Weight gain after a hard ride

[nickyboy]

@nickyboy we left my brother's in Whitehough, Chapel en le Frith and went Buxton, Harpur Hill, Longnor, Glutton, Hartington, Newhaven, Friden, Youlgreave, Over Haddon, Sheldon, Chelmorton and back route to Chapel. Then had a DRIVE up Peaslowe Lane.......just WOW! Won't be attempting that anytime soon.
@jefmcg am thinking it's all to do with fluid, I do remember similar experiences to yours when fell walking in the Lake District......the swelling etc. Probably wouldn't have noticed if my husband hadn't said about it and he only noticed because he's hoping to lose a few pounds and thought a good ride would have shifted a couple.

That's a hard ride but some lovely roads that I ride on every now and then. I'm going to give Peaslowe Lane a miss in the future. It's just too hard to be enjoyable, Rushup Edge is a much more pleasant alternative

 

[uclown2002]

Weigh yourself every couple of days and look for trends over a period of several weeks - not specific numbers on any given day.

To add to the advice above, as someone else has alluded to, weigh yourself at the same time of day, preferably first thing in the morning.

 

[vernon]

Thus I can manage to cycle and gain weight.

I've gained weight on two cycle tours, LEJOG and Prague to Berlin. The first one saw a weight gain of a pound. The second one saw a weight gain of nearly half a stone - I discovered the pleasures of excessive amounts of Czech beer and cheap food.