Your ride today.... (part 1)

[ColinJ]

Another one who needs to book a ride in these parts, oldfatfool and Kiwi_Sal come down regularly .

Even I made it down there! (And will again, when my damn body stops pretending it is 87 rather than 57! )

 

[totallyfixed]

Not wanting to hijack this thread too much [in penance will do a ride tomorrow with pics] it is safer to say we have had riders on the forum ride from Lancashire, Yorkshire, Warwickshire, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, either Hampshire or West Sussex [User13710], Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Leicestershire [I may have missed one or two] .

 

[compo]

I have just done a 15 mile loop around the lanes. Most of them are absolutely clear of snow and slush. One part of the ride is near to home and adjacent to a common, then a steep dip into an underpass and a climb out the other side. This road is traffic free so hasn't been treated. I rode it yesterday on my MTB but today I was on my hybrid with it's slick 700c tyres. What a difference to the MTB's big knobbly tyres. I was all over the place. At the dip into the underpass I admit to chickening out and walking the bike down the slope and up the other side, same on the return trip. Overall, a good ride though.

 

[coffeejo]

15 miles here as well. I'd forgotten what it's like to be cycling with the on your back. Bliss. Simply bliss.

 

[totallyfixed]

Sun? I wish. Was supposed to ride out at lunchtime but after a car journey this morning the roads are still not clear. Sun was forecast but just grey and gloomy here and lots of snow. Forecast is for another dump tomorrow, just what we need, sigh.

 

[coffeejo]

If it makes you feel better, we're due tomorrow ... that, plus the snow melt, will see the roads return to being rivers.

 

[vernon]

Twenty five mile loop taking in Otley to sample the pork pies of Middlemiss butchers in Market Street, Poole in Wharfedale and Harewood.

Pie was served warm. It had lightly spiced meat with just the right amount of jelly. The filling filled the pie whose crust was firm and had just the right amount of bite resistance. A worthy alternative to Weegmans' pies from round the corner.

8/10

 

[fossyant]

Day off today, so no commute.

Just been out for a quick 22 miles with a stop for lunch (at the end of the ride) at Polocini's Cafe in Romiley. Quick spin out round Adlington and its trying to Snow out there. Very cold ride, so two coffee's later and a chicken salad sandwich, I had defrosted.

Oh and a new years resolution complete - joined a club - now part of Polocini Test Team. Met one of the club members in there, and I'm positive he posts on here too ! DoctorNige ? Also think there are a couple of regulars here that are in the same club.

 

[Hacienda71]

Day off today, so no commute.

Just been out for a quick 22 miles with a stop for lunch (at the end of the ride) at Polocini's Cafe in Romiley. Quick spin out round Adlington and its trying to Snow out there. Very cold ride, so two coffee's later and a chicken salad sandwich, I had defrosted.

Oh and a new years resolution complete - joined a club - now part of Polocini Test Team. Met one of the club members in there, and I'm positive he posts on here too ! DoctorNige ? Also think there are a couple of regulars here that are in the same club.

But but but, red polka dots won't match with your Herety

 

[potsy]

Oh and a new years resolution complete - joined a club - now part of Polocini Test Team. Met one of the club members in there, and I'm positive he posts on here too ! DoctorNige ? Also think there are a couple of regulars here that are in the same club.

You usually drive there don't you?

Think Binbag is a member though he hardly posts on here any more.

 

[totallyfixed]

Same as Fossy 22 miles in very cold interesting conditions, managed to get a few snaps just before the camera batteries died and the snow arrives, not that we need anymore.

Still a touch on the chilly side

Yes I thought this was real too! We do posh round here when it comes to scarecrows

This is Edmundthorpe, a couple of villages away and this road tested my bike handling skills on 23mm tyres at 120 psi

Parked my bike inside the tree centre of this picture, will post up a couple of pics in a new thread in cafe,
"in praise of trees, your photos"

 

[potsy]

dr_pink's looking well

 

[totallyfixed]

dr_pink's looking well

Lol, it was the first thing she said when she saw this.

 

[fossyant]

Only driven once....

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

back from just over 22m of sheer hard work - why can't I have a tail wind just once please? How can I cycle in a large loop/circuit and never had a tailwind? Its not like it was up and back down the same road which I could understand...
Into town to collect prescription (head wind & snowing), upto local chemist (head wind & not snowing) and then instead of taking the short route (read 1 mile) home, I went off in search of some climbs (found them, headwind and snowing again)... glad the roads were quiet, up & over the top the wind picked up something chronic (not to mention throwing hail sized hardened bullets at me called snowflakes) was all I could do to stay in the middle of the lane. Still got lots of support for some mobile repair force repairing a road, including them holding back 4 cars just so I didn't have to stop and they were cheering me on no end. Also strangley got 2 QOM's on strava - can only be that I am the only female to have ridden them - it was not a quick day. 22 miles at 12.8mph... well not too bad for me at the end of a long week & 2 QOM's plus 1*3rd fastest time.