Your ride today....

[ColinJ]

Look at that ! Would bust your wheels quicker than you could say “….there’s another set in the post already” 😂😂

I have had near misses on those cobbles even on my mountain bike, which has 56 mm (2.2") tyres. 25 C road tyres - no thanks, I'm walking! And also with the new tyres/wheels that you have sold me - I am not going to risk a nasty accident to avoid a quick dismount/walk.

 

[ColinJ]

My plan to do an outdoor evening ride changed when clouds rolled in and it started raining here. I decided to do a turbo trainer ride instead...

I often end up not eating a proper meal after an evening turbo session - it is either too late to start preparing food or I feel tired and can't be bothered to.

I therefore decided this time that I would get the food ready first. I made a big salad and split it into two portions, one for today and the other for tomorrow.

I had been so focussed on making the salad that I hadn't noticed that the rain had stopped and the sun was shining again!

Well, I wasn't going to use the turbo on a sunny evening, so I went back to Plan A!

I did a little tour of some of the local hills. I changed my mind about doing the moderate Bacup Road climb as I was passing the bottom of the much steeper Pexwood Road climb, and slogged my way up that instead. I stopped to take a couple of photos on the way up.

Looking back towards Todmorden:

Looking forwards towards Littleborough:

As I got to the summit, dark clouds rolled in again so I decided that a 90 minute ride would be enough for today. I will try to get a much longer ride in over the weekend.

 

[sevenfourate]

Gentle bimble into work this am. Dry roads, light, pleasantly warm and very few cars: The stuff cycling dreams are made of…..

Swan-lake 🤣🤣

Everyday Horse. And 2 Black Beauties 😉

Back-lane Blitz ! (Who likes main roads 🤷‍♂️)

Gentle, easy, non-sweat miles 👌

 

[HLaB]

I usually just extend my commute to cover my recovery workout. I did extend it from 4 to 18miles but I also did an 18miler on the good bike as I wanted to test the new BB I fitted last night.

 

[Spiderweb]

Beautiful day in North Yorkshire, 24° with blue skies and broken cloud. Out on the Tricross mid afternoon for a very steady ride in the Sun.
30 miles with an average of 15 mph.

 

[sevenfourate]

Inaugural 6 mile ride ✅

6 and 1/2 months in the making this one: with F+F production delays, me getting me ass in gear to build, modified parts then being needed the way I was running some things blah blah.

SOOOOOOO pleased though. The ethos of an Old Skool frame with modern geo, to take modern crank / headset bearings, brakes etc - means it rides so darn smooth.

Summer Beach-front Cruising is Go ❤️

 

[HLaB]

The usual Saturday ride for me today, except it was Prosecco Stop at the cafe. My mate who has been out for a bit with a knee injury joined us today. Not only was it good to see him, the first half of the ride was more sustainable which suited me as my legs took ages to warm up and I have a bit of tendinitis in my inside right ankle. Trying to help the latter I moved my cleat inward so they were more central, it made things worse; the ankle ended up striking the crank arm at times. After the pub stop I had a eureka moment. My ankle is nice and comfortable in my mtb shoes (I was wearing road shoes) and it has an orthopaedic insole. I've put the road cleat back to its original position and borrowed the insole so hopefully it's good tomorrow 🤞

A pinto Chifchaff in disguise.