Your ride today....

[All uphill]

Out to Clatworthy Reservoir today with a friend. This is one of the tougher rides locally, starting with typical bumpy Somerset roads and, after Wiveliscombe turning into something much tougher as you get into West Somerset.

Lunch in Whelan's cafe fuelled us.

54km and 800m of climbing.

 

[wafter]

It is a Faran but they are SimWorks X Honjo mudguards.

Thanks - I'd love one of these but couldn't justify keeping the Genesis as well given their similarity, and I don't think I could bear to part with the CdF..


Tonight exceeded any expectations I might have had upon awaking groggy mid-morning; and I couldn't resist a waft along the river and through town to the rings and shop, given how nice the weather was (the warmth has finally arrived today)

 

[sevenfourate]

Ride…..(?). Commute if you must call it that. Hardly a chore though is it……😍

 

[sevenfourate]

What goes into work must come home…👌 Utterly gorgeous today. Loved it.

 

[Elybazza61]

A hot 90KM ride today mostly around the villages of West Suffolk today.
Started a bit iffy as I couldn't seem to get going but after crossing over the A11 got in a nice groove and the wind seemed to ease down a bit.

Rolled through Herringswell, Tuddenham and Cavenham with a stop at Herringswell church to scoff a banana, then over the A14 to Barrow and another stop for food and a drink before heading in a general North-West direction via Dalham and Moulton.

Then back over the A14 to Isleham for another stop for a cold bottle of water to top up the bidons plus an ice-cream and back home the way I came .

Not many cyclists about but a couple of groups of motorcycles(Harleys or similar) and two Ferraris buzzing around; also saw a sparkling Honda cub but couldn't get a pic as there was a lot of traffic messing about at the pub/cafe where it was parked.

Herringswell (and a striking grave memorial),Cavenham and Barrow churches;

View from Dalham Road looking East;

And back in Ely a statue made from knives to raise awareness about knife crime currently odisplay for a few weeks on the Palace Green in front of the Cathedral.

 

[HLaB]

Quite a good turn out for the group ride today and we met more folk at the cafe. Which meant a nice no effort ride for me. For the 54miles with the group it was 19.6mph sitting in folks draft. It was 99% of the time the same two folk on the front and they were doing strict Z2, so when some of us offered to take the front, they declined, wanting to keep their power profile steady. It was also my semi-retired mates birthday a few weeks back but he had been away for a few weeks but wanted to maintain traditions.
I'm a bit jealous of a couple of mates who just pootled along to the pub, a beer garden would have been ideal today, but my other mates that I was drafting are too serious athletes to stop often.