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shall I PM you in the morning when I go to the chemist?
Your ride today.... (part 1)
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coffeejo
Ælfrēd
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- West Somerset
It would be great if you could stand at the junction with the road to the village with a big sign so I don't carry on up the road and only remember when I'm on the way home an hour and a half after the pharmacy shuts for the day.
Wouldn't be so bad except I deliberately waited until after they'd reopened for afternoon before setting off.
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could be a touch further than I can cycle at the moment, even if I were to set off right now... I find writing a note to myself works wonders, but we have a blackboard noticeboard by the door - try sticking a note to your bottle of milk in the fridge or perhaps inside the coffee jar for the morning... might work!It would be great if you could stand at the junction with the road to the village with a big sign so I don't carry on up the road and only remember when I'm on the way home an hour and a half after the pharmacy shuts for the day.
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
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- Wilmslow, Cheshire
I decided as Prestbury Road in Macclesfield was being resurfaced that I should find an alternative route to Wilmslow tonight. 
http://app.strava.com/activities/67828619
http://app.strava.com/activities/67828619
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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You got lost a bit there
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
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- Wilmslow, Cheshire
Mmmmm did seem a little hillier than normal. 
After my exertions on the Bealach at the weekend i've been feeling tired and took a few days off the bike. Today i went out on my "flat" route from Dollar toward Kinross which starts with a 4 mile climb (only 2 or 3% avg though). I do this route quite often but this past week the roads have been shut due to a music festival. Legs felt ok so i kept up at tempo speed (and a bit more at times) round the 27 mile loop. I passed the remnants of what had been "T in the Park" at Balado. The place was strewn with litter of all kinds - looked more like a landfill site! Teams were busy clearing it up i'm glad to say.
Strong headwind coming back but a 19.3mph avg (fair bit of downhill near the end) for the ride and then something to eat while watching the TdF time trial made for a nice afternoon.
Strong headwind coming back but a 19.3mph avg (fair bit of downhill near the end) for the ride and then something to eat while watching the TdF time trial made for a nice afternoon.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Went out for paced recovery ride tonight (well last night by the time I typed) and it was working until bloke who overtook me at Bretton. I was going to let him go and maintain my pace but he sat 50yards in front, couldn't pull away and kept on nervously looking to see if he was going to be scalped, so I obliged and kept the pace up all the way to Stamford 
Finally wound down near Uppingham then I spotted a group of three on Harringworth Hill and upped it again 
Finally wound down near Uppingham then I spotted a group of three on Harringworth Hill and upped it again
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coffeejo
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- West Somerset
Done. Took the dog for a walk got there as the pharmacy opened.
Confession time.i turned around and came home because of the heat (wimp).
I was on the mtb on my slow way to Otley just for a latte,i was going a long way round through parks and woods.So there was a bit of shade.But i just didn't like the heat.
So i will go stand in the corner with the dunce cap on.
I was on the mtb on my slow way to Otley just for a latte,i was going a long way round through parks and woods.So there was a bit of shade.But i just didn't like the heat.
So i will go stand in the corner with the dunce cap on.
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Thought I would try to get out 3 days in a row, but once life sorted itself out, it was clear today was going to be way too hot to go out during the day. The local weather recording station stated it was 28.4C at 5pm & 6pm, so I waited and waited and... eventually got fed up and went out on the mtb to at 7pm to find some shade in Delamere Forest.
It nearly all ended in disaster before it had really started. I hit a rut too hard, too fast and with the front suspension locked out on my mtb on a local bridlepath and the only thing that can be said is for one minute I though I had broken the frame on the bike from the noise. Eventually I continued and finally sussed out what the problem is (roughly speaking... seems to be a front brake pad issue which will get investigated fully tomorrow) at least I think I have found it - it sounds like a broken spoke rattling, gets worse at speed and shuts up if you apply the front brake lever without really applying the brakes... anyhow I decided after 5 mins of investigations that being eaten alive by insects was not preferable to conitnuing my ride and got back on the bike and decided on a worse thing that can happen policy - front brake won't work (and I can't easily apply the rear brake with my left wrist issues) so the ride might just be slightly faster than planned...
(Part of Blackberry Alley - just at the bottom is where I had the issues...)
Delamere Forest seemed strangley deserted at first, but before long mountain bikers outnumbered dog walkers by around 10:1 but I did notice I was the only female out there tonight. Had a little fun with one guy on an expensive full suspension mtb when I caught him up, overtook him then nonchalantly sat up and pulled my water bottle from its cage and took a drink... (sorry, I was having a little fun with him...
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Then it was a case of time to get home. Light was starting to fade, but it hadn't gotten any cooler and I was running out of water, my OH would be trying to locate me - the iPhone isn't standing up to being knocked around anymore, so I go out without a phone using the principle there are plenty other phones around to use to call 999 in an emergency. (I know the day I need it there won't be but...).
Oh and I have to apologise to anyone who heard my rather feminine squeal in Delamere Forest. A rather large dragonfly and I had a coming together, first it wrapped itself around my handlebars, then around my good leg and I was not inclined to leave it there whilst it tried to sting me! So sorry if you no longer need to clean your ears out, it was a rather high pitched sqeal and I am somewhat embarrassed about it
So just the 21.4km (old money, not much = a little over 13 miles), in 1hr 24 mins which on sand & rough tracks in hot temps is not too bad for me. (I hate cycling on sand, comes from 2 years of commuting to work on it). http://app.strava.com/activities/68086182
Evening light over a local field - the black blob is a crow.
It nearly all ended in disaster before it had really started. I hit a rut too hard, too fast and with the front suspension locked out on my mtb on a local bridlepath and the only thing that can be said is for one minute I though I had broken the frame on the bike from the noise. Eventually I continued and finally sussed out what the problem is (roughly speaking... seems to be a front brake pad issue which will get investigated fully tomorrow) at least I think I have found it - it sounds like a broken spoke rattling, gets worse at speed and shuts up if you apply the front brake lever without really applying the brakes... anyhow I decided after 5 mins of investigations that being eaten alive by insects was not preferable to conitnuing my ride and got back on the bike and decided on a worse thing that can happen policy - front brake won't work (and I can't easily apply the rear brake with my left wrist issues) so the ride might just be slightly faster than planned...
(Part of Blackberry Alley - just at the bottom is where I had the issues...)
Delamere Forest seemed strangley deserted at first, but before long mountain bikers outnumbered dog walkers by around 10:1 but I did notice I was the only female out there tonight. Had a little fun with one guy on an expensive full suspension mtb when I caught him up, overtook him then nonchalantly sat up and pulled my water bottle from its cage and took a drink... (sorry, I was having a little fun with him...
) Then it was a case of time to get home. Light was starting to fade, but it hadn't gotten any cooler and I was running out of water, my OH would be trying to locate me - the iPhone isn't standing up to being knocked around anymore, so I go out without a phone using the principle there are plenty other phones around to use to call 999 in an emergency. (I know the day I need it there won't be but...).
Oh and I have to apologise to anyone who heard my rather feminine squeal in Delamere Forest. A rather large dragonfly and I had a coming together, first it wrapped itself around my handlebars, then around my good leg and I was not inclined to leave it there whilst it tried to sting me! So sorry if you no longer need to clean your ears out, it was a rather high pitched sqeal and I am somewhat embarrassed about it
So just the 21.4km (old money, not much = a little over 13 miles), in 1hr 24 mins which on sand & rough tracks in hot temps is not too bad for me. (I hate cycling on sand, comes from 2 years of commuting to work on it). http://app.strava.com/activities/68086182
Evening light over a local field - the black blob is a crow.
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