Your ride today....

[Dave 123]

I did a loop around Battisborough on Friday evening after work as I knew Saturday would be damp.

It was!

On the Friday ride I could hear metal on metal from my rear brake.

This morning I was at Halfords in Plymouth as they opened, I came home and changed my brake pads. I was right about metal on metal!

28 miles on my mountain bike is a fair old way!

I went via Ermington, Ivybridge, Harford, Cornwood, Lutton and Sparkwell.

There were a couple of motoring bell ends on the road, but I did make friends with some cows as per usual!

My longest ride in ages.

It took me over a lively river Erme and a more sedate river Yealm.

https://www.strava.com/activities/9507464736

 

[HLaB]

After having missed yesterdays

TT I was pretty desperate to get out. So it was out to Elton to meet some mates for a gravel ride. Given it had rained for about 14 or 15 hours we decided to take tracks that were harder packed and likely to be drier. That actually meant heading back to nearer to where I started

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I came back and put my new wheels on my road bike. That took a little longer than it should have I shifted down to the smallest cog to take the rear wheel out. When I put the wheel back in, the chain landed on the 3rd cog so I went to shift up but the shifter jammed. I thought initially it was a snapped cable but quickly realised the cable was good. After a while I figured out what it was. The shifter head can come out of the dura ace cable puller (or whatever its called). Which I think is fine when the system is under tension and probably OK 99% of the time when it isn’t. Today was the 1% when it wasn’t. After a lot of cleaning I managed to get the cable puller round to the correct spot, I then created slack in the cable by manually shifting the rear derailleur, pushed the cable end back into the puller and let the rear mech tighten the cable. I then took it for a test ride lol, when out of the flat I realised I’d left the varia (I feel naked without it so went back in. Double Lol, when I was outside again I realised I’d forgotten to put the hood back on. I wanted back for the TdF finale so I decided to put it off till now

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[wafter]

Went t'shops on't Fuji; the second outing post-crankset swap.

Nothing fell off (the bike or myself).

Win

Can't remember the last time I went out on a proper, rural leisure ride - everything seems to be utility-based or at least unimaginitively defaulting to loops that take in the local grotty town that I hate.

Can't complain about mileage though; while hardly doing the moon and back every week I'm only about 100 miles off my total for last year, and am very happy that I've managed to make the most of my current sub-optimal cycling situation by acquiring the Fuji for shop trips and more recently the Brompton for the partial commute

 

[Andy in Germany]

Went t'shops on't Fuji; the second outing post-crankset swap.

Nothing fell off (the bike or myself).

Win

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Can't remember the last time I went out on a proper, rural leisure ride - everything seems to be utility-based or at least unimaginitively defaulting to loops that take in the local grotty town that I hate.

Can't complain about mileage though; while hardly doing the moon and back every week I'm only about 100 miles off my total for last year, and am very happy that I've managed to make the most of my current sub-optimal cycling situation by acquiring the Fuji for shop trips and more recently the Brompton for the partial commute

Very nice looking bike, that.

 

[wafter]

Very nice looking bike, that.

Thanks

It's nowt special on paper, nor particularly expensive.. However I do love it both for what it is and what it allows me to do..

 

[lazybloke]

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Thread crossover: That's an example of a bike NOT to wheel into Aldi.

 

[EltonFrog]

For the want of somewhere to go today, just for a quick cobweb blower, I road up to the garden centre and bought four bottles of hand-gel for 20p each. A quick seven and a bit miles on mostly traffic free route. Mind you, the last mile is a fast downhill and not at all suitable for a Brompton. Got back just before it precipitated down.

 

[Dave 123]

A Warren ride this evening. I went on tarmac to Battisborough and then got on the SWCP at the tea house. The sea was calm, and there was an assortment of clouds.

Amazingly I only saw 2 people, and they were at the tea house corner.

So I shared the views with the sheep and a peregrine.

15 miles.

https://www.strava.com/activities/9514353846

 

[EltonFrog]

Another quick ride on the road bike today, a ride around familiar territory some busy roads, quiet lanes and traffic free routes. A muppet that over took me on a blind bend only for me to catch him up 2 miles later. Oh year and some Berk
cut his hedge and didn't clear up the mess.

Not a lot of time for photos today.

 

[wafter]

Another quick ride on the road bike today, a ride around familiar territory some busy roads, quiet lanes and traffic free routes. A muppet that over took me on a blind bend only for me to catch him up 2 miles later. Oh year and some Berk
cut his hedge and didn't clear up the mess.

Not a lot of time for photos today.

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Nice work - but how, err how does that one fold up?

 

[EltonFrog]

Nice work - but how, err how does that one fold up?

Not very well to be honest, but probably it's only flaw.

 

[wafter]

Not very well to be honest, but probably it's only flaw.

Perhaps you're not trying hard enough

 

[gavgav]

A ride after work, yesterday evening. The rain had mostly passed through, just the odd spot still about, but some threatening black clouds. Very little wind for a change as well.

I set off through Meole and onto the main road through Hook a Gate and Annscroft, then turned East through Exfords Green and Stapleton.

Crossing the A49 wasn’t too bad, considering it was rush hour and headed through Gonsal, to Ryton and down the narrow lane to Longnor. Encountered 1 can and 2 cars, but 0 brain cells along there, with the standard of driving. With a bit of luck the delivery van is now missing a considerable amount of paint down its left hand side, from sliding into the bank out of a skid at high speed. Prat!

At Longnor I turned North and enjoyed the general downward trend to Acton Burnell and Pitchford, before climbing up to Cantlop and the lumpy section to Betton Abbots.

Home with 20.83 miles done at 12.7mph avg, which I was pleased with on the Genesis and the ankle felt the best it’s done since getting back on the bike.

 

[Jameshow]

Ride round Ikley moor last night.... got on chain gang from Ikley to till addingham, then peeled off for long drag over to silsden and tailwind home 16.7 AVG!

 

[Elybazza61]

Very late post for the Fridays London to Brighton.

Bit showery but generally ok although some slippy bits and no walking up Ditchling!