Brilliant. Well done Sue.Very excited this afternoon, my wife has started cycling again she did 6 miles then a further 3 miles in Lycra (a first) all on her own, at her request. Hopefully this is the start of something good.
Managed to upload saturdays ride to strave. Super slow but for me a massive amount of climbing! Makes me tired just to look at the details.
http://www.strava.com/activities/132710447
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Terrific climbing.....well done!Managed to upload saturdays ride to strave. Super slow but for me a massive amount of climbing! Makes me tired just to look at the details.
http://www.strava.com/activities/132710447
Acht, they look boring just filling in little stars!@Mo1959 now you've just about done the Specialized and Veloviewer challenges, have you seen the distance, time and elevation awards on Veloviewer? Just when you thought you was out, they drag you back in
My main aim is to remain in 3rd spot in the ladies in the Velobici challenge but there's maybe riders lurking in the wings that haven't downloaded their rides yet. Weather is about to break down a bit too so may be a struggle.
Acht, they look boring just filling in little stars!
. 3rd place is fantastic, especially since didn't you start it late? 
I don't think I entered it right at the start but I had been riding so they were included ok. The woman at the top seems to go out every day for mega miles and is way in the lead. There is also a couple of women round here stealing my QOM,s by big margins tooI've worked my arse off this last week to get those three little stars against the 75 miles and 5 hours
One in particular absolutely thrashes some of the segments and is even well up with the men so time to give up trying to catch her I think!
I think now we both need to check the rules on mismatching tyres, have to thank you again for riding off to get my nice new one though. As you came back towards the cafe with the new tyre you should have dressed up in a suit of armour just to complete the effect.Went out with @themosquitoking with the intention of doing some hills and getting in 30-40 miles. As usual turned into a bit of an adventure.
Went an absolutely beautiful way that took in a chunk of the London To Brighton route, before heading off down a hill so steep I was moving forward even with both brakes on (it hits 23.4% at one point). A overly cautious lady in a blue car trying to overtake us on a bend a little while later almost wiped Matts's rear wheel out, while almost T-Boning me at the same time.
We wandered over to the base of Box Hill a slightly different way to change things up, prior to an attempt to get up in under 10 minutes.
At the base Matt noticed a large cut in his tyre which even his slime inner tubes couldnt deal with. So I went off solo to Dorking to goto Halfords to get him a new one while he got the tea in. Lugging a tyre round the neck as I cycled (as they dont sell folding tyres in store) was quite a fun experience on the way back.
Tea drunk, tyre changed, we did a brave attempt at Box Hill, failing miserably at 10 mins 52-54 seconds. Bah.
Rest with a beautiful view at the top...
Both of us felt we wanted more miles than just a skip back, so we went on the RideLondon route from Box Hill to Kingston while en route picked up a 3rd cyclist who sat behind us all the way to Cobham without saying a word...
Legs felt heavy so we stopped and had another cuppa in Kingston before a trip to Evans to get a new magnet for my spoke. Due to there being 50x the number of customers to staff I gave up with my £3 magnet and we headed off back home.
Big jump in miles for me, from what I have done recently, and a massive jump in climbing. While the legs right now feel pretty awful, I have that nice buzzy feeling you get from a good ride.
Was a long ride with the stops and tyre issue, 6 hrs 15 minutes in all, but was a fun ride out. Nice weather, good company, good times!
http://app.strava.com/activities/132697002
Impressed. I still have my old 4 and it isn't a patch on these. Still, it will have to do me. For all the use I make of it, I can't justify upgrading.iPhone 5 Mo.They can take cracking pics....so long as you have sunshine.
