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- Bristolian
Just taken my eldest daughter out on her new pink Islabike 
Your ride today.... (part 1)
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derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
Just a short one this morning, Solo ride not many cyclist out but plenty of runners, but best of all hardly any cars
http://www.strava.com/activities/232634818
http://www.strava.com/activities/232634818
Jon George
Mamil and couldn't care less
- Location
- Suffolk an' Good
Well, being just 2 miles short of 5000 for the year and a gap of an hour before I next had to do something cooking-wise in the kitchen, I grabbed hold of #4 for this auspicious event and went out to Foxhall and back.
5002 for the year!
Happy Christmas and a safe riding New Year.
5002 for the year!
Happy Christmas and a safe riding New Year.
galaxy
Guru
- Location
- Middleton On The Hill
I have never seen Lyndhurst High St that quiet
arranandy
Legendary Member
Quick 20 miles this morning. Lovely day here, cold and bright with hardly any wind. Not many cyclists out but plenty of walkers and runners.
Heading down to the in-laws shortly for a turkey with all the trimmings dinner and a few alcoholic beverages
Heading down to the in-laws shortly for a turkey with all the trimmings dinner and a few alcoholic beverages
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
A nice 28 miles this morning. A couple of miles into the ride a buzzard flew along the floor for about half a mile before gaining height, I guess he'd had his Christmas turkey early!
I passed another fella twice, I reckon he was doing the reverse of my ride. I also passed a dapper chap out in his Christmas finery.... White rain Cape, pink tights, Sky shorts and sky helmet, he looked great!
Came back for a shower, then we had our starter, then we went for a walk through the village
Spuds are cooking.....
I passed another fella twice, I reckon he was doing the reverse of my ride. I also passed a dapper chap out in his Christmas finery.... White rain Cape, pink tights, Sky shorts and sky helmet, he looked great!
Came back for a shower, then we had our starter, then we went for a walk through the village
Spuds are cooking.....
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
Just in from the most boringest ride in the whole wide world ever.
We set off happily enough and sat in the queue at the never changing lights until they eventually changed (4 minutes
) down the hill and on to the Marriotts. We passed the 3 mile marker on the trail (it was the one mile marker for us) and Hubster said that his legs were tired. Joy abounding.
We got as far as Drayton, which is 2.79 miles from our home and headed back. On the way back, we took a detour up a track we'd never been up. I waited at the top while Hubster walked it. Then we rode along and found ourselves at the back of St Edwards Close in Costessey, so we retraced our steps and went the other way. At a couple of points we rode next to the Marriotts before heading away again and eventually came out at the bottom of Oval Road, which is where we often ride up, rather than slog up Marlpit Lane.
We got to the top of the hill and over the Dereham Road, where Hubster decided not to feel very well. We were there for a bit while Hubster got his breath back. I watched a bunch of kids having a barney over who had scooted through some mud and got their new scooter dirty and how Mum was going to kill them all. We then cycled the last 600 yards home. 7.01 in 3/4 hour or so.
My pal Mark wants to go for a ride tomorrow. I might well take the other Planet X out for a jolly, if the weather is OK. Only 20 miles to target now.
We set off happily enough and sat in the queue at the never changing lights until they eventually changed (4 minutes
) down the hill and on to the Marriotts. We passed the 3 mile marker on the trail (it was the one mile marker for us) and Hubster said that his legs were tired. Joy abounding.We got as far as Drayton, which is 2.79 miles from our home and headed back. On the way back, we took a detour up a track we'd never been up. I waited at the top while Hubster walked it. Then we rode along and found ourselves at the back of St Edwards Close in Costessey, so we retraced our steps and went the other way. At a couple of points we rode next to the Marriotts before heading away again and eventually came out at the bottom of Oval Road, which is where we often ride up, rather than slog up Marlpit Lane.
We got to the top of the hill and over the Dereham Road, where Hubster decided not to feel very well. We were there for a bit while Hubster got his breath back. I watched a bunch of kids having a barney over who had scooted through some mud and got their new scooter dirty and how Mum was going to kill them all. We then cycled the last 600 yards home. 7.01 in 3/4 hour or so.
My pal Mark wants to go for a ride tomorrow. I might well take the other Planet X out for a jolly, if the weather is OK. Only 20 miles to target now.
sgl5gjr
Senior Member
- Location
- Huntingdon
The Youngest (teen) and I took a gentle 10.1 mile ride this morning from Huntingdon through to both the Ripton Villages and a return to home..... set off at 07:55, t'was a tad cool but I did get a sunrise photo or two at Abbots Ripton.....
Cambs County had shed tons of bl**dy salt all over what were dry roads yesterday, with the forecast rain/sleet the roads are gonna be filthy tomorrow and Saturday..... 
and with the salt wash in the tarmac....even more destroyed
Anyway..... a couple of runners in Huntingdon and Dog Walkers there too...... no cyclists on the roads but Old Bill drove passed in a Traffic car and wished us a Merry Christmas ......
Have a good day folks.......
No Turkey n Sprouts for us...... YUK......
and with the salt wash in the tarmac....even more destroyedAnyway..... a couple of runners in Huntingdon and Dog Walkers there too...... no cyclists on the roads but Old Bill drove passed in a Traffic car and wished us a Merry Christmas ......
Have a good day folks.......
No Turkey n Sprouts for us...... YUK......
GM
Legendary Member
- Location
- North of the river
Me and daughter did a short hilly route around ally pally and highgate 12.7miles just to work up an appetite, 
Flick of the Elbow
less than
- Location
- Pentlands Water of Leith
An easy 2 hour mtb over the Pentlands with my wife, chilly but great views across to the snow capped Ochils.
G3CWI
Veteran
- Location
- Macclesfield
Heavy showers spoiled my ride. I set off in sunshine rather hoping it would stay that way: it didn't. A few other cyclists about including one who rode along with me for a while. He was cycling from Chorlton to Knutsford and had decided to use his summer bike. We agreed that this was a mistake...
Strava revealed that I just missed seeing @Hacienda71 who was also out enjoying the rain. He seemed to be travelling unseasonably fast on his new super-bike. Looking at the speed I suspect he's gone electric. Oh no it cant be, he's far too fast for electric.
45km, slow.
Strava revealed that I just missed seeing @Hacienda71 who was also out enjoying the rain. He seemed to be travelling unseasonably fast on his new super-bike. Looking at the speed I suspect he's gone electric. Oh no it cant be, he's far too fast for electric.
45km, slow.
SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
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- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
For slightly obvious reasons, I haven't posted anything here for the last 2 months, at least not ride related anyway... but I know a number of you have been following my progress on strava and helping me stay motivated with my physio and as threatened in another post, I thought that I might write up this morning's physio walk!
Santa somehow managed to deliver me a Sony Smartband Talk SWR30 overnight - a seriously good challenge because we don't have a chimney.... It reckons this was 290 steps! I may have to count them this evening and recalibrate it - sadly it does not talk to Strava or my smartphone, but does communicate with my tablet! Also sadly, no coffee and cakes were involved, no mince pies either and I will apologise now for the photos @potsy and @User14044 I may have found someone to challenge your photography skills... the camera was in the hands of my husband and even with some tactful hints....
So the start time was a precise 10:36 today (usually a 06:36 start but someone was allowed a lie in today and it wasn't me!
)... the crutches sprint race that happens twice daily in these parts, though usually in the dark for reasons best not covered... the early race leader seemed to be the weather, but I did make it to the 'tunnel' prior to a brief but heavy hailstorm... Out of the tunnel for the very first time since the operation 2 weeks ago made for a pleasant change and it caught the weather and the photographer off guard... then for the planned U turn - this is a complicated manoeuvre which has to be executed from a certain angle and must be a left hand turn otherwise disqualification is inevitable and tumbles guaranteed 
. Then for the slight uphill incline, back into the tunnel before the final push (again uphill) towards the pond where 5 of the 6 goldfish remain alive, a left turn prior to the pond ensures the shortest path to the front door (cunningly hidden behind the tree in the last photo) and it is a photo finish across finish line, well it would have been if the photographer had not been more interested in the pile of hailstones in the guttering. Time 10:51... and the next round of torrential rain commences. The final hurdle for the day is the stair case... repeat later in the dark! I may have just made 100m for the sprint!
I hope the threat was worth it! Done twice a day, each day extending by a metre or so. It's about half what I could do before the op, but I'm getting there.
Santa somehow managed to deliver me a Sony Smartband Talk SWR30 overnight - a seriously good challenge because we don't have a chimney.... It reckons this was 290 steps! I may have to count them this evening and recalibrate it - sadly it does not talk to Strava or my smartphone, but does communicate with my tablet! Also sadly, no coffee and cakes were involved, no mince pies either and I will apologise now for the photos @potsy and @User14044 I may have found someone to challenge your photography skills... the camera was in the hands of my husband and even with some tactful hints....
So the start time was a precise 10:36 today (usually a 06:36 start but someone was allowed a lie in today and it wasn't me!
)... the crutches sprint race that happens twice daily in these parts, though usually in the dark for reasons best not covered... the early race leader seemed to be the weather, but I did make it to the 'tunnel' prior to a brief but heavy hailstorm... Out of the tunnel for the very first time since the operation 2 weeks ago made for a pleasant change and it caught the weather and the photographer off guard... then for the planned U turn - this is a complicated manoeuvre which has to be executed from a certain angle and must be a left hand turn otherwise disqualification is inevitable and tumbles guaranteed . Then for the slight uphill incline, back into the tunnel before the final push (again uphill) towards the pond where 5 of the 6 goldfish remain alive, a left turn prior to the pond ensures the shortest path to the front door (cunningly hidden behind the tree in the last photo) and it is a photo finish across finish line, well it would have been if the photographer had not been more interested in the pile of hailstones in the guttering. Time 10:51... and the next round of torrential rain commences. The final hurdle for the day is the stair case... repeat later in the dark! I may have just made 100m for the sprint!
I hope the threat was worth it! Done twice a day, each day extending by a metre or so. It's about half what I could do before the op, but I'm getting there.
Glow worm
Legendary Member
- Location
- Near Newmarket
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
@SatNavSaysStraightOn. This time next year........
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