Your ride today.... (part 1)

[burndust]

cracking shots bb

 

[Paul.G.]

75k, Reading to Abingdon and back. Took the cross bike with full mudguards and glad I did, flooded roads and nasty dirty roads, just walked in doorvas thunder storm started sonperfect timing.

 

[Fubar]

Only just discovered this thread so a day late, 100k very wet run out - 42k in the dry with DCC to bun stop then the rest in the pouring rain - shoes and gloves still not dry today. Bit disconcerting going through deep water on the roads! And lots of mud being washed off the fields. Don't mind the rain too much (better than wind!) but don't like it when hands and feet get wet. Need to check the state of the bike at some point, chucked in garage but happy with another 100k.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Hilly 25 mile round trip to the Buddhist World Peace Cafe at Kilnwick Percy.

It won't be the last time I go there. Wonderful geography, lovely food, and very friendly and welcoming people.

The tomato soup and olive bread was de-lish......

http://www.madhyamaka.org/world-peace-cafe/

 

[Wayne Tully]

I did the Chilham Castle Sprint Duathlon this morning 5K/27K/2.5K

It had rained heavily the days leading up so it was a very muddy run, I lost my shoe a couple of times.

The bike part started out fun with a 6KM climb and then back down, around 20K we had a massive hail storm which turned the roads into rivers, had to go to the middle of the road till the end. Sprinted out the last run, looking forward to see the results.

 

[gbb]

Fabulous shots BOAB, , stunning.
My ride today, just an hour pushing moderately hard...and just maybe, for the first time in 10 months, NO feeling of restiction in my lung, perhaps the pleurisy has finally lifted. Its lovely when it suddenly dawns on you, if i twist my torso and inhale, i usually get discomfort...but im not feeling anything..

 

[London Female]

Today I just rode along the beach road and soaked up the people, the wind the waves etc. Got chatting to Vera for half an hour, she was wonderful, just sitting on the beach watching the waves like me.
Vera is single and lives alone just down the road ...shame she is 91 !






Very very windy today so the windsurfing were out in force as were the dogwalking peeps who only walk the dog at weekends judging by how fat both dogs and owners were.



So not a ride really, just a morning on a windy beach with a bike.

(apologies some pics came out humumgos...it's an app in my phone and pilot error)

great photos, very dramatic.

 

[derrick]

Five of us took to the roads this morning, pouring with rain when we started, after about half an hour the sun came out and turned into a lovely morning, ended up doing 40 uneventful miles, had a nice breakfast in Shenley then the short route home just before the rains came again, spent 2 hrs cleaning the bikes they are both ready for the next ride.

 

[Octet]

Sir Bradley Wiggins came over, so I went into town to watch the various races going on.

I then went for a short 15 mile ride.... or it would of been short if there wasn't a 19 MPH headwind....

 

[nickyboy]

It was forecast to be a bit breezy from S today so when I woke up and the trees were blowing I was tempted to sack it. Finally dragged myself out and did a 48 mile ride with 5 categorised climbs. Glossop - New Mills - Whaley Bridge - Flash - Buxton - Whaley - Hayfield - Glossop.
Flash is the highest village in Britain. 1500 odd ft above sea level. I don't often get there but the southerly meant that once I left Flash it was tailwind all the way home. Of course that meant it was headwind all the way there!
Very windy on Long Hill (Whaley to Buxton) so decided to duck off and try an unclassified road down by the reservoir. Mistake. The unclassified road was actually a bridleway so I ended up walking with the bike for about a mile or so.
Topped up the bottle in Buxton with the free spring water. It is about 18 degrees C so quite nice at this time of year.

 

[Dibs]

Done my first proper trails/towpath trip today. Through the Almondell Country Park and Union Canal, as well as cycle paths with a little road riding. 16 miles in total...

Have to say - loved it

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

200km audax - the good companions from Mytholmroyd.

Well me and @Martin Archer started at 7am in Mytholmroyd.

Everything was ok till 100km, I started to feel flaky - huh I thought, no big deal, the cafe stop's only 5km away. I had 2 egg beans on toast and a coffee and 2 diclofenic as my injured elbow was giving me some pain.
We worked out we had an hour in hand, great everything's going to plan.

Got back on the bikes and I knew something was wrong, I felt awful, really weak and nauseous. Queue the next 65km of purgatory. Martin, bless him, stayed with till Whalley, and wanted to stay with me until the end. That made me feel guilty because I knew he could easily finish before the cutoff, so we parted ways.

At 170km, I had a decision to make at a junction 3 miles from home and still on time at 15km per hour overall. Do I go home or try and make it? I felt really ill at this point and decided to get drinks at the nearby local shop. The weather also deteriorated at this point as well, the roads were flooded it rained so hard.

After having a rest and a drink, I suddenly became macho and mtfu and decided..."no, this 200km keeps alluding me, not this time, no way". I knew it'd be slow and outside of audax rules, but I just wanted the 200 in the bag.

So off I set, 180km - projectile vomiting, 183km - more vomiting, 187km snapped spoke, 191km - top of my street and even heavier rain, I decided I was too close to the 200km to fail now, so the longest 9km of my cycling career followed and every lap I was 100 metres from home....

200km done! I'll post the ride up later, it was at 13.9km overall average and an hour outside of audax rules so I can't enter it as a DIY..who cares.

"Arte et Marte"...oh yeah.

Martin texted to me to say he'd completed it in time so I'm well chuffed for him, he could easily have done the whole ride inside 7 hours he reckons.

Martin, it was a pleasure meeting you again and thank you for the support and patience with the fat lad at the back.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

200km audax - the good companions from Mytholmroyd.

Well me and @Martin Archer started at 7am in Mytholmroyd.

Everything was ok till 100km, I started to feel flaky - huh I thought, no big deal, the cafe stop's only 5km away. I had 2 egg beans on toast and a coffee and 2 diclofenic as my injured elbow was giving me some pain.
We worked out we had an hour in hand, great everything's going to plan.

Got back on the bikes and I knew something was wrong, I felt awful, really weak and nauseous. Queue the next 65km of purgatory. Martin, bless him, stayed with till Whalley, and wanted to stay with me until the end. That made me feel guilty because I knew he could easily finish before the cutoff, so we parted ways.

At 170km, I had a decision to make at a junction 3 miles from home and still on time at 15km per hour overall. Do I go home or try and make it? I felt really ill at this point and decided to get drinks at the nearby local shop. The weather also deteriorated at this point as well, the roads were flooded it rained so hard.

After having a rest and a drink, I suddenly became macho and mtfu and decided..."no, this 200km keeps alluding me, not this time, no way". I knew it'd be slow and outside of audax rules, but I just wanted the 200 in the bag.

So off I set, 180km - projectile vomiting, 183km - more vomiting, 187km snapped spoke, 191km - top of my street and even heavier rain, I decided I was too close to the 200km to fail now, so the longest 9km of my cycling career followed and every lap I was 100 metres from home....

200km done! I'll post the ride up later, it was at 13.9km overall average and an hour outside of audax rules so I can't enter it as a DIY..who cares.

"Arte et Marte"...oh yeah.

Martin texted to me to say he'd completed it in time so I'm well chuffed for him, he could easily have done the whole ride inside 7 hours he reckons.

Martin, it was a pleasure meeting you again and thank you for the support and patience with the fat lad at the back.

A like for completing the 200km , but for doing it while feeling that bad. I hope you're feeling okay today.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

A like for completing the 200km , but for doing it while feeling that bad. I hope you're feeling okay today.

Thanks, I've defo picked up a virus or bug, I feel sketchy. I'll need to get to evans today for some new spokes.

 

[ColinJ]

Well done for doing it, but I agree with Phil that it might be the wisest move to push yourself that hard when ill!