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I recommend Aberfoyle, on your own, in the snow and wind and slush and mud and water. Didn't do that last year, nope, that would've been stupid
Hitting Callander and Stank on Sunday 🙂
Depends which part of the country you are in
We arrived in Afan just after 13:00 on Friday, and set out for a loop of blue scar at 14:30. It absolutely tipped it down and we were soaked by the time we got to the trail.(was good fun, though)
Today was sunny, no rain, but with a chilly wind. Had a great (but knackering) loop of the Blade trail, including a gentle sugary snow storm, at the highest point of the trail.
Now sitting in the bar with a pint, contentedly knackered (apart from the rider whose left hand crank fell off before the last descent - he was still quicker to the bottom than me)
Sometimes you just have to get out, and see if your luck holds out.
Afan was indeed lovely today
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Rode W2, wetter than it was when I did it exactly a month ago but holding up well and the sun actually warmed you for a while. Until the wind got involved. And I got to have my first beer for thirty days. Happy days 🙂
spent half the ride today like this, 21 miles into a headwind in the highest gear just to move. 2nd half was 13.5 mph without pedalling on the flat bits. 41 miles and then walked to the pub, shattered now
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.....bollocks to it! I'm going out anyway (probably road biking)
Well still full of this sodding cold and very goo blocked chest I simply had to go out. Wasn't full on sunshine and it was a little colder than I thought, also didn't manage a full "winter" loop and also took off the Zipp 303's I was going to try out and stuck back on the Assult's.. But in full Gravel Grinder mode heres my TCX Adv1 sheltering under a tree..
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Nice colour frame, not sure on the bar tape
That's bloody lovely, bikebouy, bar tape and all.
been hunting for some orange bar tape for my Singular Puffin!
Was windy with snow showers in the wilds of NE Cumberland. Wind is drying the trails though.
Ikea and Argos today, doesn't get any grimmer than that, I win.
Did a short ride investigating some local woods (we don't have many) and avoiding the worst of the snow/hail showers. Got back home just as the dale disappeared in a big shower.
Tapes from ZIPP it's the 3mm stuff and you can get it pretty much anywhere (I get mine from Condor) I've gone for the "Dutch" look, as the orange matches the TCX logos on the head tube and inner seat stay. Normally it's sporting Challenge Grifos or Limus or Almanzos (Tan Walls) in full race mode, but I'm in Winter training for the Gravel Reviver 200k thing in April and I'm using both these wheels and tyres for it. Have to say it's a great combination as the tyres can be run at upto 80psi, but I've got them on 60psi for both grip and roll. The Assults are excellent wheels, light, strong and stiff and thats how I like them.
Thanks for the comments Lads. 8)
Just [s]engineered[/s] [s]constructed[/s] [s]stuck[/s] bodged a milkbottle mudguard on the hardtail. Gonna be a soggy one in south Cumbria. Glad I didn't go out today in the sunshine :/
Do you use that as a road bike too bikebouy?
I've got an R5ca for road, but I use this for CX racing, CX Sportives, Winter training when it's really grotty and long distance off road (NCN, SDW, Ridgeway and that Gravel Reviver 200k thing and such) It's an excellent bike, everyone says CX'ers are "do it all" but it's a racing geometry thoroughbred at heart and light. I like the racing nature of it, hard angles and tight, fits me like a glove and I love riding it. I've used it a [i]lot[/i] but I look after it, and it's of me..
Did my 52 mile roadie - the headwind was a bastard.
Got knocked off bike by car in the final half mile - which was also a bastard (see other thread).