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Cannock for me on Sunday I reckon, it is Father's day after all 😉 perhaps local tonight if the wife'll let me.
What have you lot got planned? I'm aware there's some sort of mayhem thing going on! good luck and happy trails, keep it between the ditches 😀
perhaps local tonight if the wife'll let me.
I'm guessing that's some kinda euphemism, right? 😉
I'm hoping to squeeze in a quick 100km on the road whilst waiting for my wife to give birth. I'll loop back in and see her in the middle.
Best of luck colin (not to you, Mrs Colin).
Hope to get the child seat on the single speed and take the boy some where.
Cannock after work this evening, road ride Saturday evening, Sunday MTB but unsure where just yet, may depend on whether my bearings have been replaced or not.
About the best I'll manage with the broken jaw is maybe an 8 mile total out and back road pootle on the old Kona HT to Bakewell on Sunday to have a mooch round Eroica
Doing the Three Dales Challenge on Sunday - it's a Sue Ryder charity event - 64Km from Grassington over to Settle and back plus a few bits you aren't normally allowed on.
Which cheeky bits are in?
Broke my collarbone 2 weeks ago so no fun for me for some time, I envy everyone.
Join the Sustrans route 4 locally and see how far I can get. Not sure how clear the route is marked mind. Bad weather means the canal should be quiet.
30 miles tomorrow on the road with a couple of non-cycling mates I think. Then, hangover pending 60 more with the wife Sunday. May head out tonight too, weather pending.
Overnight road ride London to Brighton, then onto Portsmouth after breakfast.
Which cheeky bits are in?
The path leading from Conistone over Dib Scar and along to the top end of Grassington - https://ridewithgps.com/routes/12996911
From memory there's a stile above Dib Scar not a gate!
Avoiding the OH's irritating teenage nephew and not so irritating niece who we're babysitting by going out for a quick ride of my usual loop, then repeating the loop until my legs fall off and/or lights die.
Booze will be left in the house to make sure I'm not missed or to get me through the rest of the evening.
From memory there's a stile above Dib Scar not a gate!
I'm pretty sure you're right. Might be more than one, actually.
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Few weeks off riding after acl reconstruction on Monday. ❗
If the MTB looks clean after last nights ride, prob an hour in the garage on the rollers later.
Should be able to get out for a local blast tomorrow morning round the Forest before home duties require being done. But that' be decided for me by the Mrs
Sunday, dunno yet. That will be decided by the weather, maybe The Lakes, Wales or Dark Peak
Nothing for me this weekend, new bike still isn't ready to go and weather isn't good enough for me to bother sorting it.
160 miles commuting this week, had today off the bike because I was too hungover from watching the football yesterday and couldn't face it.
Glentress for me this weekend but no bike.
It's my birthday tomorrow and the wife has booked a child free overnighter at the Cardrona. 😀
Cannock for us Sunday .
Trail centre tour for a group of us, Cwmcarn Saturday, afan Sunday, bpw Monday. Rest at work Tuesday
Probably take the kids out round Ashton court on sunday as the missus is at work (reminds me I need to fit the weeride back on the PA). Hopefully squeeze in a 'me' ride tomorrow too.
Hoping I stop coughing up green stuff so I can head out to Swinley for a lap or two on Sunday
Going to the hockey at Olympic Park on Sunday, either a local loop or a bit of roadie tomorrow.
Looks like a stile to me ... http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1198895
Don't cross that one! You'll get lost in the deep dark wood! There's an ancient burial ground in there, you know.
Mayhem for me. Solo....ideally 20 laps but more than 15 is a must. Sat in the baking sun at Gatconbe at the mo. Who'd have thought it.
I'm also doing the 3 dales challenge for Sue Rider. 38.5 miler.
Looks good, weather starting to get better so hopefully won't be a bog in places.
Unlucky Treklee, hope the surgery went well. Same nice sounding rides on the cards
I'm going here 🙂
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LittleMissMC is chuntering to go and ride at Hicks Lodge tomorrow, but none of the little friends she wants to [s]show off to[/s] take along can make it. Hopefully I will persuade her to go anyway, or maybe just a local cafe pootle.
I have a pass for Sunday morning, thinking of trying my first club ride for a year as they now do a slow group as well as the fast guys. Or I might trundle up to L'Eroica for some hipster spotting.
Local ride tomorrow a.m., Chicksands Sunday
Looks good, weather starting to get better so hopefully won't be a bog in places.
Things have been fairly dry of late but I got absolutely soaked riding home this evening. Tomorrow is meant to be dry and most of the trails are reasonably weather proof.
In the Lakes with the wife, had a nice walk up Cat Bells today, tomorrow we're going Whinlatter and Sunday the Back O' Skiddaw route (clockwise).
Did 84k along the SDW yesterday, today 112k to catch it back where I left it and rode back home. Paddle boarded in a huge thunderstorm about an hour ago.
Tomorrow will be another 130k'sh wide loop of the Hampshire Downs, Sunday I'll give it a rest and do some paddle boarding.
If anyones interested there is a big Kitesurfing competition on at Hayling Island. They hope to break a world record by having 450 kiteeee's out on the water at the same time.
My first mayhem as part of a ten man team. All with retro bikes but most will bring something modern as well. Nothing serious but should manage 3 laps each if we push it. To be honest I haven't ridden for a month since suffering shingles and losing all energy so not sure how I'll fair.
Cannock today, keeping up with my once a month riding be only 6th time out this year 😯 which means every hill will be like an epic mountain climb no doubt!. With the same elation when the summit is reached........ 🙂
Road ride tomorrow, 4-5 hours but reasonably flat for around here (probably 500-800m of up in that time)
Mountain Mayhem solo in about 4 hours time, it's no longer sunny and has been chucking it down for most of the night, targets may need to be reassessed
Saturday Skills Sessions - about a monthly occurrence hopefully no fixed route but look, ride, ask, watch, ride & repeat.
Local four towers route tomorrow - 50 ish miles off road/on road mix on cross bike. Not sure on climbing 5000 foot??
Well I'm done for the weekend. As said earlier I rattled off 126k in the end, Hampshires looking spectacular as ever. I spotted 4 Roe Deer running along a field alongside me, just beautiful.
Also ran into a batch of roadies at Lovedean, we all turned up North Lane (good long hill) and bragging rights to the top ensued, I'm not too sure they liked me riding on ahead too much.. *shrugs*
No more riding now until my tour of the Netherlands late next week. I'm really looking forward to seeing my old windsurfing beaches/sailing locations, some lovely flat countryside and some pretty girls. 8)
Dog walked, bacon in the pan before we put the bikes on and head into the Peak for a fathers day ride. Even the sun is shining. 😀
Well I did get out local on Friday night and found some new singletrack, had a great time. Our father's day was yesterday as it was more convenient for my BIL, but suited me as I was able to leave my family at his house and head to Cannock for a short 2hrs and then back to his for a slap up buffet lunch.
Yesterday I did a 120km road ride, out to Leith Hill and back. Today I'll probably be doing boring, house stuff.
Up early yesterday, 100 mile drive to Keswick and over Braithwaite up Whiteless and looped back round, that's one off the list, today bike wash, car wash and meal in 3 hours cuffing starvin!!
Managed a couple of loops of Hicks Lodge with LittleMissMC yesterday. Took a while to get the bikes clean after, but it's "not a proper ride if you don't get muddy" according to her.
I was going to go on the club run for the first time in a year this morning. It sets off at 8.30. I woke up at 8.35. Did pop out for a gentle pootle later in the morning. The club run came thundering past me at one point. I hope they were the fast group....
3 laps of the Marin yesterday and 2 laps (and there and back) of Llandegla today on the SS...legs are a little shot now.
Need to get some 100k+ days in before september 😐
Considering that I didn't think I'd get any ride in this weekend I'm feeling quite pleased with myself. 15 on the fat bike yesterday and a hilly 35 today on the road.
Bikes are ace.
Nice, fairly easy-feeling 38 miles in the Dales. Passed a lot of folk on the Sue Ryder 3 Dales Challenge doing Stockdale Lane in the less fun direction. So much pain and suffering...
Just got back from out in the Peak, not may out on bikes considering the good weather
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An hour on the road bike Friday night, as a cover for going to the offy. Couple of hours in the forest this morning, could have been more but luxuriated in the fathers day lie in and fry up instead. 8)
No riding for me this weekend, just cleaning/checking/prep-ing bike ready for the end of next week when we drive over to The White Room for a rip around Les Arcs 😉
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Amazingly, it didn't even need a wash, just the dust blowing off after Friday at BPW, which considering the recent weather is pretty unusual.
Passed a lot of folk on the Sue Ryder 3 Dales Challenge doing Stockdale Lane in the less fun direction. So much pain and suffering...
You were well after I headed up Stockdale Lane - didn't meet anyone heading in the opposite direction - checked your Strava Fly-bys and you were at the top about half an hour after I'd got there though you probably passed my wife. Not the best way to do it I agree but then climbing out of Settle the other way isn't easy either.
I had a base target of five hours and an optimistic target of four hours if I was going really well, ended up finishing in 4hrs12 so pretty pleased with that given that I did the 2015 YD200 route last Saturday and am still sleeping rather well after that. Fastest time (it's not a race remember 🙄 ) was 3hrs18.
That's a good effort. Are you doing the 300 this year?
I do prefer the other climb out of Settle though (and going down Stockdale rather than the Langcliffe way, which is dull.)
There was a lot of weaving and stem staring on the road. Had to shout several warnings to a few of them as they didn't look up at all. Then again, I got warned about a car I was about to steam into, so it's even.
Yes, I'm doing the YD300 again. slightly different route this year because of the access problems above Grassington. Have got the Monday booked off so that I can slob out 😆
Hopefully I'm better organised than last year, I had nearly ten hours of stopping time. Now there's no way I could ride through but I'm certain I can cut a lot of that out. I'm also being much more ruthless with kit: 3Kg rather than 10Kg (not including water). Aiming to get under 30hrs.
3Kg rather than 10Kg (not including water)
Yes, that's pretty ruthless :-). Are you just going to doss in a ditch with a binbag over you?
I've long since dismissed any fantasy about being to keep going that long.
Not far off - but the bivy kit is under 1Kg vs. 2Kg last year. This year: bivy bag @240g; sleeping mat @ 260g; down vest @ 80g; thermal top @ 200g. Last year I'd a 400g sleeping bag plus a 300g tarp amongst other stuff. There was a lot of stuff I took that, yes I used, but could have done without. Having done a few more ITTs now (and failed on some) I've a much better idea of what works for me, last year's YD300 was the first one I'd done.
A lot depends on the weather of course, if it's going to be crap then I could easily add another 1Kg of kit to cope with it.
Dragon Duathlon for me yesterday, so a day off today-my knee's still feel like they're about to explode!
290km from Beaumaris to Cardiff Bay, running the Welsh 3 Peaks & riding in between.
Stank Glen with eldest_oab. Hot weather, amazing views and a set of dead brakes, boiled on the technical steep descent (and midges, so no pics...)
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I also finished this thing - now with working brakes and front wheel - which is much more suited to eldest_oab's riding style... 😯
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Nice, fairly easy-feeling 38 miles in the Dales. Passed a lot of folk on the Sue Ryder 3 Dales Challenge doing Stockdale Lane in the less fun direction. So much pain and suffering...
It was a good do, weather was spot on. I'll certainly be doing it again next year and hopefully it'll be one of those events that grows like the other challenges/race.
Pretty pleased with my time, certainly better than expected. Was running on empty for the last 5-6 miles of the 39.
Bump for Monday morning.
Went for a couple of hours round Gower yesterday, think at most I had 100ft visibility, regularly a third of that. In retrospect, riding over the top of the most exposed hills in howing wind, rain and fog wasnt my finest route planning.
No pictures for obvious reasons!
The hill fort on top of Llanmadoc hill was pretty spooky in thick fog!