Worth getting some pre-emptive stretches in, or is it joint-related?
Your ride today....
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Worth getting some pre-emptive stretches in, or is it joint-related?
Chislenko
Veteran
It is a vascular problem the GP thinks, waiting on an appointment at the Hospital.
sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
Stunning ride. Awesome pics !
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Col de Vars feat. sheep in the tunnel
80 miles, 2200m climbing.
The Vars isn't too steep overall but features a steep hairpin intro for 4km/300m climb which in the heat felt quite brutal.
The summit restaurant is highly recommended for the comedy value of the most spectacularly rude and surly couple who run it.
80 miles, 2200m climbing.
The Vars isn't too steep overall but features a steep hairpin intro for 4km/300m climb which in the heat felt quite brutal.
The summit restaurant is highly recommended for the comedy value of the most spectacularly rude and surly couple who run it.
roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Last day of our Alps trip feat. a spectacular ride up the Valley to Briançon:
The conquering of the Izoard (2360m) and amazing road on the descent:
The Combe de Queryas:
And a soaking in an Alpine Storm at the end.
80 miles, 2500m ascent. Got to drive home tomorrow
The conquering of the Izoard (2360m) and amazing road on the descent:
The Combe de Queryas:
And a soaking in an Alpine Storm at the end.
80 miles, 2500m ascent. Got to drive home tomorrow
Not many rides to report on recently but today, the hottest day of the year, here, I went for a pedal around Pitsford Reservoir before picking grandson up from school..
The res path isn't exactly suitable for a Brommie si I took it quite easy on the bumpier bits!
Just under 13 miles & perspiring copiously by the time I got back to the car 💦
The res path isn't exactly suitable for a Brommie si I took it quite easy on the bumpier bits!
Just under 13 miles & perspiring copiously by the time I got back to the car 💦
Donger
Convoi Exceptionnel
- Location
- Quedgeley, Glos.
Not so much my ride today as the sum total of all my "Your Ride Today"s since I took up cycling back in 2009 at the age of 48:
I like using old fashioned "flatnav" (maps), and whenever I ride somewhere new I will record it on a photocopy map page and then transfer it onto my wall maps for posterity. I think they must be the very best souvenirs I ever bought. I don't need to buy myself any more souvenirs, as I can sit gazing at those maps for ages, remembering rides I've done and who I was with .... and musing about which were my favourite rides. Now, as a 64 year old retiree, some of you might think I'm a little old to have a Wonderwall, but I never had posters etc on my walls as a kid and I'm making up for lost time. Mrs D and I have converted our third bedroom into a relaxing room containing all our books, our music system and a comfy armchair. I have baggsied that wall and put up a selection of my cycling memorabilia. My composite maps, my Audax UK brevet cards and badges, a handful of posters for climbs that I have surprised myself by achieving and some of the medals handed out on sportives and charity rides over the years. Pride of place, though, goes not to my own achievements but to my 2012 Tour de France poster photo of Wiggo leading out Cav by the Arc de Triomphe .... surely the all-time high point of British cycling and one of my biggest motivators over the years.
In amongst that lot are quite a few rides that I have posted about on this thread over the years. It is my very favourite thread on this forum and I have taken inspiration from several of the posts I have seen over the years. Hopefully I'll still have a few more years of new routes to emulate and to post on this thread.
I like using old fashioned "flatnav" (maps), and whenever I ride somewhere new I will record it on a photocopy map page and then transfer it onto my wall maps for posterity. I think they must be the very best souvenirs I ever bought. I don't need to buy myself any more souvenirs, as I can sit gazing at those maps for ages, remembering rides I've done and who I was with .... and musing about which were my favourite rides. Now, as a 64 year old retiree, some of you might think I'm a little old to have a Wonderwall, but I never had posters etc on my walls as a kid and I'm making up for lost time. Mrs D and I have converted our third bedroom into a relaxing room containing all our books, our music system and a comfy armchair. I have baggsied that wall and put up a selection of my cycling memorabilia. My composite maps, my Audax UK brevet cards and badges, a handful of posters for climbs that I have surprised myself by achieving and some of the medals handed out on sportives and charity rides over the years. Pride of place, though, goes not to my own achievements but to my 2012 Tour de France poster photo of Wiggo leading out Cav by the Arc de Triomphe .... surely the all-time high point of British cycling and one of my biggest motivators over the years.
In amongst that lot are quite a few rides that I have posted about on this thread over the years. It is my very favourite thread on this forum and I have taken inspiration from several of the posts I have seen over the years. Hopefully I'll still have a few more years of new routes to emulate and to post on this thread.
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HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
My ride last night was an interval session out to Abbots Ripton, then I had 7.6miles of headwind before turning to Holme Road. I kept it at a higher tempo pace in the hope with a short cut I'd beat the sunset and catch a local chaingang to drag me up Holme Road when I'd have the headwind again. I shouldn't have made the effort as when I was a few 100m short of the Holme Road level crossing the barriers came down and I was standing there for 20 odd minutes. The chaingang appeared towards the end of the 20mins and me having had more time to recover dragged them up Holme Road for the 3.4miles into the wind.
It did give me a chance to try out my new Sidi Sixties. They seemed very comfortable on the ride and I think I have inserted enough spacers to satisfy my hip. Although my calves are a little tender this morning but that's probably because I was working hard and the New shoes seemed to have me spinning faster.
It did give me a chance to try out my new Sidi Sixties. They seemed very comfortable on the ride and I think I have inserted enough spacers to satisfy my hip. Although my calves are a little tender this morning but that's probably because I was working hard and the New shoes seemed to have me spinning faster.
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Only 8.5 miles today. Bit of a bucket list ride, since I'd found this area I'd wanted to bike round it. I couldn't fit a cycle in the car, so struck lucky and bought the bike only just over a mile from where we're staying and it was only £15.
Anyhow, the ride was beyond stunning. Got out early and hardly anybody about. The back drop for most of the ride was sheep baa-ing and birds, which luckily for me included my favourite, the oyster catcher.
Anyhow, the ride was beyond stunning. Got out early and hardly anybody about. The back drop for most of the ride was sheep baa-ing and birds, which luckily for me included my favourite, the oyster catcher.
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N0bodyOfTheGoat
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Hampshire, UK
You've just taken me back 40-odd years in time, we lived up the estuary in Dolgellau for a few years until end of my first year at Ysgol Y Gader secondary school (which I've googled after typing and it was closed down in '17).
I think it was '84 when we went to Fairbourne beach to find a hard upper crust of sand due to the heat. Not been back to the area since around '90 and I'd dearly love to see how it's all changed and to do some cycling in those wonderful hills.
Arthog (close to Fairbourne) has at least one climb in Simon Warren's top UK climbs list, up to near Cregennan Lake.
Cader Rd from Dolgellau approaches Cregennan Lake on a longer, more gradual climb.
Fron Serth in Dolgellau is a rampy climb heading towards...
Bwlch Y Groes from the steep south side
Along with Mawddach Trail along the estruary.
etc.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I met a mate for a very windy 2up tonight. The same course as last Wednesday. I started off not bad despite being a bit jaded from yesterday. I was hitting 31.3mph on the flat Holme Road. Then we turned to Glatton and the slight gradient into the wind saw me struggle to go over tempo. Fortunately, it was down hill to Great Gidding and even though it was still into the wind I was able to hang on at tempo. The ride then went down to Alconbury Weston which let me recover, before going up Viegar Hill. We finished on the flat old A1 partially into the wind again but it gets a bit of cover so we made good speed.
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Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Wednesday 2nd
Came home along the river (Calder) bank & into NewLands Woods
A tree was down, l’m not sure when, as l’ve not ridden that way for over a week
The split is about 12foot up the trunk
I'd ridden from 'Stanley Ferry' upstream
This tree is about a 100yards west of the old stable-block; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/190194
EDIT @ 23:45
I was on this bike, this is before reaching that point, in the woods;https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/page-2093#post-6830849
Came home along the river (Calder) bank & into NewLands Woods
A tree was down, l’m not sure when, as l’ve not ridden that way for over a week
The split is about 12foot up the trunk
I'd ridden from 'Stanley Ferry' upstream
This tree is about a 100yards west of the old stable-block; https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/190194
EDIT @ 23:45
I was on this bike, this is before reaching that point, in the woods;https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/your-ride-today.173254/page-2093#post-6830849
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Pduk
Senior Member
- Location
- Rugby, Earth
I've walked and ridden round there on my mtb a few times, lovely place. One road route I'm planning, heads along the Holcot Rd, as I'll be on my road bike I'll not be able to take in a lap of Pitsford though.
