Your ride today....

[iandg]

Was yours old? It's done about 9000 odd miles and it was second hand when I bought it, so I assume these are fatigue cracks.

I was wondering when it would be time to replace, now seems about right.

Only a few thousand miles - but an electric hub motor and disc brakes. I have a friend who has had the same problem, he recons it's the disc brakes. 9000 is good for a wheel, get it rebuilt or a new wheel, hopefully good for another 9000 miles.

Sunday I rode the "Solway Big Onion Gravel" event. I did the medium route with my eldest lad and his wife - 75.4km 1,364m ascent, 62% of the route off road. A relaxed event where you can ride any bike and deviate from the route if a section's too hard. I rode my gravel converted e-bike. I would have struggled to complete the route on my Cross-Check with my health issues. A grand day out.

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My eldest son on my right and his wife just behind on my left.

 

[YMFB]

In the last week along with three other friends we cycled from Bordeaux to Narbonne along the Canal Gironde and du Midi. A thoroughly enjoyable few days. We stopped at a mix of Logis Hotels & Airbnbs.

We were riding 40 - 63 mile days, whilst it’s largely flat we managed to find a few hills getting to and from accommodation.

I read on here people stating it’s boring, it’s not, although to be fair we were celebrating a 60th birthday.

 

[KuroSan]

Went to Critical Mass London today for the first time, also the longest ride I've done for over a decade clocking in at just under 30 miles thanks to me accidentally taking a stupidly long route back to Lewisham from Hackney!
The ride was amazing though, such a wildly different range of bikes and riders and quite a decent vibe all round, I even managed to appease a couple of angry motorists held up by the pack by sharing some of my pack of HobNobs with them lol
Had a stop midway for a memorial for a fallen rider, never realised this was the group behind the painted white bikes I've seen around, was quite touching to see it actually take place though.

I probably won't be able to walk for the next couple of days now, not that it matters because I honestly feel like I'm going to sleep for a thousand years lol

 

[fossyant]

Took advantage of waking early and headed out along the bike path along Loch Lomond, from Luss to Tarbet. Mixed surface that's mainly tarmac although a little rough and gravelly in places. Some is on the old lake road. Most is separate from the busy A road with just a few small sections that run next to it. Quick scenic 16 miles.

 

[geocycle]

With a wet weekend forecast I wanted to make use of the small weather window this morning. I knew that heavy rain would reach us from the south by lunchtime so I planned a route accordingly. The main event was the climb up Cote de Jubilee Tower before the lovely descent into upper Wyresdale. With only light rain falling I decided to have a brief café stop in Scorton before heading home. Some large groups of birds assembling including goldfinch and Meadow Pipit. Overall 56 km with 603 m of climbing.

Pictures of Lune at Woody’s by the view that Turner painted, a road block at the edge of Bowland and some rather wonderful lichen.

 

[HLaB]

We all knew it was going to be a damp one today but we got all the way to the cafe (35miles for me) before the drizzle really started and after it was mainly dry to the pub. I was quite glad we only decided to have one pint at the pub because I needed all my wits around me on the solo ride home. The rain had really started and a muppet decided to turn right from a minor road in front of me coming down the hill on the main road. I managed to scrub off just enough speed to avoid them. I braced for impact but it turns out carbon rim brakes are actually very good in the wet 👍

When I got out of the hot shower 🚿 it looked like the skies really opened.


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