Looks bloody great that; looking into it 
He is mental; thatās established fact
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I wonder if I can swing a weekend away when the babyās ~4 months 
(And if I can maintain enough fitness to survive that)
Aye right very good - considering the amount of climbing youāve been doing of late I would think this is a mere trifle 
Does look good Ben - could turn out to be an AA cycling bakeoff 
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I looked into routes for cycling down
Just what I was thinkingā¦
Cycleoff I shouldāve said of course
That would be brilliant
Iāll need to actually help with the baby this time round if I want to bank sufficient brownie points to get a weekend away when itās 4 months old
Dan just having a look at the elevation issue - I forgot the Garmin 200 doesnāt use barometric readings so I guess thereās a few issues at play. Elevation drift over the length of ride and bad weather are definitely an factor.
I found this post on mtbr regarding this issue -
Yeah, Iām suspect of the elevation corrections of both sites.
"Hereās the recent 30mi ride I was talking about:
Running that same file through Topofusionās Climbing Analysis yields the following table:
TopoFusion: 2430 ft
Straight GPS: 2463 ft
Straight DEM: 3205 ft
Maptech: 1004 ft
TopoUSA: 3360 ft
Training Center: 1577 ft
Custom Algorithm: 2430 ft "
I ran my GPX file through the same software and got the following results
TopoFusion: 6527 ft
Straight GPS: 9450 ft
Straight DEM: 20052 ft
Maptech: 11913 ft
TopoUSA: 22582 ft
Strava/Garmin: 6536 ft
Custom Algorithm: 6536 ft
So I guess the lesson here is donāt get hung up on elevation data. One good thing is that Topofusion software is quite nifty.
Iād go with the TopoUSA value
Good speed for that amount of climbing. Not great, but pretty good
Most of that is in the first 70 miles and certainly felt like it - I was knackered by the time I got to Killin but recovered and felt surprisingly ok at the end and we made up time in the second 70 mile.
I feel like a burst couch today however as I think Iāve got some sort of bug - and itās my weekend in work - smashinā
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I like the look of TopoUSA! Could knock of that Everest quick smart
Like you say nothing to get hung up on, itās only ever a guide. My Garmin falls to bit on elevation at the slightest rain. I find the Strava correction helpful when the uploaded data says 100m not the 1000m it should read.
Good to see you got it sorted.
On the bright side you can recover at work ready for some more miles next week (:
Had to bail from work as I feel bloody awful - didnāt have the energy to cycle home and felt a bit light headed as well so rather than risk a spill in rush hour traffic I opted for the train home. 
Get well soon Allan, frustrating when one minute you feel like a god, indefatigable, the next dragged down by an invisible microbe.
Yup. My plans for a final 100 miler of the year have been ruined by the first proper cold in a good while
Iāve not done a whole lot of riding this week because i was taking it easy ahead of the big one
I did however ride with pro cyclists on a corporate jolly, and manage to change tyres without tyre levers (which always mystified meā¦the wonder of youtube sorted that though!)- so two cycling achievements ticked off this week
Itās flu. All the signs point to it.
For the first time ever last week I perfectly indexed my gears, from scratch. Also thanks to You Tube.
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http://midsummerbeerhappening.co.uk/cycle-sportive/
@spacehopper fancy this one? I like the fact itās associated with a beer festival
That looks good - would need to be an overnighter thoā as itās a long drive for my mate before and after and we could avail ourselves of the ales too.