Tales from today's commute....

[Leaway2]

Bit breezy tonight, at least I have pre-burned the calories in the curry that I will be scoffing later

 

[fossyant]

What a difference a few hours makes. Dry and bright but windy. Rode the long way home. 30 miles for the day.

 

[Hacienda71]

Extended my trip to and from the office to take in The Brickworks, The Cat and Fiddle and Long Hill. 52 miles and about 4000ft of climbing. Time for a beer...

 

[fossyant]

Extended my trip to and from the office to take in The Brickworks, The Cat and Fiddle and Long Hill. 52 miles and about 4000ft of climbing. Time for a beer...

You are always getting lost. Let's see, Strava challenge and a tail wind up the Brickworks ?

 

[Hacienda71]

Ha ha Pr up the Brickworks top 50 place and 2 seconds faster than @400bhp who went up it this afternoon as well.
Then a fairly quick run up the Cat with a top ten on one of the segments just behind Mark Lovatt.

 

[400bhp]

Ha ha Pr up the Brickworks top 50 place and 2 seconds faster than @400bhp who went up it this afternoon as well.
Then a fairly quick run up the Cat with a top ten on one of the segments just behind Mark Lovatt.

Me and Cliffy guessed you'd be up there today

 

[Hacienda71]

Me and Cliffy guessed you'd be up there today

A good day for it and the Cat although I was feeling a bit jaded after the Brickworks and the descent off Long Hill had horrendous cross winds.

 

[400bhp]

Felt pretty average before but felt really good afterwards. I think my body often needs a kickstart.

It's so good leaving work and riding up hills like that.

 

[fossyant]

Felt pretty average before but felt really good afterwards. I think my body often needs a kickstart.

It's so good leaving work and riding up hills like that.

It's no fun on my fixed doing hills like that. Done The Wizzard once on a lower gear than I have now, never again.

 

[glenn forger]

 

[400bhp]

It's no fun on my fixed doing hills like that. Done The Wizzard once on a lower gear than I have now, never again.

What are you running?

Stayed on the big ring today. 50 x 23 or 25 most of the time.

 

[Hacienda71]

You could do the Cat fixed and I suspect the Brickworks although there would be a bit of honking going on

 

[fossyant]

What are you running?

Stayed on the big ring today. 50 x 23 or 25 most of the time.

78 inch which is a bit like 53 x 18 or 50 x17

I ride brickworks on 39 x 17,19,21

 

[fossyant]

You could do the Cat fixed and I suspect the Brickworks although there would be a bit of honking going on

A bit, standing still. I have done the run up to it via higher Poynton on fixed, nearly killed all of us on the CC ride.

 

[fossyant]

What are you running?

Stayed on the big ring today. 50 x 23 or 25 most of the time.

Big.... Chain cross over! That lost you two seconds to Hac.