Ride your bike for at least 30 minutes at least three times a week, every week, for a year

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W6R1 - 7 Feb - 1:07

A lap of the nearby power station to kick the week off.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Tempting, but a 30 minute bike ride seems considerably more faff (getting changed etc) than a 30 minute run, and is less exercise (the way I ride, anyway). I'd rather get fewer rides but for a bit longer.
I've managed my 20 miles a week so far, though!

30 mins is minimum as you will have read most of us are doing quite a bit more

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Week 6

Ride 1 - Mon 7th Feb

Outing on one of my regular lunch time loops, around 1 hour 15 mins today.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Week 6 - Ride 2 - Tue 8th Feb

A ride out into Essex to meet friends for pub lunch. Ride a little over 4 hours with pub almost exactly half way. Sun out before pub and could feel the warmth. Clouded over by time set off back into a stiff headwind.

 

[bluenotebob]

Week 6

Ride 1 – Mon 7 Feb – 1 hr 18 mins/18.41km – I’d planned a 50+km ride for Monday but I slept badly and decided that I’d do some short rides instead. I ended up doing four rides on three bikes – with a total of 44km for the day .. so I almost succeeded

Ride 2 – Wed 9 Feb – 3 hrs 57 mins/64.36km – I’m usually busy around 1230/1245 on Wednesdays but I got a message first thing saying the arrangement was cancelled for today – so I was out on the road bike just after 11am with camera and some dates in the day bag. No particular itinerary planned – but I headed up to Gaël against the wind. After 15km of that, I turned S and followed the V3 (Link) back to Mauron then down the V3 Voie Verte to Loyat – then home via Kerbois, Guilliers and Kerminy.

Here's the V3 Voie Verte just as it leaves Mauron .. usually rammed with cyclists, joggers, skateboarders and dog-walkers .. but not at 1415 today (everyone was probably sleeping after lunch..)

 

[FrothNinja]

Only just done R1W6 - a few miles up and down the coast near Roosebeck in Furness. Headwind cut speed by over 3 mph, or is that the tailwind speeding it up by over 3mp??

 

[figbat]

W6R2 - 9 Feb - 1:38

Wednesday night group ride was down to two of us last night. Nonetheless a ride was had - very wet under wheel.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Week 6 Ride 3 -10th Feb

About 1 hour 20 mins round local lanes. Colder than recent days.

 

[FrothNinja]

R2W6 - Site seeing bimble around Whitehaven this morn. No great distance, just a slow crawl enjoying the sun's warmth out of the wind and realising that Whitehaven is actually quite an interesting town.

 

[Gibbo9]

W6R2 - The rain has stopped at last. Hopefully for a decent period, looks stunning out today and weekend is forecasted good so hopefully some good miles out.

Out yesterday afternoon, took two hours out of the work day as the ground had dried sufficiently. Still wet in places so had to give the bike a much needed clean after. Overcast and cool but little winds to bother me for a change. Riverside bikeway was utterly deserted, lovely.

 

[figbat]

W6R3 - 12 Feb - 2:37
A longer ride than usual for me with two aims in mind:

1. Get over 50km in for that half century thread
2. Get a picture of MBIFO a folly for that picture thread

Both objectives achieved.

 

[bluenotebob]

Week 6

Ride 3 – Sat 12 Feb – 1 hr 14 mins/17.46km – second ride of the day: the first was a very short ride because frost was still lying at 1145. Sunny and dry this afternoon but a very cold wind from the south.

Looks like tomorrow will be an enforced ‘rest day’ – 40mph winds and heavy rain are forecast. Call me a wimp if you want but I’m not riding in that ..

 

[FrothNinja]

If I count today as last week (& I haven't been) then this is W6R3, if not its W7R1 & I didn't hit the target last week. Been over for the previous weeks though. Whatever it is, it was not taxing at all (max heartrate only 151 bpm) though quite nippy - overcast, 5°C, feels like 0°C (Klimat). Centred on the temporarily closed Pendle Heritage Centre in Barrowford.
EDIT - decided to designate it W6R3
Weir & fish ladder on Pendle Water

Said Heritage Centre

Pretty much the highest point of my excursion - min elevation 38.8m, max 169.0 - easy peasy. Max heartrate only 151 bpm

 

[grldtnr]

Week 2

Ride 1
Tue 11 Jan, 2h 9m, flipping freezing out and very grey. (Still hate those horrible wheels).
I don't like them either!
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[Ming the Merciless]

W6R3 - 12 Feb - 2:37
A longer ride than usual for me with two aims in mind:

1. Get over 50km in for that half century thread
2. Get a picture of MBIFO a folly for that picture thread

Both objectives achieved.
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Lucky you found an abandoned bike as well