Your ride today....

[Stonechat]

My first post lockdownride yesterday. Tried to keep away from main roads, town centres
Did 42 miles at really enjoyed it.

2 hr 32 minutes @ ave moving speed 16.7 mph.
MORE CLIMBING THAN I thought - 1463 feet

https://www.strava.com/activities/3577023082#kudos

Only problem my Garminput this ride on 10th March!!

 

[Gunk]

I'm still trying to find some touchup paint for the frame, but it's proving elusive..

Sorry to hear about the scratch, that would upset me as well!

Have you tried emailing Genesis customer services and ask if they can provide a paint code?

Or failing that, take your bike to a local car bodyshop and see if they can match the colour with one of their swatches. It will be an off the shelf colour, I doubt Genesis use a bespoke colour.

 

[wafter]

Sorry to hear about the scratch, that would upset me as well!

Have you tried emailing Genesis customer services and ask if they can provide a paint code?

Or failing that, take your bike to a local car bodyshop and see if they can match the colour with one of their swatches. It will be an off the shelf colour, I doubt Genesis use a bespoke colour.

Thanks

Helpfully Genesis provide the paint codes for all their models as well as a list of matches / equivalents (which sadly don't exist for my bike ).

So.. half the battle is apparently won, I just need to find someone who supplies the necessary "RAL Effect" paint colours .This is so far proving a little difficult; I've emailed one place that does do RAL Effect however doesn't list mine.. finger's crossed!

 

[EltonFrog]

Another trip down to the shops on the Whyte hybrid, a dull cool day so that kept the solar powered idiots off the cycle route and at least it’s dry today. For reasons I can not quite comprehend I felt compelled to go into the Starbucks and buy a hot chocolate and an almond croissant whilst there. I wish I hadn’t. I probably will not learn from this experience.

5.74 miles today ( slightly more actually but I forgot to switch on my watch) .

No ride photos today so here’s a photo of Frankie instead.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

 

[gavgav]

Start of my week off work and I’d arranged for a ride with @Rickshaw Phil and his brother, Doug, this afternoon. It was surprisingly sunny and warm, so I donned shorts and t-shirt and headed up to their place, where they were ready and waiting for me.

We set off up Lyth Hill, which i’d not beenup in ages (since 21st January, Strava tells me) but it was the fastest I’ve ridden the segment up to the lower car park, which was surprising as I didn’t set off too energetically, due to Doug having not ridden much recently. It was pretty full in the car park.

We descended to the A49 and crossed it with ease, then headed through Condover and up to Ryton, where a drink stop and chat took place. Difficult to chat, when riding the bikes, as we were making sure the social distancing was being observed.

The lane down to Longnor was quiet and we then paused at the cross roads, where a very friendly couple were also on a ride and wished us well for the rest of our day.

We then set a faster speed to Frodesley, Acton Burnell and Pitchford, with Doug keeping up the pace and that was good to see.

There was a lot of traffic on this road and that continued to Cantlop and Betton Abbots, where we reeled in a much slower rider, passing them when it was safe.

The wind was behind us, on the final stint, to the junction for my place, where we parted ways.

Really nice to ride with Phil and Doug again, 19.7 miles at 12.4mph avg speed.

I’m out again with Phil, tomorrow, for something much longer 👍🏻

 

[gavgav]

I haven't darkened these pages for quite a while. A shortage of enthusiasm, coupled with no rides of note despite riding most days I guess. I rarely stop for pictures now, and always felt this thread was better for having them. Today found me at Legoland, which was perhaps unsurprisingly shut. My kids have outgrown it, its all Thorpe Park and Alton Towers now. 41 miles before the rains came. Still enjoying the ex @vickster Van Nic, nice comfy mile muncher.
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Good to hear from you again

 

[gavgav]

Another trip down to the shops on the Whyte hybrid, a dull cool day so that kept the solar powered idiots off the cycle route today. At least it’s dry today. For reasons I can not quite comprehend I felt compelled to go into the Starbucks and buy a hot chocolate and an almond croissant whilst there. I wish I hadn’t. I probably will not learn from this experience.

5.74 miles today ( slightly more actually but I forgot to switch on my watch) .

No ride photos today so here’s a photo of Frankie instead. View attachment 528397

Gorgeous!!

 

[carlosfandangus]

Just been out for 16 mixed miles, a bit of steady climbing and a little 40 mph downhill.

The numptys are out (not just me) I had one pass where the driver gave me plenty of room, the car coming the other way was not impressed though, I also had a lady try to undertake me at a set of lights, I was turning right, she left, there is only room for one (they were on red)

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

As already reported, Doug, Gav and I have been out for an enjoyable ride on an extended version of the Acton Burnell loop. Very nice to be out in company again, even if things are a bit strange due to trying to do the social distancing thing properly.

I think Gav has covered the salient points so I'll just add that Doug is trying another different saddle. It was apparent that even though he preferred it to his own saddle, the B17N still wasn't the right one for him, so he's currently trying the standard B17 I had on the Kingpin and seems to be getting on with it a lot better. We'll see how things go over the next few rides but this looks promising. I'm hoping that if we can sort out the comfort it'll be easier to persuade him to keep riding and get his cycling fitness back.

19.4 miles recorded for me at 12.5 mph average.

Crossing Lyth Hill. It doesn't half look dry up here. We've gone from one extreme to another this year.

At the crossroads near Longnor.

A view to the Wrekin from Pitchford.

 

[AndreaJ]

Warm and sunny weather returned today and a different route planned. Started off to Loppington, Burlton over the main road to Marton, turned back to Myddle, Balderton, Harmer Hill, down Shotton Lane to Hadnall, over one of the tunnels the Sansaw estate have dug under the lanes so the cows don’t have to cross the road when they go in to be milked, Sansaw Heath where I got just past the main gates to Sansaw Estate to find a road closed sign. Normally I would ignore it and see if I could get through but it was just before a short steep hill which there was no point going up if I had to turn around, there was a diversion which I guessed would be up to Clive church which was a longer even steeper hill up a narrow lane through the sandstone so up I went, through Clive, back down to Wem, Barkers Green, Aston, back to Wem, Edstaston, Waterloo, Whixall and home. It was getting quite warm by the time I got back so hopefully summer is back.32.84miles @16mph.

Pictures of Clive and Grinshill and the river Roden at Aston.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Today's outing was a pleasant easy spin around a fairly standard route over to The Marcles. Weather was OK and the only thing to report was a buzzard hovering at height. Nice little leg turner. 51 smiles

 

[roubaixtuesday]

20 very much needed miles cycling home from working at home. Unexpectedly found a new pavé section nearby:

https://strava.app.link/g8HkR2uT96

 

[wafter]

Woke up miserable. Attempted to allay this by doing something productive; down to three eggs so an egg run it was.. after I'd finally dragged myself out of bed, brushed off yesterday's crap from the bike and re-fitted my questionably-effective chainstay protector with some bits of innertube inserted between it and the frame.

After a Tool-fuelled 9ish miles I got to the farm to find the egg-cupboard bare

Not really wanting to go home I decided to take a nearby bridleway to see where it went, finding myself at a nice little clearing on the banks of the Thames just outside Appleton.. headphones out and the tranqulity of the location really started to calm me down. I lay on the bank for a while with my makeshift empty-eggbox rucksack pillow and watched the flies taking a hammering both from the fish and the swallows; which at times swooped so close to me that I could hear the air they displaced as they passed

Peace broken by a passing chatting couple and never really recovered, I made my way to Appleton then down another section of unexplored road to Eaton village; finding a nice open bridleway that followed the banks of the Thames through fields to Farmoor reservoir. I followed the outskirts of the massive body of water for a while and took a peek inside - sadly finding cycling to be prohibited which is a real shame as it'd be a great place to ride

From there I headed back into town and out the other side to the Baldons, finding a fantastic looking bit of bridleway outside Marsh Baldon. The weather had been pretty murky until this point but the sun really started to break through and this combined with the scenery really cheered me up

As great as it looked the bridleway eventually petered out into a narrow, pretty cycle-unfriendly footpath with a lot of cramped gates that required the bike lifting over my head to clear them with one arm, while operating them with the other. The route was pretty poorly marked and I got lost a few times just trying to get to the nearest road..

Finally back on some tarmac I found myself in Chiselhampton and followed the road back to town then cross-country a bit to draw out the ride a little more on the way home, passing lots of friendly cyclists evidently heading out on their evening ride

A mixed ride in many ways; mindset, terrain, speed and effort.. the lack of wind made a welcome change and it was nice to have more control over my output rather than being forced to put in more than I wanted to overcome headwinds. It also felt like my endurance / stamina was noticeably better; finding a lot more on tap when pushing my aching legs than I was expecting - although I'm not sure if this was maybe down to the lesser wind or yesterday's significant carb loading

Ultimately I managed 51 miles and 1230ft at 13.1mph and 122bpm; the Polar software suggesting 2200 kcal burned - which should help offset yesterdays Ben and Jerry's "incident".. especially as I've been a good boy today having only consumed eggs on hippie bread before going out and a piece of gloriously reduced Waitrose port schntizel, greens and a fried egg for tea.

Having done over 70 miles in the past two days I'm wondering how enjoyable tomorrow's inevitable repeat egg run will be..

 

[Mike_P]

Even the sun appeared briefly as the Defy moved for the first time in a week around the Nidd Brearton loop, 12.48 miles. Outbound on the Ripley bypass three motorcyclists were in the lay-by; all made to depart but the third stopped waiting for me to pass. I waved him out. Is it an old bike or simply a cherished reg ?