet! Still staring at that Watch! Maybe ill take it with me on my next ride haha
Well done both. When I heard you were venturing north I did wonder where to, and when I heard Ely, I miss heard it as Edale and my ears perked up thinking you were coming to the Peaks. Then I saw the amount of flat and that quickly went out the window, it must take as much research to find the flat as it does to gain the local knowledge for the lessons; one thing is for sure had it been Edale there wouldn’t have been as much talking 😂
😂😂 no difficulty finding flat in the Fens. My first ever century was into a relentless Fenland wind that went on forever so, as you say, no breath left for talking. And if we ever find ourselves in Edale it will be a very short ride 😀
You both seemed to make that look easy, I'm sure it wasn't! Longer rides sometimes bring on aches and pains . My son is planning to do a 200 km Audax event and he's starting to increase the length of his training rides. He normally doesn't do more than 80 km but recently did 100km and found he had neck pain. He's 6'-3" and it may be because his bike may be a little too small. Being a tall rider he's limited for choice as most of the bike shops here don't have XL in stock so it's tricky to go and try a few out. All credit to Wendy doing 100 miles but she ought to keep up with the singing lessons.😃 Thanks for the video.
Blimey, you’re brave, Colin. She does read these comments 😀 I made the expensive mistake of buying a high end bike that was a bargain price - but also too large for me. It is those long distances that reveal the bike fit issues.
Another enjoyable video, I have been building up the distances I ride on my both me normal bike and my Trek Domane+ AL but I am challenging myself to be able to do a 100 mile ride next year, your fairly flat route looks like a good route for a first attempt, did you just follow Route 63 or use a custom route ? Would be great to use your route experience for a fairly level route if you can share. Keep up the good work with your videos
It was a custom route, Andrew. You wouldn’t need to finish with the hills as we did so it could be even flatter. You just have to watch the wind strength and direction. If you email me at ridingwithroy@gmail.com I’ll send you our modified route.
Thanks, Chris. Im interested in history so do the research before each ride and just give a snippet of info. I can remember this sort of thing but not what I came into a room to look for 😀
I grew up in Peterborough, used to ride six miles a day to school in the 60s on my Carlton Cobra and often went for rides on the type of roads you rode here. The roads and terrain might be a bit boring but the magnificent skies almost make up for it. Great video, where do you mount the camera to get such stable shots?
Well done both. Great effort. Only wish I had a ride partner with such a beautiful singing voice 😂 Roy you lucky fella.... Can I just ask? What would you say is your average speed for a century? A comfortable paced ride I mean. 👍
But you haven’t heard me sing, Andy! But you are right, Wendy is very lucky 😀 Our average on that ride was 12.4 mph, which is mainly due to our need to keep stopping to look at things etc. So that is a comfortable pace for us.
@@RideWithRoy I bet you sound like a cross between Ivan Spencer, opera singer, and Frank Sinatra, like a sort of Frank Spencer then🤔🤣 I ride about the same pace to be honest, 12-15mph average, but ALWAYS seem to be into a head wind. Plus, Kent is a bit lumpy in places. Take care Roy, pass on my best wishes to Sandy Shaw, oh, sorry, Wendy 😂👍
Yes, that’s exactly what we were told. It doesn’t relate to all trains as we have two booked to Edinburgh in May. We are so far behind with all things cycling, despite all the government shouting about sustainable travel.
Hi Roy / Wendy - follow up question. I own a RC 500, the Sora version of the RC 520 you used to own. I currently run marathon plus 28mm, but want to increase width to 35mm or 38mm to cushion my butt as I increase my ride distance. (c100k at the moment). I’ve ordered Hutchinson 700x38s but realistically only do about 10% of my time on proper Roman road/ very rough farm/ byway tracks. What tyre type and size would you recommend for the distances I go, bearing in mind variation of terrain and distance? Thoughts welcome! I think you run marathon still?
Thanks, Martin. I’m running Schwalbe G One Allround 38mm tubeless and these work very well for me on the 80:20 road:track riding we do. Although expensive, the Redshift suspension seatpost will make a huge difference to your comfort and a purchase you won’t regret. My discount code will also help on price.
@martinreed9264 My commute bike is also a Triban RC520, I'm reasonably sure I saw somewhere the maximum tyre width is 32mm with mudguards and 35mm without. For some of my longer rides, including bike packing trips, I use a Ribble CGR on which my tyre of choice is 30mm Schwalbe G-One Speed, a very comfortable combination and so far very capable on both road and reasonable bridleways etc. I also have a set of wheels for the Ribble with 40mm G-One Allrounds fitted, used on a couple of bike packing trips, equally capable for my type of riding albeit slightly more suited to the bridleway type of surface than road.
@scotgray6093 certainly will. Just drop me your contact details to ridingwithroy@gmail.com and we can fix something up. On another subject, I’m working on a long distance route that I hope will compete with the other big CUK routes. If you fancy testing out some of it in your area then just let me know and I’ll send the gpx.
