Road Cycling Vlog: A Tough Day On The Isle Of Wight
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- Road Cycling Vlog: A Tough Day On The Isle Of Wight.
The day finally arrived. It was time for me to put up or shut up.
If you have been watching the road cycling vlog on my youtube channel you will know that one of my cycling goals every year is to ride an event called the Isle of Wight Randonnee. This cycling event takes place on the Isle of Wight here in the UK and is, essentially, a bit like a cycle sportive or a Gran Fondo.
There are two rides; the short one at 55kms and the full one at 110kms. The route itself is quite challenging as you are either climbing or descending. There are very few flat roads on this ride!
Because my cycle training has not been going well so far this year I have my doubts about being fit enough to ride the long route. My initial thought is to ride the short one but, who knows, I may just have a moment of madness and end up riding the long one instead. I did this last year only to end up being extremely tired at the end.
Wish me luck with the ride.
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That was like a mini documentary, great stuff. 😀👍
Glad you liked it.
Yes. He does great work
"But who knows, I may have a moment of madness" - I love this statement and I agree with it 100%
Kudos to you 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾! What a great accomplishment. Self doubt can be our worst enemy. I’m glad you pushed through.
Thanks Shelley, it certainly can. I think we can all do with believing in ourselves a bit more.
well done Leonard your an inspiration. I'm getting my fitness up little by little for some long September rides.
An Irish fan.
Hi Maurice, glad you are enjoying the channel. Good luck with your rides in September.
Maurice completely agree. Leonard inspires and provides pertinent information.
Absolutely fantastic & inspiring!
Glad you liked it.
hi, love the vlogs. i think you do a great job of giving a clear step by step explanation to us as viewers. i think this is accessible to both novices and experts. keep up the good work. you obviously are keen. looking forward to the next one!!
I truly appreciate your channel. Thank you. Sending love all the way from South Korea.
Nice one. Bloody good job!
Thanks Luke.
We just did our first 50K. It wasn't on smooth pretty roads . It's a island in Nova Scotia. The "paved" road had pot holes in it big enough to completely engulf the bikes. We had to climb " the wall" twice The first climb was on a new road which was supposed to be gravel It was gravel for a few hundred meters then it was hiking with the bikes for another 4k. We had a lot of fun. We are both overweight and retirement age. We did have fun but next time I'll go longer route and take the kinda sorta paved road across the wall. I used a refurbished Trek 7000 and my husband a MTB from Canadian tire that he rebuilt. Our living room is starting to look suspiciously like your garage.
Great job, Leonard! I did my first 100K of the year on the same weekend. Thanks so much!
Congratulations!
Great video! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching.
ExPat Brit MTB Biker (68 yr old) living in the Philippines! Love your blog! - Great effort for a youngster well done! He He
Good on you Leonard for giving the longer ride a crack! Chapeau that man :)
I rather enjoyed it in the end!
Well done Leonard and thanks for brilliant vlog on this..It was fantastic to watch 👍👍👍👍
Glad you liked it.
Congratulations on a great ride and your best documentary yet. I also did the IOW Randonee and found it to be a great experience. I'm very grateful to the volunteers who ran the event, I'm sure they raised huge sums for charity. Also to the people who live on the IOW for their patience & support while their roads are gridlocked with bicycles for the day. The Isle of Wight is a beautiful, challenging but safe place to ride. Thanks for your efforts with the video 😀
Fantastic achievement and great video production. I really enjoyed watching this and feel inspired to give this ride a go next year. See you there!
Yo Leonard!! Hello from Los Angeles. U da man!! Love what you're doing here. Stay with it, we need ya!!!
Hi Shawn, glad you are enjoying the channel.
Great job Sir! I've watched your vids and I must admit they are very inspiring. Thanks!
Thanks for watching, Rodney.
Yep, it’s like being on spot. Great job indeed
Well done Leonard and everyone who took part, that was amazing! The weather was lovely in the UK this time last year..what a huge difference to this year.
It was 30 degrees last year. Where did the sun go?
Brings back some great memories from the day. Well done Len - great achievement on completing the full route after all your doubts in the build up to the day. Already looking forward to next year!
Thanks for coming, Paul and for all the help filming. I’ll hold you to it again next year! Well done you for completing it too.
Good showing Leonard. Well done.
Thank you.
Yay 😁 Really enjoyed watching this on my TV. Well done Leonard for completing the long route. It made me smile and I gave you a thumbs up 👍 at the TV when you said “I’ve got this”. It’s an amazing feeling which is why we love cycling.
Thanks Heidi, it is indeed! Good luck with the Birmingham Velo ride on Sunday and Happy Birthday!
Congrats. Ive not been on the I.O.W since the 70s , thanks for the trip down memory lane. Hats off to you.
The ride, the video, and even the commitment to reply to the hundreds of comments: A job very well done! All this coming from an islander living abroad and missing the island that little bit more now!
Thanks George. I feel if people take the trouble to watch and comment the least I can do is reply, even if it’s only a short one. I had a few too many to reply to last week but I hope to put that right.
Well done for the riding and the great vlog! 😀
Good effort Leonard, nice Trek you have.
Well done, Leonard. I never doubted you! This video was the cheering-up medicine I needed.
Thanks Robert. Glad to hear that I have cheered you up.
Woo hoo! You rock Leonard! What an amazing day and a fantastic achievement.
It was a great day!
That was a wonderful ride!! Well done!!
I'll be sticking @ your channel.
Glad you are enjoying the channel.
Thanks for an interesting and nicely done vlog.
Great video. An Inspiration. I'm going IOW June 18 can't wait. Thank you for your video loved watching it
19:16 yellow jacket. This would be me after that ride. 🥴 Thanks for taking us along.
Just recently found you on you-tube. I have enjoyed watching your videos very much. Well done on this long ride. You are inspiring me to get out on my bike and enjoy the outdoors. Cheers!
Well done, looked like a good day out!
Seem to be watching your videos out of order, but that was inspirational.
Great ride and wonderful video. Thank you Leonard!
Thanks Thomas.
Very good documentary. Makes me want to do next year's 👍
Great stuff! Congratulations on the completed ride. Once more, long rides are more of a head game than anything 👍.
I agree that mindset has a big role to play when it comes to long rides but, believe me, it can also be down to good old fashioned fitness sometimes.
Success!! very well done, glad you went for the long route, looks like it was worth the extra effort, great video again
It was definitely worth it.
I think you are a stronger rider than you give yourself credit for. Not sure how far you rode in "miles" but seems a good distance. My furthest ride was 100 miles after only a year of riding. Trek FX 7.3..and Of course I wore normal everyday clothing "tshirt,long sleeve shirt,thick zip up hoody and a yellow vest.Sweat pants,couple pairs of socks,tennis shoes..It was quite cold out..AND talk about hills..good lord!!! It was big hill after big hill after big hill the whole dang way.AND then we turned around and did all again back home..lol..and by "we" i mean myself and a lady that is 20 years older than myself. AND she was leaving me on every hill..haa!!..didnt care though. It was the challenge i was after. Keep going Leonard!!
Great ride and video. Well done Sir!
Well done Leonard, congratulations on a great ride. Love the cinematography, interesting, informative and engaging
Thanks Christopher.
Brilliant, well done 👍
Fantastic! Well done! And you can see the improvement which is always nice.
Not sure I’ve improved but it’s certainly a place to start.
Great video Leonard! Thanks again for showing the tough side of bicycle riding.
Thanks Nathan, glad you liked it.
Great video. Love your drone shots, music, shots and commentary
I still think that your ketones video should have given you some ideas about trying this low carb strategy to enhance your power
Like i said before, now I can do 3-4 hr bike ride on just water/electrolytes + pacanes at 63 yrs old and maintaining a 28-30km average
For 40yrs, i loved carbs but now I have discovered a new nutrition strategy not just focused on weight but also on avoiding diseases
it surely gave me an idea to do the ride next ride since we live in Spain
How many grams of pecans would you eat on a 120km ride?
Probably 60gr of pacanes pacanes easier to digest and more energy
Spectacular, what a great video. Well Done!
Thanks David.
Bravo Leonard! A great achievement to start the season and a great video.
Thanks Elsie.
Good on you Leonard!!!! :-)
What an excellent ride, good choice on bike, a better fit feeling bike much more important in my humble opinion...
Brilliant!!
If the bike fits it’s so much easier to ride.
Congratulations!👍🏻
Well done, awesome effort. Great video. Thanks Steve. 👍
Thanks Steve.
Fantastic job mate! i now have another ride on my bucket list. I hope I can join you and your friends if I manage to get across the pond again sometime soon. Keep up the great videos and your encouragement. You are an inspiration to all cyclists! Thank you!
You would be very welcome to join us.
Thank you for inspiring me to do more
Great work, you made it look easy. Great footage of the event. Must get on the the island this year, looks great.
Give it a go. I'm sure you'll love riding on the island.
Awesome well done and thanks for sharing.
Thanks.
Nice to see the ride to the Strava data! Good for you that the far route felt a lot easier this time than last year. Congrats on finishing more easily! I think that's one of the rewarding things about cycling: even with set-backs due to illness, job, family commitments, crappy weather etc. that might keep you off the bike for a week or two - even after breaks you always see you're getting stronger, faster or the same segment just feels easier than only 3 months ago... 💪🏻
Weather sounds pretty much identical to over here, unfortunately (+ a few hours of rain here pretty much every day). It's really a travesty for going into mid-May. Spring and summer temperatures are very overdue!
It really is amazing how we are getting virtually the same weather. It really should be warmer for this time of year.
Great ride Leonard, thanks for sharing.
Thanks Dick.
You made a cold day look Beautiful. Excellent video and your videos help me to stay on my bike. Thanks
Its a beautiful place to ride.
Well done Leonard. Great highlights of IOW . Brings back memory’s 👍
Thanks. What are your memories of the island?
leonardmlee we rode it recently with the FCC. It was sunny and only a bit windy near the needles. A fantastic day out 👍
Great video. I am inspired to go for a century this year.
That was very inspirational. Well done Leonard.
Thanks Stephen.
Inspirational ride and video Leonard, great effort.
Thanks Glen.
Really well done 👍👍👍
Great ride, great route, congratulations on your ride.
Thanks Ernie.
Excellent! I'm so glad you did the long route. =)
Me too. I surprised myself.
Well done Leonard to be able to go that far beyond your comfortable distance and produce an informative and entertaining video of the ride is a great achievement congratulations
Thanks Frank.
Delighted for you - great stuff!
Thanks.
Got me motivated to try and go a bit further everytime. Cheers!!
Smashed it! Enjoyed the vlog, well done Leonard. 👍🚴😎
Thanks Mike.
Beautiful ride. Thanks. Reminds me of my younger days. I only ride mt. bikes now because riding on the road here in the US scares me.
Haha! Too many choices Leonard. I never sleep well the night before a feature ride. Back onto bike fit, I have a "few" bikes, had three bike fits from different "fitters" and the last was by a physiotherapist (best). But no matter how I try and mimic the sizes from one bike to the other they just ride differently, feel different and have different levels of comfort. Drives me nuts so I tend to stick with the one that feels the best despite it not being the one I like to be seen on.
Thanks for the video again. The ride looks good.
Anyway, safety first, fun second.
Well done on the ride, fantastic video editing skills and really informative ;-)
Thanks.
Wow well done ! Looks like a great ride mate!
It was. Shame it’s been cancelled for this year.
OMG! I thought this was going to take place over several days! I am completely shocked and amazed that you did this in 5 hrs and 33 min! Well done!
See you there next year!
Chapeau, Leonard! Good stuff on your part! I did the long route 4 years ago - and Military Road is as hard as you mention! The weather can be pants but when the sun does emerge, what a stunning place to ride. You've inspired me to think I should do next year's ride! Cheers!
You should ride it. It’s a great event.
I love your positive attitude, mate!
Thanks.
Congratulations Leonard, we'll done and a great video.
Thanks Monty,
Well done Leonard. And a damn well made video too.
Thanks John, I try my best.
I’m lucky to live on the island and this was my 4th randonee. Brilliant vlog the best one by far I’ve watched. New subscriber ☝️
Thanks for the sub, Andrew. It’s a great event and a great place to ride.
Well rode Leonard, you should be pleased with that effort. Great doc. too.
Thanks John.
I really enjoy your low key yet insightful comments. I am 70 and restarting my cycling. Building my base right now. I gave up the office for the bikes recently.
Enjoy your cycling.
Fantastic stuff, Leonard!
Thanks Charlie.
Inspiring dude you are. SUBSCRIBED
I appreciate the sub.
Well done, looked a challenging course . Do hope we are able to enjoy some similar events later this year 🙏🏽
Fingers crossed. Sadly not this IOW ride: the 2021 ride was cancelled in November
Brilliant video
Excellent Leonard. Congratulations on making it around buddy, you done good. So much so, you have inspired me to make it a challenge for next years event, I have already contacted my cycling chum and asked her to put it on her calendar. Thanks mate, great video as always. 😊
Thanks Robert. Let me know if you do ride it next year. Perhaps we will see each other on the way round.
@@jollygoodvelo I sure will. Thank you. 🙂
Great vlog mate , loving the channel bud
Thanks Wayne
Well done congratulations on the long route.
Thanks.
Some ride that mate - well done!
Well done on completing that distance. I maxed out on only 52 kms last year but suffer from leg cramps quite a lot. My trike is about 5 times the weight of a racing bike so can't complain.
Well done Leonard, knew you could do it!😎🇦🇺👍
Thanks Stephen.
Inspiring!!! 👍
Good job!
Thanks.
Well done Leonard lookin good mate. Great documentary.
Thanks Allan.
That was easy, kudos my friend. You deserve a piece of cake.
Thanks Mervin. I wouldn't say it was easy but it was nowhere near as hard as I had anticipated. I deserved several.
Great job Leonard. Really enjoyed your video. I have lived on the island my whole life and have done the randonnee many times, but always on my mountain bike.. Got back in to road biking again in 2014, but for one reason or another haven't done the ride on skinny tyres. Your video has inspired me to sign up for 2021 (hopefully it will take place), and enjoy that fantastic route once again.
Thanks. 👍👍👍
Sadly, the organisers have already cancelled the 2021 edition but I plan on riding it at roughly the same time. If we are free to ride together, I hope to do it with some of the subscribers. You would be very welcome to join us.
@@jollygoodvelo ....... That sounds like a plan. Would be very keen to do this. Thanks for the offer. 👍
@@kevinbennett437 Stay tuned to the channel. Once I know a bit more, I will announce it.
And I will try to ride everyday when the weather cools down I love riding never expected it like your videos
This is awesome, definitely inspired me to sign up for an event next year!
Maybe see you there!
Well Done Leonard - great achievement, and a really good video. The drone shots at the beginning were amazing !
I have to say that you do look a lot more comfortable on the Trek rather than the 'Dale.
Good Choice.
I’m going to try and transfer the position from the Trek to the Cannondale.
Brilliant. Doing the longer route kudosses Leonard. 👍
Thanks.
I like the journey very much ❣️
Greetings from Egypt 💪
Thank you!