Your ride today.... (part 1)

[colly]

Nice one @ColinJ. That looks like a cracking route. So pleased you are getting back to the lean, mean fighting machine of yore.
I'll look forward to some more rides from HB in the coming months.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Fab pictures Colin and great to see you are back out there

 

[hopless500]

Got my average up on the ride home from work today. 18.6 miles and improved from all time best on any route from 12.2 to 13.2 mph

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Got my average up on the ride home from work today. 18.6 miles and improved from all time best on any route from 12.2 to 13.2 mph

I had to re-read that as I nearly thought you had done an average of 18.6 mph, I was going to say were you drafting @potsy down a hill at the time

 

[hopless500]

I had to re-read that as I nearly thought you had done an average of 18.6 mph, I was going to say were you drafting @potsy down a hill at the time

I wish. Can you send pottycat over and I'll give it a go

 

[phil_hg_uk]

I wish. Can you send pottycat over and I'll give it a go

@potsy is a natural descender, I cant keep up with him on the down hills I cant think why

 

[gbb]

A quick 11 miles tonight, home, tea can wait, get the bike out before the light goes...and it isn't taking long to go.
Just a quick'ish squirt round town, a bit like my old commuting days...wish commuting was still an option.

 

[hopless500]

@potsy is a natural descender, I cant keep up with him on the down hills I cant think why

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Does this count?

http://www.bkool.com/bkoolSessionHistory/showSessionSummary?sessionSummaryId=422979

 

[Hill Wimp]

Does this count?

http://www.bkool.com/bkoolSessionHistory/showSessionSummary?sessionSummaryId=422979

No. No photos, it didn't happen !

 

[4F]

Really nice commute home caught up with someone else and noticed he was riding single speed. He was heading in the same direction so we spent the next 30 mins cycling together discussing the merits of fixed / single speed riding

 

[BigonaBianchi]

No. No photos, it didn't happen !

You.want photos of a bike in a pool of sweat??!....

 

[hopless500]

You.want photos of a bike in a pool of sweat??!....

We've already seen those

 

[Saluki]

A bit later getting out than planned as the dogs were mucking about and then I discovered that my front tyre was flat. Did I fix it? Did I hell. I simply nicked hubbies front wheel from his Boardman and stuck it on my bike.

I followed my usual route from Wymondham down towards the hospital but bypassed my usual turning and popped a couple of hundred yards further along to Cringleford and then turned Left up the 'no through route' road, only there is a through route for bikes and it brought me out near to the hospital, so probably only added 500 yards to the route. I just wanted to see where it went and to gawp at the posh houses.
From there I followed the road along to the B1108 and then headed back towards home as it was pitch black out there on account of it being October already (Its really snuck up on me this year). Once over the double roundabouts that go over the A47 I turned left and rode through Little Melton and on and on and on to Wymondham. At Tuttles Lane I could see that I had only ridden 15.5 miles. Well, that's just rude so I turned left and did a little loop of that side of town and then back to Tuttles Lane and home via Harts Farm Road which gave me a grand total of 21.09 miles in 1:34:37.
My total average speed was 13.4mph but not sure what my moving average was as it seems my bike computer won't talk to Hubbies wheel magnet dodad. Who cares anyway. It was fun.

 

[HLaB]

A bit later getting out than planned as the dogs were mucking about and then I discovered that my front tyre was flat. Did I fix it? Did I hell. I simply nicked hubbies front wheel from his Boardman and stuck it on my bike.

I followed my usual route from Wymondham down towards the hospital but bypassed my usual turning and popped a couple of hundred yards further along to Cringleford and then turned Left up the 'no through route' road, only there is a through route for bikes and it brought me out near to the hospital, so probably only added 500 yards to the route. I just wanted to see where it went and to gawp at the posh houses.
From there I followed the road along to the B1108 and then headed back towards home as it was pitch black out there on account of it being October already (Its really snuck up on me this year). Once over the double roundabouts that go over the A47 I turned left and rode through Little Melton and on and on and on to Wymondham. At Tuttles Lane I could see that I had only ridden 15.5 miles. Well, that's just rude so I turned left and did a little loop of that side of town and then back to Tuttles Lane and home via Harts Farm Road which gave me a grand total of 21.09 miles in 1:34:37.
My total average speed was 13.4mph but not sure what my moving average was as it seems my bike computer won't talk to Hubbies wheel magnet dodad. Who cares anyway. It was fun.

Appologies if its teaching you to suck eggs; did you have your LED's on flashing they sometimes interfere with a wireless signal, you might be able to reduce this by moving the receiver (computer) and lights further apart.