Your ride today.... (part 1)

[Deleted member 1258]

I've become a fair weather cyclist after yesterday's cold soaking, so no ride for me so far. Got up to a flat tyre this morning pumped it up, got cycling kit on, etc waited half an hour to see if it was flat again, no, here we go. Got as far as the car park, turned back I didn't fancy another soaking.
I had thought I'd head out when it got lighter (the forecast was it would), no, its got heavier, I think I'm going to watch the football instead!
I've a feeling by the time it stops raining, it'll be dark flooded roads and I don't really fancy it either.

For me a Sunday ride is for pleasure, theres not much fun in taking a soaking so theres not much point in a wet Sunday ride, Its better to wait for a dry Sunday, if I was using the bike for transport, commuting for example then thats different, but having brought a car recently I'm avoiding commuting in the wet these days, I was car free for years and have done my share of wet commutes.

 

[defy-one]

W E T !!!

 

[Berties]

Cold wet and windy been better taking a canoe out 30 plus miles of leaves and lying water but a couple of 14 degree climbs ,still you can always get dry and now warm!

 

[Ron-da-Valli]

A nice 30 mile spin down the coast to Talacre. Nice and sunny but a chilly wind.

 

[vernon]

A gentle 11 mile loop from Meanwood down to the canal at Kirstall along to Leeds City centre and back home just to make sure that my legs are still working after the hard time that they had on Tuesdays' ride.

 

[Cyclist33]

Seeing as the sun was out, i slapped on the road wheelset on my hybrid and did the same ride as yesterday but not on a mtb and did the roads instead of the woods and rivers. Went satisfyingly fast, forcing myself to stay in top gear and accelerating up hills on the way home. Disappointingly, only clocked a 14.5 mph average over the 16 mile run. I suppose the first half was all uphill..?

Stu

 

[Toeclip]

A very damp morning ride to the cash machine and back so just 10 miles, could have walk across the road and got some cash but....

 

[potsy]

Just a quick lap of the local trail today, very cold out there this morning, lots of though.
15+ miles and a few photos.
Look how warm it is-

Really?

Bike posing-

 

[Strathlubnaig]

Another sun kissed but frosty morning here in darkest Perthshire, so off for a 105km spin over Sherriffmuir and environs, couple decent climbs, two punctures, coffee and a scone stop, all good. The back wheel was spinning at times on the steeper bits of the moor where the ice still lay out the sun.

 

[coffeejo]

Just a pootle to town and back. Proper ride tomorrow.

 

[totallyfixed]

T'other end of the day, 27 miles on mostly damp roads but a beautiful sky.
Not great quality, taken on an old phone.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Rode about 5 miles to the supermarket...Zzzzzzzzz

 

[HLaB]

I thought I'd go for a wee wander after work; didn't get very far though the best way out of town for me is along the rowing lake path however it was badly flooded (might have looked worse than it was as it was dark) so after navigating two floods and meeting another that I couldn't see the end of I turned back and went to the shops instead.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

45 freezing but fast miles

 

[coffeejo]

A lovely meander in the Brendon Hills this morning: gloriously sunny and bright. Well, until the sky darkened on the way home. I raced the rain and now have the smug satisfaction of sitting here with a mug of tea, watching the wet stuff fall out there while I'm snug and warm in here.