My longest ride yet! Attempting to cycle from London to Brighton and Back

Cycling from London to Brighton and back is a classic route every UK cyclist should try — and today, I’m taking it on once again. I first attempted this ride a few years ago as a beginner, and I’ll never forget how I had to walk up Ditchling Beacon because I didn’t have the legs… or the gears (shoutout to my old 8-speed Triban!).

Fast forward a few years, with more experience and stronger legs, I’m back to see if I can finally conquer Ditchling Beacon without stopping.

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Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
1:32 – Starting Point
2:36 – Ride starts
4:14 – 105 Miles to go
7:25 – 92 Miles to go and first stop
9:34 – 76 Miles to go
13:16 – Time to face my fears (Ditching Beacon)
15:46 – Brighton & Home time
17:36 – Home / Outro

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nah I think everyone’s getting cooked at this point don’t cry i’m I’m not prepared for this yeah I know one of the great things about cycling is seeing how far you can go and in this video I am doing just that i’m going to be cycling from London to Brighton and back a route that I did 3 months into cycling a couple of years ago and did not finish i even walked up Ditch and Beacon so this time I want to see if I can complete it [Music] all right guys so today we have a long ride we’re doing uh London to Brighton and back um from the starting point from Clubhouse it’s about 130 mi so should be a good ride got the boys coming Zach um Luca and Jasper and I think Matt’s coming not sure yet but yeah on the way to meet him now a clubhouse [Music] so I think this is going to be my longest ride including getting to the stop point and back which I think is another 30 mi for me so I got my hydration bag on me and uh cuz apparently it’s going to be about 27° so let’s see how I fare [Music] well it’s only it’s only 8:00 a.m max is here with his new ooh look at that the arrow kit yeah okay okay okay okay [Music] you all right you all right how you feeling bro you not tired after yesterday i’m cooked yesterday oh wow that’s impressive you all right though yeah all right just making sure bro we got a long ride today join us oh you’re here now you might as well join us bro you’re here now no you might as well join us so the reason why we’re going Brighton is cuz of cross but he’s going to go with the loco group first and he’s going to come with us after ready ready ready ready ready ready oh this is going to be fun [Music] so apparently on the way there it’s going to be all headwind so that’s going to suck but hopefully tailwind on the way back so this route is 127 miles from the starting point at Clubhouse Potney now when I was making this route I thought I’d put in some extra hills so I added Box Hill at the end why i do not know but I thought it’d be quite a fun challenge for everyone to do and I was actually planning to add in Leath Hill but then I thought I better not because I think it would just basically kill us for the rest of ride heat heat [Music] [Applause] [Music] hey okay [Music] so we’re about 25 mi in and uh the wind’s not too bad it’s like headwind tailwind headwind tailwind headwind tailwind so we are going quite fast but we’re basically outside of London now yeah more or less yeah so it should be le gate yeah yeah we’re nearly there 100 more miles to go 176 176k yep so me and Luka brought um hydration bag so we’re clever these two these two black water now they want to go in this weather this is just warm yeah now it’s warm that Yeah that water bottle’s warm now you want to go Tesco’s and get a That’s okay yeah because not all of us have hydration packs we’re stopping anyway so you didn’t need them yeah I know all right test guys we’re final test guys cool no I just don’t like my back getting sweaty no that’s fair that’s fair well we have another 170k to go because when we went to 120 mi not 100 miles 100 miles cuz it’s 127 overall yeah 105 so not too bad full car car back car back yeah let’s do this said he’s going to pull off hey I just been keeping my poise made by the million but still unemployed they text me about green but not on Android she not my shorty she filling the void i make the sounds that cut through the noise he think he a man but he chilling with boys put down the liquor start drinking Lroy the pain wasn’t choice but now I rejoice my uncle had told me that I was the one so Jasper keeps having problems with his bike he’s in front there the chain keeps dropping and uh keeps getting clicking all right Jasper’s got it fixed let’s make our way Max make our way all right cool cool thank you [Music] heat heat [Music] all right Josh [Music] we’re about 30 mi in and the headwind is really kicking now oh my god [Music] so about 35 mi in and uh I think everyone’s getting cooked at this point it’s just the It’s the headwind the headwind is like really like messing me up so down there yeah the headwind was getting so much stronger and Jasper did 100 miles yesterday so so yeah so we’ve just stopped here just to get a quick snack and fuel up i need to um charge my phone as well to be fair max just turn off your internet and we continue those caffeine bars actually are good they’re good yeah feeling cooked already guys this is not a good sign the truth be told I was down there now i got it on gold going to count my D to my thumb got slit put my neck on put my name on the list going to shine on the [ __ ] i’m from the B player one way too clean i was born this way it’s my DNA i was EBT now the bread on the way eta we’re doing the first big climb of the day as well god my legs are cooked finished it oh god that killed me oh god smoke i’m spark that [ __ ] i’ been feeling on edge i’mma burn that down to the ash is cold more fire more fire more fire more fire that [ __ ] [Music] this route is really nice but it’s so hilly and the fact that the headwind is so strong oh god it’s making it a lot harder looking good bro looking good we’re about 10 miles away just over 10 miles away from Ditchlin and then with the hot man the heat’s the hot heat it’s getting hotter the hot the the the hot air is coming now man and Jasper’s died from the AP look at his eyes everyone’s just cooking i’m actually cooking got no sun cream anymore ah look at Justin’s eyes [ __ ] hell don’t cry bro don’t cry wait until later i feel like it’s contagious the hay fever even just rubbing salt in your Oh god i could do with a pint all right let’s finish this yep let’s go let’s finish this oh the wind this the wind is not Yeah the wind is getting stronger and it is not helping at all it allows [Music] it all taking over it all i’m trying to take control and take it no more please tell me now I’m feeling love let me know a minute could the end of fading show I’m falling apart i can’t begin searching such a great all these dring me baby can’t you see them say you see nothing you need we’re lost enough don’t you care yeah all these fake things we share just erase there’s just no one else yeah no one else but yourself yeah i just want to have somebody find me one day lunch so yeah we’re going to stop here instead and get food here because uh Brighton’s going to be too busy yeah that’s the thing it’s a Sunday as well so and it’s lunchtime so it’s better just to stop here go up Ditchlin we see Cross just tell him cuz uh and we’re really near to Dishling as well so all right let’s get something to eat cuz they didn’t have any sandwiches in there jasper did a smart thing and bought ham and he’s making him a sandwich just need a mayonnaise now bro feeling alive now bro yes this guy you guys all right feeling alive now much better much better now right after worse now i know i’m like 3 kilos heavier that’s the only thing i think I think we should have done this before after actually ditchling the next climb is ditching we’re good [Music] i just have something I want you to know it’s just in front of us now is it it’s just in front of us oh god oh god the wind’s not helping bro it’s not helping oh it all so just want to know want to know it all taking over it all trying to take control taking over [Music] okay so in front of me now is Ditch Beacon i’m a bit nervous cuz last time I did this I did walk up it but this was like 3 months into cycling when I tried it and I had the Tribon bike which was 8-speed um hopefully I should be able to do it now i should be able to do it now but we’re here we’re here there’s no way yeah bro i think we’re going all the way up there man that’s That’s insane i’m actually scared mate a I’m not prepared for this yeah I know i got PTSD from last time so I’m just braving it i’m raving it man i didn’t even think it was this bad oh bro it’s bad i saw the the grid it is bad it is bad i was looking at the hill from over there i was saying to I hope it’s not that no it is it’s this it’s this man oh god wow here we are boys you ready yeah oh cool hey I get it i need to do this this year that’s my goal no I’m good i’m good okay i am cooked i made it without getting off holy [ __ ] that hurt my stomach was literally tiring before that time oh god I’m dying i am dying oh dude yeah I am finished yeah we we all made it without getting up oh god quite proud of that now it’s a big descent all right god that was painful this wind is not nice man guys I made it to the top so now it is time for the descent however during this descent I was actually really scared because of the crosswinds so I didn’t want to let go of my handlebars but the views were still amazing though bro that wind was terrifying man that descent was scary wow that was bad that was bad all right let’s go look for cross but that was bad anything from cross so we’re heading back now jasper’s gone and we’ve got cross behind us another 100k to go [Music] so about 100 miles in now um left and right yeah yeah so I’m about 100 miles in now i’ve got about 40 miles left before I ever get home cross is thinking about getting the train home cuz he has work tomorrow which is fair and Luca and Max has gotten they’ve just sort of peeled off and got the train home as well cuz I think they were bonking okay so I’ve managed to convince Cross to finish this with me so let’s do it i am going to finish this i will finish it [Music] come on bro you got this you got it you got this you got this you got this bro we got this we got this keep going keep going keep going you got this [Music] guys we’re in Mission Park we made it 130 mi in more than that more than 130 mi in i’m cooked we are cooked [Music] hey guys I am finally back i made it um my legs are completely cooked at the moment um so I didn’t get back till about 8 9:00 um yeah that ride was really tough because the headwinds but I managed to do it the first time I did it I didn’t I basically walked up ditching and did not complete the route but yeah very proud of myself for doing that um so yeah if you do want to try doing it yourself um the route will be in the description and just some tips um what I did was that I had two um car mixes from Circa 290s and 260s and then I had about two bars and three gels that kind of lasted me um the whole ride luckily we found a co-op and just got some bread there and things like that so we didn’t eat in Brighton because we were worried it was going to be too busy um but yeah that is my one of my challenges that I wanted to do done off the list and the next one my aim this year is to do a double century so let’s see if I can manage to do it but thanks for watching guys see you in the next one peace