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Diggs

Veteran
So you doing next year then :okay:
Did you do on a road bike ?
I did it on my Tricross Sport, here 3 miles in after the first climb
There were stages that were quicker on mountain bikes, I may start dropping hints about a new purchase


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Well bike now in at LBS for some TLC on the rear derailleur

Any ride until I get it back will have to be on the hybrid
 

Old jon

Guru
Location
Leeds
No ride yesterday, a bit of musical messing was required. But just look what came to visit my back yard.

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Anything I did today sings pretty small after that, so a fairly gentle potter out to Lotherton Hall, where they have birds of many varieties but no resident sparrowhawk . . .

Holbeck, Hunslet, John O' Gaunts and Woodlesford, Swillington and around the north side of Garforth, cross the motorway and you are on this road.



which takes you to the gates of Lotherton Hall, turn left for Aberford, Barwick, Scholes and home vis the three lanes and a very wet and blowy Boot Hill to complete 29.2 interesting miles.
 
Well as bike is in LBS, went out on the hybrid

I'd forgotten what a heavy beast it is.
Went over Staines Bridge and through Egham and Virginia Water turning south down Kitsmead Lane and Accomodation Lane and Foxhill Lane
Then a loop over to Addlestone and dpuble back down a parallel road to Chertsey and on home

Before I could use the bike I fixed a puncture, the inner tube was previously repaired but patch was leaking.

So did 19.07 miles at 15.1 mph
Still a little bit of wind around - noticeable because of my more upright riding position
696 feet climbed

https://www.strava.com/activities/530632074
Can't wait for roadie to be ready - hopefully for next ride!
 
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Old jon

Guru
Location
Leeds
Occasional showers, said the forecast. Off I go again, lets try and take a video through East Rigton and surrounding stuff. Holbeck hiatus, I think I need a mile or two more to warm the muscles ( ? ) but I am not in a rush, along Great Wilson Street, getting out of Leeds is so predictable, Crown Point Road, Regent Street and Roseville and Roundhay Road to the Oakwood Clock. The pavement at the bottom of Boot Hill is being replaced, I hope they do the road surface also. Turn right for the three lanes to Thorner at the top of the hill. Straight on at the bottom of Church Hill, cannot remember what the sign says, the road goes to East Rigton.



Someone has had a bit of fun adjusting the signposts around here, so I stop and look at my mind's eye map. A bit of think pointed me in the right direction, or the direction I wanted, the last bit of road on the video leads you to the A 58 in Collingham at the side of what was once the Barley Mow pub. All these rather wonderful lanes do not benefit from the added extra farmyard that some person has kindly donated.

Riverside car park in Wetherby for grub break, finished food, rain starts and kept me faithful company all the way back to my front door. 30.3 miles after leaving it.
 

MiK1138

Veteran
Location
Glasgow
Not good, Had a damn fool motorist pull away from a kerb right in front of me no signal obviously no mirror, resulting in a nasty gash above my right eye, right knee and shoulder are stiff as a board(they are gonna hurt tomorrow), bike is fine thankfully but i think my phone is knackered
 

GrumpyGregry

Here for rides.
Utterly uneventful, unlike y'days ride to the office, on which I was offed by a nobber on a cargo bike.
 

Archeress

Veteran
Location
Bristol
I managed to get my half century ride in just before the end of the month. Wasn't the best day for it, the first 10 miles were wet and it was colder than I thought it would be. I decided to rehash a ride I did with my club, changing the last few miles to lengthen it.

I set off towards loonie-versity and from there headed round the ring road on the cycle path. With the wet weather and the noisy road next to me, my head was down just turning the pedals. I left the ring road heading for Pucklechurch on a quieter road, before turning off onto a very quiet road. In Hinton there was a gaggle of geese wandering the road, I took the opportunity for a rest and took some photos.

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From Hinton it was a long climb up onto the edge of the Cotswolds. I wasn't up there for very long however, and the was a nice long drop as I made the turn back towards home. I headed through Westerleigh and was looking forward to my only stop on the route at Iron Acton garden centre. Very kindly the garden centre staff allowed me to leave my bike by the tills while I made use of their cafe. One very well deserved cheese and beans jacket potato and a gallon of tea later (I had already done nearly 24 miles by now), I headed out on the bike and back to Bradley Stoke popping into the shops for a few essentials before getting home.

Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/530771857

Hugs
Archeress x
 

Goonerobes

Its okay to be white
Location
Wiltshire
With the temperature rising a bit & no forecast of rain I thought today was the ideal day to try out my new DHB long sleeve jersey & leave the jacket at home.........wrong! 12 miles in at Bolderwood the black cloud that seems to follow me around the forest found me again but fortunately, again I was close to a bridge under the A31 so sheltered there for a while until the worst of it had passed.

It was then a challenge to avoid the rain as there was a cloud in front & another behind as I made my way across the old airfield road at Stoney Cross, down Nomansland & through Bramshaw & Furzley for home & a 30 mile round trip.

https://www.strava.com/activities/530750819

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cosmicbike

Perhaps This One.....
Moderator
Location
Egham
Not good, Had a damn fool motorist pull away from a kerb right in front of me no signal obviously no mirror, resulting in a nasty gash above my right eye, right knee and shoulder are stiff as a board(they are gonna hurt tomorrow), bike is fine thankfully but i think my phone is knackered
I can't 'like' your post for that. Hoping said fool stopped and gave details etc.
 
Days don't get much better than this.

Completed my first Imperial Ton and managed to get back in time to see the T20 semi final, as I set off early at 0535.

http://www.strava.com/activities/530731840

No pictures I'm afraid, I was too busy gritting my teeth struggling into the wind. And next time I'm going to pick a flatter route. I didn't realise how hilly it is around Market Harborough and Naseby.

Bike now gleaming after a lot of tlc.

Next is Chinese takeaway followed by falling asleep on the settee.

Back to work tomorrow.

Graham
 

Mrs M

Guru
Location
Aberdeenshire
Not good, Had a damn fool motorist pull away from a kerb right in front of me no signal obviously no mirror, resulting in a nasty gash above my right eye, right knee and shoulder are stiff as a board(they are gonna hurt tomorrow), bike is fine thankfully but i think my phone is knackered
Ouch :sad:
GWS
 
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