Wayne Tully
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My wife is from Malmesbury. Wonderful part of the world. Great work on getting the 100.
Your ride today.... (part 1)
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BigonaBianchi
Yes I can, Yes I am, Yes I did...Repeat.
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- Iskele TRNC & Mordor UK
Well it’s pretty wiiiiiiindy down here today…from the west mostly and the sea has white horses etc. I felt pants when I woke up so it was up and out on the bike…anywhere…no plan…just get out and ride and see what happens.
What happened was that I rode around the town a bit, did a few errands, then had a cuppa in th eart café here on the beach..£1.40 for a cup of PG tips !!! Sometimes I get chatting to people there but today I was the only mug in the place. So I went round to the bike shop and asked about turbo trainers as it is a Tracx dealer…the bloke there was clueless…wasn’t even sure he was a dealer, so I informed him he was as Id seen his listing on the web….so he found me a brochure and gave it to me and went back to his tea…hmm..
So…it was time to head up to the hills….th eweather was rubbish…windy grey and threatening rain ..so I headed up through sompting up to the top of Steyning Bostal again, down into the village and a chat with a pompous estate agent woman dripping in jewellery and hooray henry arrogance…so I went over to the guitar shop for a poke around. Then I rode back down to the wind tunnel of DOOM…the A259 from Shoreham west to Worthing. Usual warfare rules apply, buses and trucks have instant right of way regardless of saftey or road conditions.
Im just getting back into a winter weather mindset and riding in longs and base layer..bah…bring back summer!
30 miles slow pootle but with a decent climb.
i hate hills
Its my day to be brilliant
Enjoy your drink you deserve it.22 mile night ride with the other half and a couple of club members, was a nice ride a couple of them had not done the route before, but they all enjoyed the ride, and nobody complained about the hills. a very pleasant evening, night of tomorrow as it's club night might have a drink or two.
London Female
Über Member
Well it’s pretty wiiiiiiindy down here today…from the west mostly and the sea has white horses etc. I felt pants when I woke up so it was up and out on the bike…anywhere…no plan…just get out and ride and see what happens.
What happened was that I rode around the town a bit, did a few errands, then had a cuppa in th eart café here on the beach..£1.40 for a cup of PG tips !!! Sometimes I get chatting to people there but today I was the only mug in the place. So I went round to the bike shop and asked about turbo trainers as it is a Tracx dealer…the bloke there was clueless…wasn’t even sure he was a dealer, so I informed him he was as Id seen his listing on the web….so he found me a brochure and gave it to me and went back to his tea…hmm..
So…it was time to head up to the hills….th eweather was rubbish…windy grey and threatening rain ..so I headed up through sompting up to the top of Steyning Bostal again, down into the village and a chat with a pompous estate agent woman dripping in jewellery and hooray henry arrogance…so I went over to the guitar shop for a poke around. Then I rode back down to the wind tunnel of DOOM…the A259 from Shoreham west to Worthing. Usual warfare rules apply, buses and trucks have instant right of way regardless of saftey or road conditions.
Im just getting back into a winter weather mindset and riding in longs and base layer..bah…bring back summer!
30 miles slow pootle but with a decent climb.
Just how slow/fast do you consider a slow pootle?
BigonaBianchi
Yes I can, Yes I am, Yes I did...Repeat.
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- Iskele TRNC & Mordor UK
...the GPS showed an average moving speed of 14.9mph today.
...mostly backwards because of the wind
London Female
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...the GPS showed an average moving speed of 14.9mph today.
...mostly backwards because of the wind
I consider that fast!
A nice evening run out seeing as I finished early and found I had some spare energy.
http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1820836
http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1820836
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
A nice evening run out seeing as I finished early and found I had some spare energy.
http://ridewithgps.com/trips/1820836[/quote
Well done Colly for actually going out
London Female
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Saw this on my ride today to Wittenham Clumps.
Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
The harvest moon.
26 miles this morning on my own as everyone else was doing stuff. (Golfing, working, driving to Northumberland etc.) The weather was to good to waste so I did a regular road circuit of mine around Cogenhoe, Whiston, Grendon and Sywell.
I had to be back in time for a shower, lunch and off to work for 15:00 or I'd have been out all day, it was so lovely out
http://www.strava.com/activities/83623500
I had to be back in time for a shower, lunch and off to work for 15:00 or I'd have been out all day, it was so lovely out
http://www.strava.com/activities/83623500
BigonaBianchi
Yes I can, Yes I am, Yes I did...Repeat.
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- Iskele TRNC & Mordor UK
Just back from 40 miles on one of my regular loops...this is the pub at the bottom of Houghton Hill near Arundel. Nice to see th esunshine and blue skies making an appearance, but cool in shorts and just a shirt but that's what 'tough guys' do ha ha!
One numpty driver sounded her horn continuously as I climbed houghton hill even when you could have got a chieften tank past me...dippy blonde 20 something in the usual little citroeny tincan...other than that incident free. Not riding properly for a week has taken its toll....mostly in my right hip joint for some reason..aint age lovely ha ha.
The Jogger
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- Location
- Spain
A nice day for it today, just a 15 miler that went up and down a bit. I've done that Houghton Hill BOB better than Bury is it anywhere near as hard as Devils Dyke?
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Glow worm
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- Near Newmarket
Had an evening meeting (yesterday) up at Wicken Fen so decided to test the recently poorly legs with a ride over there and back. Through Swaffham Prior then out across the fen onto the Lodes Way all the way to Wicken. Good to see plenty of swallows and house martins still about. I counted almost 50 swallows swooping over one turf field near Lords Ground Farm. I reckon they're picking off emerging crane flies among other tasty snacks. They'll soon be replaced by fieldfares and redwing- can't believe how fast summer has passed.
Only had time for a quick pic just before sunset, this is Wicken Fen (at a place called Monks Lode)
After my meeting it was a wonderful ride home under the full moon. As its mostly off road, I did most of it without any lights at all and a lone fox was as startled as I was as we met eachother on the path. 16 mile round trip in all, the legs seem to be pain free at last - a really superb ride.
Only had time for a quick pic just before sunset, this is Wicken Fen (at a place called Monks Lode)
After my meeting it was a wonderful ride home under the full moon. As its mostly off road, I did most of it without any lights at all and a lone fox was as startled as I was as we met eachother on the path. 16 mile round trip in all, the legs seem to be pain free at last - a really superb ride.
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