Your ride today....

[gbb]

First ride in 2 weeks, frosty out so wrapped up well...too well. 5 miles later, too hot. Stripped some off and hid them at the roadside for the return journey. Now its lovely, hands just a tad cold in the headwind section (remarkable because I usually get cold very quickly).
19 miles at no great speed, a bit heavy legged on the hills...thoroughly enjoyed it...and the good news, my heart rate has recovered quite quickly once back home. I always used that as a good indicator of fitness. Its low at the moment but at least that can be worked on.

 

[Jon George]

A bit of a shake-down ride today after some major fettling yesterday. Basically a 13 mile skirt around Ipswich's immediate countryside - 97% spent sitting up admiring the views with a 3% insane all-out rush on a nice stretch (fortuitously adjacent to the hospital, if needed) and surprised a couple of motorists by the speed I obtained. Bike is now considered 'shook-down'.

Great Bealings - from Little Bealings.

 

[Accy cyclist]

22 miles yesterday.Not a nice experience though,plenty of near freezing fog and the usual dimwits driving without sidelights.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

deceptively cold out today, and foggy round here which doesn't help I don't think. cut short my getting the roadie out of hibernation ride and will have an afternoon of fettling bits once the ends of my fingers defrost enough to fine tweak some bits.

 

[ruffers]

Same as ^^^^ very nippy out around bury way today. Couldnt feel fingers or toes after about 10 mins. Returned frozen.
nice hot bath restored all loss of feeling and now really happy I went out.

 

[cosmicbike]

A quick run out this morning, the sun was shining but it was still chilly enough for a jacket. A regular route out through WGP, exiting at Cranbourne Gate, nice view

Whilst paused here for my snack half a dozen riders from the Hounslow & District Wheelers club came out of the gate and few 'mornings' exchanged. My local club as it turns out, so something I may think about.
A nice downhill into Windsor then home via Runneymede.
18.5 miles, and the sunshine seems to have had an effect. My Trek now has a front mudguard to go with the rear. Actually enjoyed fitting it in the sunshine before lunch, made a change from banging into everything trying to do it in the garage..

 

[BigonaBianchi]

52 miles 788m climb around the back of the Kyrenia five finger mountains
http://cyprusonabianchi.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/behind-mountains.html

 

[Dark46]

I forgot to post last week's ride and will not go into too much detail as it was my first 50 miles Sportive around the Bristol area.

I really enjoyed it apart from the nasty headwind. The hills where horrible as having to do Dundry Hill early and Burrington Combe halfway through the ride. I really enjoyed it and would do it again, but possibly not in February.

 

[BAtoo]

First ride for ages today - at least 3 months ! Just 9miles at a not too bad 13.5mph.
Dodgy knee - one of the reasons for lack of riding - didn't feel too bad either which was a bonus.
Hopefully the first of more rides this year

 

[Dark46]

So this week in was back to normal and back with the KCC and back around the hills of the Cotswolds.

So this morning started off as bit foggy and as we climbed up over Frocester the sun came through. The ride was really enjoyable going across Kingscote to the A46. Then down into Nailsworth and to Stroud. At Stroud we waited for the fast pelaton to catch up as they went to Tetbury. From there it was to Edge and back into Gloucester.

So todays ride ended up being a good 33 miles and already looking forward to doing it all over again.

 

[Donger]

A lovely (and quite brisk) 35 mile club ride with the Kingsway CC this week. Out from Gloucester towards Tetbury, and back via Nailsworth and Stroud. Frocester Hill on the way out, and Horsepools Hill on the way back, with a nice long cafe stop at the Upper Lock in Stroud in between. A beautiful sunny day, once we got up out of the fog and onto the escarpment. Once again my beard acted as a fog filter and left me with a cold, wet face, but the conditions have really improved round here since my two recent audaxes. Almost failed on Frocester hill for the first time, as my thighs were still aching from last week's big ride, but somehow summoned up enough bloody-mindedness to grind my way up in one. Some cracking sprinting conditions up on the plain today. Nice ride... shame I didn't take the camera.

 

[Archeress]

Just back from a small ride with my cycle club, and now having a little brunch. We cycled out towards the UWE (University of West England) and stopped for cake at the Hambrook Golf Centre. We then meandered home. Used the new shoes I purchased from @meta lon (I used the road bike which has a pair of touring spd pedals). Whilst on the coffee break I paid for the reversible pedals @davester65 is selling (he does have others for sale too here: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/garage-sale-part-2-pedals.172929/#post-3523496. )

Ride is here: https://www.strava.com/activities/252029288

Hugs
Archeress x

 

[sgl5gjr]

Decent Sunday run with the Teen only this week.... sadly Cambs County had needlessly plastered the roads with salt again..... Sun was shining...a decent pace for me and the teen on a non stop 15 miles..... Busy this week sadly in Cambridge training and Friday at the London Bike show... so here is to next weekend....but at least I'll get a couple of mile each way to the training office from the campervan.....

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Countesthorpe the destination, 55 miles the journey. Got up this morning and looked at the frost on the roads and the ice on the cars and abandoned plans for a ride over to Mapleborough Green instead opting for a later start and a short ride to Countesthorpe. When I left at nine the frost was already fading away, I was expecting the ride from Shilton through Withybrook to Monks Kirby to be icy but the lanes were clear, just the odd frozen puddle to look out for, and every time I rode under a tree I got showered with small ice crystales shed by the tree, carried on through Pailton to Lutterworth, and on through Gillmorton to Peatling Pava then through Peatling Magna to pick up the gated road to the main road to the Garden Centre at Countesthorpe. On the way back I retraced my out wood journey to Gilmorton but instead of turning towards Lutterworth I carried on to the next turn to Ullesthorpe and Claybrook Pava then turned towards Monks Kirby and turned right by the Church in Monks Kirby to pick up the out wood route to take me back into Coventry. A lovely morning out on the bike. Cold but sunny with a gentle breeze, tail wind on the way out helping me spin up the fixed, I'd averaged 14.5 on the way out, head wind on the way back slowing me down and making me work, by the time I'd got home the average had dropped to 14, but looking at the computer I'd done the first 50 in 3.5 hours which is good for me this time of year, enjoyed the ride and it looks like my legs are coming back to me at last.

Mr Snowman was still hanging on when I went past on the way back.

 

[Geoff Crowther]

My God it was cold this morning!
Up over Chunal to Glossop. Many thanks to guy on a roadie who asked if I was OK as he passed me, stopped on the way down. I was, I just felt the need to switch my Lezynes to a steady light as I dropped back into the cold fog.
Bypassed Glossop centre then up to Charlesworth and on towards Marple.
Realised the white on my jacket sleeves was ice forming!
The descent to Marple Bridge is quite long. Fingers of my right hand, given I was covering/using brakes, became completely numbed by the cold.
Thankfully, Costa in Marple offered warmth and respite; don't know how I managed to operate my combination lock .
A large Americano and a croissant helped but it took easily ten minutes to get through the pain of rewarming fingers.
Out to High Lane, a short distance on the A6 then a backroads route to New Mills and home to Hayfield.
Reckon it's the coldest I've ridden in so far. Must've been hovering below freezing, but felt colder in the nasty mist.
More coffee, crumpets and a hot bath.
No photos ... too fuppin' cold.
Brilliant ride!