Each week, FulGaz super user, John Hallas selects a route from our collection of 2000+ rides for you to test your legs against. You can find all of these challenge rides in the ‘John Hallas Weekly Challenge’ channel on the top row of your in-app home screen.
This is a free series and is all about having a little bit of fun. You can view the leaderboard below, or post your time on John’s post in the FulGaz riders Facebook group.
The same rules apply that were announced on the first day of the challenge.. “this is for enjoyment, no prizes, just a bit of fun.” – John Hallas
Gravel ‘n’ Tar starts at the base of Puketapu, ‘Sacred Hill’. A first-up climb on the tar seal of Horse Range Road takes you straight onto the tight, fast and furious technical gravel section. Hang on tight to those bars as you are in for an exhilarating ride.
16.8km
284m
00:40:00
The NCR trail is the old Northern Central Railroad that now runs from Hunt Valley, MD to York, PA. This ride is from milepost 5 to the PA state line. The grade is quite friendly, rarely rising more than 2-3 degrees. However, I couldn’t resist a little jaunt off the trail to tackle 2 very quiet adjacent hills. The trail runs along the Gunpowder River, a renowned trout fishing hotspot providing a picturesque backdrop to this valuable resource
27.82km
300m
01:03:00
This 33 kilometre course is a flat out-and-back counter clockwise route with only 133 metres of elevation gain. With Denmark almost always having westerly winds, time trial riders should expect headwind on the outbound leg and a tailwind push to the finish. Good luck!
33.05km
90m
01:04:00
Starting from Rock (Cornwall’s popular celebrity haunt – Gordon Ramsey, Hugh Grant, Prince Harry), the ride soon passes the vast surfing beach of Polzeath and through rolling Cornwall countryside before reaching Port Isaac. This fishing village is used for the filming of Doc Martin, the TV series with a worldwide audience popularised in part due to the dramatic scenery. You will pass his home/surgery (up the last narrow hill with the link chain fence), as well as the village shop and Golden Lion pub on the quayside frequented by Doc Martin!
23.86km
419m
01:00:00
This short ride through the town of Kincardine takes us along Boiler Beach road, named for wreckage from a boiler partially buried in the sand from the steamship “Erie Belle” that exploded in 1883. We’ll pass the historic lighthouse a few times, and pass some of the town’s main street with largely intact historical buildings typical of the late 19th and early 20th century in Ontario.
19.48km
140m
00:44:00
The ride goes through the rural area of North Fulton County, Georgia, just north of Atlanta. The ride stays on lumpy rural roads for its entirety, passing thru some lovely farmland, forests and semi-rural estates. We had to endure a few cars passing us, but its a relaxing ride in a great part of Georgia.
19km
271m
00:52:00
