Just got back from a 25 mile road ride, just a short blast to get the year kicked off. 40 mile ride yesterday and it's tradition to ride the first and last day of the year, for me anyway.
Just enjoying the burning legs feeling after showering off hot embrocation.
50 miles on the road in the pissing sideways rain for me. Felt good until the last 4 miles when had a horrible cross wind and strong rain. Good start to the year though
Got home an hour ago after a very muddy wet windy ride had to hose myself clean but all good fun
A quick ride earlier with my mate up QECP
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Damn wet and muddy, but made sooo much better with my new waterproof shorts (xmas pressie!) and jacket. Great fun 🙂
27 mile road loop, lovely morning, away at 0815am, horrendous out now right enough :/
Just got back in from a day at Glentress. Trails were better than we expected but not many riders out
grrrr - blimmin' loggists churning up tracks.
And they totally blocked off my normal path to build a new road junction (could have jumped the fence, but went another way in the end).
23.5 miles MTB on and around the Wiltshire Ridgeway. Conditions were utterly horrific including a section of wading. Bloody loved it.
Great to get out today. I think that if I can go for a bike ride (15m, 1/2 and 1/2 xc and road) in such lashing rain, I can do anything. It's a good feeling to start a NY with.
I spent the day cleaning mine - no way can I get it mucky now.
An wet, but fun couple of hours in Wyre this afternoon.
Some experimentation with various bits of kit and I reckon I've found the driest combo I've ridden in to date. Made concentrating on fast very slippery bits a whole load better.
That said , what tyr.................?
Happy new year everyone.
3 hours in driving wind and rain riding around Leigh Woods, 50-Acre Wood and Ashton Court.
The first hour was great fun. The second hour was bearable. I couldn't feel my feet for the last hour. Maybe the booze and lack of sleep last night didn't help...
I ended up on the turbo.
Planning to be out for the next few days though 🙂
I foolishly went out for 80km on the fixie (road) this morning.... Was blooming miserable, as was I!
Mde it up ditching beacon with the 46:17 gearing ok, but was almost beaten by the heading coming DOWN the other side!!!
Took hours for my hands and feet to warm up!
DrP
I did a quick blast round my local trails, very grey and gloomy out with a fair bit of rain - meant I had the trails to myself mainly. Only 21km or so, but a nice way to start 2014.
Quick and refreshing lap of Innerleithen.
By that I mean a complete slog in howling wind, sleet and low cloud.
Very pleased that we got back without incident. And quite amused to discover that my smug 'Sealskins have revolutionised my life' riding buddy's Sealskins had actually filled with water so she looked like a case of severe oedema by the time we got in. Noone actually lost and fingers or toes but it felt like a close call.
Gisburn - twas damp!
Got out for an easy (terrain-wise - the weather had other ideas) local loop. Very grey, wet and windy.
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Total contrast to the same ride last year.
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Post NYE party night ride out of Ambleside over to Troutbeck and down through Skelghyl woods off Jenkins Crag. it was very soggy and trails were like riverbeds 
Feeling best I've felt all day!
Jenkins crag is a lovely wee bit of trail, good stuff tomaso!
