Best Ride Of The Year : Yorkshire Dales 200 km

#cycling #yorkshiredales #yorkshire #oakleyjawbreaker
Cold, clear., sunny conditions.
Ideal for a non-repeating, Dales-bound superloop.

[@lindajesse8250]

Hey, take a break! Allow us to enjoy the view. Thanks for this. Safe travels.😊❤

[@clippingin1593]

Good idea! There's so much to take in. I sometimes forget to look at the road!

[@Tarmaccyclocross]

Having just been out and sitting down with a cup of coffee watching you going up the climbs it made my legs ache even more 😫🤣

[@clippingin1593]

Haha - I made hard work of the big climb at 75 miles but these days come around sometimes. Hopefully it won't slow down your recovery too much!

[@Langers.]

Always look forward to your video's. Some great scenery in the dales 🙂🚴

[@clippingin1593]

Thanks ! The dales never disappoint and I've got a long list of rides for the next few months, including some train-out/ride-home linear routes.

[@andrewshore9709]

Very inspiring to watch such a great ride 💪

[@clippingin1593]

Thanks Andrew. It's a beautiful place for cycling and at long last the weather was good.

[@jdsenior74]

What a ride you must be as fit as a fiddle, some lovely views on the way a great ride that one, well done and look forward to the next video !!!!

[@clippingin1593]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed this dramatic sweep through the dales. It's my longest ride since June last year and I was feeling it a bit, but nowadays I just knock 1-2 mph off and enjoy the countryside. With a little luck I'll be getting out to different parts of limestone country over the coming weeks.

[@trevorhalstead442]

Great ride well done

[@clippingin1593]

Thanks, Trevor. Almost 4 months since I did this circuit! The dales rarely disappoint.

[@andrewc948]

A great day out on the Yorkshire roads. Thanks for taking us along Gordon.

[@clippingin1593]

Thanks Andrew. It was a real treat to be pedalling through that countryside. I know the area well but I was still marvelling at the views and changing landscapes.

[@69nisab]

Amazing ride. Well done.

[@clippingin1593]

Thanks. It's an old favourite circuit which I'd do at Easter, usually on the Saturday or Sunday after a Good Friday race. I'm a lot slower nowadays but the countryside never disappoints.

[@mattjohn7700]

Fantastic video ,going to watch it again.

[@clippingin1593]

Thanks Matt, it was a grand day to be out. I was still tired from Tuesday's 6 Hrs MTB but this was too good to miss. The clarity of light was incredible in the dales - difficult to keep my eyes on the road as I dropped into Wharfedale.

[@treyquattro]

I did too

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

Incredible narrow roads Tuf climbs cars etc. My days are done with this loved it 🚲🚴✔️

[@clippingin1593]

It's such a varied circuit starting in an industrial city, taking in picture-postcard villages, and then passing through limestone country. I restarted cycling just over 2 years ago and it all feels like a bonus nowadays.

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

Tks

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

All the best GT comeback hopefully now Spring

[@hiworldstephensonultranate290]

Wow Very Tuf Going n to watch Well Done

[@clippingin1593]

Thanks again.

[@shaunwhiteman6028]

Great ride, well done

[@clippingin1593]

Thanks, Shaun. Another glimpse of spring and the dales looked great for it.

[@KM-wl1tp]

I think you're an inspiration to people to get out on their bikes 👍

[@clippingin1593]

Many thanks, that's lovely. A lot of people described the pre-Christmas series of Sub 2 Hr rides as inspirational, which I was thought was wonderful. This one's 200km but there can be as much joy to be found in a 40 km outing. I often say that 'the best ride' is the one you're doing now or the one you're going to do next.

[@KM-wl1tp]

@@clippingin1593 absolutely 👍

[@onemorecyclist]

What a ride that was! Much kudos, Gordon. Amazing views of Buckden Pike dead ahead and that's another road from one of your videos added to the list to go and try sometime! Couldn't agree more having the opportunity and health to get out on the bikes is a gift! 🙂

[@clippingin1593]

Kidstones is a classic with some incredible views as you plunge into Wharfedale - you'll definitely enjoy it. Climbing Fleet Moss in the direction you did last summer then going down Wensleydale to Aysgarth for Kidstones makes for a real grimpeur's circuit

[@treyquattro]

massive effort! Well done.

[@clippingin1593]

Cheers Trey. Great conditions (just a bit cold) and one of those circuits which has a bit of everything. I had to give it a bash and I'm really glad that I did.

[@treyquattro]

@@clippingin1593 words to live by about being thankful for health and fitness and ability to ride bikes!

[@clippingin1593]

@@treyquattro I think when we're training for objectives then we often look-through individual rides as they become sessions and building blocks in modules. That's certainly how I was in the 90s & 00s, but after my accident and several years of being unable to ride at all, I somehow came back in early '22 and now I try to make the most of every outing, long or short.

[@michaelthorp2867]

Great video, an idea for a rainy day video planning and navigating route, you make it look so effortless, thanks again.

[@clippingin1593]

Thanks Michael, it's great countryside and I'm sure there are all kinds of variations to be found. There are so many hidden gems in that area.

[@DuncMcNutt]

Well done on that 200km ride Gordon! I can't believe you had fingerless gloves on, it's still freezing up here. Blummin eck', I haven't ridden past Kirkstall Abbey for about 35 years! Nice route it seemed.

[@clippingin1593]

Last Saturday started with a frost and it stayed cold for most of the day. My hands don't feel it though - even in my mountaineering days I could thin inner gloves at -10 C whilst my mates were struggling in huge mitts. I'm very prone to 'ice-cream headaches' though, that's why I hardly ever ride with just a helmet. It has to be 20-25 C for me to ditch the cap.

[@barrygraham7598]

God bless brother 🙌🏼 should never be taken for granted. Safe journeys your a gent. Love your content 😊 from Northern Ireland 😊

[@clippingin1593]

Thanks Barry. It's too easy nowadays to let rides be defined by 'data' and lose sight of the sheer beauty and simple joy which cycling can deliver. Glad you're enjoying the videos

[@andygolborne5747]

Some brilliant roads . That climb out of Bishopdale is "fun" but it's amazing on the top there and wort it for the Kidstones descent and the run down through Wharfedale..

[@clippingin1593]

Cheers Andy. I like the way this circuit develops with the picture postcard villages on the edge of the York plain giving way to dales high country. I once did an extended version via Aysgarth & Hawes then up Widdale to Ribblehead - takes it to 150 miles but it's a stunner.

[@davidfrench909]

Another great video, 8hrs ride in April finishing with your usual climb out of Keighley back up to Queensbury. Chapo

[@clippingin1593]

The dreaded Flappit Well climb never gets any easier, although it's a little quieter now that the recycling centre has closed. It was a great day out though - cheers David.

[@michaeldenton2581]

A Classic 200 Gordon 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻…taking in some of the splendour of our wonderful Yorkshire Countryside. I’ve always preferred climbing Kidstones from the Buckden side tho rather than West Burton (it’s easier…ish in comparison 😆). A word of warning, never call it “Mash..ham” I once got a right telling off by a little old lady in the co-op there. It’s always pronounced “Mass..ham” 😇

[@clippingin1593]

Cheers Mick. The wind gusted on that part but I said " You can call it Mash-am if you want, but everyone will laugh at you" 😁 Kidstones is a classic from either direction but I think you're right about the Buckden side, although there's that final steep cruncher after the bend. My main reason for doing this circuit anticlockwise is so that I'm crossing Leeds when it's quiet.

[@gordontyrrall5299]

Really enjoyed that - I know many of these roads,being from Embsay and living in Leeds - but I never ride them all in one go😂

[@clippingin1593]

Cheers Gordon. Being a dalesman you'll know just how wonderful the countryside is. I'll have to go over to Embsay from the Barden side later this year - should make for a good video feature.

[@gordontyrrall5299]

@clippingin1593 yes, there's a long ascent from Barden to Eastby fell - I've ridden it the other way,with an equally steep bit out of Eastby. Have you done Norwood Edge? Near Otley - you'd love that.

[@clippingin1593]

@@gordontyrrall5299 Norwood Edge is a classic from that direction. We'd continue to the Sun Inn then either turn L over the reservoirs and head to Askwith via Snowden, or keep straight on to Pateley and more hills! Great cycling country.

[@toddfield4744]

Belter of a ride Gordon. Hope the recovery was kind to you

[@clippingin1593]

Thanks Todd. I'll be a bit flat for a few days but it was a cracking day out. My feet got a bit nipped in the cold air, that'll teach me to use summer shoes in April 😃

[@maxgamboltv9940]

Very inspiring, I make similar videos you doing great man🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@clippingin1593]

Awesome. It's truly a great pastime.

[@gmivisualsjason3729]

200km! Wow just wow......... Don't you get lonely? I must confess part way into the 100km ride I did a few days ago I was actually wanting someone to chat to!

[@clippingin1593]

Cheers Jason. That's an interesting point - I suppose I've been doing these rides for so many years that I have an internal jukebox and monologue-generator to fill in the gaps. Still, when I'm doing video-rides I'm engaged in a pseudo-conversation with the viewers so there's very little sense of isolation.

[@blaze1148]

Gordon chats to us 😉

[@williamuhren5639]

Well done Gordon, god's country is looking good in the spring. Nice bit o' grinding up that pass. Keep going, keep them coming.

[@clippingin1593]

@@williamuhren5639 Thanks, William. At last we're getting some better weather, although the cold air-stream has triggered chilblains.... in April!

[@blaze1148]

What nutrition regime do you use.....[haven't watched the vid. yet] - 200km - very impressive !!

[@clippingin1593]

I set off with 1.75 L of electrolyte and around 300 gm solid carb ( 2 x lg flapjacks, 2 cereal bars, Kendal Mint Cake). That's my standard ration for up to 100 miles. At 91 miles I called at the SPAR shop for 1 L Fanta, a couple of Mars Bars and some jelly babies. All fluids used before getting home but I had some leftover food.

[@blaze1148]

@@clippingin1593 Nice - thanks for the info. 👍- again extremely impressive ! I've done x2 100+ milers this year [one last week up to Bristol - 104miles 6978 elevation and a 100 miler to Minehead today] - all prep. for CTS 205 miler in June....really feeling these hundreds but the 205 miler is relatively flat so hopefully be ok for me.....ramping up the distances next month 😉

[@clippingin1593]

@@blaze1148 You're being thorough so you'll be fine on the big day. Iron out your personal feeding preferences & quirks well in advance, same with clothing, riding positions etc. Try a dry-run over 140-150 miles and treat it as seriously as CTS, but make sure you leave plenty of time to recover. Recovery from ultra-distance can be unpredictable. I raced 12 Hr time-trials in the 2000s and gradually learned what worked for me and how different it was to racing sub-4 Hr 100s

[@blaze1148]

@@clippingin1593 Excellent tips - thanks 👍