Elybazza61
Guru
No 'ride' as such today,instead I Tried to kill myself doing my first Sufferfest turbo run;I am now enjoying a nice bottle of Silly saison to help revive myself.
Your ride today....
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howdenbiker
Senior Member
- Location
- East Yorkshire
Got out early this morning and managed 60 miles and only one hail shower. Went out from Howden to Brind and Wressle followed by Bubwith. I then followed part of the proposed Tour De Yorkshire route, 20 mph all the way to Market Weighton with a tailwind. Headed north, mighty crosswinds up to Pocklinton then back via Sutton on Derwent, Melbourne and home.
Did the ride on my Rossin, longest ride I've done on it and turns out it is a great ride.
Did the ride on my Rossin, longest ride I've done on it and turns out it is a great ride.
nickyboy
Norven Mankey
- Location
- You want hills? We got hills
I keep hearing about all these fast CCers who can handle 20mph averages. Of course, unless you're a top pro that's impossible in the Peak District. But Cheshire...that's flat....maybe that's where I can give it the full beans and do these mythical average speeds I keep hearing about on here.
Son#2 does cricket training in Wilmslow so I've got a couple of hours to kill. 33mile loop sussed out with only 800ft of climbing. This could be my chance. So I went for it. No pleasure ride here, head down, thighs pumping, sweating. My average? 17.3mph
So why not 20mph? Gotta be one of these;
1) Those 20mph dudes on CC are all bull*****ers
2) I'm just more of a leisure cyclist that I'd like to admit
Probably a bit of both
Son#2 does cricket training in Wilmslow so I've got a couple of hours to kill. 33mile loop sussed out with only 800ft of climbing. This could be my chance. So I went for it. No pleasure ride here, head down, thighs pumping, sweating. My average? 17.3mph
So why not 20mph? Gotta be one of these;
1) Those 20mph dudes on CC are all bull*****ers
2) I'm just more of a leisure cyclist that I'd like to admit
Probably a bit of both
So that's March's Century a month challenge qualifying ride out of the way with. A surrey/Kent loop in the good company of rb58 , Mista Preston and iLB 's, with a bonus brunch time appearance from Trickedem, who was on his own ride.
I usually do this route in a clockwise direction but due to the very strong westerly winds, decided to do it anti-clockwise. And it was the right decision. Once we had reached mile 20 of the ride we turned east to be blown along for the next 30 miles to our lunch stop. Only waylayed by my Garmin throwing a complete wobbly at Lingfield and iLB hitting a hidden puddle pothole which resulted in the inevitable snakebites for his rear inner tube.
56 Miles in and brunch was had at Yalding, at the very friendly and cheap cafe. We got there with a 18.2mph average, which is not too shabby. Once lunch was had (they did forget about Mista Preston's beans on toast, but quickly remedied) )..we then had the climbing and rolling hills of Kent to contend with, including the thigh busting Hunton Hill just outside of Yalding. 20 more wind assisted miles and we had to turn north then west, straight into into the vicious wind. The wind, mixed with the rolling Kent hills it made for tough going in parts. But we persevered and kept the pedals turning. A couple of times on exposed bridges or high ground the buffeting of the wind caught me by surprise.
I lost count of how many other cyclists we saw on the road today. The almost spring-like weather certainly gets some bikes out of hibernation.
So, March's challenge ride done nice and early.
112 Miles at an average of 16.2mph. Century # 6 for 2015, century # 140 over all.
The Garmin wobble
I usually do this route in a clockwise direction but due to the very strong westerly winds, decided to do it anti-clockwise. And it was the right decision. Once we had reached mile 20 of the ride we turned east to be blown along for the next 30 miles to our lunch stop. Only waylayed by my Garmin throwing a complete wobbly at Lingfield and iLB hitting a hidden puddle pothole which resulted in the inevitable snakebites for his rear inner tube.
56 Miles in and brunch was had at Yalding, at the very friendly and cheap cafe. We got there with a 18.2mph average, which is not too shabby. Once lunch was had (they did forget about Mista Preston's beans on toast, but quickly remedied) )..we then had the climbing and rolling hills of Kent to contend with, including the thigh busting Hunton Hill just outside of Yalding. 20 more wind assisted miles and we had to turn north then west, straight into into the vicious wind. The wind, mixed with the rolling Kent hills it made for tough going in parts. But we persevered and kept the pedals turning. A couple of times on exposed bridges or high ground the buffeting of the wind caught me by surprise.
I lost count of how many other cyclists we saw on the road today. The almost spring-like weather certainly gets some bikes out of hibernation.
So, March's challenge ride done nice and early.
112 Miles at an average of 16.2mph. Century # 6 for 2015, century # 140 over all.
The Garmin wobble
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Or maybe the fact that we are still in winter and it has been pretty windy?
You'll have plenty of time to get faster when the weather warms up.
Every September I used to do the Cheshire-based Manchester 100 (MILES, not the 100 km version!) in just under 6 hours (~17 mph) and that has about 3,000 ft of ascent. I was not particularly fit most of the times that I rode it so I reckon you could average 20 mph on that course if you spent a few months building up to it.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
A miserable 25 miler around these parts wasn't the best way to spend a Sunday afternoon but i hadn't been out since Monday so it had to be done! It was fine when i set off but the wind and rain soon appeared which was bad enough but then the gritter appeared so all that salt meant washing my bike again. I only washed it yesterday!
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
I agree with your comments about the Hub at Ouseburn.
The idea sounds good, but it's never quite worked.
There's been a few changes over the years after the plan of the various cycling-related businesses working together didn't come off.
I believe the woman who used to own Newcastle Cycle Centre (formerly Hopkirk's?) in Byker now has the cycle sales/hire/repair side of the Hub.
Not sure about the cafe's management, but you are correct in your observation about its offer being too elaborate, fussy, and expensive for cycling cafe.
Spartak
Powered by M&M's
- Location
- Bristolian
The Big Pedal started today an annual event to promote cycling to school.
Rode with Little Spartak just under a kilometre to her school.
They had laid on a breakfast for cyclists or scooterists !
( Pastries, bananas & juice )
EDIT : Just taken Smallest Spartak out on her balance bike 8-)
Rode with Little Spartak just under a kilometre to her school.
They had laid on a breakfast for cyclists or scooterists !
( Pastries, bananas & juice )
EDIT : Just taken Smallest Spartak out on her balance bike 8-)
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BigonaBianchi
Yes I can, Yes I am, Yes I did...Repeat.
- Location
- Iskele TRNC & Mordor UK
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69 Miles & 894m Climb Today Guiding riders on a Tour of Northern Cyprus from all over Germany. Perfect weather, beautiful Island, great bike, wunderba!
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thetribe
Über Member
11 miles in the wind today as my better half decided she'd cycle to work, so I rode to meet her for the homeward journey. I just took the long way round to her place of work. She's really enjoying her new bike and although the journey home was a struggle in the wind (she has asthma and the wind in her face makes it hard for her to breathe properly) she's already talking about cycling tomorrow even though the wind forecast is the same.
https://www.strava.com/activities/262028940
https://www.strava.com/activities/262028940
After a relatively early finish yesterday (23:00) I was up at 07:30 to do a few chores and get over to a mates house about 8 miles away for a pedal.
We'd decided to aim South West for the initial 20 or so miles to get the headwind over and done with. It was about as bad, if not a bit worse, than yesterday mornings ride. Today was a lot more exposed and hilly.
Never mind.. It's all 'character building'!!
I don't know why I was smiling here.. The bloomin' Canons Ashby House café was closed!
Never mind, the snowdrops were pretty
I've ridden most of the roads before, but it's not my usual side of town, so I don't remember the names of a lot of the villages. It's a beautiful area though, and enough undulations to challenge the legs. One hill down, I was assured, is usually a 30mph freewheel coast down it. Today, we had to pedal to get to the bottom.. That's just plain wrong
We parted ways near Rothersthorpe village, and I had a lovely tailwind along the canal bank and riverside to get home. Even though the average over the ride was utter rubbish, I achieved a KOM along one stretch due to 'wind assistance'. Happy days..
2nd day of the month, and a Metric Century under my belt. It was possibly the toughest 100km ride I've done to be honest, but still...'no pain, no gain' as they say
No w*rk today, so it's Beer O'clock now
https://www.strava.com/activities/261984036
We'd decided to aim South West for the initial 20 or so miles to get the headwind over and done with. It was about as bad, if not a bit worse, than yesterday mornings ride. Today was a lot more exposed and hilly.
Never mind.. It's all 'character building'!!
I don't know why I was smiling here.. The bloomin' Canons Ashby House café was closed!
Never mind, the snowdrops were pretty
I've ridden most of the roads before, but it's not my usual side of town, so I don't remember the names of a lot of the villages. It's a beautiful area though, and enough undulations to challenge the legs. One hill down, I was assured, is usually a 30mph freewheel coast down it. Today, we had to pedal to get to the bottom.. That's just plain wrong
We parted ways near Rothersthorpe village, and I had a lovely tailwind along the canal bank and riverside to get home. Even though the average over the ride was utter rubbish, I achieved a KOM along one stretch due to 'wind assistance'. Happy days..
2nd day of the month, and a Metric Century under my belt. It was possibly the toughest 100km ride I've done to be honest, but still...'no pain, no gain' as they say
No w*rk today, so it's Beer O'clock now
https://www.strava.com/activities/261984036
PatrickPending
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Another my ride yesterday - 66Km on the hybrid (hard work cw the road bike but hey its exercise) - down to Monks Kirby. Windy but sunny, nice ride
Goonerobes
Its okay to be white
- Location
- Wiltshire
With the Wales Velothon just over 3 months away I'm considering a more structured training program (considering being the optimum word here), so with this in mind I did a little test run today of 15 miles around the local lanes sticking to HR zones 1 & 2. It turns out to be trickier than I imagined as it more or less means no hills & with a bitter wind staying warm meant wearing a thermal jacket & gloves to avoid freezing so the jury's still out as to whether I give it a go or not!
https://www.strava.com/activities/261986877
Contrasting skys today, clear blue to the east & threatening grey to the west.......east it is then!
https://www.strava.com/activities/261986877
Contrasting skys today, clear blue to the east & threatening grey to the west.......east it is then!
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
21 miles last night in the hailstones!
- Location
- Manchester
Ouch!21 miles last night in the hailstones!
