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just picked up my CRC delivery from the post office (endura socks and a new top), thats as bike related as it gets today!!
just picked up my CRC delivery from the post office (endura socks and a new top), thats as bike related as it gets today
EDIT: apart from cycling home from work that is.
Rode around delamere with 10mth daughter in trailer.
im only dreaming of riding my bike today... bloody rain
Built 2 BMX's, sold 2 16" boys bikes, serviced a 20" kids bike, fitted an Answer direct mount stem and 780 bars, and moved about 35 bikes from where they were before, to where they are now.
Brilliant day...
Road to college in the wet. Not the best ride in the world.
done nowt today in this god forsaken rain....
was awaiting for my son to turn up with an orange alpine demo but the shop said there was a fault with the forks so its had to go back to factory ? :0(
Took delivery of my first folding bike yesterday. Its a secondhand Dahon so fettling it today...it's fantastic. Very easy to wheelie...well fall off the back trying to wheelie 😉
My only day off this week and a busy non-biking weekend ahead so braved the rain to go check out some steep woods about half an hour away that I've not ridden before. A bit of exploring, got soaked to the skin and ripped the arse out of my waterproof shorts on my saddle (a replacement for which should have turned up by now). End result, a couple of amazing steep, rooty, rocky evil trails added to the collection. Jobs a goodun.
Just a 9km ride to try out the rebuild of the old winter bike in the rain. Bike seems good, my fitness has vanished must ride more once I get back from the USA. Wife and baby permitting.
Collected (now-functioning) MTB from bike shop (problem solved with bleeding, fortunately).
Andy
putting a commuter bike I bought on the classifieds together
Wet 13 mile muddy ride this morning - loved it!
just the usual 74 mile commute with ( and i dont understand this) a shitty headwind on the way in and a shittier headwind on the back. Hows does that happen ( it put half an hour onto my total journey time 🙁 )
No cycling for me this week since getting wiped out and getting a bit injured by a knobber on a mountain bike at Milton Keynes city centre but bought myself a GT Fueler BMX frame and forks and a Brian Rourke Dedacciai hardtail frame both as future projects.
I collected & fit the Answer AM protaper bars I snagged from CRC in a deal, booked the accom for Saturday night for me & the boy to take in a couple of trails at C-y-B.
Next on the list is to decide whether its SS or geared for C-y-B with m'kid....?
Nothing on the bike yesterday, or today. But this:
I have been running instead, down the water of leith to Stockbridge and back again. 9km with no shin pain, yay! :))
inspired me to go out for a run even though the weather was foul. It was great!
had a little spin to tescos and back for a big bag of fruit and nut and some kettle chips
Rode to work, rode home again. More like 11 miles than 74, though. Blimey. Is that every day, RDA?
Got very wet on the way back. Maybe the shoes will be dry for Monday, maybe they won't.
Is that every day, RDA?
well 5 of my working day week, yes its hard, yes today i felt like giving up and driving and yes i do regularly get quite tired, but........................
When i'm doing it and get to the other end its worthwhile ( although Edinburgh city traffic is pish poor )
No riding.
I've been re threading a set of vintage cranks to take modern pedals. 💡
Push bike: I put the front mech on and the master cylinder of the front brake on.
Motorbike: put the front end up, removed the fork, the speedo/tachometre assembly, removed the airbox, the foot pegs, the rear brake, tag all the wireloom and start to remove it.
Today was better than yesterday (see 24 hours ago).
I was set for the 22 mile e/w commute but wimped out whilst stood in the kitchen in my kit at 06.20am. The wind / rain / sore knee combo just wasn't doing it for me.
Compromise: hard half hour roadie blast, back for a shower, breakfast with Mrs gtth, drive to work. It was a monsoon when I got there, so felt slightly vindicated by my decision.
Tomorrow? Early ride on the proper bike before 'normal persons weekend duties'. 😈
A very wet ride on the red route at Dalby, need new pads tomorrow!
re-jigged my rotor Q ring to a different position to hopefully make 1 gear even faster with less thigh owies. Also discovered that my 29er frame was a blatant rip off (Heavily inspired by) a wolfhound frame. So that'll be the explanation for the odd bendy tubes then 😆
Took a spin around a wet (to begin with) Marin Trail, great ride found my flow & nailed it 😀
40 miler along north wales coast. Tested out my new Aldi waterproof jacket, pretty good.
Tonight was a huge milestone for me but really a pretty straight forward night time off road ride after some broken bones. Six weeks healing and things still niggling a bit but overall - Im nearly there. Yeeeee Haw!
Need some new goals now to get back on track. Im surprised how the legs havent really lost it!
had a nice 3+ hour ride locally(ish) which incorperated some of the Mary Townley Loop)..crickey its so muddy/slippery out there aint now after all this rain.. rode alot of grassy tracks today which had obviously turned to a gloopy slodgy mud bath out there...geez back to gloopiness then (need to get a decent rear tyre with thick tread on cos i was slipping around alot today (Lol)..
Very excited as Mrs Ononeorange rode a demo Santa Cruz Juliana and loved it (we went to Swinley for the first time which was great). She was so happy and was riding so well on it that we've ordered one and now can't wait!
I was set for the 22 mile e/w commute but wimped out whilst stood in the kitchen in my kit at 06.20am.
Ha ha , i done exactly the same this morning at 4:50am. Stood naked in the bathroom staring at the wall for 5 minutes trying to convince myself that cycling was a good idea. Anyway 37 miles later, i arrived warm and hungry at work via bike. Left work about 4pm, got another crappy headwind and torrential rain before getting the other 37 miles in.
Watched the womens road race at 4.30, then spent the rest of the day building a bomb proof bike shed (13" thick concrete block walls!) for a fellow stwer.
Sessioned Lee Quarry with the lads, nearly all of us made it out, Met Xiphon (Ali) off here for the first time. Got there circa 10.30 am, left at 4.30
Great day out
Attempted the impossible climb - failed, but it seems theoretically possible at least. Nice chat with the fairmer who was complaining about people nicking car batteries from his electric fences! Around Stockhill and the minery, then a muddy, pointless explore before returning home. Oh and I picked up some balls to re-build my Deore hub.
Went out for two hours towing along two 2 year olds.
Hard Work.
Now re-watching the womens race with eurosport commentary rather than the BBC stuff from earlier (sad i know).
coastal ride on road bike. new tyres are pretty good!
Had to resort to the turbo yesterday, boo hiss! An hour of intervals.
Then 3 hours on the MTB today, lots of standing water, a bit gay really!
Trailbuilding at glentress (pretty much all barrowing, not much fun but neccesary, new black section coming along nicely) then a short-ish and slightly frustrating knackered ride after, up the hill, down the blue, then broon troot and finishing on the red. Some riding good, some riding poor... But did tell me that the mmmbop should be a keeper now it's the right size.
Picked up a new bike 🙂
No biking till tomorrow, wet or no 😆
Had a double dose of the Dark Side, went "rambling" with MrsT, then put a deposit on a c....a.....r......a....v....a....n.......... 😯
Oh soooooo much better than yesterday (which was so much better than the day before; long may it continue.)
Left the house at 6.30am and headed into the hills. A fair bit of road, but the offroad was fun, cracking sunrise and great clouds hanging over the tops. Back for brekkie.
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Went out with my bro round Cartmel fell first time round there. Got lost lots got very muddy had brilliant day loads of fun with lots of change in terrain and great countryside!!!!!!!!
100km road.
Just done a weekend away with the lads Friday round the Penmachno as a warm up and today up mount Snowdon via the Lambaris Path. Top day!!
Where is the impossible climb buzz?
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this is a pic of what i was digging
That looks fun Jedi.
Where is the impossible climb buzz?
Everyone should have their own near the house. Mine is the loose, slippy and stony Biddle Combe BW from West Horrington up to Pen Hill, the section from the buddle hut by the stream to the gate at the bottom of the field. It's not steep, just awkward.
I've done it reliably in drier conditions on my FS and geared HT. But now the HT is SS, it has become impossible again. Yippee!
yeah i wanted to build simple alpine style switchbacks to coach riders on . i think they ride nice
Bought some winter boots, no riding.
Quick burn in the Yorkshire sunshine. Did a bit of exploring (found nettles) and went straight over the bars on an easy section when I hit a rock whilst standing and leaning forward to scope my line down a steep section. Smack!
nothing today, feeling rather sore after a crash, plus rather tired fter only sleeping for 10 hours since friday night...
Took my rigid SingleSpeed for a blast around Y Wal at Afan, great couple of hours, empty trails, slightly muddy for some back wheel out action, and a pint of Reverand James at Afan Lodge when I'd finished, proper big smiles at the end. Good day all round!!
Today was perfect 8)
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Sunset ride up the judgement climb from Chinley (read the inscriptions above the windows on Beet Farm) up to the Pennine Bridleway. Followed it through to Hayfield. Sett Valley Trail with a bit of up and over to Furness Vale. Spin back along the canal and tramway aside from the puncture 2km form home. Must carry more stuff. Worth sitting yesterdays wet one out for today.
Caught the morning sunshine on the ride into work...
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Gonetothehills - that Langley?