Don't get me wrong I don't mind it and there's a lot of nice routes here but as I've mentioned in the past for me getting back into cycling coincided with a lot of lifestyle changes in terms of becoming healthier/fitter etc, and as enjoyable as riding my Kona/Inbred was there's a definite plateau when it comes to speed/distance/etc. I think the last "big" ride I did on the Inbred was in February over to Derwent reservoir which came in at 69.64 miles and 4301ft of elevation in 5h:45m moving time. Compare that to 5 months later going over that area again to do Crawleyside which came in at 70.33 miles and 5299ft of elevation in 4h:25m and it's easy to start seeing why atleast in my case I prefer the roadie, especially as the days are getting shorter already
Around 20 this morning, forgot to resume Garmin for a while after pausing for a photo so just estimating. Going up...
Top of above but you can roughly make out the road still going up through the trees to the left.
Similar route to yesterday, mostly around Penshaw monument and back. Really enjoying the 26" gravel kings.
