Your ride today....

[Reynard]

An eventful ride around Tunstall forest this evening - A group of us met up for a ride organised by my lbs as we had done last week. 3 miles in and we'd already had 2 crashes, both resulting in broken collarbones The trail was clear and conditions good, I guess it just happens sometimes! Be safe out there, look after yourselves

 

[Katherine]

An eventful ride around Tunstall forest this evening - A group of us met up for a ride organised by my lbs as we had done last week. 3 miles in and we'd already had 2 crashes, both resulting in broken collarbones The trail was clear and conditions good, I guess it just happens sometimes! Be safe out there, look after yourselves

Yikes.
I sometimes wonder why I have never fancied mountain biking and then I remember why.
Stay safe yourself!

 

[Katherine]

OK - so what I really would like to be able to do is post the Strava picture of a ride that spiderweb in the post above has done. Nowhere can I find that sort of image on my Strava feed yet I see it pops up on lots of peoples posts :-(

I think the strava pictures are screen shots.
If you zoom into it you don't see any more details.
So if you want to include one in a post, take a screenshot of the part of your strava page that doesn't include your name etc. Then on here, click on the upload a file button and go to the folder on your device where the screen shots are saved.

 

[Katherine]

[QUOTE 5358840, member: 9609"]are screenshots saved somewhere automatically ?
i thought they were just copied to the clipboard, after I do a screenshot I open my photoeditor (psp) and paste in, then crop and save.
so could there be a folder on my pc that has all the screenshots I have ever taken ?[/QUOTE]
I think it depends!
Maybe not on older devices.
I'm not sufficiently techy.
I'm on Windows 10 and my screenshots are in the one drive thing.
On my android phone, the screenshots are in the photos in their own album.

So, if they're not automatically saved, you do need to save it before uploading into here.
And, as you do, crop out your own personal stuff before saving.

Hopefully someone else will know a bit more about it.

 

[welsh dragon]

I was out by 9 am this morning. Only 12 miles done but I made up for it by upping the gears and going he'll for leather round the entire route. .

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The 2nd photo was taken looking towards Cader Idris.

 

[jongooligan]

OK - so what I really would like to be able to do is post the Strava picture of a ride that spiderweb in the post above has done. Nowhere can I find that sort of image on my Strava feed yet I see it pops up on lots of peoples posts :-(

Have a look in your Windows Start menu for Snipping Tool (assuming you're on Windows) It's a handy little tool that lets you select any part of whatever is on your screen and copy it to the clipboard. From there you can paste it directly into a post or save it in png format to be used later.

 

[Heltor Chasca]

Sheesh that Dutch Hill is steep today. Last 35km slog back to the ferry terminal. I think the sea might rock us to sleep tonight. Early as usual so we’re just killing time cruising the snack bars. Ina’s snack bar is a winner.

 

[Spiderweb]

My short morning commute was fine 6.7 miles with an average of 18.1 mph.
Like a fool I skipped lunch and set off for my extended home commute, 8 miles in I felt terrible, hungry and no energy. I usually carry a couple of emergency gels but I’d given these to a friend who was struggling on a recent ride. I ate 3 or 4 apples pinched from a tree at the side of the road and carried on.
After another 10 miles or so I felt even worse, shaking and a stomach ache, so I threw in the towel and called my friend who came out and rescued me!
After a bath and some food I feel fine now but I’ve never felt so bad whilst riding.

 

[welsh dragon]

My short morning commute was fine 6.7 miles with an average of 18.1 mph.
Like a fool I skipped lunch and set off for my extended home commute, 8 miles in I felt terrible, hungry and no energy. I usually carry a couple of emergency gels but I’d given these to a friend who was struggling on a ride. I ate 3 or 4 apples that I pinched from a tree at the side of the road and carried on.
After another 10 miles or so I felt even worse, shaking and a stomach ache, so I threw in the towel and called my friend who came out and rescued me!
After a bath and some food I feel fine now but I’ve never felt so bad whilst riding.

Glad you feel ok now.

 

[cosmicbike]

Been away in France for the past couple of weeks or so. Had a brief ride just outside Paris after a very wearing day at Disney, then some great riding in the Dordogne, far more than I expected with over 120 miles done in the week we were there. It's rather hilly, and some rides saw 100ft per mile in some really warm weather. I'll admit to quitting one ride just 6 miles in at the top of the first hill, with 1 bottle already drunk it was the sensible option at the temperature topped 100F

Last couple of days on Ile de Re with a 25 mile trundle out to the lighthouse.
Back to the delights of British drivers now

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

I took the Raleigh out on my Longnor, Acton Burnell, Cressage, Walcot, Upton Magna route this morning.

Bright and sunny to start, with damp roads after overnight rain and it was a little cooler although still good for t-shirt and shorts.

I set out with the aim of taking it fairly easy due to tired legs but that resolution got lost somewhere along the way. I did at least avoid going at the hills too fast though.

34.5 miles at 15.4 mph average. The Raleigh could do with a clean now.

The Lawley and Caer Caradoc look good in the clear air after the rain.

The Wrekin from Cressage Bridge.

 

[Tizme]

Managed to get to Pitney to test out Glebe Farm Cafe (confusingly signposted as Pitney Farm Shop!).
Quite a success! Nice piece of Gluten Free Lemon cake which went down a treat (literally - normally I'm too mean to buy cake).
The ride itself was really pleasant, the first 15 miles being my old commute route, it is amazing how thick skinned I must have been to the close passes I used to have to put up with if the ones I had today were anything to go by. I had the "40 driver" (40mph no matter what the speed limit or road conditions are) who decided to overtake with oncoming traffic and not deviate from his line or change speed and then had the cheek to wag his finger at me when I shouted (more of a yelp really). At Bridgehampton I had a 4x4 driver take the corner on the wrong side of the line as he couldn't multi-task (drive and text at the same time) and finally (that I can remember as stand-out stupid driving) the boy racer who decided to overtake on a bend at 50mph and give me 30cms clearance!
Other than that it was really quite pleasant!! The cycling was easy, the weather much better than Tuesday AND most importantly the Farm Shop cafe was open:

The wild flowers outside the cafe:

Best signpost I've seen in years:

And finally, the route:

 

[Dave 123]

Sheesh that Dutch Hill is steep today. Last 35km slog back to the ferry terminal. I think the sea might rock us to sleep tonight. Early as usual so we’re just killing time cruising the snack bars. Ina’s snack bar is a winner.

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A couple of years ago I rode that path from Maasluis to Hook in a 40mph headwind. Parts of it were funny, other bits nearly made me cry!

 

[Jon George]

An eventful ride around Tunstall forest this evening - A group of us met up for a ride organised by my lbs as we had done last week. 3 miles in and we'd already had 2 crashes, both resulting in broken collarbones The trail was clear and conditions good, I guess it just happens sometimes! Be safe out there, look after yourselves

As I've just refitted Pasty #2 The CX and have been charging around on as many bridleways as I can, I'll bear this mind. Hope everyone affected gets well soon.

 

[Jon George]

Out and about on Pasty #2 The CX to see what she's like on longer road conditions. I bagged another point for the 50k challenge and, though the much wider tyres and lower pressures were a bit harder work, it seems like I've found my Universal Steed. (I could, of course, have put more air in the tyres to compensate for it being all on-road, but the difference wasn't that much and it felt like I was riding a rather fast sofa.)

Out near Crowfield and Gosbeck with Jay.