Your ride today.... (part 1)
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A like for getting out, despite not feeling your best
gavgav
Legendary Member
Don't blame you. I avoid main roads when cycling if at all possible!
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
We must have been quite close though. You probably went into the main car park. Behind that are the trees that we in the park.
ScotiaLass
Guru
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- Middle Earth
A short 10.5 miles to the Kelpies and back using Arabella.
A few teething issues but I'm sure we'll sort those out!
I did find it easier getting up inclines and hills on those 'tiny' tyres
but 18 gears seemed inadequate at times!
Arabella's first ride out to the Kelpies!
A few teething issues but I'm sure we'll sort those out!
I did find it easier getting up inclines and hills on those 'tiny' tyres
but 18 gears seemed inadequate at times!Arabella's first ride out to the Kelpies!
Donger
Convoi Exceptionnel
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- Quedgeley, Glos.
Is there a "Bike Line" anyone can ring to report the neglect poor Priscilla is now suffering? Stuck away in the dark part of the garage behind the broken strimmer and the half empty cans of paint, gathering cobwebs. It shouldn't happen to a bike.A short 10.5 miles to the Kelpies and back using Arabella.
A few teething issues but I'm sure we'll sort those out!
I did find it easier getting up inclines and hills on those 'tiny' tyres
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Arabella's first ride out to the Kelpies!
ScotiaLass
Guru
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- Middle Earth
Excuse me!!! Priscilla lives in the hall and always will!
She is being used on Saturday and I expect she will always be used slightly more than Arabella
Donger
Convoi Exceptionnel
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- Quedgeley, Glos.
Excuse me!!! Priscilla lives in the hall and always will!
She is being used on Saturday and I expect she will always be used slightly more than Arabella
I apologise unreservedly for the content of my post, and for any offence caused thereby. I now accept and recognise that no bicycles were hurt in the events depicted in this forum and I hereby retract my specious and unsustainable claims of bicycle abuse.
ScotiaLass
Guru
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- Middle Earth
My lawyer thanks you Sir!
Ian H
Ancient randonneur
A bit late but this was last Thursday/Friday's ride. I had to routecheck my Buzzard 600 which runs this weekend. It starts from Leighton Buzzard and goes to Exeter and back. I started and finished at Honiton.By lunchtime I was in Bath climbing in the heat on to the old lanes of the Fosse Way. By evening I'd passed Malmesbury and Cirencester and reached Brackley. Stopped at a funny little pub there. Onwards towards Leighton B, mixing it with Silverston traffic. Got to the turn at dusk. Didn't believe my own instructions out of Leighton B, but after a bit of milling around it turned out they were correct. A quick kip (power-nap) in a bus shelter and onwards towards Pangbourne. The bridge was not so much closed as removed. The pedestrian fotbridge had big No Cycling signs, but it was too early for anyone to be about. Lots of new roundabouts, changed signs, roundabouts replaced with lights, and other stuff to correct. Chandlers' Ford, lanes to Salisbury. A bit of experimentation revealed a better route out of the city. Along past the Fovant Badges to Sherborne, then lanes to avoid the nastiness that is Yeovil. Rejoined the A30 to Crewkerne and climbed to Cricket St Thomas (former home of Mr Blobby). It was now raining. A descent into Chard (highest town in Somerset, would you believe?) was followed by the leg-sapping climb up Snowdon. A long descent followed then the superb, almost alpine ascent through Yarcombe to Devonshire Inn. A quick descent through Monkton and I was home. 35hrs in total, and a routesheet to write up, gps to amend. Superb route if I say so myself.
Donger
Convoi Exceptionnel
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- Quedgeley, Glos.
Have you been at the "Ever needed an excuse?" thread? As excuses go, "I had to routecheck my buzzard" stretches credibility a bit. I would not advise children to use this an as excuse for late homework.
Very nearly My ride Today as it's only just gone midnight!
I had a bit of time to spare before work yesterday so I jumped on the Hardtail and headed out for an hour & a half. No real direction, just nice to see the weather better than forecast (not like when I got to Fakenham, work, in the evening! Back to downpours again)
I dropped down to a nearby lake on Overstone golf course via the golfers bridge. Then cut through Court Farm into the back of the caravan park and Ecton.
The old packhorse bridge on the bridleway still has a lot of the wooden slats bolted onto it so the horses can get some traction.
The bridleway leading to the bridge in not nice at this time of year whilst wearing shorts!! Nearly all that green stuff is nettles. The bits that don't sting are mainly brambles!!
Suffice it to say, I got stung and scratched several times...
From here, I crossed open fields and across the Nene by Cogenhoe Lock and up a quite steep hill into the side of Cogenhoe village and back home. On the way back home, I was alongside the main A45 and saw one of the lorries from the depot I work at. I couldn't see the driver properly, but whenI got to work this afternoon, one of the chaps asked if it was me cycling along.... Sure was!
Behind Riverside Retail Park, I cut across this bit of marshland. It's dry at the moment, but I've known this bit to be hub deep when the flood defences overflow into it.
Back home on 16 miles with just in time for a shower, lunch and work. Boooo.
Nice to stretch (and scratch!) the legs though.
http://www.strava.com/activities/164007152
I had a bit of time to spare before work yesterday so I jumped on the Hardtail and headed out for an hour & a half. No real direction, just nice to see the weather better than forecast (not like when I got to Fakenham, work, in the evening! Back to downpours again)
I dropped down to a nearby lake on Overstone golf course via the golfers bridge. Then cut through Court Farm into the back of the caravan park and Ecton.
The old packhorse bridge on the bridleway still has a lot of the wooden slats bolted onto it so the horses can get some traction.
The bridleway leading to the bridge in not nice at this time of year whilst wearing shorts!! Nearly all that green stuff is nettles. The bits that don't sting are mainly brambles!!
Suffice it to say, I got stung and scratched several times...
From here, I crossed open fields and across the Nene by Cogenhoe Lock and up a quite steep hill into the side of Cogenhoe village and back home. On the way back home, I was alongside the main A45 and saw one of the lorries from the depot I work at. I couldn't see the driver properly, but whenI got to work this afternoon, one of the chaps asked if it was me cycling along.... Sure was!
Behind Riverside Retail Park, I cut across this bit of marshland. It's dry at the moment, but I've known this bit to be hub deep when the flood defences overflow into it.
Back home on 16 miles with just in time for a shower, lunch and work. Boooo.
Nice to stretch (and scratch!) the legs though.
http://www.strava.com/activities/164007152
ScotiaLass
Guru
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- Middle Earth
A short 10.5 miles to the Kelpies and back using Arabella.
A few teething issues but I'm sure we'll sort those out!
I did find it easier getting up inclines and hills on those 'tiny' tyres
Erm, I have 21 gears
alans
black belt lounge lizard
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- Staffordshire
I had a need to test ride the new saddle position on the Longstaff after fettling it yesterday (or was it the day before?).It was o.k.-ish on a short ride along & up the Close.
So I extended the 1km round trip for newspapers to a 15km ride.
Started with an easy flat bit to Fole & then made the mistake decision to hang a left into Fole Lane for the steep up/down/up/down roller coaster to Hollington which tested the sit bones/saddle interface quite thoroughly.
The Scenic virtues of this route continued up to the Roman road of Hollington Level with excellent views to the Weaver Hills to my right & marvellous clear vistas to my left across the Dove Valley to Cannock Chase & it's telecoms tower & the power station at Rugely.
The decent down Hollington Bank was the usual Geronimo drop-from-the-sky-above big grin ride.
The saddle was more comfortable than it's nose-up attitude suggests it should be.I remain unconvinced about it wrt to 100km-ish rides & may yet invest in an in-line seat post.
I didn't notice any benefit from the boing boing of the integral suspension elastomer of the seat post.
I did notice that the slightly higher nose of the saddle made it a little more challenging to get my leg over.
I also noticed that the same nose-up aspect & corresponding ar$e down dropped the Barley low enough to
slightly obscure the rear light.This will certainly require another fettle.
So I extended the 1km round trip for newspapers to a 15km ride.
Started with an easy flat bit to Fole & then made the mistake decision to hang a left into Fole Lane for the steep up/down/up/down roller coaster to Hollington which tested the sit bones/saddle interface quite thoroughly.
The Scenic virtues of this route continued up to the Roman road of Hollington Level with excellent views to the Weaver Hills to my right & marvellous clear vistas to my left across the Dove Valley to Cannock Chase & it's telecoms tower & the power station at Rugely.
The decent down Hollington Bank was the usual Geronimo drop-from-the-sky-above big grin ride.
The saddle was more comfortable than it's nose-up attitude suggests it should be.I remain unconvinced about it wrt to 100km-ish rides & may yet invest in an in-line seat post.
I didn't notice any benefit from the boing boing of the integral suspension elastomer of the seat post.
I did notice that the slightly higher nose of the saddle made it a little more challenging to get my leg over.
I also noticed that the same nose-up aspect & corresponding ar$e down dropped the Barley low enough to
slightly obscure the rear light.This will certainly require another fettle.
arranandy
Legendary Member
Day off today but quite a few household chores to do so I decided last night to get up early this morning and head out on the bike. So up at 5.15, brekkie then out on the bike for 6. I had planned a 50 mile loop up to Eaglesham, over the moor, down the A77 to Mearnskirk then a roundabout route through the lanes to Strathaven then home. Dull and grey when I left and there was a touch of drizzle over the moor road however by the time I got home the sun was out.
Home just after 9 with 49 miles and 3200 feet of climbing done.
Home just after 9 with 49 miles and 3200 feet of climbing done.
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