- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Glad you're okay after that.
Am I a bad person to be slightly amused that of all the people he could have collided with it turned out to be a policeman with a camera.
Your ride today....
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Am I a bad person to be slightly amused that of all the people he could have collided with it turned out to be a policeman with a camera.
- Location
- Egham
Just got in from the weekly bread run with my lad. Absolutely poured down a mile from home so got really quite wet..
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
A lazy cycling week this week meant I had to go out today and do thirty miles to hit my target for the week. Weather forecast was rain until 9 and then it was going to stop and the sun come out, only problem is if I don't get out of bed and go I tend not to go at all. So was surprised when I got up around 6:30 to see it was cloudy but dry.
Decided to use the road bike as that still has the saddle bag on it from earlier in the week. Put a jacket on but still in shorts and fingerless gloves and head out into the wind and decide Lutterworth and back will be enough miles. After a mile or so I realise it is colder than I thought and stop and put on a pair of wooly gloves on over the fingerless. After 8 miles or so it starts to gently rain and it is windier than I expected.
Get to Lutterworth and turn thinking I'll now have a tailwind, but no, it is one of those inyourfacesterly winds, which ever direction you go it is a bloody headwind.
With about 10 miles to go to getting home it absolutely chucked it down, I was instantly drenched, couldn't feel my hands and my waterproof trainers, which aren't very waterproof any more, were full of cold water.
At this point I remembered why I like disc brakes so much, the rim brakes on my road bike are not the best when it is really wet, my next road bike is definitely having disc brakes.
Anyway eventually get home very cold and very wet, have a quick shower and sat having a brew, look outside and it is brilliant blue sky now!
https://www.strava.com/activities/283064696
Decided to use the road bike as that still has the saddle bag on it from earlier in the week. Put a jacket on but still in shorts and fingerless gloves and head out into the wind and decide Lutterworth and back will be enough miles. After a mile or so I realise it is colder than I thought and stop and put on a pair of wooly gloves on over the fingerless. After 8 miles or so it starts to gently rain and it is windier than I expected.
Get to Lutterworth and turn thinking I'll now have a tailwind, but no, it is one of those inyourfacesterly winds, which ever direction you go it is a bloody headwind.
With about 10 miles to go to getting home it absolutely chucked it down, I was instantly drenched, couldn't feel my hands and my waterproof trainers, which aren't very waterproof any more, were full of cold water.
At this point I remembered why I like disc brakes so much, the rim brakes on my road bike are not the best when it is really wet, my next road bike is definitely having disc brakes.
Anyway eventually get home very cold and very wet, have a quick shower and sat having a brew, look outside and it is brilliant blue sky now!
https://www.strava.com/activities/283064696
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
I love looking at your posts as you often ride to places that I do and you take the time to stop and take photos which is something I fail miserably at.
gavgav
Legendary Member
Serves the knob right!!
andyfraser
Über Member
- Location
- Bristol
I had to go to the bank so I did the round trip on my fixed gear. It's only 7.5 miles but it was a nice run out. The only thing that came close to spoiling it was all the chavs on BSOs. They're so unpredictable!
One chav, on a BSO with the most buckled wheels I've seen that still go round, was so engrossed in his phone call that he didn't hear me ding my bell and veered across the path almost hitting me.
It was still a lovely ride. I'm glad the weathre turned out nice in the end.
One chav, on a BSO with the most buckled wheels I've seen that still go round, was so engrossed in his phone call that he didn't hear me ding my bell and veered across the path almost hitting me.
It was still a lovely ride. I'm glad the weathre turned out nice in the end.
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For many years I was a club rider, Coventry Road Club, starting out in the late 1980's with their family ride and continuing through the 1990's with their medium paced veterans ride, usual top end in the low to mid 20's and an average at 16-18mph, so I spent years following wheels on a Sunday morning and not looking at the countryside around me, over the last few years my pace has dropped off and I no longer have the pace for the faster club rides, I also haven't the time for the slow beginners ride, I usually have a house full of family on a Sunday afternoon, so I'm now a lone rider, riding for enjoyment and taking the time to enjoy the countryside I'm riding through.
SatNavSaysStraightOn
Changed hemispheres!
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- ɐᴉlɐɹʇsn∀ 'ɐɹɹǝquɐƆ
I had company this morning, not entirely certain he wished to join me really from the vibes I was getting, but it was nice to have it even if he didn't ride along side me on the exceptionally quiet roads... 
So it was the 'usual' route. A slight delay in setting out was caused by a lie in and the rain. Once it had cleared we considered life again and emerged from under the duvet and checked the rain radar. It said one more light shower, it was right strangely and then it was off to do the usual route.
The swallows were flying around the same areas again today, so I guess given that is 3 days in a row in a couple of set areas, I know they are here to breed.
The roads were a touch busier today and someone in a red Peugeot estate said hello to me. I can only think of 1 person I know who (possibly) has a red Peugeot estate and that is my (recently acquired) adopted step-brother or his partner. I shall have to send them a text message and ask.
I managed to loose my baseball cap on a fast decent despite is being clipped to my clothing - the clip just didn't hold. I'm not certain what chaos that caused because the car driver trying to overtake me saw it happen and suddenly stopped overtaking me. I decided the best option was to continue with the rather fast downhill and then the uphill that came afterwards and if necessary turn around at the top and see if I could find it, but my husband stopped to retrieve it when it happened and well, it took a while for any cars to come passed me
It was one of those chilly days that was also very sunny and very warm at intervals when the sun decided to come out from behind the clouds and there was an interesting breeze which slowed me down rather a lot at times.
No, you are not drunk. that is the angle the posts are at, honest.
Setting it up to capture my OH coming back towards me as he does repeats on all the climbs we encounter...
Oops - wrong cyclist. I honestly have no idea who that cyclist was, but he was not my husband!
And by the time my husband did appear on the scene, I had actually finished the climb!
Some how the view behind usually seems better than the one in front. I may have to consider doing my route in reverse one day and seeing if the same holds true!
A slightly slower day https://www.strava.com/activities/283173739 15.8 miles in still over 2 hours. I'm going to have to work on that average speed of mine!
So it was the 'usual' route. A slight delay in setting out was caused by a lie in and the rain. Once it had cleared we considered life again and emerged from under the duvet and checked the rain radar. It said one more light shower, it was right strangely and then it was off to do the usual route.
The swallows were flying around the same areas again today, so I guess given that is 3 days in a row in a couple of set areas, I know they are here to breed.
The roads were a touch busier today and someone in a red Peugeot estate said hello to me. I can only think of 1 person I know who (possibly) has a red Peugeot estate and that is my (recently acquired) adopted step-brother or his partner. I shall have to send them a text message and ask.
I managed to loose my baseball cap on a fast decent despite is being clipped to my clothing - the clip just didn't hold. I'm not certain what chaos that caused because the car driver trying to overtake me saw it happen and suddenly stopped overtaking me. I decided the best option was to continue with the rather fast downhill and then the uphill that came afterwards and if necessary turn around at the top and see if I could find it, but my husband stopped to retrieve it when it happened and well, it took a while for any cars to come passed me
It was one of those chilly days that was also very sunny and very warm at intervals when the sun decided to come out from behind the clouds and there was an interesting breeze which slowed me down rather a lot at times.
No, you are not drunk. that is the angle the posts are at, honest.
Setting it up to capture my OH coming back towards me as he does repeats on all the climbs we encounter...
Oops - wrong cyclist. I honestly have no idea who that cyclist was, but he was not my husband!
And by the time my husband did appear on the scene, I had actually finished the climb!
Some how the view behind usually seems better than the one in front. I may have to consider doing my route in reverse one day and seeing if the same holds true!
A slightly slower day https://www.strava.com/activities/283173739 15.8 miles in still over 2 hours. I'm going to have to work on that average speed of mine!
arranandy
Legendary Member
What a difference from yesterday afternoon which was 16C and sunny. This morning was 3C windy and wintery showers. So it was back to the winter bike, gloves, winter jacket, bib longs and overshoes. Just kept to more sheltered roads and did a few extra climbs. However legs weren't great today, 10 days in a row cycling, so the 2nd time up some of the climbs I was struggling a bit. Ended up with 70km and 1200m of climbing in just over 3 hours.
Think I'll have a rest day tomorrow and just watch Paris Roubaix
Think I'll have a rest day tomorrow and just watch Paris Roubaix
23mph winds today, so set off on a 30 mile ride only along with my jacket and winter gloves.
Met Office had the wind right, unfortunately the UV forecast was useless: before I left it was showing as '1' all day, when I got home and looked at it again, that '1' changed to a '4' at 1300! I knew something was not right as my face was drying out in the sun, but luckily not burnt from what I can tell. Going to put a small tube of sunscreen in my saddle bag.
I always pick this 30 mile ride in the wind; as it's fairly windy, so you're never facing the same direction for too long, and the climbs are all protected either side by woodland.
It was a good ride despite the wind, 29.1 miles in 1hr 55 mins, with 1801ft of elevation.
140 miles this week so far, my highest week since December.
Met Office had the wind right, unfortunately the UV forecast was useless: before I left it was showing as '1' all day, when I got home and looked at it again, that '1' changed to a '4' at 1300! I knew something was not right as my face was drying out in the sun, but luckily not burnt from what I can tell. Going to put a small tube of sunscreen in my saddle bag.
I always pick this 30 mile ride in the wind; as it's fairly windy, so you're never facing the same direction for too long, and the climbs are all protected either side by woodland.
It was a good ride despite the wind, 29.1 miles in 1hr 55 mins, with 1801ft of elevation.
140 miles this week so far, my highest week since December.
Racing roadkill
Guru
https://www.strava.com/activities/283278680
I went to pick these bad boys up, then I extended the ride a bit.
I went to pick these bad boys up, then I extended the ride a bit.
Racing roadkill
Guru
Unfortunately these things happen. Just shake it off and get back out there.
Goonerobes
Its okay to be white
- Location
- Wiltshire
Somewhat foolishly I persisted with the ride I had planned that went into Wiltshire again despite the fact I knew the first 35 or so miles were going west & into a headwind, a slight schoolboy error on my part there as after 20 miles, that took my usual route across the forest to Fordingbridge, I was beginning to wish I'd done a north or south route instead as it was getting a tad tiresome with literally nowhere to hide!
Armed with the knowledge that once I had done my one & only biggish climb today I would also be changing direction I soldiered on through Alderholt, Cranbourne & Sixpenny Handley in a reverse route to last week & a new way for me. With the Tollard Royal climb done I stopped at the rather chilly top for lunch before following part of the Wildcat sportive route back down past Melbury airfield, & some wonderful views of the Dorset countryside, towards Tarrent Gunville & other pretty little villages that I had never been to before.
With the wind now at my tail I headed back continuing with the new route theme to Alderholt where I found another way back to the forest crossing the River Avon at Mockbegger & towards home for a pleasant but breezy 80 mile round trip & a new longest ride of the year.
https://www.strava.com/activities/283256536
Views across Wiltshire above & below Dorset.
The River Avon at Mockbegger with a lock to the right resembling a large spa pool.
Armed with the knowledge that once I had done my one & only biggish climb today I would also be changing direction I soldiered on through Alderholt, Cranbourne & Sixpenny Handley in a reverse route to last week & a new way for me. With the Tollard Royal climb done I stopped at the rather chilly top for lunch before following part of the Wildcat sportive route back down past Melbury airfield, & some wonderful views of the Dorset countryside, towards Tarrent Gunville & other pretty little villages that I had never been to before.
With the wind now at my tail I headed back continuing with the new route theme to Alderholt where I found another way back to the forest crossing the River Avon at Mockbegger & towards home for a pleasant but breezy 80 mile round trip & a new longest ride of the year.
https://www.strava.com/activities/283256536
Views across Wiltshire above & below Dorset.
The River Avon at Mockbegger with a lock to the right resembling a large spa pool.
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
Oh I will. I'm old enough and sensible enough to know that he was one in a million. I've seen a lot of bad driving but he really took the biscuit with that little stunt. I think that it's rather funny now. All I can say is that I'm bloody glad that the car was coming in the opposite direction or I'd have just gone across the road and been 'collected' from the right.
