Your ride today....

[Jon George]

I see from your vid you apparently had two other cyclists who just whizzed past without a word, and a car driver who over-took you on a blind bend. Average day in the saddle, then @Old jon?

 

[midlife]

44 miles today, out to the coast and back. Managed over 17mph overall which surprises me as I haven't done many long rides this year.

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Nice . My 1970's stomping ground

Shaun

 

[Jon George]

A very short spin out of 12 miles today to stretch the legs and get another ride in for my Ride-A-Day target for this year.
Nearly fell off my bike laughing when I saw this sign near Kesgrave ...

 

[Stevec047]

So after last weekends biggest ever milage I decided to take a nice paced solo ride today and to just see where I ended up. No targets no pb bashing just enjoy the wilife fresh air and sunshine.


My legs are still a little tight from last weekend so the first few miles were a struggle but once I had warmed up and the legs stopped complaining I was in my element.

Heading out on my favourite stretch of road in to braintree and out towards great Leighs I felt really good. Took the road towards Felsted and stopped for a bite to eat and a rest just over half distance. Headed back towards braintree through Rayne and up the hill that causes me so much pain but today was a breeze starting in a higher gear than normal and dropping down as the legs slowed. Straight through Braintree and another quick stop before the final 10 miles home.

37.5 miles but wishing I had added another loop into the ride to push over the 40 mile mark.

All those people in their cars they have no idea what there missing.

Some may call it vandalism but there are some really lovely carvings going back to the 1800's just outside the Felsted church.

 

[Bazzer]

Took Mrs B to the airport at 5am today and a guilt free 55 miler resulted, although this was only after a false start to return home to change my saddle to one from my hybrid, which has rarely been sat on Now I am sure, a little like using new running shoes for a marathon is not recommended, an unknown saddle for a longish ride is probably not recommended, but the saddle that came with my Cannondale has, for some reason, become really uncomfortable in the last few rides.Although quite frankly from the discomfort in my sit bones at the start of the ride, had there been a saddle shaped inverted hobnail boot in my garage, that would have gone on the bike.

Route looks like a 5 year old's etch a sketch picture

Nevertheless, after 55 miles at 16mph average, my sit bones were still feeeling comfortable, so a result

 

[Dogtrousers]

I fitted a new rear mech, chain and cassette to my friend's bike. My ride today consisted of a couple of circuits if my local park checking the indexing.

What made it interesting is that I am 6'3" and my friend is 5 foot nothing. So I must have looked quite a sight on a bike that is just a little too small for me.

 

[Old jon]

I see from your vid you apparently had two other cyclists who just whizzed past without a word, and a car driver who over-took you on a blind bend. Average day in the saddle, then @Old jon?

Umm, yup. Thing about the camera, its in a waterproof housing, so the only sound it hears is through the bars, the lads did say 'hi' as they broke the sound barrier. The car driver, yup, education can only teach those who wish to learn.

 

[Surlydave]

A lovely day for a ride from Ipswich to and around north Essex. From Ipswich I passed through
Washbrook and on to Chatisham, the only fly in the ointment being the local council resurfacing
the first mile or so of my ride. A quick feed and drink stop followed at Stoke by Nayland. After an
hours loop around north Essex I was back in Stoke by Nayland sitting on the same bench as
before!!
All in all a great day, 55 miles in under 4 hours with 1800ft of climbing in flat Suffolk.

https://www.strava.com/activities/590585403

 

[Gravity Aided]

by Mid-Life Cyclist, on Flickr
I had a nice ride of 10 miles today, as it was windy, and I had an amount of groceries on my bicycle. Very good weather, but few cyclists. I also saw these wildflowers, I think they may be Asiatic Dayflower.
85F
29C
Winds S24 G30
Relative humidity 53%
Barometer 29.91
Partly cloudy

 

[Diggs]

I faffed about this morning, drinking coffee and mooching round the kitchen, thank goodness I grabbed the arm warmers as a last minute thought. There's nothing quite like a couple of damp hours out on damp wet lanes to come back and find Billericay has been warm and dry. Only on the last hill into town did I start sweating in the sun.
Still it was a great start to a rather good day.

 

[Goofball]

Just a test run to see how it goes after sorting it out.

Couldn't see anything on the phone surface, so was taking them blind.

 

[SteveF]

A 70k loop out to West Hanningfield yesterday afternoon with the BiL ...https://www.strava.com/activities/591487658

Was looking forward to it but felt a little flat in the morning, coming down with a bit of a cold I think do decided to take it easy, however I it was difficult not to put in the effort so probably worked harder than I really wanted to.

It was lovely out there, a gentle breeze keeping the temperature "pleasant".

A well deserved break near the end of the ride at The Bell in Horndon-on-the-Hill, it's only a short hill into the village but near the end of the ride and helped to generate a thirst (Spitfire Gold one I have not had before):

 

[Dave 123]

by Mid-Life Cyclist, on Flickr
I had a nice ride of 10 miles today, as it was windy, and I had an amount of groceries on my bicycle. Very good weather, but few cyclists. I also saw these wildflowers, I think they may be Asiatic Dayflower.
85F
29C
Winds S24 G30
Relative humidity 53%
Barometer 29.91
Partly cloudy

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradescantia

 

[PeteXXX]

I was up with the lark yesterday morning to meet a mate at 07:00 a few miles away. No idea why, but I woke up at 04:15 and slowly got going. I had already prepped the bike, and sorted my kit out as I don't usually do 'early'!
Nevertheless, I was out of the door by about 06:00 which gave me time for to take the longer way round to our meeting point. I was on 11 miles before we started our ride, and he was a couple of minutes late as he'd mislaid his padlock key.
My plan was to find an Off Road route from Northampton to Milton Keynes, and back. I took my OS map with me as some of the twists and turns are hard to find, but we didn't have the time to complete the mission fully. I know which bridleway to take for the final 10 miles next time though.
We did have to use a small amount of tarmac, but probably only a mile or so.

Our return route was via the canal towpaths through Stoke Bruerne and Blisworth, where the cafés were still closed due to the time of day.

But we manage did find a coffee even though the pub was still shut!
By the time I got home, for the first time, it was just before 11:00 but then I had to change clothes and bike, to pop back into town to buy Mrs Pete a birthday card and pressie for today. (the difference between my Full Suss and the old SS Pub bike was fun,but at least I can lock it up and still find it there when I get back!)

Finally finished on 58.5 miles in lovely weather

https://www.strava.com/activities/590673418

 

[Diggs]

A 70k loop out to West Hanningfield yesterday afternoon with the BiL ...https://www.strava.com/activities/591487658

Was looking forward to it but felt a little flat in the morning, coming down with a bit of a cold I think do decided to take it easy, however I it was difficult not to put in the effort so probably worked harder than I really wanted to.

It was lovely out there, a gentle breeze keeping the temperature "pleasant".

A well deserved break near the end of the ride at The Bell in Horndon-on-the-Hill, it's only a short hill into the village but near the end of the ride and helped to generate a thirst (Spitfire Gold one I have not had before):
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Great spot for a bit of refreshment!