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[Spartak]

Out today for a quick blast along the A432 to Yate & back.
Managed to get 6 PR's

Close to the top 10 on a couple of them !! So will push harder next time

 

[400bhp]

Out today for a quick blast along the A432 to Yate & back.
Managed to get 6 PR's

Close to the top 10 on a couple of them !! So will push harder next time

Must be the bag that's making the difference.

 

[Spartak]

Must be the bag that's making the difference.

More aerodynamic

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

today's commute saw some interesting times home. usually takes 1 hr 45 mins, took 1 hr 30mins becuase the roads were desserted and in the dark it is so much easier to ride in the centre of the lane on country lanes (smoother, faster and less potholes to worry about) becuase of the extra warning you get of vehicles behind you - not that there were many... outcome was 8 strava cups, including 3 QOM's and one of my fastest return commutes (average for return journey was 22kph (which for me is good!) http://app.strava.com/activities/40688066

 

[Sittingduck]

Maaan - I hate living in a populated area, sometimes. I can only dream of such silverware!

 

[ianrauk]

Maaan - I hate living in a populated area, sometimes. I can only dream of such silverware!

You're just going to have to get your arse into gear and work a bit harder Ant

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Maaan - I hate living in a populated area, sometimes. I can only dream of such silverware!

my problem is usually finding segments at all. Last Friday I did a 83km route and only went through 20 segments and only 6 of those were on my side of the M6... so it works both ways. today's 69km route saw only 12 segments and at least two of those are in the same place, one being shorter than the other but completely inside the longer one which to me hardly counts but I assume the person who created it does not cycle the entire 7.7km segment

 

[Hacienda71]

today's commute saw some interesting times home. usually takes 1 hr 45 mins, took 1 hr 30mins becuase the roads were desserted and in the dark it is so much easier to ride in the centre of the lane on country lanes (smoother, faster and less potholes to worry about) becuase of the extra warning you get of vehicles behind you - not that there were many... outcome was 8 strava cups, including 3 QOM's and one of my fastest return commutes (average for return journey was 22kph (which for me is good!) http://app.strava.com/activities/40688066

I was second on the Sanbach to Middlewich segment at the end of the summer, just noticed I have slipped to 5th Will have to go back and regain a few places on the leaderboard.

 

[Matthew_T]

Club ride tonight. Managed 6 PR's and 3 second fastest times. Got to look after brother tomorrow so no ride but I plan on a half century at the end of the week which I will probably do quite a few new segments on.

 

[400bhp]

I was second on the Sanbach to Middlewich segment at the end of the summer, just noticed I have slipped to 5th Will have to go back and regain a few places on the leaderboard.

Yes, you're shat.

 

[Hacienda71]

Yes, you're shat.

I know

 

[400bhp]

That segment is potentially on the way back from wheelock. will incorporate it into the ride next time i go.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I was second on the Sanbach to Middlewich segment at the end of the summer, just noticed I have slipped to 5th Will have to go back and regain a few places on the leaderboard.

That segment is potentially on the way back from wheelock. will incorporate it into the ride next time i go.

(would not worry - if I take men & women together this QOM holder is in 34th place!

couple of points to watch out for at the moment. 1 after you leave Sandbach, and have you have left Elmsworth there is a garage selling cars followed by a S bend (along with a factory entrance). watch out for black ice around that spot if the weather is cold - the road is routinely flooded on the otherside and unless car drivers cut the corner (across double white lines) they can't avoid hitting it... if the flooding is bad enough, i.e. it has rained in the last 24 hrs, then it is flowing across the road..

2, not long after that one the first of the straight sections alongside the canal, there is a seriously nasty pothole - will break your wheel/several spokes at least if you hit it. otherwise road is much as it always has been

 

[Hacienda71]

(would not worry - if I take men & women together this QOM holder is in 34th place!

couple of points to watch out for at the moment. 1 after you leave Sandbach, and have you have left Elmsworth there is a garage selling cars followed by a S bend (along with a factory entrance). watch out for black ice around that spot if the weather is cold - the road is routinely flooded on the otherside and unless car drivers cut the corner (across double white lines) they can't avoid hitting it... if the flooding is bad enough, i.e. it has rained in the last 24 hrs, then it is flowing across the road..

2, not long after that one the first of the straight sections alongside the canal, there is a seriously nasty pothole - will break your wheel/several spokes at least if you hit it. otherwise road is much as it always has been

I did like the bit along side the canal for a main road. Kind of cool whizzing along beside it. Sorry if that sounds odd, it just stuck in my mind from that particular ride.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I did like the bit along side the canal for a main road. Kind of cool whizzing along beside it. Sorry if that sounds odd, it just stuck in my mind from that particular ride.

know what you mean. I took a different route out to my mum's and missed the canal considerably, and with it being dark, mum wanting to know the route I was taking, I opted home via the 'normal' route. also good it is quite wide so vehicles get plenty of room to go around you.