A Classic Ride (That No-one Knows About!)

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Ай бұрын

Every year there is a classic ride here in the UK that few people know about. It's tough, but rewarding with challenging climbs and scenic vistas. The best part, though, it's completely free to ride.
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@user-hi6mw8kx6f Ай бұрын

only recently found your KZfaq channel. Not normally that slow but it took a couple of viewings to realise that the lovely countryside that you ride in is the same countryside that I ride in. Given where you start and finish we are near neighbours. Very informative and interesting programmes. Thanks

@chris101ification Ай бұрын

I’ve ridden that route a couple of times and it’s a beautiful ride.

@davehollingworth5537 Ай бұрын

Nice one Leonardo. Looked like a cracking ride and somewhat more relaxed than others you’ve shared with us. I guess that’s the joy of a randonnee. Thanks!

@danhardisty1 Ай бұрын

What a ride, and with friends! You can't beat that.

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

Thanks Dan, you really can’t.

@nathanwoodruff9422 Ай бұрын

_"What a ride, and with friends! You can't beat that."_ Can't beat the ride or can't beat the friends? Asking as a friend of Leonard's?

@danhardisty1 Ай бұрын

@@nathanwoodruff9422 Hi Nathan. What I meant was, it was a good situation all the way around. I'm not good with words, especially after my stroke. I was happy for Leonard and everyone there.

@2cats4tea79 Ай бұрын

@@danhardisty1 What you wrote was perfectly clear.

@chrisconnors7418 Ай бұрын

I saw the sun at the start and thought, “are you sure you’re on the Isle?” :) Then I saw rain and fog and thought, “that’s the weather I’m familiar with”. I don’t remember much else (was in the 80s) but each pic I have is of us in rain gear every time we went over for three years in a row. That ride looked like fun though. Great shot by Military Hill with the chalk cliffs in the background.

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

I’ve rode it in 30c and sunshine once!

@rob-c. Ай бұрын

Missed the Randonee this year, but have 2 laps of the Island planned for early June. 200km and 2760m of climbing 🙃

@MrCyclist Ай бұрын

Everyone of you riders deserve the best for slogging through such iffy weather. Kudos.

@stevenwilliams7845 Ай бұрын

Looking good, my man keep up the good work. I enjoy watching your footage there.

@johnsmith-ke2sr Ай бұрын

Hi Leonard, I did the IOW Randonnee this year after watching your video from last time. I know you said it was hilly but I think it should be emphasised how hilly. A lot of 9 to 12% climbs, not long but punchy and one straight after another especially after Bembridge to Ventnor. So if you spend say 4 mins climbing and then 2 mins descending you are straight back into climbing again so fairly tough on the legs time after time. Also some fairly obscure roads in places. Try starting at Yarmouth next year and hitting the Military road after 90km lots of fun but as you say perfectly do-able. Thanks for the inspiration though I was delighted to make it on my first Randonnee!

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

Well done. It’s a tough day on the bike.

@gordontyrrall5299 Ай бұрын

Enjoyed that. It looks quite a challenge - even further than the CTCT!

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

Oscar and I were chatting and both agreed it was much harder than the CTCT.

@2cats4tea79 Ай бұрын

Way to go! That didn't look easy, so hearing you say it wasn't as bad as you thought or remembered must mean all of that climbing you've been doing elsewhere is paying off. Alas, it is true: the only way to get better at hills is to do more hills.

@rogerbourne7159 Ай бұрын

Well done once again! Positive mental attitude as always! Roger in Spain 76

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

It was tough.

@anthonyR13 Ай бұрын

A very enjoyable watch. A fine performance, and the IOW looks great for cycling. I've never been there. I need to rectify that soon. Chapeau sir...

@richcrompton6891 Ай бұрын

It looks amazing. I did enter, but sadly couldn’t make it this year so returned my entry. Next year!

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

Maybe next year?

@richcrompton6891 Ай бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo That's the plan! Can't wait! Doing a sportive local to me in September (The Wye Valley Sportive) as a small compensation for missing the Isle of Wight Randonee. I know the roads well, but never linked them up this way. It will be a brutal 85Km with my current old school gearing, so plans are afoot to update my old bike with gearing more suited to my age and ability!

@fittonbikes Ай бұрын

I do it for the enamel badge! Great video and the weather this year was tough.

@reidwagner1508 Ай бұрын

Isle of Wight is an awesome ride. Never done it but looks fun. Countryside is amazing. Nice vertical & mileage

@mortenthenorwegian2875 Ай бұрын

Well done, again!

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

Thanks Morten

@user-ec9ut2qr2s 20 күн бұрын

I have cycled around the IOW, raced there, as a teenager from Milford on a sea, in the 60s. Ridden the 3 routes on FulGaz as a 78 year-young home rider in Ballarat. It’s ain’t that hard mate.

@Mr229357 Ай бұрын

Nice ride 😊👍🏻👍🏻

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

Thank you 👍

@fortesfortunajuvat6782 Ай бұрын

What a great day to spend a day.

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

It was.

@mrewers2316 Ай бұрын

The randonnee is a tough ride as you say. For me the toughest roads are in Cowes. Couldn't make it for the event this year but I'll do it later in the year.

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

Yes, that short 20% section as you come off the seafront at Cowes is really tough.

@crazycrochetlady8900 Ай бұрын

Well done! Great video too! First time for us and we did the 55km on our mountain bikes, certainly in the minority compared to the road bikes. Great ride though, really would like to attempt 100km next year. Did you get the 8am ferry? We were on the 7.20 and had no idea what to expect but it was really enjoyable!

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

I was on the same ferry as you!

@snafujag100 Ай бұрын

Nice one Leonard ✌️

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

Thanks. Glad you liked it.

@bicycleadventures2133 Ай бұрын

Amazed to see the fog! I didn’t have any fog, but did have a smattering of drizzle every now and again. But when I bumped into you at Freshwater, I was nearly finished as I only had to get back to Yarmouth. I can see my bike in your video at Freshwater/Yarmouth stop :-) so I was a bit ahead of you.

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

We had a longish stop in Niton so you probably overtook us. Great to say hello at the stop. Hope you enjoyed the ride.

@derekjolly3680 Ай бұрын

So 7C being 44F, today here was 57F just before 6am. Thermal long shirt, t-shirt, and zip up short shirt worked. Very nice morning ride with nice early sun today. Stayed in 5th gear without a change including for some hills. About the same weather yesterday, except had a run. Been hacking at that again lately. I think I've broken through the bad phase already after having done four. After the 2nd one, my ride the next day was retarded for power and pain. I did that for many years before up to about 13 years ago. Started making sense again being in the 150s instead of the 180s for pounds. Which is funny since I got to 195 at one point by stopping it! So I just need to figure the balance of the one thing versus the other. It feels right. I can't remember ever being on a ferry, excepting once going to that armpit of an island, Viegas Island, in 1984 with my Marine unit. "Climbing or descending". Sounds like where I live for a lot of it. Looked like a fun day there. I think the coolness would of been very advantageous. The views look very nice especially those Dover type cliffs.

@derekjolly3680 Ай бұрын

Commenting to a brick wall as usual.

@A_AAA232 Ай бұрын

strong ride and nice vlog Leonard, captured the day really well - good description of Military Road - its heartbreaking! check out Al and Ant at the summit though :) I was off-road heading to the needles on the trail adjacent to military road - it was grim, couldnt even see the needles with the fog and drizzle so I headed back on the trails :) maybe next year it'll be a sunny Randonnee? - fingers crossed....we are due one!! Aways a great vibe on the island on that day, nice one!

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

Hey Afzal, you were there at the very beginning and then you just disappeared! I was told that you were doing the off raid route so chapeau for doing that. I thin’ it was much tougher than the road route. Fingers crossed for some sun when we do it next year.

@A_AAA232 Ай бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo :) Im always dissapering off-road into the woods on my bike! it was fun on the short section with you and the heading to Wotton and slipstreaming the MTB behind Al - that was my top speed for the day!!...but the plan was always to head to the needles and back using the trails - I should have just headed down to the 3 bishops but I was cold and wet and stuck in a field with Sheep and their lambs in the fog and rain so I just headed back - the road route is a real toughie, well done to everyone who takes it on and big up all the volunteers for turning out and cheering everyone on!

@maxgamboltv9940 Ай бұрын

Man I reallly like your spirit, compared to my cycling channel I can tell you doing great man.

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

I just do my best!

@barrycorney3665 Ай бұрын

I've yet to go over to the island, missus is Pompey born 'n' bred and her brother moved from Portsmouth city to Ventnor a few years ago, last time she was there visiting (after way too many "shants") she fell on one of the steepest streets in Ventnor and literally rolled down it... Never heard of this one, could be an additional reason to pay a visit next year!

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

Definitely a ride to try. Ventnor has an incredibly steep street. I hope that wasn’t the one your wife fell down.

@rob-c. Ай бұрын

The zig-zag road in Ventnor is worth throwing in to any round the island route

@richardtighe671 Ай бұрын

Hi Leonard. Enjoyed the video. One question; how busy/ congested is traffic flow? If I remember correctly many routes on the island are a little narrow. How ‘dangerous’ was the ride in terms of interaction with other road users? Cars, lorries, buses etc?

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

The route is very well signposted; there are separate sighs for the clockwise/ anti-clockwise versions. As for safety the island has fewer cars than the mainland but it’s not completely car fee.

@nathanwoodruff9422 Ай бұрын

Great ride Leonard!

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

Thanks a Nathan. Maybe you’ll join us!

@nathanwoodruff9422 Ай бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo It is on my bucket list Leonard...

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

@@nathanwoodruff9422 Equally, I should try and get to Atlanta sometime.

@nathanwoodruff9422 Ай бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo _"Equally, I should try and get to Atlanta sometime."_ There is a car in my garage that you can stay the night in if you make it to Atlanta.

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

@@nathanwoodruff9422 Sleep in a car?? Blimey I’m not that posh. I’d be like Elon Musk.

@jeffturner8927 Ай бұрын

That looked good. How long does the ferry trip take? I could probably google it but thought I’d get a real world answer. Is it often cancelled due to bad weather?

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

The ferry is about 45 minutes.

@rob-c. Ай бұрын

There is also a faster ferry option too which goes to Ryde. The longer (45 minute) ferries are rarely stopped for bad weather. The hovercraft (no bikes) however do suffer from more frequent bad weather cancellations.

@jonlong42 Ай бұрын

a lot of people dont realise, the isle of wight is a hard ride !!!!

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

It certainly is.

@richybin8677 Ай бұрын

Hi Leonard. Great ride. You have inspired me to start documenting some of my rides, probably short instagrams / facebook vids. With the Insta360 X4 available now would this be your first camera? I notice the shadows of your camera are a different shape on this ride.

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

The X4 is a great camera and ideal for all kinds of shots including instagram as you can change the aspect ratio and framing afterwards. I can definitely recommend it. If you want to do some regular vlogging and more straightforward shots the DJI Osmo Action 4 would be a great choice. The dream team would be to get both!

@richybin8677 Ай бұрын

@jollygoodvelo cheers Leonard

@supersparky4851 Ай бұрын

Huge ride! Looks like a fun time with friends!

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

It was.

@SteveVeitch-jm9xz Ай бұрын

Great ride Leonard. Malta is full of traffic. I've been here for a couple days and have yet to see a cyclist. I will pull out the bike later and see if this is worse than italy. I suspect it will be.

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

I’ve only been to Malta once and the weather was awful. I thought that was why I never saw any cyclists!

@SteveVeitch-jm9xz Ай бұрын

@@jollygoodvelo it's bloody hot here.

@jollygoodvelo Ай бұрын

@@SteveVeitch-jm9xz Lucky you! Cold and overcast here. Have fun.

@roubaix3843 Ай бұрын

Wrong island, pop over to Mallorca!!!

@SteveVeitch-jm9xz Ай бұрын

@@roubaix3843 I can't. I only came here because my 86 yr old mom broke her hip here and needs help until she can return to Canada. I'm here for another couple weeks and am finally going to take the bike out today.