Your ride today....

[CharlieB]

Norwich 100 yesterday.
Thank you to @PeteXXX for explaining what happened to me yesterday.
Yes, that last little descent into Norwich is Constitution Hill. I hit something, at the time I didn't know what, and came off at 25mph. So I now know it was a speed bump. I saw nothing in the road.
Fortunately, I've escaped with no more than some extensive bruising and a lot of road rash. So I did finish, and got cleaned up by St. John Ambulance.
My mileage did tally with @PeteXXX at 99.01, but by that point I was a little bashed up to make it 100.
A bit slower than the last time I did it 4 years ago, 16.4mph average and 1390m of ascent. Yes, Norfolk does have hills!

 

[ianrauk]

Sorry to hear that Chas. Hope you're not too battered and bruised and that the bike is ok.

 

[CharlieB]

Sorry to hear that Chas. Hope you're not too battered and bruised and that the bike is ok.

Thank you @ianrauk , I'm fine this morning, if a little stiff. Bike has a bent mech hanger and new bar tape will be needed.
St. John Ambulance will be getting a donation, they were incredibly thorough in checking all the vital signs before cleaning up all the scrapes.

 

[cosmicbike]

Norwich 100 yesterday.
Thank you to @PeteXXX for explaining what happened to me yesterday.
Yes, that last little descent into Norwich is Constitution Hill. I hit something, at the time I didn't know what, and came off at 25mph. So I now know it was a speed bump. I saw nothing in the road.
Fortunately, I've escaped with no more than some extensive bruising and a lot of road rash. So I did finish, and got cleaned up by St. John Ambulance.
My mileage did tally with @PeteXXX at 99.01, but by that point I was a little bashed up to make it 100.
A bit slower than the last time I did it 4 years ago, 16.4mph average and 1390m of ascent. Yes, Norfolk does have hills!

Hope you repair quickly. The 'like' is for the ride, and finishing after an off at a decent speed.

 

[cosmicbike]

Woke up before the alarm this morning, so added a bit extra to the usual 8 mile commute since the weather was great Just over 11 miles on quiet roads at 6am today.

 

[KEEF]

As yesterday but with rabbits

 

[rugby bloke]

Out in the sun today, lovely ride from Ingleton and over Middleton fell to Dent then on the cycle route toward Sedbergh before turning for Kirby Lonsdale and back on the main road to Ingleton, only 60km of so with 750 m of climbing but a nice workout on the legs

My old stomping ground - had the dubious pleasure of going to school at Sedbergh. Certainly some glorious countryside, never ridden there myself but I imagine it is great cycling country.

 

[Old jon]

A very bright morning, so on with the sunhat and off I go! With other clothing of course. People would have giggled . . .

By the time I reached Water Lane I had a route with a fair amount of trees shading it, I thought. Who does tree shade maps? No one I can think of. From Water Lane to Office Lock, canal towpath to Viaduct Road and the slog to Headingley up Cardigan Road. Cross the Ring Road at Lawnswood and keep straight on to the next set of traffic lights, and turn right then left to pass Adel church. Just past Adel dam take the left fork, straight on by Golden Acre eastern car park and the turn off for Bramhope. Welcome to Black Hill Road and the testing ride down to the A 659 at Arthington. Dry like today and bright too, brilliant it was.


View: https://youtu.be/KFp92ze2jMQ


The ride from there through Pool to Otley seemed to go briskly, I suspected a tailwind. After something to eat and drink, the suspicion was confirmed, riding up Leeds Road was umm, difficult. Or maybe I was tired. Anyway, along that to Headingley and the hiccup through Kirkstall, down the canal towpath and through Hunslet to home. Thirty point eight miles this very sunny day, every one of them a pleasant one.

One of Mr Garmin's wonderful maps,

 

[john59]

I had arranged for a ride and a catch up with a friend today. We decided on an 8.00 am start as the weather was going to be a warm 24c. After some deliberation we headed of to Delamere forest for a coffee, and as promised by the weather forecast, it was lovely and warm.
I was also hoping to complete my Cyclechat 100 km a month challenge & also the Strava 'June Grand Fondo'. Which I'm happy to say I completed!

Ride.
View: https://www.strava.com/activities/600389524/embed/480589b7f5800fcd4c493e57e5d9df05c7993d99


Bob.




Shropshire Union Canal.


The obligatory coffee stop.

 

[CharlieB]

Hope you repair quickly. The 'like' is for the ride, and finishing after an off at a decent speed.

Thank you.
In hindsight, I was going too fast.

 

[Dave 123]

I had arranged for a ride and a catch up with a friend today. We decided on an 8.00 am start as the weather was going to be a warm 24c. After some deliberation we headed of to Delamere forest for a coffee, and as promised by the weather forecast, it was lovely and warm.
I was also hoping to complete my Cyclechat 100 km a month challenge & also the Strava 'June Grand Fondo'. Which I'm happy to say I completed!

Ride.
View: https://www.strava.com/activities/600389524/embed/480589b7f5800fcd4c493e57e5d9df05c7993d99


Bob.




Shropshire Union Canal.


The obligatory coffee stop.

Known in our family as the pretty bridge. As a lad I was fishing on the opposite bank to where Bob was. I'd run out of bait, so stuck some silver kit Kat foil on the hook. Within minutes I'd caught the only fish of the day!
Fishing in the evening was good as the lions in the zoo would have a good old roar before bedtime!

 

[Dave 123]

Monday night is spin night, but not when the weather is like this!

I did a nice loop around The Shelfords. On the way there between Harston and Newton I saw the biggest hare in the world. Must have been at least 10' tall!
So 12 miles this evening to add to my commute (I did have 40 winks between the commute home and this ride!)

https://www.strava.com/activities/600715511

 

[gavgav]

Warmest ride of the year so far, with the temperature showing 27c at 17:00. Give me heat over cold any day! Set out through Bayston Hill, where I found Pulley Lane closed and a diversion in place up Green Lane. You will notice a theme along these lines shortly. Green Lane is a narrow estate road and not built for the ridiculous speeds people were driving up and down it .

Climbed up Lyth Hill, stopping only to remove the extra air conditioning I noticed I had in my shorts (the fly was undone ) and then dropped down to Exfords Green. I encountered a complete knobber here, when a red Micra came through the 2 sharp bends, on my side of the road, blowing his nose and not looking where he was going! I would have classed it as a close pass from a car that was travelling in the same direction as me, never mind one going the opposite way on a 2 lane road! I shouted and gesticulated to him that he should be on the other side of the road, which was followed by a toot of the horn. Yeh whatever, idiot, knobhead

I then deviated up towards Long Lane and through Stapleton Common, where a tractor and me had to inch past each other on the narrowest part. I wasn't arguing with the size of the spikes that were sticking out of the implement it was towing .

I called in at dads, for a chat and to see his new car that he had picked up today. It's a Nissan Qashqai and looks much smarter than the older version he had previously. I love the smell of a new car!

Continued on to Condover and started down Lyons Lane, only to find more road closed signs and a diversion down through the ford, which was still surprisingly deep and meant wet feet. and through Boreton, before joining the Betton road. Climbed the bank and found a third set of road closed signs and another diversion down and round the narrow lane, to rejoin the road to Betron again! I have never known an outbreak of roadworks like we have got in Shrewsbury and surrounding areas at the moment. Chaos everywhere when getting to and from work.

Anyway, at least it was quiet when back on the road home, bar the section along Oteley Rd where the traffic was breaking the speed limits as per normal.

16.2 miles at 11.6mph avg

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

A lovely sunny warm day dawned. Just some easterly wind blowing. I'd arranged to visit my cousin in Shipston and had sorted a suitable route. Unfortunately I hadn't loaded into my sat nav. Never mind I had my trusty map in my pocket on the "just in case" basis. So I stuck to the memory of the plan but did get it a bit wrong. It didn't matter much as I found some lovely new bits of lane and my repertoire of Warwickshire lanes is still increasing. I made it to Shipston over half an hour later than planned. No worries, lunch appeared and we did some family catching up.

Indeed the conversation was sufficiently diverting that I was late leaving too. I crossed the Stour and headed south to loop almost to Moreton-in-the-Marsh grabbing more new lanes. Eventually I emerged onto better known territory for Broad Campden. Back down off the Cotswold edge it was fairly brisk crossing the open ground to Bredon Hill. Now just the standard run back saw my miles gradually growing towards my first imperial century (103 miles) of 2016. Great stuff and well chuffed am I.

 

[Stonechat]

Usual Monday ride to visit Mum (in a a nursing home) do not usually bother to put it on, always do a bit of a loop afterwards, not time for much else as I want to get back for domestic reasons.

Anyway 12.61 miles , pretty flat @ 17.8 mph

https://www.strava.com/activities/600523601