Spring Into The Dales (SITD), Sun, 14th Apr, 2019. HQ Mytholmroyd.

[skudupnorth]

You'll enjoy it anyway...

Good luck with the op!

Cheers Colin, hope you recover soon..... this old age thing is not good !
I will take plenty of photos

 

[skudupnorth]

Bike, food and myself ready, anyone coming ?

 

[skudupnorth]

That was tough ! The wind was relentless and cold on the outward route plus I rode to and from the start and chucked Crag Vale just for good measure Full photo report later, need food and drink

 

[Blue Hills]

Duly liked, what's the bike?

I like it.

Something from Spa?

 

[skudupnorth]

Duly liked, what's the bike?

I like it.

Something from Spa?

It’s a Spa Steel Tourer, got it for my 50th and it is a lovely thing

 

[Blue Hills]

Hope to see you on a ride sometime so that I can check it out.

Good to see another flat bar fan.

 

[skudupnorth]

Hope to see you on a ride sometime so that I can check it out.

Good to see another flat bar fan.

I’ve never liked drops, even removed them off my fixie and put bullhorns on it

 

[Blue Hills]

Me neither.

When I was a kid (up north) "serious" bikes were always drops.

Thank god cycling moved on from that monoculture - plenty of cycling crimes since but the 90s hybrid was what got me back into cycling.

 

[ColinJ]

Well done! It must have been well over an imperial century with your extras and close to 3,000 m (10,000 ft) of climbing? I would have liked to have come and suffered with you but I don't think I would have even made it to the top of the first climb...

 

[skudupnorth]

Managed a total of a 133 miles yesterday...…..62 were the journey to and from the start !

 

[Littgull]

Managed a total of a 133 miles yesterday...…..62 were the journey to and from the start !

Great ride and total mileage skud. Good luck with your op.

 

[skudupnorth]

Great ride and total mileage skud. Good luck with your op.

Cheers,hopefully I will be back on two wheels very quickly

 

[ColinJ]

Cold winds, LOADS of hills, 133 miles!

In stark contrast ... this morning I did another little test trip to the shops on my bike. I'm still not right but at least I felt better than I did last Thursday. I'll gradually increase the frequency and length of rides until I feel good again.

 

[skudupnorth]

Cold winds, LOADS of hills, 133 miles!

In stark contrast ... this morning I did another little test trip to the shops on my bike. I'm still not right but at least I felt better than I did last Thursday. I'll gradually increase the frequency and length of rides until I feel good again.

It was good test Look forward to going on one of your rides Colin but I need to find a better way to get over to you because the roads through Bolton, Bury and Rochdale are absolutely rubbish

 

[ColinJ]

It was good test Look forward to going on one of your rides Colin but I need to find a better way to get over to you because the roads through Bolton, Bury and Rochdale are absolutely rubbish

@Littgull is the local expert that you need for that! He knows Bury and Rochdale intimately and I'm sure knows his way round Bolton too...