Today's Ride

moonlite · Monday at 07:50

Bit of a dull day but warm and not windy, so dragged myself out on the Jake at lunchtime, not really feeling it but hoping the effort would fuel a bit more enthusiasm. Decided to explore some alternative routes as part of this process, which was good in a way: it was great to follow a different road and break the routine a bit, but parts of this road were very badly corrugated, making it difficult to build up any speed. And prolonged juddering and jouncing has a disheartening effect after a few km. Then the road smoothed out and everything was peachy again. Always better to get out and ride than not, after all.

35 km, 1,132 ft climbing.

mk one · Monday at 14:35

Another warm day. High 20's again, there was a nice breeze earlier when I took Barney for a walk, which typically stopped as soon as I got out on the bike.

Short loop again, long day climbing yesterday and with the heat I was feeling sluggish. Beautiful colours and smells over the fields, and along with the quiet and still fast rolling trails, made for a really nice ride. Glad I made the effort, as always.

Repacker · Monday at 17:32

dorset boy · Wednesday at 00:35

Sunny 30 miles just wandering around at no great speed.

widowmaker · Wednesday at 08:45

dorset boy said:
Sunny 30 miles just wandering around at no great speed.
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The hill down into Whitchurch

The reverse going up the hill to Bullbarrow is one that I avoid unless I'm feeling in top condition.

Cracking countryside!

al-onestare · Wednesday at 09:47

Calm. Very light ENE 5-6mph breeze, 10 degrees. Fairly solid cloud with the odd break. Quick blast before logging back onto the Matrix.

dorset boy · Wednesday at 10:07

widowmaker said:
The hill down into Whitchurch

The reverse going up the hill to Bullbarrow is one that I avoid unless I'm feeling in top condition.

Cracking countryside!

I'm dropping off Bulbarrow into Houghton.

Love this time of year but we do need some rain.

al-onestare · Wednesday at 12:05

Throwback to last month and the 3rd round of the SWXC at Newnham. A personal goal achieved to finally ride where our sport in the UK gained a tremendous amount of traction (ba-doom-tish) back in the early 90s.

What a spot eh? Fantastic natural bowl, tasty elevation on both sides with a great mix of singletrack. The bomb-hole was...well bomby

I was still miles off the cream of the crop but the winter "training" paid off in that I felt more comfortable going "at pace" and was only a lap down as opposed to 2 last year. A solid 19/21, 42/48