{"id":738,"date":"2015-01-14T07:57:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T07:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/77.104.180.154\/~andrewdo\/blog\/?p=738"},"modified":"2017-09-20T11:31:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T11:31:10","slug":"unplanned-maintenance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2015\/01\/14\/unplanned-maintenance\/","title":{"rendered":"Unplanned maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"
As I said in my last post<\/a>, when I signed up to Ride 999<\/a> I assumed that the big challenges would be achieving the sponsorship goals<\/a> and getting enough miles on the bike to be fit enough for the ride. What I didn’t factor in whatsoever was the amount of bike maintenance that will be required in the run up to the event.<\/p>\n

I’ve ridden just over 2,000 miles since I bought my bike 18 months ago. The London Revolution and Ride 999 add up to a total of approximately 1,100 miles in the space of just over two weeks. Between now and the start of the London Revolution there are about 17 weeks. If (and it’s a bit of a big ‘if’!) I can stick to the advice and try to be doing 100 miles a week in training now or very soon, ramping up to 200 closer to the event this will add up to 2,000 miles in training alone. That’s a daunting amount of miles and will take its toll on the bike.<\/p>\n

@riderstuart<\/a> has been very kind in giving me a list of things I need to plan for. I’ve also added a few of my own. They are:<\/p>\n