Your ride today.... (part 1)

[LarryDuff]

26 hilly miles round the Dromara hills.

 

[TVC]

21 Miles yesterday, and 33 miles today. The left foot is behaving itself at last, so lets hope I'm properly back in the saddle now.

 

[Scrappy]

I was up at 04:30 and on the back at 05:00 before I had time to reconsider and go back to bed . I went looking for nice cycle routes near where I live and discovered hills aren't kind to the legs...so I made a thread about it (here)

 

[postman]

A very nice fast for us anyway 68 miles Rainton near Thirsk.Visited a pub The Lamb Inn if you are in that area give it a try.Steve was a gaffer at our place till he tried his hand at being mine host.Beautiful little village,weather a bit cool no sun to speak of.And not a lot of traffic good old Queenie i bet she kept a few indoors.

 

[Nearly there]

30 hilly miles bit of an annoying head wind on the way back

 

[Rob500]

A new pb for me today 70 miles. Actually 71.18 on the computer but I've noted it as 70m / 112Km. My second metric century.

 

[derrick]

Had a busy morning running around for stuff for next week, got home at 3-30 had a cup of tea, then the sun came out so went out for a quick ride, on the way home stopped at lbs for a new cycling top and a cup of coffee, ended up helping to put two new bikes together for the owner of the shop, spent a couple of hours there and really enjoyed myself was so relaxing and Paul was happy and so were the customers they have there new bikes ready for the weekend and i came away with a lovely new top.

 

[gbb]

Sometimes you have to remind yourself, the town centre isnt a F1 circuit...with you acting like one of the participants
So when its windy, i often do a 3 miles circuit round busy streets just off the centre of Peterborough. Staying in the confines of town to keep the worst of the wind at bay...and i love the business of traffic.
Swept round a L/H bend fairly full tilt, over TLs, two lanes, to be confronted by a car thats stopped in my lane to get into KFC, so i jinked into the outer lane, to be confronted by a car crossing over my lanes into KFC, and another car entering my lanes from KFC. The driver in front of me had stopped to allow everyone out and in...and i blundered straight into their paths
A quick skid, jinked in and out of them, and off, berating everyone round me under my breath, then realising...errr i could have waited.
Did i slow down ? ..err no.
17 miles round town, 16.4 average, not bad considering i had traffic, junctions and TLs to deal with. Oh, and a section for maybe 1/2 mile at 30mph on the flat, tailing a double decker bus...lovely.

 

[HLaB]

No ride for me today despite it being a glorius day but after yesterday's ride, I've got a bit of a sore foot and ankle (my first ride in a month with cleats) and given today a miss. I anticipated that however and took it easy to make sure I finished the ride.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I went for a muddy hack around the local reservoir (Alton Water) which was full of pedestrians, but unlike other places I cycle the pedestrians full expect folk on bikes and are very cycle-aware.

My big achievement was being able to cycle to the reservoir, whip round then cycle home, that's been a fitness aim for a long time

By jebus those knobbly tyres SUCK at road running!

 

[HLaB]

I did go out for a wee spin we spin with mates today round Loch Leven, my ankle is still sore but it never deteriorated the only thing I could think my spd's and touring pedals are more comfortable than the spd-sl's, it was also a more comfortable pace and less climbing.

 

[Hacienda71]

I rode the Great Manchester Cycle today. I did the 52 mile 4 lap option which was good fun. Hadn't done a closed road event before and was cool flying along the city centre motorway with no cars around. The area around Media City was a bit of a nightmare with two footbridges to navigate. On the first lap we had to stop and unclip it was so congested. The weather was great sunny no rain and the wind was not too strong. Got on to a good group and took my turn on the front a few times. Ended up 155th and 25th in my age group. Suprised myself with an average speed of 21.4mph despite the tehcnical slow bits, then rode back to Wilmslow with a visit from the fairy on the way.

 

[gavgav]

Went for a 22 mile ride around Shropshire with my Brother. We cycled 10 miles from Shrewsbury to Stapleton (via Lyth Hill) to see parents, complete with 2 stops to tighten the crank on my Brothers bike, which had come loose. At least he noticed this time, before it just dropped off, which happened on the last ride!! Think it may be in need of replacement. Some huge puddles to negotiate on Lyth Hill off road section, due to yesterday's rain. The sort that fill the whole road and as you cycle through you hope the middle isn't too deep . Came back on 12 mile route via Condover and Atcham, with no crank stops!! Perfect cycling weather, pleasantly warm but not too hot !

 

[coffeejo]

The weather sorted itself out by the late afternoon so I went out for a relaxing ride along one of my favourite routes. I love late spring / summer when you can go for a 45 mile ride in the evening and need neither lights nor extra layers.

 

[stephyt]

went out for quick ride this afternoon exploring more of cramlington which turned into well over an hr as i kept gettin lost.. found my way goin down cycle paths around housin estates then came out into nelson industrial est got last found me way out eventually had to ask a dog walker which way to go he was helpful and showed me and i came out next to where i live yaaay weather was a mix one min was hot n sunny then blooming stottin down ie hoody off hoody bk on again hoody bk off again ooh i had a go at ridin on the road too in the ind' est' in the lowest gears i was peddling at 18mph on the long straights go me haha nice ride but soaked by time i got home , only did 7.5 miles seemed much further