Whats the longest distance you have ever cycled?

l04istanceinstance

222km for me I really want to cycle to Glosh which is in west Mayo Dublin to Glosh hmmm. https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Dublin,+Ireland/Letterbeg,+Glosh,+Co.+Mayo,+Ireland/@53.7806853,-9.3121915,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x48670e80ea27ac2f:0xa00c7a9973171a0!2m2!1d-6.2603097!2d53.3498053!1m5!1m1!1s0x4859a4bcc82145d1:0xb3429524b44b7e97!2m2!1d-10.12147!2d54.10758

l04istanceinstance

I think that break my PB!:)

Atlantic Dawn

95km, just warming up to be honest. Do feel to be able to do more would need a pitstop to unload fluids and reload foods.

daragh_

NamelessPhill will be along soon to make everyone feel inadequate.

Raam

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117791762#Comment_117791762

She sure will! In the meantime, I'll get in there with my 300km :-)

Distance: 301.59km

Moving Time: 11:30:55

Elevation: 2,298m

Weighted Avg Power: 178W

Total Work: 6,400kJ

Avg Speed: 26.2km/h

MaxSpeed: 56.9km/h

Elapsed Time: 12:22:35

Macy0161

Liege Bastogne Liege sportive for me, include the commute to/ from the start/ finish...

275.5km;

4606m elevation;

moving time 12.19;

5826kj burned;

circa 15000 kj consumed in Stroopwafel and liege waffle's;

long term circulation issues due to how cold I got!

positron

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117791762#Comment_117791762

True, NamelessPhil will come along with 4 digit numbers as response.

I thought my Drogheda-Buncrana rides would be my longest in around 220k mark, but strangely enough according to Strava it is the lap of Co. Louth, 216k, 10h55m, 1721m elevation (Clermont Carn) and a crash (into the back of a parked van, doh).

strmin

My longest was Evil 2021. 201 km. Couldn't look at my bike for a few days afterwards.

Alias G

335km across central France on day 13 of transcontinental race. Moving time 14.09.

Wildly Boaring

Ring of Kerry is 170km. That's my longest I reckon

Dr_Colossus

Longest for me in a 24hr period was 420km, Brown Stuff Audax event which must have been 10 years ago now.

Very tough with a lot of climbing and had never done more than 200km prior so cycling during the night on dark country roads was a new experience. Later that summer finished the Red Line/Lane 600km event but that was over 40hrs so managed to get a couple of hours sleep/rest before tackling the final 180km leg

daragh_

Boards Evil 2016 - 290.36 km with 5,641m, followed by the Liege Bastogne Liege Challenge in 2019, 276.53 km with 4,348m.

Longest time on the Bike would be the Race Around Ireland but that doesn't count as it was a relay.

greenspurs

Cycled from Waterford to Killarney - 199km ! (too b0llixed to round it up to 200) 😁

Then did the ring of kerry the next day ..

Morris Garren

247km in the Tour of Flanders sportive; over 10 hours on the road, Paterberg @230+ km was like crawling up a wall carrying a bag of spuds behind me....

ARX

300 km Vätternrundan.

nilhg

613.7km, 3858m in the first Audax Ireland 24hr TT

593.4km, 3949M Mizen to Malin 2015 aim was to do it in less than 24 hours but it finished up closer to 25

Not sure which was harder, and I haven't gone back to do either again, yet anyway......

neris

Back in 2010 about 230km. 15km cycle from home to start of an organised ride in city, 200km ride to finish in same location as start and 15km back home. Wicklow 200 in 2011 2nd longest and not done much over 100km in the last 10 years due to pure laziness and beer

pairofpears

220km on the Royal Canal a few weeks ago. Was walking like an old man after it but would do it again and push for longer distances.

Does anyone bring some extra Chamois cream to reapply during a long ride like a 200km or more spin?

wowy

406km on a lap of Meath (including to & from my house in South Dublin). 15.58 moving, 19.42 total elapsed, and 12k cals. I'm doing all the Leinster counties, and this was the longest, but I had 4 300km+ days too. Just 1 county left, and I can't wait to be done.

@pairofpears yeah, I bring some extra chamois cream for long days. I've been lucky and have avoided downpours, so haven't had to consider changes of kit, etc.

pairofpears

I must get a small tub to put some chamois cream in my saddle bag as the canal spin was a bit hard on me but you live and learn.

Mercian Pro

243km around the Dublin border last September. I usually try to do a couple of 200s each year and hope to keep that up but have no real ambition to get to the 300 mark.

DaveyDave

90km or so a few months after getting a road bike after two years on an MTB. First spin over my usual 40/50km, no gels or anything. Legs were knackered but also bonked. Was around 20km from home and in an urban area so lots of lights, roundabouts etc so couldn't even crawl home.

Done a few 70-80km spins after but nothing major. I usually keep it short, 2-3 hours max.

NamelessPhil

You called? 1430km on London-Edinburgh-London in 2017. https://strava.app.link/0PRHz8aEXib

A couple of 1000km rides ( The Celtic Knot) two Paris-Brest-Paris 1200km (ok the second one I DNF'ed after 1,000) and a Race Around Ireland Ultra 1,065km.

The furthest I've gone in 24 hours is 475km.

I don't get out of bed for less than 200km.😀

Two Audax Ireland lads just finished the Mille Miglia 1,600km Audax in Italy over the weekend.

bmc58

I've pushed a broken down Honda 50 10 miles back home when I was in my youth.Boy it felt like a long way.

meercat

Celtic knot 1000km over 3days. 375km longest day

Wishbone Ash

341km on the 1st July 2015.

One of those great 'unplanned' rides where you just keep going another bit, and another bit, and another bit..... Because it was the 1st of the month, I was no.1 in the world for a couple of hours on the Strava distance challenge (until someone in Japan posted a 600k ride!).

https://www.strava.com/activities/337138881

DeSpudPicker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117792867#Comment_117792867

Class!!! how did you find this event? it is an event i was thinking about doing (prior to covid putting a halt to such travel)

i've done 2 300k cycles. i do a good few 200k cycles but rarely go beyond that point.

Wildly Boaring

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117794706#Comment_117794706

Ah if we can count multiday

I've done the C2C in 2.

St Bees to Whitby - 270km. But we got a bit lost in Yorkshire so was nearer 290 😏

Grassey

198.9km.... did a 200k Audax, missed a turn and ended up shaving a bit off the distance by the time I rerouted... was too beat to be doing laps of the carpark to make up for it at the end🤣

billyhead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117804165#Comment_117804165

I reckon you have a rake of 200 or more Km rides under your belt. For me it was 230km.

Wishbone Ash

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117805330#Comment_117805330

....and a rake of 300+km rides also!

wowy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117792393#Comment_117792393

I went up that Clermont Carn climb on my lap of Louth - came up from the Omeath side, and the descent towards the border and the R132 is one of the hairiest descents I've faced; steep and fast with a brutal surface.

Here was me thinking my 40k the other day was good - I'm only starting!

Seth Brundle

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117809866#Comment_117809866

Some of the above people are simply mad or robots and can keep going for ages. 😎

40km is fine, especially for someone only starting. However, with practice, you'll find that you can go further and faster. It should also be noted that 40km on a mountain bike is a lot more difficult than 40km on a road bike. Some road bikes will be easier to take long distances than others. There are so many parameters.

The most important factor is that you are enjoying it.

dastardly00

For me it was the Tour of Flanders Sportive in 2019 - 232 km in total, 8hr 46min moving time and 10hr 36min elapsed time. I was very much sick of cheap, mass-produced stroopwafels by the end of it (there wasn't a lot of variety at the food stops).

Bombaby1974

When I was around 19/20 I did the Wicklow 200 with little or no build up.

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On a mountain bike.

I did have slicks fitted but still....

smacl

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117810060#Comment_117810060

First time I did the WW200 was on a hybrid with front suspension in terrible weather, brother in-law and another friend did it on 26" hard tails the same day. Longest distance for me was Dublin - Dunmore East taking a scenic route of about 240k on the coast, damn sight easier than a hilly 200.

Macy0161

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117810015#Comment_117810015

I was the total opposite at LBL - I discovered I could fuel entirely on (cheap mass-produced) sugary snacks without any gastro issues! Still buy them as bike fuel in Lidl!

Steoller

about 200km Maynooth to Galway. Haven't tried anything longer, yet.

2 Wheels Good

225km a few weeks ago, West Cork to Killarney the scenic way and back via the county bounds. Slow and steady to see how i'd manage.

Roadtoad

WW200.

This thread could do with an age and bmi or weight modifier, seeing as the bike type has already sneaked in. I was about 50, weighing about 95kg.

Perhaps after the weekend there'll be a new audax contributer or two.

billo516

I did the wicklow 200 three times back in the day. I never made it to the top of slieve maan I am ashamed to say but i put it down to too few gears, but anyway i enjoyed the experience.

saccades

Road bike would be the Wicklow 200 at 205km.

Mountain bike would be 160km over 12 hours with a midnight start (have done longer as 24 pairs but you get lots of rests tbf).

grouchyman

205 kms at the end of July. Took my time and felt good at the end. Might try longer next year.

Planet X

267k.

Dublin-Ballina(Mayo).....when I was younger.

And back two days later. Bank Holiday.

De Bhál

230km

Cycled down to and completed the 2019 Wicklow 200. Got a lift back thankfully as it was spilling rain.

Cabaal

Only ever managed 100km on the bike, but I've managed 160km while running so I'm ok with the bike distance.