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Bike: Chameleon
Distances: 35 and 12 miles respectively

Well, I think that’s it. A pretty crap year for riding. Distance, it’s my best for 2 years (and truth be told, I only did more than this in 2005 because I got paid to ride from Inverness to london), so actually the biggest mileage year I have on record. Fun miles though, probably one of the worst. Not very many offroad rides at all and certainly not many mountain bike miles. A quick look suggests I did pretty much everything on cross bikes or road bikes.

So, 2009 will be different. PLan is many mountain bike rides. Maybe road rides in the week to keep the fitness up but mountain bikes at weekend even if it’s local. I have plans to ride in wales and the lakes (different routes each time) 5 times each at least, plus I’m definitely going for the triple century in 2009. Road I think, offroad like my double would be a bit hard to accomplish. 300 miles on a road bike though, will be as dull as fuck. Just think, do a hundred and know you’ve got to do it twice again….. eek. I reckon about 20 hours riding to be honest (and even that is pretty fast), which is a long time in the saddle. Plus it has to be as flat as possible….

We’ll see. Anyway, emphasis on more fun, so that’s an optional.