cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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- Land of confusion
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Thursday was an off road training ride of 17 miles. Friday was a bimble with the family of about 6 miles to Talacre for lunch. Saturday another bimble with Mrs F for a coffee on the beech at Prestatyn (5 miles).
9am today was another bimble with my dad of 73 for bacon butties and a cuppa at Talacre but a slight detour towards the Dee Estuary. 9 miles, not bad as its my dad's first ride of 2019, on an old Emelle MTB from the 90's. Works perfectly well, as I was sat on a full suspension trail bike.
9am today was another bimble with my dad of 73 for bacon butties and a cuppa at Talacre but a slight detour towards the Dee Estuary. 9 miles, not bad as its my dad's first ride of 2019, on an old Emelle MTB from the 90's. Works perfectly well, as I was sat on a full suspension trail bike.
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Just a wee ride of about 5miles, mostly off road on the Thorn tandem.
We went down to Hardwick Wood for a walk.
Whilst there we saw our first speckled wood butterfly of the season
We went down to Hardwick Wood for a walk.
Whilst there we saw our first speckled wood butterfly of the season
Spiderweb
Not So Special One
- Location
- North Yorkshire
Easter Sunday and another 23 degrees!
Out at midday on the single speed Genesis, only the second ride with no gears and I’m loving the quiet simplicity of this bike.
20.4 miles with an average of 15.5 mph, lovely spin out.
Donger
Convoi Exceptionnel
- Location
- Quedgeley, Glos.
My club ride with Kingsway CC today, rather than the usual cake club social outing, turned out to be a really rather brisk peloton of 9 of us heading out to Tortworth Farmers' table Café via Frocester, Cam Pitch and Stinchcombe. The café was bursting with cyclists from Kingsway CC, Eastgate Cycles and a couple of other clubs. Great ride, glorious sunny weather and laugh-a-minute company. Great stuff. Our one big descent of the day (Tortworth towards J14 of the M5) brought the usual results. Let go, went for it, cut loose and almost heard myself shouting "Weeeeee!", then noticed I was doing 37 point something and grabbed the brakes as I entered panic mode. Funny, I've never found out what 38mph feels like .... always chicken out at 37 point something.
Whole stretches of 19-20mph on the way back via Slimbridge, Frampton and Longney. Struggled to hang on at the back at times, but great to stretch yourself occasionally. Home now, tired but happy. That's also my first 1,000 miles of 2019 done in record time.
Cheers, Donger.
Whole stretches of 19-20mph on the way back via Slimbridge, Frampton and Longney. Struggled to hang on at the back at times, but great to stretch yourself occasionally. Home now, tired but happy. That's also my first 1,000 miles of 2019 done in record time.
Cheers, Donger.
Dark46
Veteran
- Location
- Quedgeley, Gloucester
I'm not going to drag our a long ride.
Today was just an amazing ride and so many firsts I wouldn't be able to do it justice.
The ride was supposed to be 50 ish miles to the Severn Bridge and back home. 3 of us Claire, Rob and me. At about 07:30 Rob backed out . At this point I wondered what Claire's reaction might be and thought she might not even turn up, ascites was to be just the two of us.
So the two of us set off down the A38 then at Slimbridge turn off to go to Wansell, Berkeley, Rockhampton,Thornbury and Alveston on the way to the Severn Bridge.
On the way back we followed route 41 back to Gloucester.
Without planning my first 100km on the Cannondale and with Claire and for a few years. I must have gone made as I cycled the the pub on the Orange to meet KCC afterwards.
Just a absolute amazing day, the best day ever of my bike. The weather was perfect, a distinct lack of traffic and as we set off early not too warm either. I mustn't forget Claire. Just great to be with on a ride like today
Today was just an amazing ride and so many firsts I wouldn't be able to do it justice.
The ride was supposed to be 50 ish miles to the Severn Bridge and back home. 3 of us Claire, Rob and me. At about 07:30 Rob backed out . At this point I wondered what Claire's reaction might be and thought she might not even turn up, ascites was to be just the two of us.
So the two of us set off down the A38 then at Slimbridge turn off to go to Wansell, Berkeley, Rockhampton,Thornbury and Alveston on the way to the Severn Bridge.
On the way back we followed route 41 back to Gloucester.
Without planning my first 100km on the Cannondale and with Claire and for a few years. I must have gone made as I cycled the the pub on the Orange to meet KCC afterwards.
Just a absolute amazing day, the best day ever of my bike. The weather was perfect, a distinct lack of traffic and as we set off early not too warm either. I mustn't forget Claire. Just great to be with on a ride like today
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Two more rides to report this weekend. After my ride around Lake Zürich on Friday, Saturday was meant to be a rest day and time to catch up on a few jobs but....
The sun was out and it was so beautiful so I went out on the bike instead. Just a coffee and cake run over to Baden and back, but I took an old route over the hills just for a change. Legs were complaining a bit on the way back, but That was more to do with the headwind than actual tiredness. An excellent ‘bonus ride’, even though I still have lots of jobs to do!
Today’s ride was the one I planned to do this weekend and for me it’s the one I use to challenge myself a bit. From where I live I head out through the lanes and then climb for about 7kms. I’m not really a climbing type of person, but for some reason, I really like this one. After the two previous days rides my legs were telling me off by the top, but it was worth it for the descent. No traffic 5kms down hill with hairpins. Bit scary but I loved it!
Usual stop for coffee and carrot cake in the centre of Winterthur while I decided what to do next. My legs had already decided we were not going long today and I didn’t want to take the usual easy route home as it goes through some woods and I don’t like gravel when I’m tired. So I got the map out and worked out the road route around the woods via Volketswil.
What an awesome route, nice roads, very little traffic, rolling hills, enough to put some effort in, but not to kill my legs and of course with hills come descents. It was a fast run by my standards and my legs aren’t talking to me anymore, but I think that’s a new favourite route.
Nothing planned for tomorrow, might take the Brompton out. In Switzerland we have ‘Bike to Work’ during May and June where you commit do doing at least 50% of journeys to work by bike. Normally I’d use my e bike as It’s uphill all the way home, but I think I’ll do a trial run on the Brompton and see how it goes.
The sun was out and it was so beautiful so I went out on the bike instead. Just a coffee and cake run over to Baden and back, but I took an old route over the hills just for a change. Legs were complaining a bit on the way back, but That was more to do with the headwind than actual tiredness. An excellent ‘bonus ride’, even though I still have lots of jobs to do!
Today’s ride was the one I planned to do this weekend and for me it’s the one I use to challenge myself a bit. From where I live I head out through the lanes and then climb for about 7kms. I’m not really a climbing type of person, but for some reason, I really like this one. After the two previous days rides my legs were telling me off by the top, but it was worth it for the descent. No traffic 5kms down hill with hairpins. Bit scary but I loved it!
Usual stop for coffee and carrot cake in the centre of Winterthur while I decided what to do next. My legs had already decided we were not going long today and I didn’t want to take the usual easy route home as it goes through some woods and I don’t like gravel when I’m tired. So I got the map out and worked out the road route around the woods via Volketswil.
What an awesome route, nice roads, very little traffic, rolling hills, enough to put some effort in, but not to kill my legs and of course with hills come descents. It was a fast run by my standards and my legs aren’t talking to me anymore, but I think that’s a new favourite route.
Nothing planned for tomorrow, might take the Brompton out. In Switzerland we have ‘Bike to Work’ during May and June where you commit do doing at least 50% of journeys to work by bike. Normally I’d use my e bike as It’s uphill all the way home, but I think I’ll do a trial run on the Brompton and see how it goes.
Heltor Chasca
Out-riding the Black Dog
NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
- Location
- The real Northern Powerhouse
Day three of the Easter weekend and another glorious day, so out on the Giant for what turned out to be another metric half.
Bib shorts and a short-sleeved top again. I still added arm warmers to start with, but did away with the knee warmers today.
The usual roads to Shadwell, where I had to wait at the end of Gatelands Lane for a gap to turn right as a sizeable club run from Cyclesense CC from Tadcaster passed by - I've never seen Shadwell so busy!
Down the hill through the village and up the ramp to the A58, where another rider joined me waiting for a gap in traffic. We chatted for a bit as we crossed onto Carr Lane before parting company. Into Thorner and out again up Milner Lane which never seems to get any easier, then along the ridge to Rigton Green, the isolation of Bramham Lane and up onto Thorner Lane through the dip and down past Bramham Park, taking West Woods Road heading for Wattlesyke.
Across the roundabout and the long drop down the hill into Wetherby, across the bridge and down into the Wilderness car park for a break and a couple of pics:
How blue is that sky? I could get used to this weather.
Back on the bike and up the sharp incline, then out on the Walton Road crossing the A1(M) bridge and then passing the racecourse.
I'd thought about carrying on along there to Walton village, but spotting roadworks and temporary traffic lights ahead I turned right onto Wood Lane to head that way to Thorp Arch. Through there and down over the bridge, climbing the other side into Boston Spa where the now obligatory wiggle on Main Street saw me heading for Clifford.
Through there and on down the hill into Bramham, where for a bit of variety I turned left and climbed out of the village and up onto Paradise Way, first on the cycle path (to avoid the traffic detecting traffic lights at the top of the hill) before rejoining the road.
It had been totally still when I set off, but there was definitely a bit of a breeze picking up now. It was still warming up though and the sky was blue, so everything was good.
At Bramham crossroads I used NCN R66 round the roundabout. Or to put it another way, I cycled round the A1(M) / A64 interchange on the path.
Back onto the road for the long almost straight run into Aberford on the former Great North Road, now just Main Street.
Right after the bridge and the familiar lumps and bumps of Cattle Lane before the long drag up into Barwick, where I stopped by Jack Heaps Field to remove my arm warmers.
More ascending to the fringes of Scholes where I realised I was going to come up just short of a metric half I I went straight home, so down the hill, into the village and out again past the Coronation Tree and down Leeds Road, before adding a long loop around Manston and Pendas Fields on to find the extra miles, before heading up to home.
32.49 miles (52.28 km) in 2h 36m at an average of 12.5 mph with 1,706ft climbed and an average temperature of 17.3°C
Really enjoyed that and it's been a long while since I did 3 consecutive half century rides.
A bit more 'up' than yesterdays ride too, which can only be a good thing as I try and get some fitness back into my legs, although I'm not quite ready for Kearby Cliff just yet.
Loads of cyclists out again and for large parts of the ride I saw far more cyclists than motorists which can only be a good thing.
The forecast looks set fair for tomorrow too, so I need to start thinking about a route...
And to end, the map:
Bib shorts and a short-sleeved top again. I still added arm warmers to start with, but did away with the knee warmers today.
The usual roads to Shadwell, where I had to wait at the end of Gatelands Lane for a gap to turn right as a sizeable club run from Cyclesense CC from Tadcaster passed by - I've never seen Shadwell so busy!
Down the hill through the village and up the ramp to the A58, where another rider joined me waiting for a gap in traffic. We chatted for a bit as we crossed onto Carr Lane before parting company. Into Thorner and out again up Milner Lane which never seems to get any easier, then along the ridge to Rigton Green, the isolation of Bramham Lane and up onto Thorner Lane through the dip and down past Bramham Park, taking West Woods Road heading for Wattlesyke.
Across the roundabout and the long drop down the hill into Wetherby, across the bridge and down into the Wilderness car park for a break and a couple of pics:
How blue is that sky? I could get used to this weather.
Back on the bike and up the sharp incline, then out on the Walton Road crossing the A1(M) bridge and then passing the racecourse.
I'd thought about carrying on along there to Walton village, but spotting roadworks and temporary traffic lights ahead I turned right onto Wood Lane to head that way to Thorp Arch. Through there and down over the bridge, climbing the other side into Boston Spa where the now obligatory wiggle on Main Street saw me heading for Clifford.
Through there and on down the hill into Bramham, where for a bit of variety I turned left and climbed out of the village and up onto Paradise Way, first on the cycle path (to avoid the traffic detecting traffic lights at the top of the hill) before rejoining the road.
It had been totally still when I set off, but there was definitely a bit of a breeze picking up now. It was still warming up though and the sky was blue, so everything was good.
At Bramham crossroads I used NCN R66 round the roundabout. Or to put it another way, I cycled round the A1(M) / A64 interchange on the path.
Back onto the road for the long almost straight run into Aberford on the former Great North Road, now just Main Street.
Right after the bridge and the familiar lumps and bumps of Cattle Lane before the long drag up into Barwick, where I stopped by Jack Heaps Field to remove my arm warmers.
More ascending to the fringes of Scholes where I realised I was going to come up just short of a metric half I I went straight home, so down the hill, into the village and out again past the Coronation Tree and down Leeds Road, before adding a long loop around Manston and Pendas Fields on to find the extra miles, before heading up to home.
32.49 miles (52.28 km) in 2h 36m at an average of 12.5 mph with 1,706ft climbed and an average temperature of 17.3°C
Really enjoyed that and it's been a long while since I did 3 consecutive half century rides.
A bit more 'up' than yesterdays ride too, which can only be a good thing as I try and get some fitness back into my legs, although I'm not quite ready for Kearby Cliff just yet.
Loads of cyclists out again and for large parts of the ride I saw far more cyclists than motorists which can only be a good thing.
The forecast looks set fair for tomorrow too, so I need to start thinking about a route...
And to end, the map:
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Aravis
Putrid Donut
- Location
- Gloucester
Thanks @Heltor Chasca. I didn't wait to get a sighting this time - a couple of clear bursts of drumming was distinctive enough. But I'm inspired to take a walk in the woods tomorrow with my camera.
Yesterday's ride . @Supersuperleeds had planned an Imperial ton ride out to Curborough hall cafe via a veloviewer square grabbing route and back . We had arranged to meet @Chris Doyle and his friend Martin at Market Bosworth at 0730 . As @Supersuperleeds had planned the route from his home and lives further away I needed a few extra miles . Out the door at 0620 in shorts and short sleeves but arm warmers and fingerless mitts knowing it would be chilly to start with but would warm up so should be ok .A loop round the village onto Groby and I'm now proper chilly 
keep pedalling trying to warm up Ratby ,Kirby Muxloe and Desford ,fingers properly cold now come on sunshine . Got to the meeting point noone there so a loop round Market Bosworth to then find @Supersuperleeds waiting soon @Chris Doyle in full summer gear looking splendid in rapha pink with friend Martin rolled in a quick chat, me and @Chris Doyle saying how cold it feels . Soon on are way heading down the quiet lanes a brisk pace thankfully the sun's breaking through and I begin to warm up . In to Kingsbury where we come across a traffic jam because people are queueing to get in the waterpark . I quick detour up the pavement 
as we pass around 20 cars and have a few miles of car free roads . Just before Wishaw we had a left turn off the main road and are greeted with
. You cant see it but 20yds further on is the M6 toll rd but strava had let @Supersuperleeds plot a route across it . Thankfully @Supersuperleeds head unit has full os mapping so a detour is quickly planned and the veloviewer square is thankfully bagged . On to Mile Oak then Bonehill were @Supersuperleeds like of stravas minimum elevation function found us on a canal towpath
. Martin and me on our carbon wheels may have cursed him a couple of times . A slow mile or so and we're finally back on lovely tarmac 
.On to the cafe at Curborough .A nice relaxed stop refuelling 
complete were back heading back to Market Bosworth Via familiar roads around Croxall and Hurley a silly bit of racing occured up the long drag to No man's heath . @Chris Doyle and Martin unwittingly led me and @Supersuperleeds out ,I launched first and @Supersuperleeds followed I think the photo finish that would have been required may have given it to @Supersuperleeds 
by an inch I got my gearing wrong that's my excuse . Then on to Orton on the hill which lives up to its name a steady ramp that just gets steeper 15% near the top @Supersuperleeds led this one out soon dropped him only to be past by a flying Martin @Chris Doyle being the sensible one and just doing his thing back to Market Bosworth to find no ice cream can 
. We part company here @Chris Doyle and Martin planned an extended route home to get there ton in. I had enough miles in to head straight home ,@Supersuperleeds rode with me to Ratby were we parted company onto home 102 miles in the bag ,just over a ton for @Chris Doyle and Martin and 105 miles for @Supersuperleeds .A great ride in great company and glorious conditions 
I maybe a bit sunburnt . An average of 16.5 mph despite doing a mile at 10mph down the canal towpath so pretty brisk today but didn't feel it just a good day on the bike
keep pedalling trying to warm up Ratby ,Kirby Muxloe and Desford ,fingers properly cold now come on sunshine . Got to the meeting point noone there so a loop round Market Bosworth to then find @Supersuperleeds waiting soon @Chris Doyle in full summer gear looking splendid in rapha pink with friend Martin rolled in a quick chat, me and @Chris Doyle saying how cold it feels . Soon on are way heading down the quiet lanes a brisk pace thankfully the sun's breaking through and I begin to warm up . In to Kingsbury where we come across a traffic jam because people are queueing to get in the waterpark . I quick detour up the pavement as we pass around 20 cars and have a few miles of car free roads . Just before Wishaw we had a left turn off the main road and are greeted with. You cant see it but 20yds further on is the M6 toll rd but strava had let @Supersuperleeds plot a route across it . Thankfully @Supersuperleeds head unit has full os mapping so a detour is quickly planned and the veloviewer square is thankfully bagged . On to Mile Oak then Bonehill were @Supersuperleeds like of stravas minimum elevation function found us on a canal towpath . Martin and me on our carbon wheels may have cursed him a couple of times . A slow mile or so and we're finally back on lovely tarmac .On to the cafe at Curborough .A nice relaxed stop refuelling complete were back heading back to Market Bosworth Via familiar roads around Croxall and Hurley a silly bit of racing occured up the long drag to No man's heath . @Chris Doyle and Martin unwittingly led me and @Supersuperleeds out ,I launched first and @Supersuperleeds followed I think the photo finish that would have been required may have given it to @Supersuperleeds by an inch I got my gearing wrong that's my excuse . Then on to Orton on the hill which lives up to its name a steady ramp that just gets steeper 15% near the top @Supersuperleeds led this one out soon dropped him only to be past by a flying Martin @Chris Doyle being the sensible one and just doing his thing back to Market Bosworth to find no ice cream can . We part company here @Chris Doyle and Martin planned an extended route home to get there ton in. I had enough miles in to head straight home ,@Supersuperleeds rode with me to Ratby were we parted company onto home 102 miles in the bag ,just over a ton for @Chris Doyle and Martin and 105 miles for @Supersuperleeds .A great ride in great company and glorious conditions I maybe a bit sunburnt . An average of 16.5 mph despite doing a mile at 10mph down the canal towpath so pretty brisk today but didn't feel it just a good day on the bike
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South east this afternoon on the Defy, which meant hitting the climbs of Cornwall Road and Harlow Moor Road far too quickly, with just 12 days before TdY hits these roads this sunken manhole cover seemed a bit worrying
Down to Pannal and then up Drury Lane, a more sensible gradient to some encountered yesterday
A brief trip on the A658 and thence largely down, bar the final climb, to Kirkby Overblow.
Along the ridge and round to Sicklinghall, nicely downhill in this direction, and onto Wetherby where the bandstand area adjacent to the River Wharfe was packed but at the far end of the car park the benches were largely deserted. So for once I cycled out of the car park, interesting climb
but more difficult was further on with a dog walker wearing headphones with doggy on a very extended lead completely oblivious to my attempts to get pass.
Northwards on the country's widest virtual cycle track, the A168 which in the entire circa 9.6 miles to the Arkendale turning I was passed by eight cars, a AA van and a motorbike. The sixth car passing just as the Allerton Waste Recovery Park appeared in the distance - the chimney once again failing to disguise itself against the sky.
Westwards as per Friday through Arkendale and Ferrensby (no ducks) and decision time once again; decided on the A61 through Killinghall which was relatively quite.
34.67 miles 1820ft climbed Avg 13.7 MPH.
Down to Pannal and then up Drury Lane, a more sensible gradient to some encountered yesterday
A brief trip on the A658 and thence largely down, bar the final climb, to Kirkby Overblow.
Along the ridge and round to Sicklinghall, nicely downhill in this direction, and onto Wetherby where the bandstand area adjacent to the River Wharfe was packed but at the far end of the car park the benches were largely deserted. So for once I cycled out of the car park, interesting climb
but more difficult was further on with a dog walker wearing headphones with doggy on a very extended lead completely oblivious to my attempts to get pass.
Northwards on the country's widest virtual cycle track, the A168 which in the entire circa 9.6 miles to the Arkendale turning I was passed by eight cars, a AA van and a motorbike. The sixth car passing just as the Allerton Waste Recovery Park appeared in the distance - the chimney once again failing to disguise itself against the sky.
Westwards as per Friday through Arkendale and Ferrensby (no ducks) and decision time once again; decided on the A61 through Killinghall which was relatively quite.
34.67 miles 1820ft climbed Avg 13.7 MPH.
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Noodle Legs
Winging it
- Location
- Coalville, Leicestershire
Yesterday's ride . @Supersuperleeds had planned an Imperial ton ride out to Curborough hall cafe via a veloviewer square grabbing route and back . We had arranged to meet @Chris Doyle and his friend Martin at Market Bosworth at 0730 . As @Supersuperleeds had planned the route from his home and lives further away I needed a few extra miles . Out the door at 0620 in shorts and short sleeves but arm warmers and fingerless mitts knowing it would be chilly to start with but would warm up so should be ok .A loop round the village onto Groby and I'm now proper chilly
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A great ride indeed @13 rider, nice to catch up again!
Billy Wizz
Veteran
- Location
- North Wales
Out on the hybrid, no heroics 
Nice and steady on a Easter Sunday sat down next to the Dee in Chester not a soul about, it was early, beautiful morning.
Nice and steady on a Easter Sunday sat down next to the Dee in Chester not a soul about, it was early, beautiful morning.
AndreaJ
Veteran
Another beautiful day here so headed out on what should be a cooler route passing through some wooded areas hopefully in the shade. Went through Loppington to Burlton then back through to Nonely where I found a group of people with cameras set up in the road not sure if they were looking for wildlife or planes from Sleap but they seemed surprised to see a cyclist wanting to pass, on to Ruewood, Commonwood back into Loppington to cross the road I had already been down, onto Brown Heath, English Frankton, Colemere around the end of the mere into Lyneal where I saw that the huge pothole/crater which was hidden under water all last winter has been "repaired" badly while its not exactly a hole now you still wouldn't want to hit it at any speed, into Northwood then a slightly longer route home where I noticed that the helicopter which had been about all morning was running trips from the Moat Shed which I was going past, I have previously discovered that landing helicopters create an awful lot of draft which is best avoided on a bike so tried to time passing while it was flying, unfortunately it moves way faster than me and I almost got caught out. Lots more traffic about than I would normally see on the lanes as the campsites all looked very busy around Colemere and a few muppets overtaking on bends rather than wait a minute to check its clear. 25.5 miles, 16.1 mph average speed in the warm sunshine.
