DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
A "get out of the house or you'll go nuts" ride today.
Took the Revell mixte, as mentioned up there ^^^ somewhere. All good, headset didn't fall off. All smooth, not very busy at first. Stopped half way up Leg O'Mutton ramp, drink and energy bar, and a rest. Let a couple get past, then remounted. They were spinning some quite low gears, while I bottomed out at 36-36, so although they'd done it in one hit, they were knackered and I began to reel them in. Then, of course, they reached the top first, and simply vanished...
I did actually keep them within a few yards all the way to Clearbrook. They went down past the pub as per NCN27, I took off right at the bridge for my latest loop, which is steeper even that the LoM ramp. I'm never even going to *think* about going UP this one. Down is so steep, that you need to fling your butt back off the saddle, or front braking will see you over the top. The road surface is crap too, so it's actually quite nasty. The final stretch to where you can rejoin NCN27 is straight and swift, very enjoyable. Back on to the NCN, heading back to Tavistock. Passed my two erstwhile companions. Now it was very busy, with many families coming out after lunch, and it remained so all the way home.
A good ride, the mixte just worked, as it does, and the weather was great, not too hot.
Stats:
Might be more tomorrow, but pretty knackered after not much sleep last night.
Edit: this sees me passing 2020's total of 605 by a couple of miles, so well ahead! To clarify, the ticker total if from November 2020 to end 2021.
Reason for 2nd edit: misspelt 'edit'.
Took the Revell mixte, as mentioned up there ^^^ somewhere. All good, headset didn't fall off. All smooth, not very busy at first. Stopped half way up Leg O'Mutton ramp, drink and energy bar, and a rest. Let a couple get past, then remounted. They were spinning some quite low gears, while I bottomed out at 36-36, so although they'd done it in one hit, they were knackered and I began to reel them in. Then, of course, they reached the top first, and simply vanished...
I did actually keep them within a few yards all the way to Clearbrook. They went down past the pub as per NCN27, I took off right at the bridge for my latest loop, which is steeper even that the LoM ramp. I'm never even going to *think* about going UP this one. Down is so steep, that you need to fling your butt back off the saddle, or front braking will see you over the top. The road surface is crap too, so it's actually quite nasty. The final stretch to where you can rejoin NCN27 is straight and swift, very enjoyable. Back on to the NCN, heading back to Tavistock. Passed my two erstwhile companions. Now it was very busy, with many families coming out after lunch, and it remained so all the way home.
A good ride, the mixte just worked, as it does, and the weather was great, not too hot.
Stats:
Might be more tomorrow, but pretty knackered after not much sleep last night.
Edit: this sees me passing 2020's total of 605 by a couple of miles, so well ahead! To clarify, the ticker total if from November 2020 to end 2021.
Reason for 2nd edit: misspelt 'edit'.
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