Your ride today....

[sevenfourate]

I do hope this Chesty Cough isn’t a sign of my weekend to come 🤧☹️

Beautiful Morning to be out on 2 wheels though. Friend of mine mentioned using arm-warmers on early rides now ? Not here ! 🌅😁

Gorgeous Sunrise this am ❤️

View across the fields in Worlingham, Suffolk:

Today’s numericals:

 

[cosmicbike]

A bit of exploring today which found me at the McLaren Technology Centre, then a decent length of the Basingstoke Canal before picking up the Pirbright Military Heritage trail and finding a way home via Bagshot. Rather a nice pedal with not a great deal on roads which is nice. And my first 50km ride since getting back in the bike, they used to be easy!

 

[postman]

The ride did not go as planned,i only got 15 miles in,and never got near Otley.I was huffing and puffing and had nothing in the legs,so i asked my mate to pack in at Golden Acre Park.We had a latte there then came back via Otley Road and a fantastic woodland path that brought us through to King Lane Alwoodley,that was great because there was a fabulous cafe called York Gate just down from Adel Church,a place we can take the f i l to,anyway a nice tootle back before dinner at my favourite local cafe,and a good natter with my cycling pal,about looking after myself and stopping volunteering for things,which is a great idea,that was mentioned on here a few weeks ago.All in all not getting to Otley turned out better than i thought.

 

[PeteXXX]

I dropped the dog off at the groomers & had some time to kill so I drove to Riverside retail park and rode towards the town centre (ish)

Third day on the trot for riding my bicycle!!
10 miles done before I got a call that she was ready to be picked up.. 👍

 

[VinSumRox]

Took myself out for a solo spin, out to Over Dalgleish via Yarrow Valley and the Berrybush Climb, back via the Ettrick Valley. 100km and 883m, a bit chilly at 13C, glad I had long sleeves. Cafe at the Beehive, met a group of guys on a long day out from Brampton near Carlisle.

 

[postman]

Took myself out for a solo spin, out to Over Dalgleish via Yarrow Valley and the Berrybush Climb, back via the Ettrick Valley. 100km and 883m, a bit chilly at 13C, glad I had long sleeves. Cafe at the Beehive, met a group of guys on a long day out from Brampton near Carlisle.

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Love the photos.

 

[ColinJ]

Beautiful Morning to be out on 2 wheels though. Friend of mine mentioned using arm-warmers on early rides now ? Not here ! 🌅😁

I had to nip over to Hebden Bridge at 19:00 this evening. It was pretty cool by then - a minimum temperature of 11 C, and wind chill made it feel less than that. I wore a long-sleeved base layer, a long-sleeved jersey and a gilet, and I didn't exactly overheat!

 

[wafter]

A slightly sub-12 mile out-and-back to the bars this morning for a bit of a hang.

The main goal however was the distance itself because, thanks to last Saturday's significant 62-miler and five consecutive days of reasonable rides since, last night I found myself on 188.82 miles for the rolling week.

This put me a whole 0.01 miles over my previous 7-day rolling max (scored in the halcyon days of Covid) however more importantly with no ride last Friday the 200 mile goal was there for the taking with a mere 11.18 miles to cover today.

I'm still down on the rolling month / year values this summer, and while the 188-odd miles covered over seven days during Covid was probably faster / more exerting, I'm still very happy to have tagged that elusive 200 miles this time

 

[sevenfourate]

A long loop to fit a new headset at the LBS. Old (Sealed) bearings didn’t last long. This complete headset should be top-notch. We’ll see 😳

Gorgeous out: if not a tad warm……☀️☀️

 

[EltonFrog]

A utility ride yesterday of about 9 miles to Screwfix, not an enjoyable ride for reasons I won’t bother you with, but a ride is a ride.

I wish I could find the joy in cycling again.

 

[geocycle]

A lovely day was forecast so I embarked on a loop around Ingleborough. I headed up the LuneValley and then crossed the river toward Ingleton where I climbed Oddies Lane in honour of Bill who died this week. The climb took me to Twisleton scar which is a lovely bit of tarmac running parallel to the main Ingleton to Hawes road. There was quite a bit of traffic on the main road and literally hundreds of people at Ribblehead, many undertaking the three peaks in some very large organised groups. To avoid the crowds I decided to have a coffee at Ribblehead station which was very quiet between trains and gave an interesting view of Ingleborough from the platform. I then started the descent down Ribblesdale and realised there was a significant south-westerly wind blowing. Undeterred I rolled through Austwick and then had some lunch in Clapham at Paul’s pedals. Despite the annoying headwind on the way home, I enjoyed the ride. 102 km with 1158 m of climbing.

Pictures are of Lune valley,

the Twisleton scar Road, Ingleborough viewed from the north and the lovely Ribblehead station.

 

[HLaB]

I enjoyed that ride today. It took me a while to warm up but it was really good banter at the coffee stop and the pub stop. I wee ringed from the coffee stop to the pub and home.
A nice bonus going home, a good driver was holding almost exactly 17mph through the 20mph zone (his dial was probably reading exactly 20mph). So when he went the short way up the hill, I went the long way to have a clear path and not put pressure on them. At the top of the hill he was sitting in front of me 👍