Today's Ride

[Siish]

 

[trailwright]

I don't ride very often, but it was a nice evening and junior Trailwright #2 wanted a pedal to improve his confidence. So what better time than to take the Epic out for it's first airing. All worked flawlessly except for a slight front brake squeal - those old XT blocks were always tricky to get right! I even dusted off my old Sidi's which were originally set up for XT M731pedals so it all fitted perfectly.

 

[Mark Manley]

Friend and I are based in Brough for our canal trip and after a couple of days to recover he suggested that we ride up to the Tan Hill Inn for a pint, so we did, that was not quite as flat as the canal ride.

 

[Siish]

 

[wynne]

A thrash on the Cyfac today. The whole bike weighs less than one of the panniers I was carting across the Alps a couple of weeks ago. I feel unburdened and inundated with good cycling sensations.

 

[highlandsflyer]

The song remains the same.

 

[moonlite]

The weather report predicted a cloudy afternoon, so set out this morning at about 11am on the Airborne while it was still nice and sunny. Even so, it was a bit chilly, with the inevitable icy breeze once out of town.

It's been a busy week, with couple of demanding runs, so was determined to take it easy -- but with a good bowl of porridge with banana, honey and cinnamon sitting comfortably in my stomach, I felt quite well-fuelled and able to tackle a few local climbs in a relaxed manner. There was a distinct lack of motorised traffic which was most welcome.


(Looks like my phone's lens was a bit steamy from sitting in my back pocket).



Coming home into the wind was a bit of a grind -- according to the apps, it was about 8C, but there was a distinct feeling of snow on the wind, straight off the ski resorts west of us. But as the ride philosophy was to take it easy, this wasn't a disaster and I made it home before the clouds descended.



40km, 450m climbing, about an hour and three quarters. Done and done -- now for tea, cake and a hot, hot shower.

 

[db95]

Don't think I mentioned it in this thread which I haven't posted in for a while due to being involved in an RTA last month. Cut off at 25mph, hit two cars, Bianchi totally wrote off and myself being prescribed tramadol from injuries which was definitely a shock to the system given I keep it pretty sober these days. Coming up on a month since it happened so I thought it was due time I got back out, was kind of dreading it since even sticking to bridleways/cycle paths you will have to use roads at some point and as I'm sure most of us will agree (especially if you live in the UK) it takes a long time to build road confidence and a small incident to lose it let alone a massive accident but hey 6am on a Sunday is about as dead as the roads will get.

Had forgotten how slow mtbs are compared to being on a roadie, blows my mind that if you go back to around Jan/Feb in this thread I was hitting 70 mile days on the Inbred. That being said I couldn't really put any good power down due to the bottom end of the cassette being too worn. I did put a new chain on to try and alleviate the skipping it was having after changing it back from SS but the old chain was at .75 and the cassette did about 2k miles including through a british winter so I suspect it's too far gone. Nice to be out but I think I'll be counting the days till insurance comes through and I'm back on 700c again

 

[widowmaker]

Damn, sorry to hear that.

Hope you have a speedy recovery and get what you deserve.

 

[raidan73]

Don't think I mentioned it in this thread which I haven't posted in for a while due to being involved in an RTA last month. Cut off at 25mph, hit two cars, Bianchi totally wrote off and myself being prescribed tramadol from injuries which was definitely a shock to the system given I keep it pretty sober these days. Coming up on a month since it happened so I thought it was due time I got back out, was kind of dreading it since even sticking to bridleways/cycle paths you will have to use roads at some point and as I'm sure most of us will agree (especially if you live in the UK) it takes a long time to build road confidence and a small incident to lose it let alone a massive accident but hey 6am on a Sunday is about as dead as the roads will get.

Had forgotten how slow mtbs are compared to being on a roadie, blows my mind that if you go back to around Jan/Feb in this thread I was hitting 70 mile days on the Inbred. That being said I couldn't really put any good power down due to the bottom end of the cassette being too worn. I did put a new chain on to try and alleviate the skipping it was having after changing it back from SS but the old chain was at .75 and the cassette did about 2k miles including through a british winter so I suspect it's too far gone. Nice to be out but I think I'll be counting the days till insurance comes through and I'm back on 700c again

Glad you're back in the saddle, after what sounds like a (relatively) lucky escape. Hope everything has mended well, bike aside