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[jonnyboy666]

todays update!

since the welsh trip i had 7 or so days before the HONC so i did a couple of easy rides, just to spin my legs ready for that ride. when i got to the HONC after a 2 hour drive i wasn't sure how i was gonna feel but once on the bike i was happy and rolled around the course in 3 hours for the 33miles which considering how slow the first 5 or so miles were because of the crowds i was quite happy with.

since then though i have been a bad boy, i was gonna ride the following day but that went out the window! then i was back into work, i had the intention of riding before my first nightshift aswel but lazyness got the better of me although i did spend some happy spanner time in the garage.

so today i exercised the demons!! i went out and did 28 miles off road and if i could work out how to get the google map thing from the phone to the computer that would be cool but i can't!! :roll: i still have tomorrow off so i will try and get out tomorrow on the road bike but then i'm back in work on tuesday

anyway, here's a HONC pic and a pick from todays ride

 

[jonnyboy666]

i haven't updated this in a while so i thought i would as i have just finished a quite big ride for me, 43 miles!

my usual training ride starts from brockenhurst in the new forest and is about 23 miles long but back in the day i used to ride to brockenhurst (about 10 miles away from home) and do a loop towards lyndhurst then home, which was about 28 miles, so recently i have done that a couple of times to increase my ability to ride longer distances.

today though i left home and decided that if my legs felt good i'd try for a longer ride, so i headed for brockenhurst and then did the 23 mile loop which then comes back via brockenhurst then the 10 miles home. so todays milage ended up being 43 miles which i am really pleased with.

i did die a bit towards the end but i did enjoy the ride.

oh and it was a retro ride! the p7 came out to play!

 

[jonnyboy666]

finished a nightshift at 6am this morning, spent the guts of the day in bed asleep, when i dragged my arse out of bed i mooched about for a bit, then had dinner, let it settle then decided it was time for a nightride

23miles starting about 9.15pm

 

[jonnyboy666]

another night another nightride

about 15miles though this time, hastily arranged and including 2 pubs!!

 

[mikee]

thats quite dark for 9:15 ,or is it just the camera ?

 

[jonnyboy666]

both pics were taken towards the end of both rides so more like 1030 to 11pm

both a good laugh though, just got up early coz i'm sort of dog sitting but now she's had a walk i think i'll mooch about in the garage for a while then go out on the bike again.

 

[jonnyboy666]

haven't updated this for a while so today i did a 25 mile ride on the newly finished proflex, it was it's first proper ride, i got 5 miles in and the bolt that holds the seatstays to the shock worked loose!! quick tweak with the handy tool and all was ok though. also i had to remember that i had to climb sitting down, there's a bit too much bouncing to climb out of the saddle so it's better to sit down and just push harder.

previously on saturday i did the Erlestoke 6 hour enduro and achieved my target of 5 laps so i am pleased with that.

previously to that i did a couple of 25 mile rides so i have been getting out a reasonable amount.

anyway here's todays pic

 

[jonnyboy666]

doing well, did a 22 mile evening ride with a buddy tonight, even had a beer stop at the end also did 25 miles yesterday, so that's 3 rides in 3 days aswel as that enduro and then there's the IOW ride on sunday! so really chuffed with how much i have done this last week or so

gonna have 2 non ride days now though, need to start sorting stuff for mayhem, i know it's 2 weeks off but they way it works out i have very little time between no and then to sort stuff! combination of work, a stag weekend and 2 days riding in wales and a few other things.

 

[Augustus]

you've got more stem spacers on that condor road bike than on all mine put together! :shock:

 

[jonnyboy666]

thought i'd update this as i haven't done so in ages!

also i am trying to make myself ride more, failing a little bit but today i went out and did my 25 mile training ride and it was awesome out there. shorts, baselayer and riding top, lovely and warm for january, bring on the global warming!!

here's a pic, i was riding my proflex today, also i did this same ride on my buckshaver 2 days ago.