About Jim Lucas
14,837 km
784:34 h
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Jim Lucas went cycling.
December 27, 2025
Long day in the saddle, With a dark start and finish but at least a dry winters ride. Hilly start, fairly flat middle and hilly finish. Definitely challenging for this time of the year. Favourite section, leaving Buxton and going up through the Goyt valley and over to Hurdlow.
11:26
213km
18.6km/h
3,220m
3,220m
August 17, 2025
Great route starting out from Crewe. Hill heavy in the first 65 km but then much more easy going with some nice sections along country roads and lanes. Highlight for me though, the hills and views through the Peak District, Grindon moor down into the manifold valley and then up Larkstone lane, a narrow
Jim Lucas went gravel riding.
July 25, 2025
Fantastic route, lots of traffic free trails.
09:51
214km
21.7km/h
2,460m
2,420m
July 26, 2025
This is a brilliant route with a mix of road and gravel and canal tow paths. Amazing how much of the traffic free trails can be linked together with relatively few sections of road. This is an Audax gravel route so ideally not a road bike course but with the weather being dry no real problem on 32mm
July 22, 2025
Great route out to Edale then up and over Mam Nick to get the heart rate going, then round the back lanes into Tideswell for a co-op meal deal to fuel up and then back home via Abney and down into Hathersage before hitting the Dale for the big climb back.
July 19, 2025
Ride upto Newmiller Dam via the canal tow path to Rotherham which is always good but after that it was a bit hit and miss with lots of urban cycling along fairly dull roads with not a lot to see( I should have spent more time planning the route but just pulled this part from komoot) after leaving Thurnscoe
December 29, 2025
With the distance plus elevation, thats a biggie for any time of the year 😄