During one of the longest days of the UK Summer, Tony and I joined Velo 29 to Cycle from Seascale on the West Coast of England to Whitby on the East Cost, traversing an iconic route with some spectacular terrain, scenery and climbs – all in single ride. Alongside 200 other riders, we’d hoped for a nice little summer adventure, but instead we encountered a biblical storm on one of the most demanding sections of the route, including Hardnott Pass and Wrynose Pass in the Lake District and over the hours gradually transitioned into the sunshine and fish & chips of Whitby ! This all made for an incredible challenge and a beautiful and contrasting film. I hope you enjoy!!
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Chapeau! Those super steep climbs in the Lakes in those conditions look impossible. How did you keep traction? And the Yorkshire Dales…, I cycled to Whitby from York, so just a quarter or third of your ride, and it’s was windy – always is there, I think – and so attritional. But the dish and chips at the end made it worthwhile!
Not sure why they didn't marshal the gate to the left so it could be open for the riders, they do it for the Fred
thanks. I have signed up for this year. So good the weather turned positive for you
Nice one Phil, I did it 7 years ago and it was the hottest day of the year so they provided a few extra water stations
not sure if i will have time for chips thoughbefore the bus back 🙄
Would be a tough ride in good conditions, let alone the horrible ones you had. Well done!
Looked horrendous conditions. Wouldn't have been confident keeping traction with that amount of water.
Looks like quite the day ! Will you be doing again this year?
Great video Phill !!! Epic ride for a fantastic ending (Fish&Chips + Whitby views)
That looked brutal Phil. Finally got a road bike, a 2025 Scott Addict RC 10! Tour de Brisbane is my first Grand Fondo riding it. Should be a great. 110km with 1200m ish of climbing in April. Hope you pulled up well after this ride. The voice sounded a tad crook by the end. That weather! Wow. Glad you didn’t hurt yourself in that crash mate. Anyway, well done to you and TC. Bet those fish and chips went down well.
Great video that looked absolutely epic well done to all who finished that ride
Blimey…. what a day to do it! Well done 👍👍
Your technical riding skills are amazing! Now you know how Cows feel art those Cattle Guards. Too much power to the steel beams can cause overspin. All of your FTP improvements caught up with you. 👍👍👏👏
I’m sitting here on my couch in Mallorca thinking I definitely made the best decision ever; to move from the uk!! 😮
Ooft that was somE day out lads very well done 👌🏴
Wonderful effort.
That looked brutal
That really is type 2 ‘fun’ done a few Velo 29 events always enjoyable
Omg forgotten how bad the condition was. 💦💦💦 To 🌞 . Was an epic day. 👌
Amazing disc breaks sound great in the wet.
Crazy stuff Phil. Kudos to you for completing it. I don’t think BC will use your footage to showcase the beauty of cycling in the UK 😅 the first part was an horror show 😅 not sure where you found the strength but you got paid back with sunshine at the end!! Bravo!
My hat is well and truly off to everyone who attempted that ride, chapeau 😊.
Great effort and I reckon your kit must have had an additional 2Kgs of water.
Love the way you say a couple of minutes of zone 2 with a heart rate of 169, you must have a higher heart rate than a rat……
Thanks Phil. Im skipping this one lol
Well done! What a grim start you had last year. I'm signed up for this year. Fingers crossed for better weather.
Immense effort. Hardknott Pass plus headwind plus that amount of rain looks almost impossible. Even with a crash you made it look (I won't say easy) but comfortable. Looks like an awesome day out though. Really well done.
Can't imagine ever doing that but the scenery 😊
Character building day 😂😂😂😂
Starting weather wasn’t too appealing but rest was good. Epic ride well done. I usually just download these routes and do them on a nice day but have entered the Yorkshire struggle (may), dragon devil (June) and Dartmoor classic (July) this year so just praying for dry conditions.
Hi Phil! Cool video. That part where the road turned into a river was really impressive to watch 🌊🚴♀🏊
And at the end you didn’t even look very tired — after 50 climbs and all that rain 😅
Wow. Thanks 😊
Bravo, chapeau and bloody well done!
More like a triathlon across Britain with all that water and people walking
Amazing! Well done, sir
That gate should be opened next to the cattle grid like it is in on the Fred