"Tim Hall" <[email hidden]>
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Quoted message said:Anyway, the big question is, how far should we realistically expect
them to cycle on either day? I'm a bit out of touch on the level
of
Quoted message said:fitness of young people these days, and as a keen cyclist myself,
wouldn't flinch (too much) at what Joe Public might consider a Long
Way. However I have very little off road experience, which will
also
Quoted message said:be a factor.
For the SDW section, I'm thinking of 15 - 20 miles. Does that
sound
Quoted message said:reasonable? For the Downslink (much flatter part) I'm thinking
about
Quoted message said:the same, maybe more. I think the key will be not to go too fast,
take pleanty of breaks and keep them fed and watered.Your thoughts, as ever, are welcome.
My rules of thumb for *on road* riding is you would ride about 4
times as far as you would want to walk. However, hills affect more
when cycling. For walking the traditional, Naismith's rule is, I
think 1000' of elevation equals about 1 extra mile (200m = 1 km) For
riding it's more like 100'= 1 mile (20m= 1km).
I don't have a conversion factor for off road. Double the effort?
Chalk is pretty good if not too rutted, and not slippery from the
wet.
A twenty mile day would be, say, four 5 mile segments, each an hour
long, between refreshment stops. That sounds reasonable
Jeremy Parker