My wife was up from 6am or so as she had to leave early for a week in the Alps (it's hard work being a teacher!) so I decided to head out as the Pentlands are certain to be busy later. Only saw one walker and one group of 4 bikes.
It was warm but quite breezy so after the initial climbing was over I ended up putting a windproof on for the rest of the ride.
from the blog
blog: as it was so hot yesterday i decided i would get out early to beat the heat today, so started at 7, got to say it was glorious, trails empty of people but full of wildlife, startled a pheasant (a bit closer and Game would have been on the menu) and numerous rabbits. even early it was very hot, will be unbearable later (just not used to it) as there is not much breeze, i was thinking the trails could do with a bit of rain as on the rigid bike they are very bumpy and because it's relatively flat here you spend a lot of time in the saddle which is a little uncomfy on the lower back, i thought this then told myself to MTFU and enjoy it while it lasts!
ride 62
17 miles
total 756
Out the front door at 7am, up and over Gypsy Glen (starting at Cardrona Forest carpark) then round GT Red. Some fantastic scenery and lots of lovely biking. Cracking start to the day, weather was supberb, onto to Tarquair this afternoon for some family time.
Early-ish. We don't have any good trails/bridleways round here (east midlands is too flat) so I just had a quick road ride with a few more climbs than usual. Sweated more cleaning my car just now, it's far too hot!
Got out early-ish with my new Flux around the Surrey Hills…first time I've ridden it aside a quick ride yesterday evening. Not the best of cycles tbh, think I need to tinker with the setup a bit 😕
Yep, managed to escape from the tribe and went on road for a few hours, lovely and relatively quiet up the dale. Will be in the garden avoiding the footie…
Was out for an hour round my local woods to exercise my dog. To be honest It was to hot for him so cut my ride short and went home and washed my bike ready for Inners tommorow.
Tried to go half an hour earlier with a half 8 meet rather than nine but the bike rack defeated us and shifted, putting us back by half an hour. Still managed to get our usual quantity of riding in and back home by hal;f 11 just before it got really hot.
Not as early as I wanted because I'd been up all night with hayfever but still got a good few miles in on the road. Legs still a bit knackered from Friday's megaride.
Got some video from today if anyone is interested. (It's not really interesting but I was doing over 45mph near the bottom). Eyes peeled for crap Corsa driver near the bottom, no idea what he thought he was doing.
Rode the Wiggle event around the South Downs. Started at 0735 , finished at 11.50.
It got silly hot after about 10.00, fortunatly the ride was very well supported so water and foodage every 10 miles. Rode the 44 miler and it was tough, lots of climbing and tricky plunging into dark wooded section after open chalky fields. Still good morning followed by a swim in the sea.
And an amazing blood-red full moon at 1am. Quality event, and no midges to speak of apart from the clouds of them on the last part of the fireroad climb for one of my laps.
Norman nae mates at Blair Atholl 7am this morning for a round of Beinn a Ghlo. Dry, warm, deserted. 36 miles of Landy and single track. Usual headwind down Glen Tilt though… 🙄
Headed out for a 60 miler and got home at 3:10. If I'd known what was to come I'd have stayed out longer. Having said that, it was like cycling into an oven around lunch time. Dehydration was looking a possibility but managed to stick it out.