NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
- Location
- The real Northern Powerhouse
You are a brave man - if I tried to balance a pork pie on my bars like that, it would be on the floor before I'd taken the photo!
Your ride today....
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You are a brave man - if I tried to balance a pork pie on my bars like that, it would be on the floor before I'd taken the photo!
biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
Nice early morning ride today 32.2 miles on a single speed friendly route.
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The sun was trying hard to break through but wasn't getting there.
The sun was trying hard to break through but wasn't getting there.
mark st1
Plastic Manc
- Location
- Leafy Berkshire
A quick early morning run on some new to me roads out the back end of Binfield and Shurlock Row to Wokingham some glorious long sweeping roads with fairly decent surfaces. Headed back through the outskirts of Reading back down the A4 through Twyford then peeled off down to White Waltham stopped at the airfield for a quick pic...
Loving this weather and good to see a lot of others out enjoying the sunshine and little wind. Pushed hard today intentionally
https://www.strava.com/activities/568024409
Touch over 29 miles in 1 hour 26 with a PB avg of 20.2 mph.
Cheers
Mark.
Loving this weather and good to see a lot of others out enjoying the sunshine and little wind. Pushed hard today intentionally
https://www.strava.com/activities/568024409
Touch over 29 miles in 1 hour 26 with a PB avg of 20.2 mph.
Cheers
Mark.
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- Location
- Egham
Out for an hour this morning just doing a recee of some junctions for tomorrow's charity ride . The roads are local to me but on the course map I couldn't make out which way round a loop we were going . All sussed now thankfully were going down Polly Botts 
not up it but that means going up the steeper Priory lane 
.17.5 miles done it just over an hour in near perfect conditions . Really looking forward to tomorrow's 
My first charity / sportive . I must remember it's not a race and stop chasing other cyclist even if it's an seventy year old on a sit up and beg I scalped in Swithland they all count . off now to prep the bike 
and give it a wash you want a nice shiny bike right ?
not up it but that means going up the steeper Priory lane .17.5 miles done it just over an hour in near perfect conditions . Really looking forward to tomorrow's My first charity / sportive . I must remember it's not a race and stop chasing other cyclist even if it's an seventy year old on a sit up and beg I scalped in Swithland they all count . off now to prep the bike and give it a wash you want a nice shiny bike right ?
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Great news @Toeclip!
My poor old Trek 1.5 has languished in the garage since October so I thought I'd take it out this morning. The weather was fantastic, though I did see leg warmers and long sleeves
on other people.
Through Knapwell and then a left toward Elsworth. I was riding along thinking that the back end of this bike felt a bit flabby (just like me, but not like the Cube), it was like going through porridge , the the penny dropped!
I had a nice quiet spot in the light shade of a tree, birds were singing, cows in the meadow and me changing a tube. A bit of Flint the size of Belgium had been the culprit.
Pulling away in top gear was fun, tendons snapping and knees a crunching as I ground my way into the village.
As my tyre was at hand pump pressure I decided to stick closer to home and I turned up a road that would lead me to Cambourn. Never been up it before. It was lovely and quiet, awash with cowslips and I saw a beautiful yellowhammer.
I came to a slight bend in the road, there was a roadside memorial. I'm not a fan of these. This was the usual, plastic, faded flowers and desiccated garage carnations in cellophane. But the crowning glory (excuse the pun) was a motorcycle helmet atop a 2' stick. It was just macabre, but hugely amusing too.
If I should go in a RTA, then plant a tree for me somewhere beautiful.
On down through Bourn, Kingston and Caldecote before returning.
https://www.strava.com/activities/568049210
Next stop- Cambridge to put faces to names....
My poor old Trek 1.5 has languished in the garage since October so I thought I'd take it out this morning. The weather was fantastic, though I did see leg warmers and long sleeves
on other people.Through Knapwell and then a left toward Elsworth. I was riding along thinking that the back end of this bike felt a bit flabby (just like me, but not like the Cube), it was like going through porridge , the the penny dropped!
I had a nice quiet spot in the light shade of a tree, birds were singing, cows in the meadow and me changing a tube. A bit of Flint the size of Belgium had been the culprit.
Pulling away in top gear was fun, tendons snapping and knees a crunching as I ground my way into the village.
As my tyre was at hand pump pressure I decided to stick closer to home and I turned up a road that would lead me to Cambourn. Never been up it before. It was lovely and quiet, awash with cowslips and I saw a beautiful yellowhammer.
I came to a slight bend in the road, there was a roadside memorial. I'm not a fan of these. This was the usual, plastic, faded flowers and desiccated garage carnations in cellophane. But the crowning glory (excuse the pun) was a motorcycle helmet atop a 2' stick. It was just macabre, but hugely amusing too.
If I should go in a RTA, then plant a tree for me somewhere beautiful.
On down through Bourn, Kingston and Caldecote before returning.
https://www.strava.com/activities/568049210
Next stop- Cambridge to put faces to names....
I managed to get out for a couple of hours this morning . The weather was overcast but warm, with a risk of thunderstorms forecast for this afternoon.
Ride.
View: https://www.strava.com/activities/568169782/embed/5c8d95b98aeaf002b0cc6e807487b625edebe192
A field full of Rapeseed.
Ride.
View: https://www.strava.com/activities/568169782/embed/5c8d95b98aeaf002b0cc6e807487b625edebe192
A field full of Rapeseed.
Thought I would show a work colleague my alternative route to the CS 2 so we met up at Bow on time and the ride was quite UN-eventful until the end of Backchurch lane where Mr BMW driver decides he wants to overtake right almost at the end.Had already sussed what he was going to do so let him go past and them overtook mr impatient twat on the right and got into the CS 3.He gets stuck by traffic on same road and I comment to my work colleague to what a joke that was in not so many words.So go down the East - West route...(What CS is that?) and I drop my work colleague off at Southwark Bridge as he's working and I'm not.He only really commented on how wonderful the East - West route was and not my wonderful backstreet route...which has now been tweaked ever better.
So coming back to a slightly altered route was fine...the normal Saturday cowboys were out but nothing too hard to deal with...Then as I come up to the church on the Stepney way and as I'm passing two women chatting on the pavement and a car itching to get past me my (front) tyre goes bang.(had heard some mysterious noise for a few seconds before hand before the incident.and it made the women jump and comment about it,it was quite an impressive bang.So I was straight up on the pavement which didn't amuse the driver behind me (he stopped to have a go?) and as I was slightly frustrated with his attitude I managed to point out my front tyre was as flat as a pancake...(Right on 7999.8 miles on the Audax)...This seemed to placate him as at the time signalling did not seem such a good idea as I was so unsure how well the front wheel would handle on an uneven road at 15mph.So fixed it in the church grounds which was very pleasant and made it the five miles back on a damaged tyre of which something had rubbed through but I have no idea what it was...Had no further problems afterwards.Tyre needs replacing,obviously.
So coming back to a slightly altered route was fine...the normal Saturday cowboys were out but nothing too hard to deal with...Then as I come up to the church on the Stepney way and as I'm passing two women chatting on the pavement and a car itching to get past me my (front) tyre goes bang.(had heard some mysterious noise for a few seconds before hand before the incident.and it made the women jump and comment about it,it was quite an impressive bang.So I was straight up on the pavement which didn't amuse the driver behind me (he stopped to have a go?) and as I was slightly frustrated with his attitude I managed to point out my front tyre was as flat as a pancake...(Right on 7999.8 miles on the Audax)...This seemed to placate him as at the time signalling did not seem such a good idea as I was so unsure how well the front wheel would handle on an uneven road at 15mph.So fixed it in the church grounds which was very pleasant and made it the five miles back on a damaged tyre of which something had rubbed through but I have no idea what it was...Had no further problems afterwards.Tyre needs replacing,obviously.
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Diggs
Veteran
- Location
- Billericay, Essex
Suddenly realised I haven't posted on here for a while, what with damp cold rides and the events at end of the kids rugby season.
I'm sitting here with a coffee, reflecting on what was the first summer ride of the year. I didn't think I'd miss the feeling of airbourne insects bouncing off exposed flesh! And the knee (foolishly battered during a touch rugby tournament last week) held up well.
Big numbers, three groups this morning!
I'm sitting here with a coffee, reflecting on what was the first summer ride of the year. I didn't think I'd miss the feeling of airbourne insects bouncing off exposed flesh! And the knee (foolishly battered during a touch rugby tournament last week) held up well.
Big numbers, three groups this morning!
OP
OP
gbb
Squire
- Location
- Peterborough
Sun's shining....its a bit breezier than you think though. Wifes not well so out for a quick couple hours. Got the wind direction wrong and seemed to have a headwind whichever direction I went in...meh.Lovely though...26 miles at just under 15mph average...why am i still measuring averages ?
, those days are gone, i just enjoy the ride more nowadays?..and yet, a little bit in me keeps pushing, i guess its in the blood.One massive red kite, nothing much else was of note...plenty of peeps out on bikes though.
Probably the warmest day of the year so far, so I had to go for a ride. Bought a new toy yesterday, a little Garmin Edge 25. Brilliant piece of kit, it tells me I travelled 33.6 miles today and climbed a touch over 1500 feet. Anyway, the old Bontrager trip 100 is now looking for a new home, I will put it in CC classified.
Road works made a muck of my tour around Holbeck this morning, Water Lane was closed. A bit of pavement was pushed across so I could reach Office Lock, and off I rode to Viaduct Road, Cardigan Road and North Lane to reach the A 660. Once across the Ring Road I took the left fork to Cookridge and followed the road to Bramhope. Back on the A 660 and through Otley, across the river and up Billams Hill to Weston Lane. I took a bit of persuading to climb that sharp steep bit about a mile short of Weston, but up it I went. A deserved sandwich stop at Weston, one of these days I will try the tea rooms, and reverse my course back to Otley. Along the valley bottom road to Pool and my second attempt this century at ascending Pool Bank.
Two stops, but I did ride all the way up. May improve this in future. When I reached the lights I turned left for Leeds and wended my way home with the usual detour to reach the canal towpath at Kirkstall.
Road works made a muck of my tour around Holbeck this morning, Water Lane was closed. A bit of pavement was pushed across so I could reach Office Lock, and off I rode to Viaduct Road, Cardigan Road and North Lane to reach the A 660. Once across the Ring Road I took the left fork to Cookridge and followed the road to Bramhope. Back on the A 660 and through Otley, across the river and up Billams Hill to Weston Lane. I took a bit of persuading to climb that sharp steep bit about a mile short of Weston, but up it I went. A deserved sandwich stop at Weston, one of these days I will try the tea rooms, and reverse my course back to Otley. Along the valley bottom road to Pool and my second attempt this century at ascending Pool Bank.
Two stops, but I did ride all the way up. May improve this in future. When I reached the lights I turned left for Leeds and wended my way home with the usual detour to reach the canal towpath at Kirkstall.
Stonechat
Guru
- Location
- Staines, Middlesex
Awesome speed and I know some of those roads tooA quick early morning run on some new to me roads out the back end of Binfield and Warren Row to Wokingham some glorious long sweeping roads with fairly decent surfaces. Headed back through the outskirts of Reading back down the A4 through Twyford then peeled off down to White Waltham stopped at the airfield for a quick pic...
Loving this weather and good to see a lot of others out enjoying the sunshine and little wind. Pushed hard today intentionally
https://www.strava.com/activities/568024409
Touch over 29 miles in 1 hour 26 with a PB avg of 20.2 mph.
Cheers
Mark.
