Your ride today.... (part 1)

[DCLane]

Set off for the first run up Holme Moss of the year: http://app.strava.com/activities/43697103 at 8am this morning.

Snow / sleet / hail / rain / mist / fog = all within 5 miles on the climb!

 

[Rustybucket]

http://app.strava.com/activities/43685851

just missed 50 miles

 

[coffeejo]

50 miles up over the Quantocks to Blackmore Farm near Cannington for lunch and then home via Burrow Mump and the Willow and Wetlands Centre in Stoke St Gregory for one of the most delicious slabs of carrot cake I've ever tasted.

Got caught in a torrential downpour on the way back - all the rain we've not had for the past few weeks in one go.

 

[avsd]

Did a sixty miles in the cold, wet and wind. Thankfully it was with the club but one of the guys had three punctures!
Italy have their Strada Bianca. In Ireland we have our Strada Aqua. I never seen so many flood roads.

 

[arranandy]

Missed the the Saturday morning chaingang by 2 minutes due to sleeping in so did 55 miles on my own this morning. Rain, sleet, snow and a b@stard of an easterly wind. Hands and feet were numb by the time I got home

 

[derrick]

Had a relaxing 16miles today, stopped at three cycle shops on route,was after a bit of advice, very pleasent and helpfull was worth the stops. the last one i had to make my own tea though.

 

[compo]

It was quite mild, though grey and overcast with very little wind this morning in west Essex. I headed north through the back lanes up to Stansted Airport, then round in a circuit back home. 32 miles in total. This was also the first time I have completed the ride non stop.

 

[HLaB]

Pretty horrible conditions for today's bun run; so nobody stopped at the usual cafe for a change and we headed back into town and the cafe at Planet Velo

 

[User169]

Total stinker. Windy, constant rain, cold and a puncture. Fingers are still numb, several hours later. Not the best day for the first shorts ride of the year. Neverthess, longest ride this year - just over 100 miles.

 

[vernon]

68.5 miles and three thousand feet of climbing in rain sleet and cold temperatures an on roads that were awash in places with water from overnight rain. It was the ride from hell and it messed with my head. It was an audax and I was riding it at 12km/hr pace until I got to the half way point and looked at the brevet card and discovered that it was a 15km/hr pace. I thought that the hilly bit was going to be from half way to three quarters of the way round the ride but it was lumpy for the entire second half and I didn't get enough calories in to be comfortable on the climbs. I went over distance and was 15km from home when I ran out of time. On getting back to base I discovered that I had, made the cut as the cards had been printed with the wrong timings. My feet are dry for the first time since ten o'clock this morning. The redeeming feature was the discovery of a butcher in Ripon who makes pork, apple and black pudding pies and very appealing pork and cranberry pies. Reviews pending.

PS. My belly has yet to thaw out from the ride.

 

[Hip Priest]

I'd literally just wheeled the bike out of the garage, and the snow started.

0.01 miles at an average of 3mph.

 

[Marshmallow_Fluff]

Club ride yesterday.. Bit of change there, as we were split in groups chasing each other in 4-mile loops! Quite good fun, plus the added bonus of my favorite panini, chocolate wafers and lovely hot coffee!
A real pleasure meeting you Mr @Rapples as well! The guys really liked you and we all are looking forward to see you again soon!

 

[coffeejo]

Club ride yesterday.. Bit of change there, as we were split in groups chasing each other in 4-mile loops!

Sounds fun - we're always looking for new ideas. How did that work?

 

[Marshmallow_Fluff]

Sounds fun - we're always looking for new ideas. How did that work?

We were split in groups of 4-6 initially of mixed ability and set off to do some tight group training (wheel sucking, posisition changing, leading etc). Then we were mixed again, but this time grouped with similar abilities. The slowest group went off first, then the one that was a bit faster, etc., with approx 01:30 min difference (a bit like TT lol) and each group was trying to catch up the one in front..
Needless to say that our fastest group nearly had a pick nick waiting for everybody to complete their loop! I think next time will have to time it better. I think it would have worked better if we had timed each group before releasing the chase and possibly leaving enough time before setting off each group accordingly to make it more challenging for the fast-fast boys..
It was the first time, so there is plenty of room to improve..

Any good ideas your end?

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Went out for an quick early spin this morning at 7:30 - flipping cold, glad I opted for the winter gloves, socks and woolly hat attire, I did have other stuff on as well, I wasn't doing a mickle!