Sorry Jekkyl!...
After popping my back out last Sunday night, I feel it's time to try a wee ride, so will try a local loop, around 50k, no huge climbing, but nice all the same.
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Not sure yet. Kids are back from a week with their grandparents tomorrow so it might be nice to get out riding with them at some point. I mashed my shoulder on holiday a couple of weeks back so like the OP something not too full on.
I've got an uplift ticket for BPW on Sunday but I'm struggling to motivate myself to drive down there.
Otherwise, road bike round Saddleworth/West Yorkshire.
I've got an uplift ticket for BPW on Sunday but I'm struggling to motivate myself to drive down there.
Man up. I'd be there in a minute if it wasn't for the 8 hour drive
4 hour drive each way...
I may go, may not.
I've got an uplift ticket for BPW on Sunday but I'm struggling to motivate myself to drive down there
Seriously.. have a word with yourself.
Tricky weekend for me. Got to take youngest to Leeds fest on Sat, leaving me free from 2pm.. too late for a lakes ride. BUT.. Sunday is looking like I might be able to sneak out.
Helvellyn, birkside, Dunmail Raise, Grisedale tarn... Grisedale. Reckon I can sneak it. forecast is good. Giddy.
Me and DezbJr spent a couple of days at BPW this week. Bloody awesome.
Get yourself over there! Bet it'll be damn busy on a Sunday though!
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did my weekend riding midweek, it consisted of a trip to Falls of Glomach...
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Followed by a Tour de Beinn Fhadda
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BBB for me.
YD200 for me.
It's a bank holiday, people are on holiday so I'm working (again) 🙄
Driving to torq today, from Leeds.
Riding torq tomorrow
Driving home from torq monday
Walk to the not so locals beer festival. I may get out Sunday, more likely for a ride round the non existent singletrack of Friston
Got all day to myself, but struggling to get off the sofa.
Have ridden 6 of the last 7 days, as family are away, but they are back tonight, so I should get off my arse really
We had a bit of monster bimble yesterday so today's taken up with making noises (aaargh! My thighs! etc...) Tomorrow and Monday are a blank canvas.
Maintenance/cleaning the bike today as im doing st Cuthbert's way tomorrow/monday
I'm in the lakes (woohoo) but without a bike (booo) with the family. It's like being at Wonka's factory but not being allowed to eat anything.. We're staying at Barrow house with our 1yr and 6yr old. Today's plan was to climb Catbells but the wife has a headache (sneer) so it might just be round Buttermere and into Keswick for shops n tea.
It's always magical in the Lakes for me so I can't complain.....too much.
Evening stroll by Derwen****er last night..
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I did bring my bike lights so I might get the chance to do some night walking when the kids are in bed tonight
btw I don't consider this thread title 'mine' as it were, anyone is more than welcome to start it.. I only tend to do it if I have plans or bored at work on Friday.
As long as someone does it, great for motivation to get out!
Going to try and avoid the crowds like I always do on a bank holiday weekend, so that rules out most riding near me! Going to go and hide at Cwm Rhaeadr this afternoon and do as many laps as I can, never seen more than 4 people there ever. Then if I've got any energy in the morning I'll go for a quick road ride or a quick early lap of Cwmcarn depending upon my mood. Working Sunday and Monday night (by choice) so won't have to worry about crowded trails then!
Started the weekend yesterday afternoon, introducing the B-plus Solaris to my local trails. They got on very well...
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Epic ride with eldest son into the middle of nowhere.
North Harris.
Also started the weekend early with a ride in the dark peak yesterday, wee walk up Rivington with the missus this morning, dinner with friends tonight in Manchester, probably lying about with a hangover tomorrow, then I've got a pass to ride again on Monday. Pretty good weekend hopefully!
Finally rode up the "Bell Hill To The Top" cat3 segment north of Petersfield yesterday as part of a ~51 mile ride, but annoyingly, I had a "man down" moment beforehand on the sweeping downhill right before the start of the "Mercury Drop" near Butser Hill.
Apparently I was doing ~27mph on the approach, scrubbed some speed off with the hydraulic brakes on my road bike, but the tyres refused to find any grip. Bike was absolutely fine, my left arm/hip/leg got scratched up, very kind holidaying couple stopped and sorted me out with some wipes to clean the superficial wounds.
Either tomorrow or Monday, think I'm going to head back towards Petersfield and this time try the "Full Little Switzerland" cat3 ascent http://www.strava.com/segments/8405920
Joined in with a women's ride on zwift last night to see me upto 84 miles this week so far. Just got to mboy's to pick him up because we're heading up to Scotland and staying with his mate in peebles. Full days riding tomorrow and Monday, not sure where yet, I'm hoping Yair as it's my favourite but anywhere will do me. Think Golfie is on the agenda!
Got off the sofa and did 57miles on my singlespeed. Really warm and sunny. Worksop, Rother Valley, TPT south, Five Pits trail, Glapwell, Stockley trail. Then Clowne, Whitwell and home
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Aberdeen half marathon tomorrow, might get a wee ride in in the afternoon.
Revolution Bikepark yesterday and Nant yr Arian today.
Awesome 🙂
Took a stack at Revs on my last run in the bottom of Ghetto. Over the bars into the roots and rocks so a bit tender today but all good.
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Bit of a dull pic but a cracking early morning 65 mile road ride in the hills to the north of Bolton.
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Awesome stuff Bruneep
I went to glentress on my own and minced down some of the trails with a New Zealander named Obi that I met on the way up to the mast
Off to Lefkas
[url= http://www.getactivelefkas.com ]Hoping to ride with these guys again[/url]
Rode the blue with my 5 year old at whinlatter, left him with my wife in the cafe and rode the red..
Bit of a climb but we'll worth it for the final decent.
Sorry no pics as no Wi-Fi and signal is crap.
Trailbuilding this morning, wee ride at glentress after to shake down my rebuilt bike, blew up the shock, I suppose that's the point of a shakedown, to make things go wrong...
Comrie tomorrow on the fatbike.
Finally ticked the Ranger Path off my list Friday. Conditions up top were - erm - interesting...
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Then a chilled spin round Llandegla this morning.
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No pics, but I'm back home in the Highlands on holiday (now London based).
Did the Sligachan to Camusanary route (out and back) on Tuesday and the Ben Nevis red yesterday.
Having an amazing time, much to the dismay of the family....
Lovely light yesterday evening in local woods...
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Boring local ride as i couldn't be bothered getting in the car and driving to any good stuff. Probably just as well I didn't ride any tech stuff as I would likely folded the wheel due to some hideously loose spokes and no spoke key...
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A local spin on the new bike. First proper road outing (well with a bit of gravel paths thrown in). Really enjoyed it actually. Roads were incredibly quiet.
Then this afternoon a little pootle with the wife and son on the seat on the back of my bike finishing at the pub with a pint and pack of crisps.
A jaunt back to Falkirk / Callander house trails to check out the new jumpy line. Typically I was shown up by eldest_oab, met a fellow forumite, found out the cafe is expensive....
Been a hectic weekend so far but managed a local ride with both the girls. Kevin went back out with the dog and a saw to do some trail maintenance.
Cheeky couple of hours up Rivi this morning, quieter than expected considering it was a warm, dry BH weekend.
Trails lovely and dry too...
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Walk and a picnic with the family round Blea Tarn, then, once I had got wifey clear of the horror that is townie drivers on the lanes up to Wrynose, a nice little pedal back over iron keld and through grizedale.
Check out my ride on Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/1155048539/shareable_images/photo_based/757877/1/6f3c5ce2-a9d9-4028-bee6-569b34ca829d?hl=en-US&v=1503850197
Not been feeling the love for the fatbike recently. so put it back in rigid mode and went for a play on the Glenfiddich estate.
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Friday night it was campervan off up to Kirroughtree to defend our title in the triples MV50, successfully
http://gallowayhillbillies.org/index.php/10-kirroughtree/results-2018
We had planned on an early night without any booze to make sure we were on top form as our completion had been "training " quite hard...... shouldn't have bought the booze.....
We then "celebrated " our win on Saturday night and our competitors joined in. One of the opposition team members had an unplanned trip to A&E after contact with a tree, arriving back in time for their team to collect 2nd....
So it was home today, clean bike and pack into bikebag for a wee long weekend in Bubion next weekend....
Managed to sneak in a pleasant 45km session on Lantau Island in between Typhoons Hata and Pakhar on Saturday though 30% of the time was spent trying to clear a path through the trees and bushes knocked down by Hata.
Judging by the strength of Pakhar that hit yesterday it will be a few weeks before all the trails are 100% rideable again.
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Cloudy and very windy up high in the South Lakes today. Still good fun though, when it wasn't terrifying.
A couple of big rides on my [s]big[/s] inappropriate bike in North Wales.
All good preperation for dragging it up a few large climbs in the Alps in a few weeks time.
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Finally ticked the Ranger Path off my list Friday. Conditions up top were - erm - interesting...
Definitely need to go back in better weather.
Rode a Sportive. No pics but finished mid third in the UCI Grand Fondo in Albi. Hardest day on a bike in 38C. Great Britain did not fare well in the heat. Lovely roads, lovely scenery. But endless rollers and baking heat with no water did not make for an easy finish. Some sportives really are races.
Friday, took the boy for his first ride at Swinley since he was on a trailerbike. Kid rides well. Moaned about the Labyrinth though, so needs to learn some respect! 🙂
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Some pics from us at Callander - last one is a video if you click through:
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Well this weekend was my big weekend before the Ridgeway Double next weekend. Local 2hr spin on Saturday, Fast 3.5 hours on road on Sunday with SaxonRider and an epic 6 hours also with SaxonRider on Sunday. And I felt fantastic, training paying off. I felt like going further and doing more, but had to bail as I had promised to go to the museum with the kids...
No riding for me but did teach this one to ride her new bike:
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Started clean, soon got dirty. 7.5 hours to do 55 miles ... it was harder going than I expected around the Vale of Wardour.
Stevied, that's an ace picture.
steveid wins the thread with that pic....
Quiet over the Chase but busier than normal for a 6am start, I obviously wasn't the only one that was told to be back at a reasonable time to do bank holiday type things.
Gratuitous bike shot - fancied a change from Lower cliff this week
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