13 September 2025

Bicester: Morning Ride

12 Stopped 17m Fastest — 61.2 km/h Peak heart rate — 173 bpm Steepest — 11.3% over 200 m OxfordBicesterCowleyKidlingtonWheatleyM40A4095A329A4142 BICESTER
53 km ridden
343 m climbed
2h 27m moving

21.6 km/h average, 61 at the fastest; 342 m of descent; 2h 44m door to door; heart averaging 143 bpm and peaking at 174; an effort score of 235.

mild, around 14°C with rain about and a 20 km/h wind from the SW, which the route met from every side.

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How this one felt
SpiceFast, steep and twisty
GrindMetres climbed per kilometre
DistanceHow far
EffortHeart-rate load, or modelled where no heart rate was recorded

The shape of it

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Two moments

1The climb

From 16.7 km to 17.8 km

1.1 km · +78 m at 7.0% · 10.5 km/h · 162 bpm, peaking at 174

The climb at Brill pulled your heart rate significantly higher than the rest of the ride. Since this came just before the halfway point, pushing that hard suggests you were either testing your legs or misjudged the gradient.

+7%average12%1811031.1 km

2The descent

From 20.2 km to 22.2 km

2.0 km · -5.5% average · 61 km/h at the fastest · 41.3 km/h average · 150 bpm, peaking at 160

You touched 61 km/h on the Piddington descent, though keeping your heart rate in the tempo range suggests you were either still pedalling hard or holding tension in your upper body midway through the ride.

-6%average11%196882.0 km

Speed

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