Your ride today.... (part 1)

[HLaB]

A nice wee 36 miles with a mate. It was forecasted to be bright an milder but some of the roads looked pretty dodgy so we stuck to more main roads. The only piece of disappointment was when we stopped at one cafe only to find it shut so we made the 5.5mile trip down the main road to the next

 

[numbnuts]

I rode 27 miles to the farm to get some eggs, but they had run out

 

[DCLane]

Re-did the route I used to do when I first started riding to lose weight; I'd gone to the Post Office and it was en-route. I worked out I'm 7 minutes faster over the 6 mile route than I was at 12 stone (June!).

 

[theloafer]

was our club xmas dinner ride today.. road at aycliffe were bad so i took the van to darlo meeting point there was 14 riders and all the route was clear of ice .. poss stayed in the pub to long.. got back just as it was getting dark ,had lights but got the g/f to pick me up from darlo..

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/135539529

 

[potsy]

Rode to Tatton park, a smidge over 19 miles, cold,damp conditions but the roads were quiet and the drivers that were out behaved very well.
Not been out since last Friday so was blowing a bit on the ups, most enjoyable though.

 

[coffeejo]

Took the road bike out today for the first time in a couple of weeks and had a fantastic ride. Superb conditions: no sun but lovely and mild and the roads were dry enough to get some speed up, especially on the downhill stretches, though I didn't risk it on the corners.

37 miles in total, which means I've passed this year's cycling target with over a week to spare

 

[totallyfixed]

Cannot remember the last time I cycled with the sun on my face and felt warm at this time of year. Only 25 miles taken at a slow easy pace. Beautiful day.

 

[HLaB]

On a spur of the moment, I decided to take advantage of the mild weather and head up the Logie Kirk Road (just a few days ago it would have been covered in snow/ice). The ride took me into Dunblane and I saw a sign for a cathedral, curiosity got the better of me so I decided to have a look.

Came back through Bridge of Allan, at which point I was glad I was on a bike, the town was jammed with traffic and I actually made use of the farcilities.
Then I headed to the Loganlea cafe for a coffee and scone before I got there on a quiet rural road I had to turn right, looked (there's a wvm in the distance), signalled strongly and moved to the middle of the lane. I'm glad I done a life saver to my amazement WVM was pushing through fast. Full of the festive spirit In general however I think drivers were full of the non alcoholic kind; I had several drivers wait behind me on relatively straight wide roads, until I found a layby to let them pass
After a long coffee stop I remembered there was one road I pass often but I'd never been down, so I took a little detour.
After that I ended up doing 73 miles; I was tempted to go out for another two but it was getting late (well that's my excuse anyway )

 

[BigonaBianchi]

3 miles in the rain

 

[HLaB]

3 miles in the rain

You need mudguards

 

[MattHB]

My ride was horrid. I left home in the rain, cos I was climbing the walls and GF was having a nap. I knew it was a bit blowy but met office said it was sws so I thought I'd go down my 20 mile easy ride that runs east to west, then opposit on the way back.

Damn wind went round to a full headwind gusting upto about 30mph called it short and dived off down a short cut home and finished on 13.5. Woosed out I know but I'm kicking a cold and it was torrential rain as well.

Damn wind, I hate it.

 

[HLaB]

I went on a shorter than normal DCC bun run, well it is Christmas and this guy turned up too

It was a bit wet and muddy on the way home, do you think he'll make it back to Lapland ?

 

[MattHB]

how cool

 

[coffeejo]

34 miles, yule log and stollen, coffee, hills, sunshine after a chilly start.

 

[Christopher]

Nice 25 miler in full sun here in SW France. Roads almost deserted...