Your ride today....

[Jameshow]

Worst ride ever. daughter me off in shepshed fir a bumble to Nottingham lunch with old freind and nibble back.

Just outside Hathern I take a wrong turn and hit a raised manhole cover both tyres down and end up waking to kegworth along the muddy river back lunch from coop as was warm. Return via roads and then through a very muddy woods, finally washing bike in stream on edge of shepshed.

If it weren't for the fact it was so trivial it would be the worst ever ride.

2 miles ride 8 miles walking!!!

 

[lazybloke]

A late afternoon ride yesterday; just wanted to test my legs on some North Downs climbs, and then descended down to the Wey floodplains to add a few miles.
Beautiful couple of hours, but got home before the light faded and temperature fell.

Had to slow down to stay within the speed limit going up Whitedown Lane

The lock at Pyrford

Newark Priory

End of the day

About 28 miles and an average speed of about 14mph, which isn't bad considering the nearly 2000 foot of hills

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Beautiful 40 miles through the Peak feat. buzzards, kites, kestrels and the first skylarks of spring.

1200m climbing so pretty knackered now.

 

[13 rider]

Beautiful 40 miles through the Peak feat. buzzards, kites, kestrels and the first skylarks of spring.

1200m climbing so pretty knackered now.

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Where's the photo ,Axe edge out of Buxton ?

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Where's the photo ,Axe edge out of Buxton ?

Very close, it's from the minor road that comes over Axe Edge from the Cat and Fiddle.

 

[geocycle]

First hints of spring persuaded me into a Three Peaks ride today. The birds were certainly indicating the season was changing with thousands of geese assembling in the Lune estuary before their long flights to Greenland, while the uplands had lapwing, curlew and oyster catchers scoping nesting sites. My outward journey took me to Ingleton and then the steep climb up Oddies Lane to Twistleton scar for the first time in 2025. Exiting at Chapel-le-Dale I made my way to Ribblehead for a coffee stop between Whernside and Ingleborough along with a lot of walkers doing their own three peaks. Next came the descent through Ribblesdale along the flank of Penyghent. Lunch was served by the Naked Man in Settle. The return journey through Keasden was into a headwind so I was relieved to collapse into a chair at home. 105 km with 1191 m of climbing.

Pictures of Ingleborough, Whernside, Ribblehead and Penyghent.

 

[13 rider]

@roubaixtuesday ,I thought I sort of recognised the area ,I spent a week's holiday in Earl Sterdale just the other side of the dragon back hills and did plenty of cycling ,lovely area if a bit lumpy

 

[Donger]

A glorious sunny day in Gloucestershire today. Enough to finally drag me out of hibernation for good this year. Needed some exercise, wanted to try the new bike out on a slightly longer ride, wanted to get my metric half century ride for March in early and just had to take advantage of this lovely weather. Four good reasons to hit the road. Headed off out to the banks of the Severn at Epney ...

.... where the high tide was just receding. I chose to take in the only little hill on the way to Arlingham so as to get the view over the Severn from Overton. You can just see the cliffs near Westbury on Severn and Westbury church spire in the middle background, and the Forest of Dean beyond:

Next stop, the riverbank at Arlingham. Newnham on Severn on the opposite bank:

I pressed on to the bottom end of the village green at Frampton and paused on the canal bridge with a strong low sun behind me:

I had to move sharpish, as the bridge keeper had to open the bridge to let a narrowboat through.

I weaved my way around a bit after that, first heading back towards Arlingham as far as Fretherne before turning for Saul and heading home eventually along the towpath to the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. Got home on 31.5 miles (50.7km). My first 50km on the mountain bike. Really enjoying the rides so far. Being a roadie at heart, my wrists and elbows have always been my shock absorbers, so it feels a little odd having actual shocks taking the thumps out of the potholes. It still feels a little strange, though, rather like having a front wheel flat tyre. One final picture ..... Nothing to see here .... just a goat on a trampoline:

 

[HLaB]

An ad-hoc group ride today as we decided that the planned ride route clashed too much with an annual run. Eventually we worked our way round to the Rectory Farm cafe, a surprisingly popular cafe despite its location. Three had to get home so that left three of us sitting in the sun 🌞

After going back with them I decided it was too nice a day and the hoovering cab wait till after dark and took a ride down to Little Stukely to grab an OS tile (veloviewer).

I had to resist the urge to go out again when I got back but that was made slightly easier by Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne being on. So the bike sat like this for a while. It did get a proper clean before tea 🙂

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Friday (28th of Feb): Gav had asked if I fancied a ride so came over for about 10. When he arrived I did a couple of tweaks to his bike for him and we were good to go. Since the last ride together he's had the back wheel out of his bike and the odd noise has completely vanished so I'm none the wiser on that - all I can think is that a bit of grit had got lodged somewhere it shouldn't.

We set out onto a quiet A49. The temporary lights have been removed (for the moment) which makes a big difference. It was sunny out after an earlier frost and the wind was light but it didn't feel like that when a stream of traffic came the other way, but it wasn't far before we turned off onto the quieter road towards Condover.

The roads following were fairly quiet too, giving plenty of opportunity to chat as we enjoyed the ride to Longnor. From there to Hollyhurst the road has developed some nasty potholes since I last rode it. I'm not holding my breath for them to be fixed quickly. One of the residents has made their own warning sign, which was helpful at least. The next crossing of the A49 wasn't quite as clear but we did get a good gap when it did come.

Reaching Church Stretton we initially thought the cafe was closed as the blinds were down, but a quick check through the door showed there were customers inside so we settled down for an early lunch and it was just warm enough to sit at an outside table. Shame a bit of cloud rolled in shortly after we'd settled down. We did have a bit of entertainment thrown in watching someone make very heavy weather of parking outside - just the one small nudge of the transit behind them.

We were feeling the cold a little by the time we restarted but warmed up again over the next mile or so as we retraced our steps. Once we rode back into the sunshine at All Stretton it became quite pleasant. We dodged the potholes on the way back towards Longnor and then headed for Frodesley and Acton Burnell. This was a bit busier than we'd had so far but there were some nice fast sections on the way to Pitchford, Cantlop, and Weeping Cross.

29.1 miles at 13.1 mph average. Really nice to be out in company and we really enjoyed having the sunshine, even if it is a bit on the cool side still. It would be good if we get more nice days like this into the Spring.

No photos this time.

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Yesterday (2nd) I don't often mention commuting rides but my summer job has started again so this was the first commute of the season. It was still dry and sunny and being a Sunday morning meant the roads weren't at all busy, so I could happily take the short way into town then into The Quarry and along the riverside, which was pretty busy with lots of runners about. There had been a good frost overnight so the ramp into work was a skating rink - I'm really not sure how I managed to avoid slipping over on it. Thankfully a colleague was able to melt it with some hot water before any customers arrived.

Work went well, although it'll take a little while to get back into the swing of it. The evening commute was into a reasonably nice sunset but getting quite chilly. The roads had already been gritted and cycling alongside one of the busier roads I could taste the salt in the air as the dust from it was stirred up by the traffic.

7.8 miles at 11.7 mph average.

 

[Ian H]

Duty called, so I decided I had to route-check my Combwich Century, which is two weeks away.

I set off at 0830 in near freezing conditions, heading the moderately arduous direct way through Cullompton and Tiverton to first control at Witheridge. A puncture had put me on the time limit, and I'm not feeling that fit at the mo. 43km done

From Witheridge the route goes east-north-east through Bampton, Wiveliscombe, and over the Quantocks at Cothelstone (which is the hardest climb of the day - I confess I walked some of it.) Still, I was gaining more time on the flat bits than I was losing on the climbs.

Having descended to Nether Stowey, it joins the A39 for a bit before forking left for Combwich. 110km done
Emerging from the lanes I crossed the main road to Combwich. I say 'main road', It has been upgraded as the route for workers' buses travelling between Bridgwater and Hinckley Point. Although it was Sunday a dozen or more white buses passed in both directions.

Unfortunately the Anchor is still up for sale and thus they are still not doing food, so I shall have to dragoon helpers to run the control and offer food from a car.

The last leg went through Cannington, avoided Bridgwater (well, you would, wouldn't you) and paralleled the M5 through Creech St Michael, over the A358 after a long wait for a gap in the traffic, and through Stoke St Mary.

Finally there was the long climb through Corfe on to the Blackdown Hills. The temperature dropped several degrees. I stopped to don more clothing, which was barely sufficient on the 110m descent to home. 168km (100 miles - ish), 2480m of climbing. Mission accomplished in 11 and a half hours.

Bushy Knap is the lump in the middle distance.

A stop to remove excess clothing as the sun rose in the sky.


Safety first in the Anchor Inn

The route.

 

[HLaB]

Another one of my use it or lose it leave days used up and it was a great day for it 🌞 It felt hotter than Strava says and I was way overdressed for the return. I was semi regretting the Lasagne for lunch at that point, but it was great so on the other hand I wasn't 😂

 

[The_Weekend_Report_Guy]

Yeeey !

It stopped raining!

One more!

30 km and that was it!

They changed the routine at the gym and my legs are ready to go in the garbage.

🥹🥹

 

[sevenfourate]

10 miles after work: getting out, enjoying the Weather this week and ‘testing’ new parts before any problems might occur on our weekend ride.

So much nicer now we’ve a decent break in the Weather. Truly feels like we’ve ’broken through’ and made it through the worst of it 😁

6.00am - and looking out the Office Window…..I can see light in the sky now too. It’s uplifting ! I despise living like a damp mole in Winter……

 

[Cavalol]

Possibly even more unfit than ever, but have committed to '100 miles in March' to raise money for the brilliant Live Cheshire charity.
A nice steady blast along the Millennium Path, down to Queensferry, then back along the river.
Then through Guilden Sutton to Mickle Trafford and the start (or end, depending where you live!) of the Millennium Path. Up to Newton (where Live are based) and decided to try and do another 3.5 to get to 25 for the day.
Beautiful weather, lots of people out walking and on bikes, plus the bonus of riding with a nice backdrop

That is (I think) 43 miles of biking and 17-ish of walking (aiming to do 50 on foot) so far in March, can get some more miles in at work.