I did this ride last year as my first 400. This year it was my 400 PBP qualifier
For the third time in a year I told my friends I'd be cycling further than I ever have before.
I saw The Dean advertised and entered it on a whim. It was popular, not quite so hilly and much of it was familiar territory. In fact the route overlapped with at least four other rides I've done in the last year.