Hi @ColinJ, likewise won't be able to make this weekend's ride but may be able to make a future LB outing. Will be working on my hill climbing in the meantime....That's a pity. I will tag you on future LB rides to see if you can make any of them.
Yes, let's confer again tomorrow evening.
If we do decide to go ahead but wake up to a blizzard, what time would you both need to know about a last-minute cancellation?
Well, lads, unless the forecasters have got it completely wrong, tomorrow isn't going to be a day for a safe, enjoyable 100 km ride on potentially icy hilly lanes!
How about accepting that and trying to come up with something safer and easier?
Perhaps a start at 12:00 to allow time for conditions to improve a bit and then tackling a shorter ride of (say) 50 km with an option to improvise extra on top of that if we feel like it?
One advantage of that would be that we'd be able to wait until much later in the morning to see how the weather was actually developing.
If that sounds sensible @steverob and @Sbudge, could you think about what route we could do that should have been gritted but should not be too busy?
What do you both think?
If I leave mine at 11:00 heading for LB, that will mean riding half on main roads and half on back roads, which will give me a good idea as to the conditions and whether a further ride is feasible or not.I'm certainly up for that too. Depending on conditions I could then ride to/from LB too (rather than driving) and make it 100km if possible. I'm free all day anyway. Agree a go/no go at 11am say?