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
An autumn ride out into the countryside from Kirkcaldy. Mostly rolling roads through farmland but there is one slow section through woods on a path. A couple of rises but no major climbs.
24.13km
226m
00:53:00
A short but solid climb of 2km/138m at an average 6.6% followed by a loop of the top with Brisbane and Bay views, as well as a glimpse of Mt Coot-tha which is the next challenge. Gravatt starts steep, levels out in the middle, and finishes steep. A proper effort is as hard as any Coot-tha because you’ll be at VO2 Max the whole time, and it’s a favourite hill repeat for Brisbane cyclists. Mind the descent, it’s a bit bumpy and unforgiving!
4.00km
139m
00:09:50
Start in the beautiful picture postcard village of Long Crendon in Buckinghamshire and cycle through several villages including Nether Wichendon to climb the tightly enclosed Barrack Hill.
Continue on through several more villages to finish the ride at Quainton with its many 17th Century half-timbered houses. Note the building of the HS2 High Speed railway line (the London to Birmingham leg) soon after crossing the A41. It’s hard to miss!
16.38km
201m
00:45:00
An anti-clockwise loop from Roussillon, with approx 8Km/5 miles along a quiet cycle path. The 5Km climb for home begins soon after you leave Apt.
23.48km
214m
00:50:00
A 10 mile rolling time trial route used by local clubs. This ride has other riders featured in it so it feels like you are doing your own team time trial at certain points.
15.89km
105m
00:29:30
This ride follows on from Hudson River ONE. Beginning at the entrance to Rockland Lake State Park you first ride around the eastern shore of the Lake before heading up hill and the back down to the Nyack Beach Bikeway, this time heading south. Once the bikeway ends, keep heading south along the Hudson River into Piermont (the high number of cyclists you see on the route is typical for a summer weekend) before heading into Tallman Mountain State Park.
22.68km
194m
00:54:00
