Lanes and Fens ride 29th October . . . .

[redflightuk]

Red sorted, trike sorted, just got to change my boots and i'm on my way. Tis a little bit misty here but not cold at all. See you all later

 

[CharlieB]

Running very early. Should be at Kings X in the nest 20 minutes. It's going to be warm (-ish) later, methinks.

 

[Becs]

7 of us on the train. On time so far!

 

[redflightuk]

That was a nice ride up. Left codicote just before 7 and arrived at Cambridge st at 09:10. Had a look in the bike shop and am now sitting outside the station. TC1 has just gone for a quuck ride along the cycle way. It's a bit cloudy at the mo but hopefully should warm up soon.

 

[Tigerbiten]

Just home.
Very good, 56 mile, ride.

It was warm and sunny, so I was overheating badly on the longer climbs.
Plus the new trike is slightly slower than the old one, so I was having to work hard to keep up as much as possible.

Thanks .............

 

[Becs]

Just home.
Very good, 56 mile, ride.

It was warm and sunny, so I was overheating badly on the longer climbs.
Plus the new trike is slightly slower than the old one, so I was having to work hard to keep up as much as possible.

Thanks .............

Glad you had a nice ride - sorry you had to work so hard but don't worry, we really didn't mind waiting (I for one was glad of the rest!). We were pretty fortunate with the weather but the wind across the fen was a killer - even though it was theoretically not that strong. I was about to bonk about 12 miles from Cambridge, dizzy and feeling really cold with no power but luckily the cream tea I had at Wicken kicked in a few miles later and we made it back to cambridge! The legs are tired but after the best part of 70 miles I had no back pain on the Trek so maybe the "god-awful headset extension" has done the trick!

I hope everyone made it back safely, thanks for coming! I might run this route (or a longer version) again next summer . . . . . . .

 

[Andrij]

That was good fun, thanks Becs! I haven't been on in the countryside for a ride (in daylight) for quite some time and this was a great way to fix that.

Tomorrow morning will reveal if my legs agree with me...

 

[topcat1]

If you didn't go to Cambridge today you missed this




and this


with a stop for lunch


and a nice sunset to top it off

thanks Becs + dad?

(pics tomorrow)

 

[StuAff]

Brilliant day/evening. Well done Becs, cracking ride leading job there. And lovely to meet your dad, Kenny and totally fixed. Terrific route, weather decent, excellent lunch stop, excellent tea stop (cream tea was absolutely splendid), and brilliant company. I was back at Waterloo for the sadly non-existant 19.30 train (whoops), got the next fast one at 8. Thanks one and all!

 

[Pocoyo]

Thankyou for organising the ride Becs and the other riders who attended too. It was a friendly and educating experience.

 

[redflightuk]

Thanks Becs. Had a great day out. Nice to meet your dad and eveyone else.Definately up for doing that again. Never ridden out that way before, when we arrived back at the station Tiger headed for the car and i decided to ride home. Took a slightly different route back to avoid a 2 mile stretch of the A10, after a wrong turn in Buntingford i was soon back on track and arrived at the farm just after 8. I haven't looked at the gps but i think around 135 miles for the day.


thanks all. John.

 

[Becs]

Thankyou for organising the ride Becs and the other riders who attended too. It was a friendly and educating experience.

Glad to have you along. If you'd like to do some more regular riding apparently Cambridge cycling club has many different levels and leaves from addenbrookes hospital once or twice a week.

 

[topcat1]

cambridge cycle chatters


totallyfixed and Luke


Becs dad and Andrij


Charlie B


Lucy and Alberto



Pocoyo/Kenny



tigerbitten


Stu (new name flattyreStu )


Becs



tc1


Cambridge wow, we spent the whole day riding around and the cars were using the the other side of the road to pass us (all day long).

 

[martint235]

Stu (new name flattyreStu )

Don't mention the tyre!!!

 

[StuAff]

Don't mention the tyre!!!

IT'S NOT FLAT!!!!!!

(Though I did pump it up a bit this morning. It was perfectly OK nonetheless).