Your ride today....

[VinSumRox]

As the weather was good we cycled out to Dawyck Gardens for lunch, 50mile return circuit with some headwinds.
Lots of daffs out!

 

[blackrat]

80 miles on the trail yesterday - 130 miles for the past three days - nothing exiting - or pretty. Too many people (most gazing at their brain extensions), too hot - 89F and too samey. Boring as all hell, but it gets the job done. The plan is for 100 Miles tomorrow, same trail because any country rides lack water outlets. Temp. is supposed to be 90F, so the need for water is paramount.
On which subject, what water outlets - taps - are usually available in British villages - or is it a case of buying water at stores?

 

[Webbo2]

80 miles on the trail yesterday - 130 miles for the past three days - nothing exiting - or pretty. Too many people (most gazing at their brain extensions), too hot - 89F and too samey. Boring as all hell, but it gets the job done. The plan is for 100 Miles tomorrow, same trail because any country rides lack water outlets. Temp. is supposed to be 90F, so the need for water is paramount.
On which subject, what water outlets - taps - are usually available in British villages - or is it a case of buying water at stores?

Try Churches they usually have an outside tap so people can water the flowers on graves.

 

[D_97_goodtimes]

At Bedouin for the morning where we watched old timers relive old times at a car rally race Tour Auto 2025. The smell of high octane fuel - nothing like it.
The afternoon saw us bimble out on our bikes from Sault to Cafe Reynard and back. Very enjoyable.

 

[Donger]

Wow! What lovely country.

It is lovely. We could easily have carried on up the main valley road towards Monmouth as there was so little traffic. It will be quite different come Easter, bank holidays and the summertime.

 

[blackrat]

Try Churches they usually have an outside tap so people can water the flowers on graves.

Excellent suggestion. My route goes past a number of churches. Thanks.

 

[Alex321]

Try Churches they usually have an outside tap so people can water the flowers on graves.

I never knew that. I'll have to remember it for the future when running short of water.

 

[PedallingNowhereSlowly]

I was hoping to be on the club run with the new ninja road bike (Tarmac SL7). However, the fettling session last night didn't go quite to plan and there was no time left to squeeze in a shake down ride before hand.

So instead I took the bike for a shake down ride this evening. Once I'd remembered how to clip in and out of SPD-SL pedals, figured out how not to fall off and bedded the brakes in, I figured we were good to try and find out what this thing can do. I did another 30km after that and all I can say is wow. This bike is fast. Almost scary fast. Overall moving average speed for the ride, including the 3 - 4 kilometers messing around at the start 29.9 km/hour. In fact, before I hit the roadworks and the last climb towards home, it was sitting at 30 km/hour.

It's a long time since I've seen an average speed for a ride that starts with a 3.

Maybe it is about the bike after all. Looking forward to a good heavy down pour before I get the CGR Ti out (our roads are absolutely covered in road salt and general detritus at the moment) so I can see how that compares.

 

[Binky]

Excellent suggestion. My route goes past a number of churches. Thanks.

One quirk I find here in UK is you'll often find a church and accompanying graveyard at top of a steep climb, certainly where I live and many a time I've gone past with HR getting near max wondering if it's a coincidence...

 

[HLaB]

Probably because it was Easter Holidays only 2 others and me were out on our group ride. The stiff head wind made it a bit of a slog on the way out but an enjoyable one. There wasn't a cafe stop though 😱

 

[blackrat]

Probably because it was Easter Holidays only 2 others and me were out on our group ride. The stiff head wind made it a bit of a slog on the way out but an enjoyable one. There wasn't a cafe stop though 😱

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You probably said somewhere, is this bike titanium?

 

[geocycle]

Cooler, cloudier and windier than the last few weeks but the dry weather meant I had to get out. I headed for the far south of my range toward Bowland and Longridge Fell. I picked a route up to the grouse moors of Harris End and Bleasdale. Lovely long views beneath the cloud bank to Blackpool Tower. The most notable birds were two swallows, my first of the year, along with lapwing and curlew. I had an early lunch in Chipping then headed to the eastern end of Longridge Fell and the steep ascent which eventually afforded views across Ribble Valley and Preston. It was quite blowy on the top and especially into a headwind. I took a lowland route back via Inglewhite and Scorton. 95 km with 1280 m of climbing.

Pictures are of view from Bleasdale looking west, view from Longridge across Ribble Valley and a bluebell wood in full bloom.

 

[HLaB]

You probably said somewhere, is this bike titanium?

Yip it's a Ti bike.

 

[VinSumRox]

Today was a 1st go at a velodrome session, great fun and exciting!

 

[CXRAndy]

Spent an hour on Zwift Z1