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Just as I start a renewed training effort, the forecast is for endless rain. I thought I'd head out just before the rain started this morning but it's now lashing it down before I've finished my coffee.
Hoping to be out this evening, even if wet.... Of course, there's WET and wet.... if it's WET.... i'll be on Zwift.
Sunday, hoping to be at Swinley... .with the same caveat of course.
Bike's at the LBS being mended.
Rollers for me
Im off out to spectate at the RAC rally. 🙂
I've got all next week off so it's guaranteed to rain all week.
I'd like to get out a few times if possible!
In the Lakes for the weekend wearing waterproofs
Mate wants to take his new car to Nant y Arian, I'm struggling to think of another TC are badly exposed to wind and rain, so it's probably going to be character building, but I love the place so hey ho.
It might be lovely where you are but it's looking ropy here in the midlands.
That means it's running for me, much more pleasant when the weather is crap.
Yeah looking pretty ropy in the West Midlands for tomorrow which is annoying as I really need to head out both days. Sunday is looking better so it'll be winter roadie as a minimum. Zwift tonight.
Aboyne was very wet today.
The Forestry Commission Forwarders have made a good job of the climb up to Birsemore 🙁
Checked the forecast Wednesday, went for a nice long autumnal ride Thursday morning in the dry, I can take or leave the weekend.
Hoping for something Sunday
Weekend after should be perfect weather - MrsMC is away and I've got to get the downstairs completely redecorated, so you can guarantee it will be ideal winter cycling conditions
Ftp test indoors Sunday. Then, from Wednesday onwards it’s Base training in cold & damp...
Molgrips - you are not made of sugar you will not dissolve in the rain!
It's that time of year in the south east,leaves off trees etc ....time to do some trail refurbishment .
Tried to avoid the weekends rain and went out for 31 miles around Dorset this afternoon. It didn't work and I still got very wet 🙁
Sunday for sure, maybe tomorrow but perhaps a run instead.
Molgrips – you are not made of sugar you will not dissolve in the rain!
Can't resist the chance to have dig can you Jez? 🙂
FoD on Sunday. Mallards probably. It'll be fine...
Woburn Sunday for me, maybe a couple of hours Saturday with the dog as well....depends if I can be bothered to clean the bike twice this weekend!
If its any help moley thats what my mother said to me just a tease not a dig.
- and I thought you were being serious, I looked at the forecast hopefully then and decided a day by the fire will do me. cycling in the rain is miserable 🙂
sorry dude - that maybe did not come over as I intended
I think that's the first time I've seen the Edinburgh defence properly deployed.
We're in the Peak District with our campervan. I got a yellow warning of misery from the Met Office this morning so the bikes are staying in the dry and we are going hiking.
I've packed waterproof jackets, hats, gloves, trousers, boots and gaiters. And the van, we could just stay in the van, with the heating on...
I have a new fat bike that needs to be christened....so I am off out over the Chase irrespective of what the weather is going ...if you see a bright pink Ice Cream Truck, give us a wave 😉
Lee
Cannock Chase? You poor bugger.
Mrs M is full of cold, which I appear to be coming down with so no riding for me. That and it’s grey and particularly uninviting.
Miserable rain here on the sarfcarst.. QECP with be squelchy trail running it.
Oh! Slippy roots.. lovely 🤩🥴💦
Grounded- stinking cold. I'll bake a lemon drizzle cake for the Sale v La Rochelle rugby game tomorrow instead
Timed almost perfectly this morning, just started raining as I rode home. Actually helped clean the bike. And my jacket. And my face.
Cake. Good suggestion.
Was out yesterday. Not actually raining, but by God, are the trails wet. The end of a set of brake pads that have only been on about 300km ...
Went to town for a present for my Mum - inconsiderate woman that she has a birthday so close to Christmas (although to be fair when she was born it wasn't really close at all) it was rammed obvs, consequently just got back.
May run as the trails will be a mess and the roads were awful. Road ride tomorrow am hopefully.
Filthy 30k up and down the Brown Clee this morning. Everything is completely saturated, glad I made the effort though.
It might not be dry, but it's the mildest temp I'm aware of in Southampton since I returned from a chilly Prestatyn 11 days ago...
Won't be going out again though, I've had ~4 hours outdoor time today through cycle commuting and delivering, trying to rustle up some energy and enthusiasm to set the turbo up!
RRP bolt on mudguard fitted in the rain, I'm ready for the slop. Hopefully get out tomorrow, probably over to Surrey hills.
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FOD for me tomorrow. First time out in a couple of months so I'll be blowing!
Don't care about the weather, I can't wait!
I'll be out Sunday doing a local urban, country park and cheeky trail ride.
It was mildly moist in QECP today, and many many MTB'ers....
Due to a cock-up in communications with mates, I ended up doing a gentle spin round the Blue and the South Red at Whinlatter on my tod. Didn't get rained on and had a lovely ride.
FoD then Yat. It’ll be an all-dayer. It’s double mudguard and hardtail weather. Doesn’t look like it’ll be raining tho and it’s warm-ish as well.
Cwmcarn on Tuesday was dry and lovely.
Literally rained here, east yorks since 6 this morning, was planning a 60k ride on the gravel bike but that was binned.
Hopefully drier tomorrow so a couple of hours on the road bike locally just to keep the legs spinning.
Fifty wet miles this morning. Should’ve taken the fixed with mudguards. Another seventy tomorrow but the forecast is dry. Then rest week 😀
So far since October when it started tipping it down in biblical amounts of rain, I've gymmed, been to spinning classes, read a book on a sodding exercise bike and for the first time since 2011 have swam a mile. My plan for the next four months is for a lot of swimming, gym work, maintenance and to hit the south east Kentish trails again late March/early April.
Combined a dad/son spin around a damp QECP with a driving lesson. It only rained after we'd (well, I'd) cleaned the bikes.
Amazed we could fit both the bikes in the Picanto 🙂
Well I did manage to get out over the Chase and passed a few other nutters...most of the it is pretty crap as I expected, not helped by heavy logging in places ...but hey, it’s the first time I have gotten out for ages.
Ordered a spin bike, sick of the rain and mud now 🙁
Lee
I've spent half the day tidying up outside after a failed break-in and general subsequent messy disaster, and then a bit more sorting out the sale of some car wheels, and I might has well have jumped in a river- bloody horrible.
Headed over to FoD. Didn’t see many people out. Trails were properly filthy and slidey, it was hilarious!
Went for a run. Got soaked.
Family life means limited windows of opportunity - 24 miles of Durham mud and standing water this pm/eve, mostly in the dark. Good fun, hardly saw a soul 🙂
Out tomorrow for some cheeky lakes action. Not been out for a few weeks so looking forward to it 😎
I can't face another mud bath, so I've rebuilt my fixie Pompino, and am going to do about 40 miles on that tomorrow.
Should be fun 🙂
Well, ended up doing 38 miles with 2500ft of climbing on the fixie.
Only skidded once (stood up to climb, and then briefly forgot I couldn't freewheel. Oops!).
The knee deep flood near Exmouth was interesting. Had to get off and push through in the end.
We went walking in the Peak District as an alternative to getting wet and muddy on the bikes.
To be honest the footpaths did get a touch damp in places.
But not having the bikes did mean it was easier to pop into a pub and dry out.
60 miles and 5000ft around the South Downs on my Grade today. The lanes were just as filthy as the bridleways. I wouldn't want it this wet and slippery every day but it's great fun once in a while. Some of the grinding sounds the bike was making towards the end were a bit alarming.
Had an awesome ride at Triscombe today despite it being murky, wet and muddy. Sometimes you forget how much fun it can be sliding around in slop, until you get home and have to clean it all up 🙄
^ went to Triscombe for the first time 2 weekd ago, such a great little place with some real variety of trails.
Just a quick lap round cwmcarn, wasn't event hat muddy for most of it! A few places were grotty, mainly where riders have been coming off the new Enduro trails onto the Twrch as they were dragging mud on with them. Biggest issue was the knobbers on motorbikes who had parked their vans in the car park then gone elsewhere. Came back round the car park making loads of noise and not shy on the throttle either. One or two of them did a lap of the car park flooring it then braking while there were riders everywhere and a few dogs and kids or good measure.
Saying that though it was good to see the car park full for the afternoon on a bad day.
Some of the top red route rocks at Comrie were riding a shaved seal, grip-wise.
Nice loop of the whole red though.
6 miles, felt really hard work but times were rubbish, ran out of puff on second climb soi sacked it off and went home to care for Mrs M who is suffering with child cold/superflu which I'm coming down with.
Pretty decent ride in the mist up Rivi this morning.
Good to be out on the bike after a week and a bit with lurgy...
The Forest Of Dean was very wet and muddy excellent grip with the Fat bike the 27.5" tyres just cut through it like a knife through butter very foggy in places last time I was down there was 21st September bone dry and dusty and 24 degrees what a difference going to be a long muddy winter happy days.
The thing with a new bike is it gets you out whatever the weather. Fifty miles with 4,000’ of climbing checking out some “gravel” options on the map. Some worked well, some less so, but it was all fun.
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^ went to Triscombe for the first time 2 weekd ago, such a great little place with some real variety of trails
It's probably my favourite place, I don't think I could ever get bored riding there. I'm lucky that it's virtually on my doorstep 🙂
Had a fun kids ride in the Surrey Hills. 3 1/2 hrs, pretty good conditions considering, wet lower half, one crash, one puncture and fuelled with sausage rolls and cheese straws.
100km of flat Cheshire with the club (well, me and the other guy who turned up) to Jodrell Bank Cafe.
The 10% chance of rain was actually a couple of hours of solid rain. I enjoyed it.
Unremarkable damp n dreary hour and a half of calderdale late afternoon, good to get out. Some quality slop, but some bits of trail not so bad. Mx bikes were out on stoodley the other week and they have churned it up a bit. Glad of the mudhuggers front and back, and the cheap bikehut light got a run on the way home. Much better than staying in!
Birthday ride!!
I've just upgraded the amazon to hydro disks and 11 speed so today was the "shakedown". Rode over Dava Moor to Logie Steading for lunch and then back home. 74km and, despite the weather forecast, no rain.
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Nothing fell off. Have to say though - I'd forgotten the sheer, smooth delivery of a brand new, complete, well set-up drivetrain.
Tour of FoD greatest hits today, filthy, slidey fun. Came off at least twice. Hard work in the mud, 3.5hrs to to 25 miles.
7.5 miles round Hadleigh park today, wanted somewhere local(ish) to check the new towback rack was good, and it is. Can't see me getting much in this week - wet, then dry but bloody cold.
Capitola, just near Santa Cruz. Half way around 110km and 2000m of great riding.
Capitola, just near Santa Cruz.
Yes, I've heard Santa Cruz is not that far...
Sloppy ride on Cannock Saturday. My mates ebike (I was on my Dune fatty) broke down for the 3rd week in a row after going back to the shop twice at around the ten mile mark so a bit unfortunate. Weather wasn't that inspiring mind.
Stupid ebikes... 😠
Steady 82 miles on my Croix de fer, thankful for full mudguards!
Ended up doing a 20 mile loop, finishing passing through Whinlatter.
Some proper skinny singletra6 which was mentally tiring!
Here's a small video of the first section of Whin, other vids ended up with the lanyard off the GoPro in shot 🤦♂️
I’ve spent half the day tidying up outside after a failed break-in and general subsequent messy disaster, and then a bit more sorting out the sale of some car wheels, and I might has well have jumped in a river- bloody horrible.
Jesus wept, dude. Again?