Well done. Hmmm, all this talk of Green Shields. Remember you used to save Green Shield stamps? Can't for the life of me think which company actually gave you them???Managed to get my Green Sheild today
I have a longer ride planned for tomorrow so should be aiming for 100km ish.
well done to those sneaking the miles in even in these windy conditions
Well done. Hmmm, all this talk of Green Shields. Remember you used to save Green Shield stamps? Can't for the life of me think which company actually gave you them???
Yep. That's them.......maybe if we all get our green shields we will be able to buy a new bike.
I have done that sometimes on the latter half of a ride, though more usually my avg goes down.Went out after an early shift (4.30am till 13.00pm) @ 15.00pm to try and make up some mileage lost yesterday with the winds as it looked fairly sedate in Morden, only to find myself surroundered by 19 mph winds 10 miles in. Also hit the 4pm London to Surrey Friday 4x4 and People Carrier procession which, along with a poorly planned route leading to some shocking cycle paths, some back tracking and one diversion, meant that leading up to Box Hill I had an average speed of 12mph.
Managed to get back on track by the end of the route, back up to 13.4 (Strava) 13.7 (Garmin), and got a PR on the Box Hill Segment I use, still 3x slower than the leaders but a minute and 20 seconds shaved off my previous best, (overall time a snailike 12 minutes 24 seconds still!)
http://app.strava.com/activities/53461909#967284487
Didn't feel brilliant at the end, bit of neck ache which haven't had before, also felt like the first half of the journey was more trouble than it was worth, the second half felt good though, even got another full lycra clad cyclist who drafted me on the Surbiton to Kingston road for about 2 miles, and even thanked me for the draught when we hit Kingston! Usually these guys just fly past me.
High winds are scary though, I'll take the 1 degree riding weather over high winds any day.
http://app.strava.com/activities/53461909
(And no clipless moments!)
Wow great pictures of the view and bike! There is a nice view over the whole of Maidstone you can see for miles on a bright day. It's just the gruelling climb up the hill that puts me off going up there more often!Went out after an early shift (4.30am till 13.00pm) @ 15.00pm to try and make up some mileage lost yesterday with the winds as it looked fairly sedate in Morden, only to find myself surroundered by 19 mph winds 10 miles in. Also hit the 4pm London to Surrey Friday 4x4 and People Carrier procession which, along with a poorly planned route leading to some shocking cycle paths, some back tracking and one diversion, meant that leading up to Box Hill I had an average speed of 12mph.
Managed to get back on track by the end of the route, back up to 13.4 (Strava) 13.7 (Garmin), and got a PR on the Box Hill Segment I use, still 3x slower than the leaders but a minute and 20 seconds shaved off my previous best, (overall time a snailike 12 minutes 24 seconds still!)
http://app.strava.com/activities/53461909#967284487
Didn't feel brilliant at the end, bit of neck ache which haven't had before, also felt like the first half of the journey was more trouble than it was worth, the second half felt good though, even got another full lycra clad cyclist who drafted me on the Surbiton to Kingston road for about 2 miles, and even thanked me for the draught when we hit Kingston! Usually these guys just fly past me.
High winds are scary though, I'll take the 1 degree riding weather over high winds any day.
http://app.strava.com/activities/53461909
(And no clipless moments!)
Yep. That's them.......maybe if we all get our green shields we will be able to buy a new bike.
I guess the younger folks might not get that. We had green stamps here too, they even had a shield too. I haven't thought about those things in a long time.
So it does.Not so windy tonight so went for a little 8 miler as i didn't go out yesterday
http://app.strava.com/activities/53478199
Every little helps....
