Tankengine
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Heading over to Surrey hills on Friday so I'll check them out. Done ditchling couple of times before, nice views but think that's the one I found the hardest. that or toys heading north!
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Heading over to Surrey hills on Friday so I'll check them out. Done ditchling couple of times before, nice views but think that's the one I found the hardest. that or toys heading north!
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Effyb4
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I went for a rider to an RSPB reserve with the boys. They managed 25 miles well. It was a lovely sunny day. I took some photos on the camera, but I can't seem to be able to synch them with strava, so I'll post them here instead.
https://www.strava.com/activities/280288552
https://www.strava.com/activities/280288552
nobbyp
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Found a spare hour this afternoon so managed to squeeze a cheeky little loop in.
Combination of the awesome weather, only having on short sleeve jersey and shorts on and a week working the legs on the slopes and result is ave speed just shy of 17 mph and host of PB's - 1 happy bunny
https://www.strava.com/activities/280392007
Combination of the awesome weather, only having on short sleeve jersey and shorts on and a week working the legs on the slopes and result is ave speed just shy of 17 mph and host of PB's - 1 happy bunny
https://www.strava.com/activities/280392007
Would recomend York's Hill if you haven't done it, not too far from Ide and Toys hill and ridiculously steep in places.
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Have a little go at this route I created...
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7343210
Let me know how you got on so I can judge if I will need defibrillators.
What a lovely sunny day! With my bike finished with its gear cable chewing nonsense, I headed out to @themosquitoking and ran over some glass and debris. Checking the tyre revealed an object was lodged in the tyre pretty thick, and a second slice had been made as well. Reaching Carshalton, we swapped the tyre (which to be fair was intact on the inside still) and left for a slow jaunt to Croydon, accidentally leaving one of my green valve caps on the grass...D'oh.
Croydon tramlines successfully navigated this time (!) albeit on foot, and checked out my main man's place of work for the next year or so.
Double backed and went to the rather more scenic hills of north Surrey, and I found up How Lane (nasty) I couldn't actually get into the 30T again. Just would not budge. Didn't even feel like the RD was making any effort to even consider glancing that way. So I ended up doing this silly steep little hill with the 27T, 1 tooth short of the cassette I replaced to make these buggers easier!
Headed over to a rather lovely treasure trove of weirdness and wonder that is Fanny's Farm. Stop giggling you! It's strange mix of farm cafe, farming museum, Paddington Bear Appreciation Society HQ, WW1 bunkers, gardens and well, a farm, was a sight to behold. Walls of honey, jam and marmalade and fresh fruit greeted you inside the main shop, and a very nice rock cake and tea was had in sunny Surrey!
Attempted to adjust the L-screw but the RD just refused to budge.
I also locked myself in the lavatory with a bee. I don't like bees.
After going our separate ways, I headed out to Box Hill, getting an unexpected PB down Lodgebottom Road, and a rather expected slooooow time up Box Hill. Damn I wanted to try that 30T!
Anyway, obligatory tea and photo op at the Box Hill Cafe...
Felt the warmth draining a little bit, so headed back, after a few more viewing point pics...
Deciding I should go back to try and find the lost valve cap as I'm a bit OCD about them, I ventured forth back to Carshalton, getting very lost in the process, but arrived eventually, and cap was found!
Short ride back home and finito. Picked up the average speed from the 11mph it was when we left Croydon, but not by very much, but then it was pretty hilly. Slow ride, but my longest for quite a while, which was much needed.
https://app.strava.com/activities/280440758
Final thing is to try and get to the bottom of this shifting issue, as it's making my new cassette pretty redundant at the mo.
Hope everyone had a fab Easter
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Nomadski
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I'll stick with my iMac........no big boxes sitting around. Lol
Building up to riding London to Paris 1st weekend in June with 50 work colleagues. Nowhere near enough training done. This weekend became a "just effing do it" weekend. 44 miles Friday, 53 Sunday. That's better. Next weekend, 2 x 60 milers.
4 years ago when I started cycling I struggled to manage 10 miles and certainly couldn't get up hills. Progress feels good.
4 years ago when I started cycling I struggled to manage 10 miles and certainly couldn't get up hills. Progress feels good.
Tankengine
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No haven't done that before, thanks for the shout. Take it that is from the south, right of ide hill? I can't see a name on google maps but I see the York farm house...?
.......!.....does that route go up leith hill twice?! Haha OK potentially that's the Friday route, I like a challenge...
Kinda!!
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No haven't done that before, thanks for the shout. Take it that is from the south, right of ide hill? I can't see a name on google maps but I see the York farm house...?
Not really, where it joins the road is almost at the top of leith hill. You do have to do that bit twice, but it's only the very last bit.
There's a bit of a respite as you swoop west, although it's adding miles, to get hill 3 in, but yeah, if you like hills there's lots there!
Looking forward to your report!
@Tankengine this is the road, I come from the North, go up (then down) Ide Hill, not the best surface but it's used for Catford Cycling Clubs hill climb competition - lots of videos on YouTube to give you a idea, toughest hill I've attempted.
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Ah ok got you, thanks, know where you mean. just youtubed it,man that looks like a seriously shitty road surface and a really tough steep climb! Wouldn't want a car behind me on that one either!!!!
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I got home late today so I only did a short ride since it was nearly dark and I also wanted to get a short walk in as well. I guess on my ride I must have pressed the buttons on my Ambit in the wrong order. After I uploaded the ride and the walk it showed my ride as lasting 6 seconds. I normally visually check but since it was dark and I was in a little bit of a hurry I just went by audio cues and I forgot that it also looks for speed cadence sensors as well as a heart rate monitor, so I pressed the button an extra time...I think. 
On the bright side I did notice something laying on the shoulder of the road that looked like it may be worth going back and investigating. I found one of those push button dog leash reel things, not that I really need it because I don't have a dog but I am now the proud owner of a leash. I am not sure how the cat is going to like it but it might be fun seeing what he thinks.
There was a dark side to the bright side though. I saw something lying on the road beside it (no not a dead dog...not that dark
) and couldn't figure out what it was. My first thought is maybe it is a bag of money or drugs or something, I wasn't quite sure so I gave it a little poke and it felt like heavy cloth or something. I was then very confused so I sort of carefully pinched it between the tips of my thumb and index finger and picked it up slowly. It seemed very heavy so picked it on up for a closer look and I see like these little cartoon characters on it. By then I was thinking WTF is this...then it dawned on me, it was a used disposable baby diaper...
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Not only did someone lose Poochie's leash, they also lost little Jr.'s latest deposit. Next time I will use pliers for my investigations.
On the bright side I did notice something laying on the shoulder of the road that looked like it may be worth going back and investigating. I found one of those push button dog leash reel things, not that I really need it because I don't have a dog but I am now the proud owner of a leash. I am not sure how the cat is going to like it but it might be fun seeing what he thinks.
There was a dark side to the bright side though. I saw something lying on the road beside it (no not a dead dog...not that dark
) and couldn't figure out what it was. My first thought is maybe it is a bag of money or drugs or something, I wasn't quite sure so I gave it a little poke and it felt like heavy cloth or something. I was then very confused so I sort of carefully pinched it between the tips of my thumb and index finger and picked it up slowly. It seemed very heavy so picked it on up for a closer look and I see like these little cartoon characters on it. By then I was thinking WTF is this...then it dawned on me, it was a used disposable baby diaper... .Not only did someone lose Poochie's leash, they also lost little Jr.'s latest deposit. Next time I will use pliers for my investigations.
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