Cool, sunny, crisp and autumnal. Just spent a fantastic couple of hours pooling around admiring the countryside on the road bike.

Topped off by coffee and Tiramisu post ride. .

Anyone else had a pleasant Sunday morning in the sun?

Just got back from the Sunday club ride. A nice “steady” 60 miles of crispness. Love it. 😀

It’s beautiful out there today. Was having a very pleasant road ride on my old rigid marin until my seat clamp disintegrated 18 miles into a 25 mile loop. I had to ride home standing up.

Back out tonight for an off road night-ride. Should be good if it stays dry all day.

It was damn cold and dark during my morning ride. Hoping for a more pleasant afternoon ride in about an hour 🙂

I had a leisurely trundle on the road bike to shake off last night`s excesses.It was indeed a pleasure to be out today.

Third day on the trot in bed with flu.

Today was supposed to be the christening of my new singlespeed 🙁

Another leisurely trundler here, round the scenic sites of Richmond and Wombledon. No gnats were shredded, but lovely to get out for a spin.

Oh, and a bonus sausage! Got home to find a forgotten sausage from brekker still in the oven. Currently being nommed upon with a pint of Fullers 1845. 🙂

MM I feel your pain, though it’s not flu I have (as I can get out of bed) it pretty damned nasty.
Hope this freeze continues… (haven’t seen any forcasts so don’t spoil my hopes for a ride on solid terra firma)

Indeed. Went out for a couple of hours on the road bike. A bit sketchy in places with ice on the exposed parts of the Cheshire plains. Saw more than one rider who’d taken a tumble but thankfully pride was the only thing to suffer by the looks of it.

Lovely weather here, but still can’t get out on the bike due to my dodgy ankle/foot. Three weeks now. Have to make do with track from Glasgow on the TV and a spot of bike tinkering later.

Nice 60 with the club (road), coffee and scone included. Tired and happy.

I just christened my new , to me , intense 5.5 around the local lake , all good apart from dodgy front brake bleed . First time in clips for 15-20 years too and it all came back , just like riding a bike 😉

gah the weather is going to be pants next week (am picking up a lovely new road bike that i have been wanting for a long time 🙁 shakes fist at the weather gods 👿

Two weeks post displaced wrist fracture (radius and ulna), one week post op to install Ti upgrades to wrist bones. Most I’m getting this weekend is a walk round the park with the misses.

Ti upgrade? Will it be in Hope green or does that cost too much ? 😉

Another invalid here. Yet another nasty cold – this time of year is not kind to me it seems. Glad some people are out enjoying it.

Not a bad day today or yesterday here – great snow covered hills round us today…

Glen Ample by matt_outandabout, on Flickr

Glen Ample by matt_outandabout, on Flickr

Glen Ample by matt_outandabout, on Flickr

And all good long winter walks in the country need following up by a good cafe…

Glen Ample by matt_outandabout, on Flickr

A lovely morning for a ride.

Took advantage of the weather and headed for a loop round the Church Stretton hills.

4 hours mud plugging in the Shire. Sort of wish I’d ridden the roadie like last Sunday, but fun anyway. Question is – did it flush out the man flu that just won’t go away ?

Bah! Was a nice perfect day for a ride, so I headed out for a couple of hours.
But, my cold hasn’t fully receded & I felt rubbish….no energy at all. I know it wasn’t going to go well, when my HR was up to 100 before I’d even got onto the bike & was up to >160 before getting 1/4 mile down the road….
Decided to do a short loop, so ended up doing 11 miles & calling it up a day.

But, yeah….while I was out it was lovely…

A cheeky and unintentional road ride on the fixie for quite a few miles courtesy of Warwickshire. It were lush. 🙂

Thing is i missed an organised group mtb ride due to baby issues – kinda glad i squeezed this in!

Endeavoured to blow away a potent combination of hangover and head cold with a loop round Beckwithshaw, Greenhow and Bolton Abbey. Don’t know if it’s worked but it was a lovely ride.

Yeah was crisp, dry and bright this morning for my road bike debut…

Yep, went out for a swift hour and a half on the road bike this afternoon. It’s a glorious country we live in when the sun’s out!

My bike ride today was a hung over attempt to go get my car from town before work today. It was difficult not to throw up all over it. Not enjoyable!

Does anyone here at stw ride mountain bikes nowadays?

I also has a lovely 60 mile road ride down the wylye valley.

Went out for a short ride at lunchtime and enjoyed it so much I stayed out for 50 miles. A lack of fluids has left my legs like cold cooked spaghetti!

Beautiful day – XC mtbing this morning, muddy but fun

No riding but de-mudded some local trails with some judicious digging of drains and general trail maintenance.
Decided it was too muddy for a decent ride and went for a walk in the woods with cake at the village shop in the middle.
Beautiful day. Do wish I’d been out on the road bike!

Quick hour’s blast around Swinley and it was grand. Hopefully more of the same next week!

Had a great 4 hour spin on the Quantocks, beautiful sunshine and not too muddy if you pick the right trails! Saw plenty of bikers up there too. Only downside was getting to the pub for lunch to find out the kitchen was shut for a week 🙁

Does anyone here at stw ride mountain bikes nowadays?

Only when the roads are wet and/or the pubs are open.

Aye it was canny today ! Moving away from Autumn into winter here. So i found a couple of extra routes, due to less foliage, but the new trails, will be for frozen days or the summer…Muuuuuddddy !!!!!

especially in the Kent Downs near Igtham this afternoon, the bed of leaves even providing a barrier to the mud. A bit slippy, but a quick wipe of the down tube and seat post with some fern leaves and the bike didn’t even need a wash….. which is a first in a long, long time. I could even see the skin on my shins when finished, another first in a …..you get the picture.

Friday in Ae and yesterday in Dalbeattie . Weather superb and trails in great condition. Fantastic! Stayed at Gorsebank new bothy in Dalbeattie, 5 mins from the trails. Excellent . Thought this was a MTb forum!

Was a lovely crisp day!

ska-49 it’s mud season round these parts. Thick deep cloying clay based cack, my hard tail gains unto 5kg on my normal commute of 10 miles. Waiting for a really cold snap so that it all firms up again and I can start hurtling along all the trails. No point in trashing the usable trails by overuse, after all it’s all riding bikes!

Beautiful day out today, very cold in the rural parts but once the sun was up it was warm. Made the most and did Oxford and back.

Having trawled through the mud on Friday’s ride and with limited time, I opted for an early and frosty road ride. A lovely few hours covering 60k around Cardiff. Back home for lunch and a family outing. Nice 🙂