Your ride today....

[fatjel]

Took the bike out of the shed to find a flat tyre.. Giant defy ownership is becoming testing.
Fixed that just in time for a neighbor to pop round with a puncture.. He's got no car cycles everywhere
with no pump , spare tube or anything. Optimist or idiot ? So two punctures fixed I went out
Only managed 24km including a lunch break. Was so cold.
Worst days cycling this year lol


https://app.strava.com/activities/247858958

 

[gavgav]

This http://winterrunseries.co.uk/route

Good luck, hope it goes well

 

[thetribe]

Went out this afternoon on the tourer as I thought everything had defrosted and the snow/ice had disappeared, turned out there was still some sneaky white stuff, most of it on the inclines! Just did my usual loop and have hit 84miles for the month, need to squeeze in 16miles tomorrow to hit my target for the friendly challenge group I'm a member of #12x100 (12 months of 100 leisure miles per month)

https://www.strava.com/activities/247760116

 

[djb1971]

Wasnt missing a snow ride.

My ride today looked liked this.......

 

[shouldbeinbed]

like a tour of Narnia, absolutely lovely. Mrs drives in and was complaining of slush and queues.

 

[Geoff Crowther]

Haven't been out on the bike for a week. Too much snow in t'last coupla days,
This morning, had to content ourselves with this, instead:

View: http://youtu.be/bAAFnwmJWO0

That was Chrissie, followin' me up the south face of Lantern Pike.
Sorry it's not cyclin'

 

[Jon George]

Haven't been out on the bike for a week. Too much snow in t'last coupla days,
This morning, had to content ourselves with this, instead:

View: http://youtu.be/bAAFnwmJWO0

That was Chrissie, followin' me up the south face of Lantern Pike.
Sorry it's not cyclin'

Brilliant! For some reason "I'm going outside and I may be some time" springs to mind.

 

[Geoff Crowther]

Brilliant! For some reason "I'm going outside and I may be some time" springs to mind.

Yeah, it does feel a bit like that don't it. Happily, we're both quite comfy in this sort of environment. We were wild camping on the slopes of Kinder Scout last weekend

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Yeah, it does feel a bit like that don't it. Happily, we're both quite comfy in this sort of environment. We were wild camping on the slopes of Kinder Scout last weekend

The jealous factor has just hit!

 

[Geoff Crowther]

The jealous factor has just hit!

Sorry Emma. How's it goin'? Search for a trike turned anythin' up yet?

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Sorry Emma. How's it goin'? Search for a trike turned anythin' up yet?

Have something in the pipe line new using the rear wheel off my nomad to use the Rohloff hub the wheel will be interchange between the 2 bikes if I can ever use 2 wheels again! Sadly camping is a way off right now as is any chance of mountaineering again.

 

[xzenonuk]

had a 27 mile ride earlier, i only went out for a short one lol, ended up along silverknowes which was icy as hell along the shaded bits on the coastal path, then headed along past granton and asda etc and ended up on the water of leith path, eventually got too the top of leith on the road and reminded my self why i hate cycling on princess street lol, headed to west end and had a rest just around the corner from where i get therapy since its a lot less busy and has a nice view of the back or side of the castle rather than sit on a seat in princess street with hundreds of people all crowded and walking fast, plus they somehow manage to knock into my bike or me when im sitting on a seat lol

headed from the west end on the road to the cramond brig (oops it is the miller and carter steak house now) and decided to take the longer off road scenic route which goes through dalmeny estate, damn the ground looked all even on parts but i knew there are pot holes there, and even then they were hard to spot, my front wheel kept crashing through the top layer of ice on pot holes covered in snow lol

eventually came out at the bottom of queensferry and headed up the road

would of went further but i didn't plan for a long ride so no back pack with an extra litre of water etc think i done good at managing the 700 ml water bottle though, then got breakfast about an hour or so after i got back in the house

 

[thetribe]

This was yesterday's ride, which I mentioned in another topic.

My wife got her new bike and I'd already planned to go out today so we decided her first ride would be a 5 mile loop then I'd leave her to head the last few hundred yards up home while I turned off and completed my last few miles to hit my January target. 1.5 miles and 8 minutes into a massive smile inducing ride we heard a CLACK CLACK noise, when she stopped it looked like there was half a hedge attached to her front wheel and it was hitting the mudguard, removing the vegetation all we heard was a dreaded HISSSSSSSS, yup, it was a huge thorn that caused the damage.

I had my repair kit but she decided as we weren't far from home she'd just turn round and head home and told me to carry on, I turned with her and headed back to where I would have left her anyway and as she took her baby back home I selfishly completed my total of 100+ miles for January. Headed up the coast and back, wind at my side and the sea a little choppier than the last time I rode past, looked lovely though, if a little cold.

January by the numbers
Number of rides - six
Total time riding - 8 hours 28 minutes
Distance traveled - 101.8 miles
Amount climbed - 3,050 feet

 

[Spartak]

Did a circular route out to Chipping Sodbury for a quick coffee, noticed this tool stand & pump outside the local Waitrose !

Back via Pucklechurch enjoying a northerly tailwind along the Westerleigh road 8-) down Coxgrove Hill ( for a change ) then along the Ring road cycle path.

https://www.strava.com/activities/248461043

 

[Dave 123]

Am I glad I did my January 100 last Sunday!

Just a short 11.22 mile loop around Bourn with Mrs Dave AND the boy wonder!
The last time we all rode together was a lap of Grafham Water when a young Thomas negotiated a bend far too quickly and ended up in a hedge!

No dramas today. We kind of lazed about and drank tea, listened to the radio and then got going just as it started to spit. The spit turned to rain, the rain turned to sleet and the sleet turned to full on snow. Once home the snow flakes were huge. I'd have preferred big fluffy flakes to the early rain. Thankfully the wind was fairly tame, but all the same it was testing.

As some of you wil know, the road from Toft to Hardwick is a steady rise that in the right conditions can be a bit testing, and Jo found it tough today, but she spun a steady rhythm and conquered it!

AND she came circuit training with me last night..... By June she'll be kicking my arse!