Your ride today....

[User33236]

My ride yesterday evening wasn't the longest I'd ever done (only managed to squeeze in 25 minutes before the light faded) but was certainly one of the more interesting in a long time as it was my first ever ride on a full TT bike.

Popped out onto a nearby main road, which has bus lanes either side in case 'wobble room' was needed! Getting down onto the aero bars for the first time was an experience and it took a few minutes till I could keep, more or less, in a straight line.

Road out for a bit into a slight headwind then turned at a roundabout and headed home. By this time I was feeling much more confident.

Overall it was enjoyable, and fast, getting a string of PB's on nearly all of Strava segments I went along and claiming my very first ever KOM

 

[Katherine]

My ride yesterday evening wasn't the longest I'd ever done (only managed to squeeze in 25 minutes before the light faded) but was certainly one of the more interesting in a long time as it was my first ever ride on a full TT bike.

Popped out onto a nearby main road, which has bus lanes either side in case 'wobble room' was needed! Getting down onto the aero bars for the first time was an experience and it took a few minutes till I could keep, more or less, in a straight line.

Road out for a bit into a slight headwind then turned at a roundabout and headed home. By this time I was feeling much more confident.

Overall it was enjoyable, and fast, getting a string of PB's on nearly all of Strava segments I went along and claiming my very first ever KOM

Another one for the team

 

[User33236]

Another one for the team

<off topic> Yep, entered my first 10 mile TT later this month </off topic>​

 

[Katherine]

<off topic> Yep, entered my first 10 mile TT later this month </off topic>​

Yes, I saw that! Great. Good luck!

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Awake early, up early and out early. I decided to extend my normal Thursday loop, out through Balsall Common to Hockley Heath then instead of turning left by the church into Nuthurst Lane I continued down Spring Lane and tur4ned right into Cut throat lane and into Earlswood, past the lake, the Craft Centre and the Plant Center, across the main road and into Tanworth In Arden. Then down the hill past the church and Danzy Green station then turned left into Pig Trot lane to pick up my usual route crossing the main road just up from the Old Pound Cafe and on into Lowsonford and on to Hatton Locks and an extended cafe stop catching up with friends, 38 miles for the trip out. On the way back I rode back through Lowsonford and picked up the route of the Guy Salmon ride past the Punchbowl pub and onto Balsall Common then picked up my usual route into Coventry and home, 63 miles for the morning. One thing of note, I had a near miss with a Peacock on the way home, I came round a corner and there it was stood in the middle of the road, it didn't want to move either, I had to usher it to the side of the road. Another excellent mornings cycling, fresh first thing and bright and sunny with enough of a breeze to slow me down and make me work.

 

[steve50]

had my first road ride on the Raleigh pioneer today, didn't go that far, circa 7 - 8 miles but the outward bound journey was all uphill and I can safely say the Pioneer is a damn sight heavier than my Boardman.................a good workout for the legs.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Commuting miles today but as it was nice out I took the Galaxy and rode the long way in, going across to Cressage then up through Wroxeter to work.

On the new tyres the bike just seems to fly along and I ended up at work earlier than I'd intended even with a stop to admire the scenery. A small annoyance was a squealing front brake so I spent a little time during the day tinkering with that.

On the trip home the wind had picked up quite a bit and was from a direction that meant most of the ride was against it. I can really see the benefit of drops on a touring bike now as riding in this position did make it a little less of a struggle.

Another wasp had a go at me and for the third time in recent rides Ive avoided getting stung. I shall be glad when the little devils have died off for the season but have a feeling they'll hang around a bit this year.

28.2 miles at 15.1mph average for the round trip.

Just a quick snapshot on the road to Wroxeter. I like this commute.

 

[gavgav]

Not sure if 1st September is the proper start of Autumn, but the bloomin wind felt autumnal this evening!

Out through Bayston Hill and then down to Exfords Green, calling at dads house to see my brother for 10 minutes. He was heading out for a run and so just a quick stop for a drink.

Continued on some lanes I haven't cycled on for years, past Berriewood riding stables and into Condover, before cutting across to Cantlop and home.

Had both extremes of driving on the stretch between Cantlop and Betton, 1 idiot in a van who overtook me with inches to spare and swerved back in front of me, almost taking my front wheel, absolute nobber, but then another chap in a van who waited patiently as I negotiated a downhill twisty section, before passing with loads of room.

17.1 miles

 

[galaxy]

I ve commuted in again toinght, 18.5 in and simmilar home tommorow

 

[cosmicbike]

A mere 8 mile commute home this morning. Last night shift tonight, and sorry to say I came in the car for the first time in months. Too much pain for riding and I prefer to let things settle so I can get my metric half in next week. Quite looking forward to a leisure ride rather than banging in commuting miles.

 

[macp]

14ml (round trip) commute to work and have managed to knock 6 minutes off my commute over the last week or so.

 

[biggs682]

Nice and early ride this morning and the longest to date on the Giant Terrago , out and clipped in by 5.15 am .

Only one of my short 12 mile loops but enough to wake me up and help prepare me for the day ahead .

Not much difference in time and average speed over my road bikes .

And where did that shower come from as i rode back into the borough

 

[Old jon]

A bit of an earlier start this morning, so I thought to ride across Denton Bridge, but I should tell the tale in the order I rode it.

It starts with the foray around a bit of Holbeck to find Office Lock for the ride along the towpath, missing dozens of sets of traffic lights, and then ride down Viaduct Road and up all the way to the Ring Road at Lawnswood. By the time I reached there I was wondering what was slowing me down, it seemed slow going this morning. This decided me against riding through Cookridge, so I stayed on the A 660 all the way to the Dyneley Arms at the top of Pool Bank. It would have been silly not to ride down it . . .

From Pool itself, the good old A 659 goes to Otley, cross the River Wharfe and up Billams Hill to turn left on Weston Lane, that not so little hill before Weston is as steep as ever. Straight through the village and on to Askwith.



And straight on from the end of the video towards Denton. And Denton dreadful expression Bridge was closed! Properly closed. Ah well, on to Ilkley I pedalled, it seemed a lot further than I thought it would be. After Ilkley there was really only the A 660, not fancying the ride up to the Cow and Calf, and all the Guiseley and Menston riding about, no fun there. Not a great deal of fun on the A 660, maybe, but it is wide, quietens down considerably after the Bradford turnoff and along Leeds Road there are not many buildings to obscure some rather good views.

Forty two point two miles today, the longest I have ridden since I bought the Garmin mapmaker. Probably the longest I have ridden this century, and it does not feel too bad at all.

All that fuss, it don't look far at all on this map.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Just had a great day of off piste mtb fun at Sherwood Pines..
No rain and a cracking burger and chips to finish..

 

[Elybazza61]

Little ride out with the better half to the Welney wetlands place this morning;bit grey and dreary and a stiff wind,ok going out but other half suffered a bit coming back.

Popped in to a cycle recycling place in Littleport as the other half is looking for a hybrid/tourer type bike but it was all stuffed in a container and nobody about so we had a quick look and then left(did have a couple of Boardmans,one minus a wheel and a Trek but couldn't see what the rest was).

Only - was not re-starting the Garmin after the stop at Welney so 16km not recorded.

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