what you been up to today bike wise?

50 sunny miles on the road bike with a stop for coffee and cake about halfway. Happy days 😀

Just fitted Spesh vari-angle stem on my bike correctly after getting it built back-up by the LBS. Thought the stem assembly looked weird, checked the Spesh website regarding the 5-star top cap and shimmed stem and find they’ve installed it wrong. Only about 5 instances of ‘never’, ‘must not’ and ‘this cannot be emphasised enough’ warning of exactly the thing they did wrong……grrrrrr.

Swapped tyres over to mud tyres for D2D on my Inbred wheelset to take with me.

Fitted Spokeshirt light helmet mount on helmet

Went into garden & took some beamshots (to post in a mo).

Still need to write list of stuff for packing tomorrow for D2D.

came home early this morning from working away (unexpectedly) to wake my 6yr old daughter on her birthday. opened a few presents with her, then she went to school and i went to bed.
got up this afternoon and took her ‘real’ present (her new bike) down to school with me, and we rode the 2.5 miles back together.
should have seen her face, made my day 😀

Didn’t ride 22 miles to work ‘cos my left knee hurts and I’m knackered.
Didn’t ride 22 miles home from work (see above)
Didn’t do the Thursday night MTB ride with the lads (see above)

Hrmph.

🙁

Early night and try again tomorrow.

[EDIT] Just read anotherstan’s post above mine, and feel much better about things now. That’s what cycling’s all about. Lovely stuff! [/EDIT]

I can’t say 8)

An hour on the turbo this evening, sweating like a bitch.

We haven’t had such a good summer here, so any good weather days have to be grabbed and used, so at 4.00p.m. I downed tools and rode locally.

Found some short, not to steep, sweet singletrack the other day through the local woods while out walking, so the chance came up to ride it. It left a big grin on my face all the way home.

Finished building up a Cotic Soul.

Working tonight so I can ride tomorrow morning.

Did a 20 odd mile ride with 2 friends from work.
Up around and over Cleeve common above Cheltenham and then some cheeky trails through Dowdswell woods! 😀

Today we provided Bikeability training to 18 delightful yr 5 children in North Northumberland..
Why is it that some boys just cannot resist lifting the front wheel over every crack/hole in the road…
Sun, fresh air and enthusiasm for being outon their bikes.. all in all a great day..
Did I mention we get paid too?

Just commuting, since my motorbike’s off the road. 4 days commuting + an offroad night ride = legs like rubber. But just off to the garage to fanny around with the mmmbop and fix the wheel for the rigid.

9.5m of commuting

Fixing a couple of the kids bikes on my estate, while not fixing my Sram X9 shifting problems, and I’m riding tomorrow. 🙄 just have to put up with a jamming shifter.

Quick 7 mile road ride. Was going to do more but felt nackered and wasn’t enjoying it enough. Then I rode around on my mtb for a bit trying to decide which stem length to go with. Keeping 50mm for now but will probably go up to 60 soon to give me a bit extra room.

40 km round trip commute on my road bike

fitted a new set of forks on my 456 can’t wait till the weekend to ride and taken my brake apart to fix and now know that shimano brakes use a m3 x 8 bolt on their reservoir caps which i can get 20 for £1.52 so if anybody needs any let me know i’ll send you 4 for the cost of a first class stamp

Thanks for asking jedi i didn’t realised you cared so much

Testing out set up on new bouncer around local hill ready for t weekend. Back to the shed. Less sag. Faster rebound. Try again.

worked, drove, looked at bike wishfully

Went to Bedgebury mtb park in Kent with a mate. Spanked the red runs and even managed a ‘black’ run – it was light grey to be honest but, hey, I’m not telling anyone 🙂

15 miles commute to work in the frost.
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Then 15 miles back in seriously heavy rain. Very, very muddy when I got home.

Moved it against a different wall and stared at the flat tyre wondering what the demon of slow punctures has done to my new tyre/tube combo.

rode to work
rode home from work the scenic way.
it had rained
clay/gravel/roots/dogpoo/tarmac.
shower.
fish and chips.
stw

In horrible shape at the moment and doing the Cat & Fiddle ride from Stoke on Sunday. Did a steady 20-25 miles on the road with a few quick bursts on the way home.

Commuted. God it was horrible this morning in the fog.
Nice coming home though.

Then night ride with dog and son through the local woods. Fun.

Dropped car off at garage road home 13 miles on horrid road bike. Nice route and nice to be out

But this took nearly an hour and I found it hard work so I’m not fit. Action required but we are about to loose the light

Moved MTB to shop as back brake lever going all the way to the bar without any resistance.

Moved road bike to different shop (from whence it came) as noticed crack in the seat tube.

Watched loads of people out on MTBs & road bikes between Rochdale & Bury while doing this.

Got phoned by bro as have just part paid (with parents) for complete overhaul of his bike for his birthday – very pleased until back tyre sidewall gave way.

Not having a good one, all in.

Andy

Got out tonite for first night ride of the season. What a cracker, been a beautifull day was a lovely clear stary night on a ribbon of green single track. Perfect! Home for a good coffe and post ride chocolate. Not a bad eavening!
(in lakes btw)

…and just now, while moving stuff around in the garage, knocked over my big crowbar and it fell in a perfect arc to slice the front tyre on my hemlock right down the side. Arse.

Repaired a few bikes
Sold a few bikes
Built a few bikes
Ordered a few bikes
Didn’t ride any bikes, well except for round the shop!

rode in the Peak District – it was my birthday today, did I mention it was my birthday?

brilliant weather

just been to pub.

I was out on my bmx again…I did a big one hander over the hip at camden bowl! Shortly followed a rather harsh flat landing from about 6 feet up!

I’ve had a good day, collected my new dh frame at lunchtime, built it up this afternoon and rode my new xc bike after that. Sorted out all the bits I’ve got for sale and got them photo’d.

Hoping to ride the dh tomorrow now it’s finished.

Replacing brake blocks on an old bik that are not designed to fit.
They work. Top !!

high 5 for all the people who rode bikes today!! 🙂

Sold some Wheels to Steveh above and trued up a rear wheel!

Maybe ride tomorrow if weather is ok

Managed about 3 hours in the afternoon sun in Swinley, mostly stuck to the singletrack.

Got shown a new bit by a mate. Returned the favour, and got home just as it got dark. Nice

Offered up a 29er wheel to a meta 5.5.2 frame so see how much would need cutting out to make it fit 😯

considered a 4″ travel Meta 69er instead

decided to have a word with myself and Enjoy the scandal

Put my lights on charge!

Finished work at 1.30, just got in after going the long way round the back roads for an hour. A lovely warm windy night tonight (the weather sort of wind).

First proper off-road, in the hills ride for many a month post holidays and hand injury.
Really, really suffered 😕 Long time since I have felt so bad 🙄

1st of many climbs but the only dry, mud free one:

Low cloud took out all the veiws early on;

It got brighter and warmer 😆

Nothing now till Sundays Hardrock Challenge at Dalbeattie but 2 night shifts and looking after grandson 😆