Today's Ride

[Hombre]

this little guy basking in the late afternoon sun on the house wall said 'bye' when I left for the ride.

 

[PhillB]

No spectacular sunset this evening round these parts... but a pleasant evening all the same. Quick ride tonight - about 10km spin

 

[KayOs]

Grabbed a rental bike today and did some exploring.

 

[PhillB]

Grabbed a rental bike today and did some exploring.
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I love hiring bikes when on holiday...

 

[KayOs]

I love hiring bikes when on holiday...

Still the best way to explore the scenery....plus you are even more hungry for the regional specialities.

 

[GLB]

Started off nice and bright today.
I used to make an effort to collect the millennium mileposts. Now I just tick them off when I meet them. This one's an old acquaintance.



Not so bright an hour later. That's where I was heading, right underneath that black cloud.

 

[db95]

Slight amount of bike anxiety the last few days, I do try and get out as early as possible but some days due to schedule (or just straight up not being bothered) it's not possible. I'd say I'm more comfortable on road compared to bridleways/shared paths/etc (odd I know) but as much as there's a right to be on the road sometimes it feels like a dick move pottering along struggling on an mtb on a national limit road. Got out for a bit on the afternoon, mix of road, some bridleways and a bit off the beaten path at the end.

Ended up buying a Felt road frameset off eBay for pretty cheap. Alloy frame, carbon fork with external routing and a regular BSA BB so no fiddling with press fit. Should do just fine till my Bianchi is replaced, then it'll be winter/trainer bike duty.

Ride safe

 

[wynne]

Quick spin this morning before the rain and wind arrived. The year's riding is beginning to pay dividends on Strava, if such things really matter (which, of course, they do!).

 

[Hombre]

 

[Gtpulse]

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

Sorry to hear that DB, hope you’re on the mend. I don’t get notifications for this thread for some reason so only come back to it when I’ve been on a ride.