Your ride today.... (part 1)

[G3CWI]

All in all a great ride, although I did encounter a tosspot cyclo-evangelist who pointed at me and barked "HELMET!" across the road at me.

Perhaps your flies were undone?

 

[Deleted member 23692]

Perhaps your flies were undone?

I dress to the left, so it's kerbside viewing only

 

[y2blade]

Another great ride this morning.
Did 20miles with an average speed of 16mph in one hit although I kept messing about with Strava and managed loose a bit of my ride.
It was Cloudy and cool when I set off, then by the time I got home the sun was just breaking through the clouds so timed it just right.

Got home & had a nice shower, now sitting in the garden with a beer.

 

[arranandy]

56miles this morning with a wee café stop. That gives me just over 200miles for Friday, Saturday and today. Legs a wee bit sore this morning

 

[hopless500]

29 odd miles today (can I call it 30?). Within the first 3 miles I managed to have a 'clipped-in moment'. As in I fell off . Wasn't much I could do - slight uphill, a dodgy gear change resulted in chain hopping off and ending up at the side of the smallest ring wedged in tightly against the upright thingy. Took some un-wedging. Anyway, it made the bike come to a very sudden stop and I had no chance of unclipping. Thank god no-one was around. And that I fell to the verge and not onto the road. Then within 1/4 of a mile I had someone overtake me (gave me enough room) but the 4x4 coming the other way and only a cars-length ahead of me was none too chuffed. I did think about turning round at that point, but ended up on a scenic, convoluted tour of all the little villages (ok, I got lost). It was very pleasant, and finished off 3.5 miles from home popping into the local for a nice cold shandy so all my troubles were forgotten. Apart from the click. I didn't mention the click. I have a bl@@dy click. Which is getting worse and worse and louder and louder. Arghhh . All future trips on the road bike until the OH (or LBS) sorts it for me.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I managed to persuade my brother out for a ride this afternoon which was also a good chance to test the pedals I rebuilt for him yesterday (pedals were the same type that snapped off my bike).

We did the reverse of the ride I took him on at the start of this week, so; Condover, Atcham, Upton Magna, Uffington, Shrewsbury and back. There was a slight variation in that the riverside path in Shrewsbury is currently closed for repairs on the railway bridge, so we had a bit of a detour round the Abbey Foregate area.

Around Atcham, Doug's enthusiasm picked up and he decided he wanted to set a decent average speed so we pressed on a bit. His lack of recent riding showed though and he was flagging quite badly in the last couple of miles.

We covered 18.3 miles this time at an average of 11.7mph, just shy of the 12mph that Doug was hoping for.

Near Condover, the crops are ripening and everything is starting to look a bit dry.

There seems to be a chap standing on the weir.

The view from Castlefields footbridge on our detour to Abbey Foregate. It was on the approach road to this bridge that my pedal snapped yesterday.

 

[jim55]

had a wee rideout with a beginer friend who stays in a wee village in ayrshire ,set out this morn (well 1030)and it was abs blazing sun i never realized that are is so hilly(catrine if u know it ,)done about 8 mls and a fair bit of walking up hills ,honestly ,i just couldnt do it on my heavy hybrid loaded with tools and drinks /stuff.gave up and headed back after an hr or so,headed down to the coast and had a really nice cycle along the front and a wee track by the golf courses

took the total mileage to a easy twenty ,in now and having a few beers and watched the tdf

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Yesterday's (20/07) ride was only a short one (forgot to post it ) about 15 miles for me, getting to a pick up point for a group of ladies, then leading said ladies to the new premises of a woman's library in town.
We had so much fun we decided to ride right into the library
one for @Gee_Dee one all about me
Will post about today's ride in a wee minute.

 

[Primal Scream]

I managed 8 miles until a visit from the puncture fairy at which point I realised my tools and puncture repair outfit was still on my MTB

Luckily I was doing a figure of eight ride and only had a 2.5 mile walk.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

The Glasgow Belles on Bikes joined the forestry commission today for a wee ride in the woods surrounding the river Clyde. From Bellahouston Park, under the Clyde tunnel, along the pathway to the Erskine bridge, over it and back to Glasgow crossing the river at Yoker. Amidst the lovely scenery our guide Andy told us about local flora and fauna. Nothing worth reporting apart my donation of skills and inner tube to a fellow rider
35 sunny miles, loads of pictures for you!

 

[derrick]

Did a 48 mile treasure hunt today, the course was really good and we had to find things on the way, set off in teams and had a real fun day.

The winning team

 

[HLaB]

A nice 73miles for me on the club ride but my cadence sensor was playing up, so I decided to try resetting it and rescanning for it. My Edge found it instantly but it still gave me no reading, so I decided to go for a wee explore instead.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Took a trip out through the west sussex lanes and spent time sitting next to this


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[Rickshaw Phil]

I managed 8 miles until a visit from the puncture fairy at which point I realised my tools and puncture repair outfit was still on my MTB .

That's just typical isn't it? I've ended up buying two of everything for fear of forgetting something important if I swap bags between bikes. Glad you weren't too far from home.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

40 miles this afternoon....shoreham>amberly> Arundel> Ford>Bognor etc got a bee sting on my arm for my troubles.