Your ride today.... (part 1)

[marinyork]

Did 69 miles yesteryday, mostly in the vale of York. So very chuffed with December, back to back metric centuries in terms of weekends . Had a very nice ride on Friday night, although saturday was pretty miserable weather really.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

40km.Cold, damp, horrid...but faster than yesterday due to excessive fish n chips with my son after abandoning Christmas shopping.

 

[gbb]

28 miles, uneventful, dark, but mild...although toes were getting a tad cold in the end. That'll be the chillblains off in the morning again

Just trying out my homebrew 3W luxeon LED lamp....sadly in my rush today, i didnt solder the wires to the battery...job for tomorrow, but it worked well until...well, you know the rest

 

[Cranky]

A 7.15am start along the A40 cyclepath in the dark to John Radcliffe hospital. This was to be MRI scanned as a 'healthy control specimen' towards a research project into Marfans Syndrome. On arrival I realised I'd just had a p**cture (the first I've ever had on Conti GP 4 Seasons). Oh well, at least I could attend to that later. After all the tests, and replacing the tube, a pleasant breeze home again, 26 miles in all.

 

[gbb]

Short commute to work this morning, riding a section of bus route and saw a 'patch' of something at the last second ...glass...loads of it
No time to avoid, straight through it....and inevitably punctured.
Ah well, the walk to work was nice this morning

 

[gbb]

Re last post...The glass was an entire bus windscreen, about 1 inch thick on the floor ..no time to avoid.
Thank the lord for gatorskins...1 puncture. As i checked both tyres i've retrieved about 50 pieces of glass ...seriously.

 

[gbb]

Normal commute today, nothing spectacular....except i rode straight through the pile of windscreen glass that punctured me on Tuesday. No puncture today thankfully.
I'd forgotten all about it I'd assumed it'd have been cleared. Spent 1/2 hour going over my tyres removing shards of glass again

 

[gbb]

The worst commute home for ages..buffeted by winds, blown frequently into the road...bl00dy hell, i'm glad i wasnt riding through the town or on the main roads. T'would have been dangerous.

 

[longers]

A good commute, I had a lie in till 8 , set off in daylight and came home in daylight. Lots of drizzle but that was quite refreshing.

Loving being back on my commuting bike as well after getting paid out for the repairs.

 

[MarkF]

Stuck on the panniers and cycled the 10 miles into leeds for some Xmas shopping. It was hell, the rivers are manic, it's crazy out there. Was cut up 3 times within the first mile

Be careful!

 

[HLaB]

My commute home yesterday in 50mph winds and rain wasn't much fun either but contrast that to todays club run light 14mph winds and sunshine which was great.

 

[rich p]

. It was hell, the rivers are manic, it's crazy out there.

Be careful!

Ah, Leeds, the Venice of the north!

 

[mr Mag00]

47 miles today, shattered now.
there were a guy out today in running shorts, trainers and vest top. he was giving it some beans and went past me twice once the other way so was timing himself but bloody hell it was cold but not that cold i was a tad over dressed.
then with about 7 miles to go guy on an mtb wizzzes past me gets a lead of about 150 metres over the 1/4 mile or so and slowly comes back i think well as you didnt say 'hi' as you passed im gonna sit on your wheel and drink. then realise we have slowed right down, we are doing 13 mph so passed i go say hi and leave him standing

 

[Will1985]

I haven't been out for a week due to a combination of poor weather and "holiday" work. Went out today for a 50km ride which was mostly done in the rain. It felt good to be back on the bike although the legs couldn't hold my regular cadence for too long.

 

[roadiewill]

Havent been out on the bike for about a month now. Cant wait to get my new bike and get some miles in over the christmas hols