Have you done your first ride of 2017 yet?

[Reynard]

Yup, a not-quite-as-quick-as-I'd-hoped seven mile spin at teatime today. Was really hard work and much too cold, but felt all the better for it when I got home. And it was a nice excuse to sit by the fire with a hot chocolate afterwards

 

[snorri]

I used the bike to get me to some shores I had not beachcombed for a while.
It was a cold damp day and walking the beach was more enjoyable than the cycling.

 

[Hill Wimp]

13.7 miles managed in glorious sunshine but bloody freezing yesterday with @Fab Foodie who insisted on two beer stops otherwise we would have managed at least 30miles

TBF me being out on a bike in January other that popping into town is a remarkable achievement.

 

[nickyboy]

Gonna be away for 10 days on business soon so started 2017 in virtuous fashion

NYD was a 20 mile Tour de Glossop loop. Yesterday was the coldest 30 miles I've done in ages. Over the Snake. Minus 2 on the tops, zero in the valleys

 

[PaulB]

Yes and I wish I hadn't! I'm writing this in a HUGE amount of pain.

I went out about 11am yesterday and the roads were icy in patches so after 6 miles or so, I decided the track would be safer so I rode down to the Steven Burke facility and cycled round that (it's 1 kilometre per lap). The straights and top bend were fine as the sun had got to that and melted all the ice. The bottom bend however was NOT fine! There were a pair of....people getting their exercise riding around on bikes with motors (!) and on passing them into the bend, I hit a patch of ice under the trees so not visible and lost control going down on my left hand side. My knee is grazed and my hip has had the top layer of skin ripped off but joint is painless. The shoulder and upper arm though took the full brunt and are extremely sore. It was torture trying to lie in a position I'd get some sleep last night.

 

[GuyBoden]

There's no ice today (3rd Jan), so I'm hoping to get out on my bike for a pootle about.....

 

[pauldavid]

Not yet, it's been too icy/slippery and I have managed to catch the lurgy.

However, its a couple of degrees warmer today so might go soft pedalling round the park after dinner to get started against my target

 

[Jimidh]

Yes I done a wee 45 miler on NYD down through East Lothian to try to avoid the icy roads on the more uphill routes I prefer.

Hopefully I'll get out on the MTB later today.

 

[Chris S]

Yes - to the shops and back on New Years Day. It was only a mile but the temperature was barely above freezing.

 

[cyberknight]

1st ride , 1st fall !
Got all the way to work and caught a patch of black ice at the gate

 

[13 rider]

1st ride , 1st fall !
Got all the way to work and caught a patch of black ice at the gate

Hope your ok . Loads of us going down overflow the last few days

 

[Mrs M]

Yes
In Tenerife and hired a lovely mountain bike.
First ride was 3 hours (forgot my padded shorts) so am strengthening my leggies by standing up. Been all over the place, stopped for a snack and cold beer (naughty) at a wee beach hut, very relaxing watching waves crashing over the rocks.
Nice BMC bike, would be a good add to my collection
Can't put any pics, internet not good

 

[tyred]

About 26 miles today on fixed wheel. Not much but a start.

 

[cyberknight]

Hope your ok . Loads of us going down overflow the last few days

Turn the tap off then .........

 

[13 rider]

Dam autocorrect I should read before posting just ignore the flow bit