First 15 mile ride today, although when I set out I was only planning to do a quick 5 or 10 miles, mainly to try some different routes in and out of the city centre. Ended up scrapping that idea early on when I realised my legs weren't as sore on the bike as they were off, so instead had a rambling ride down to the centre, back up to the local Tesco, and then a little run through the estate (just to get the last 0.4 miles). All done, it came to a nice 15.1 miles (according to my
Strava track). I'll probably spend the next few days riding up and down hills. Now I know I can make 10+ miles with relative ease, I've got a list of places I'd like to go. Unfortunately, most of the places I'd like to ride out to seem to involve some long climbs and, put bluntly, I'm rubbish at them right now!
Also managed to get out over the weekend, although it was mostly just to get the O/H some experience on the roads and with traffic. Went well, dragged him 6 miles along some of the more minor roads in the area and he coped well with being amongst the traffic. Still a few things to work on, but didn't want to cabbage his brain by dumping the entire contents of Cyclecraft on him in 40 minutes. Might drag him in to the town centre this weekend, to prove he could commute by bike, and also to give him experience on some busier roads.
