Today's Ride

[Hombre]

visited Mom on the weekend, sad to see her ageing. although, made a family trip of it, brought bikes with us. the daughter was riding on her own, made 67 km in 3h 1m, the little powerhouse...

the kid was riding with me, much less kms, but she enjoyed her new bike, which is much more faster and has a much more acceleration than the previous one. being honest, these were times when my best effort was almost not enough to keep up with her pace...

edit: oh, missed the pic of the bike!

 

[Guinessisgoodforyou]

visited Mom on the weekend, sad to see her ageing. although, made a family trip of it, brought bikes with us. the daughter was riding on her own, made 67 km in 3h 1m, the little powerhouse...

the kid was riding with me, much less kms, but she enjoyed her new bike, which is much more faster and has a much more acceleration than the previous one. being honest, these were times when my best effort was almost not enough to keep up with her pace...

Talk to the hand

 

[CassidyAce]

Beautiful weather: hot and sunny, but with a brisk, cooling breeze. A very enjoyable, forty mile, round trip to Sandwich Bay on the road bike.

 

[winjohn]

I've been volunteering at the Boomtown music festival over the last four days, fixing up stuff that the festivalgoers have broken, shoes, tent poles airbeds, trolleys etc. It's been fun and rewarding. Today, I took my old bike along for the ride.





Here's a quick flavour of my ride to and from "work" today

 

[al-onestare]

visited Mom on the weekend, sad to see her ageing. although, made a family trip of it, brought bikes with us. the daughter was riding on her own, made 67 km in 3h 1m, the little powerhouse...

the kid was riding with me, much less kms, but she enjoyed her new bike, which is much more faster and has a much more acceleration than the previous one. being honest, these were times when my best effort was almost not enough to keep up with her pace...

edit: oh, missed the pic of the bike!

Is that Hortobágyi national park? East-side of Hungary?

 

[Hombre]

Is that Hortobágyi national park? East-side of Hungary?

wow, almost hit that! middle of the plain called 'Alföld' in Hungary, at the river 'Tisza'. not far from the 'Hortobágy' and the man-made lake 'Tisza-tó'. I'm well surprised, never imagined anyone will recognise our countryside.


at home again. almost at home to be accurate, since this hill (mountain?) called 'Naszály' is not on my doorstep, it takes ~20mins to drive to the foot of it from home. in the past 15+ years, since we moved away a bit, I didn't make the effort to go back riding there, only a handful of times since I have great riding opportunities nearby. being honest, the Naszály is a bit beyond my current comfort level in many ways. it had steep, rough trails which were fun when I was younger. nowadays these trails are a bit 'groomed', but still fun. anyhow, today I was left alone since the wife and the girls were away, so I made a ride on the Naszály. I didn't managed to the top, but it was awesome, as I (almost) found all the old trails and footpaths around the 'skirt' ('skirt' is an appropriate word for the trails around a hill on the mostly same level at about half height?)

of course the path on the left was the old and the correct one to choose.

the singletracks were as good as once...

...with a fallen tree here and there.

the shelter was ok, but the bench is in need of repair. I suspect that the fallen tree demolished it.

TBH I do not like these rolling rocks ...and here I was tired a bit, for what I accuse the hot temp. somewhere between 30-35°C and not my low level of fitness!

the view of the 'Dunakanyar'

back home I chose the chicken line the perished part of the mountain is a surface mine of limestone, it is still running.

 

[PhillB]

wow, almost hit that! middle of the plain called 'Alföld' in Hungary, at the river 'Tisza'. not far from the 'Hortobágy' and the man-made lake 'Tisza-tó'. I'm well surprised, never imagined anyone will recognise our countryside.


at home again. almost at home to be accurate, since this hill (mountain?) called 'Naszály' is not on my doorstep, it takes ~20mins to drive to the foot of it from home. in the past 15+ years, since we moved away a bit, I didn't make the effort to go back riding there, only a handful of times since I have great riding opportunities nearby. being honest, the Naszály is a bit beyond my current comfort level in many ways. it had steep, rough trails which were fun when I was younger. nowadays these trails are a bit 'groomed', but still fun. anyhow, today I was left alone since the wife and the girls were away, so I made a ride on the Naszály. I didn't managed to the top, but it was awesome, as I (almost) found all the old trails and footpaths around the 'skirt' ('skirt' is an appropriate word for the trails around a hill on the mostly same level at about half height?)

of course the path on the left was the old and the correct one to choose.

the singletracks were as good as once...

...with a fallen tree here and there.

the shelter was ok, but the bench is in need of repair. I suspect that the fallen tree demolished it.

TBH I do not like these rolling rocks ...and here I was tired a bit, for what I accuse the hot temp. somewhere between 30-35°C and not my low level of fitness!

the view of the 'Dunakanyar'

back home I chose the chicken line the perished part of the mountain is a surface mine of limestone, it is still running.

beautiful countryside!

 

[al-onestare]

wow, almost hit that! middle of the plain called 'Alföld' in Hungary, at the river 'Tisza'. not far from the 'Hortobágy' and the man-made lake 'Tisza-tó'. I'm well surprised, never imagined anyone will recognise our countryside.


at home again. almost at home to be accurate, since this hill (mountain?) called 'Naszály' is not on my doorstep, it takes ~20mins to drive to the foot of it from home. in the past 15+ years, since we moved away a bit, I didn't make the effort to go back riding there, only a handful of times since I have great riding opportunities nearby. being honest, the Naszály is a bit beyond my current comfort level in many ways. it had steep, rough trails which were fun when I was younger. nowadays these trails are a bit 'groomed', but still fun. anyhow, today I was left alone since the wife and the girls were away, so I made a ride on the Naszály. I didn't managed to the top, but it was awesome, as I (almost) found all the old trails and footpaths around the 'skirt' ('skirt' is an appropriate word for the trails around a hill on the mostly same level at about half height?)

of course the path on the left was the old and the correct one to choose.

the singletracks were as good as once...

...with a fallen tree here and there.

the shelter was ok, but the bench is in need of repair. I suspect that the fallen tree demolished it.

TBH I do not like these rolling rocks ...and here I was tired a bit, for what I accuse the hot temp. somewhere between 30-35°C and not my low level of fitness!

the view of the 'Dunakanyar'

back home I chose the chicken line the perished part of the mountain is a surface mine of limestone, it is still running.

No worries, more I spotted the name on the park map/board and did a quick search. My wife is Hungarian so I've been many times but really only explored around Balaton and the surrounding area (apart from Budapest - exhausted that).

 

[wynne]

Decided to do some fairly extreme climbing today so did down and up four of the steepest, roughest, techiest tracks going down the north face of the ridge of the South Downs near Ditchling beacon. 3000ft of climbing in 15 miles. I must be getting fitter because I actually enjoyed it.

 

[winjohn]

What...in this heat. Mad dog and Englishmen!
Unusual bike, what is it?