PaulSB
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The Retirement Thread
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Their cafe's nice as well, just too close for a bike ride
I have lots of flat or nearly flat climbs on my 10 or 20 mile route. Some of them must rise 50/75 feet as they go over the motorways. One of them must be at least a hundred feet
Cheshire cycling hey.....so many big climbs.
classic33
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A local easy one(that bit in the centre),I have lots of flat or nearly flat climbs on my 10 or 20 mile route. Some of them must rise 50/75 feet as they go over the motorways. One of them must be at least a hundred feet
Cheshire cycling hey.....so many big climbs.
We've got hills if you want them........
classic33
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Do you deliver?
Drago
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Cool, Pizza Hut for tea and my Blue Light Card gives me 25% off 
derrick
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Please share. I thought I was the only oap who achieve's that sort of speed.
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I mostly ride rolling countryside, I have a lot of small hills if you need any.
View: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/10632860
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Plenty of hills here, but its collection only I'm afraid.
PaulSB
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- Chorley, Lancashire
Yes. I had lunch there a couple of times on sales visits. We have several good cafes which are too close to home or require an enormous loop on the way out and home.
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We have the same, there's one one that's good if the forecast is iffy, Brandon Marsh nature reserve, I can ride a twenty mile loop to get there, but if it starts raining its only ten miles straight home.
PaulSB
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- Location
- Chorley, Lancashire
Please share. I thought I was the only oap who achieve's that sort of speed.
Will do later when I'm at my laptop. I have to plan Wednesday's ride this evening.
When you look you'll see a big gap from late January to mid May. I was off the bike because of my illness.
Mostly I ride with a group of retirees ranging 60-70 years. Most rides average 16-17 though hills will lower this. Typically my total ride will come in 0.5 - 1 slower on the average for the group as I have a 13 mile round trip to and from our meet point.
We run a "Midweek Rides Group" made up of 10 retirees and 17 from our club who work a wide range of shifts. We allow those who understand our ethos to join the group. Sounds a bit exclusive, it isn't, everyone is welcome. The difficulty which can arise is some of the club guys who are really fast like to join us. We generally ride at 19-21. We can ride faster but we don't actually want to do the eyeballs out stuff anymore. Some who join us try to push it to 23-25 which for me is on the rivet. I'm shattered after 50-60 miles of that pace.
We do what is usually described in the club as pensioner pace. It's a nice backhanded compliment - it's caught a few people out on their first ride with us.
PaulSB
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- Chorley, Lancashire
Yep, we have some like that for when the weather is iffy.
